amageish
Smash Master
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I think your point about not having Banjo-level demand is very true, but I don't think we're arguing Farmer has that (our tiny support thread will prove that one). That said, Sakurai explicitly said popularity isn't the #1 factor and I think Terry proves that franchise popularity (see Ornl's magazine stats for that one) plus legacy can be major boosts, even if the Smash community as a whole isn't loudly demanding the character.Hmm, maybe I'm phrasing it wrong. The idea here isn't "Stardew > SoS", but rather that SoS is very easily threatened in all sides. If we get a farming sim, why SoS aside from legacy? If we get more third parties, why Marvelous? If we get Marvelous, why SoS? If a more casual-catering game, why not Minecraft? If a pick that's popular in Japan, why not Touhou or several other options? And so on.
The point is that SoS does have legacy and big ties to Nintendo... but that's about it. SoS has some popularity in Japan, but nowhere near DQ levels. And its demand in the core Smash community is not big enough to warrant a BK-esque pick. This isn't like the Banjo-Steve situation where most people agreed it was one or the other if we got a Microsoft rep, but more like a Klonoa/Morrigan situation where the character has some legacy and support, but there are several candidates bigger than them - both in and out of their respective companies.
As for your series of questions... You could interrogate any character like that? Yes, if you break down every individual aspect of Farmer, then there are others who do things better then them. The thing that makes Farmer plausible, if not exceptionally likely, is that they do all of those things at once (while also being from a series that is so close to Nintendo that you can dress up like Mario in their games).
As for the Klonoa/Morrigan comparison... Yeah, as GoodGrief said, Story of Seasons is a franchise that is still currently getting games and, in fact, has already had two Switch games in Japan (one in the west with the other mid-localization ATM) with more to come in the future... I really hope that Klonoa trademark will amount to a new game for its fans and that Capcom does something with Darkstalkers in the future, but, for now, they've been pretty dormant.
I'm not saying that I expect Farmer to get into the game. I gave them 20% for a reason. I do, however, think that Farmer is seriously overlooked as a contender, probably due to not everyone wanting them in the game.