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It is kinda fishy... I mean, with Shovel Knight, Yooka, Juan, Quote and even ISAAC (The Binding of Isaac one, not the Golden Sun one.) getting fighting game appearances I'm really surprised that Shantae hasn't been in one yet... Either no one even thought of asking for her yet, or maybe Nintendo made a deal with WayForward to not have Shantae appear in any other fighting game so it would draw more attention to Smash Bros...
Oops, I accidently left that there. I’m using a phone so it’s hard sometimes to actually delete everything when I try to change what I wanna post. Sorry bout that.
Exactly. You have so many other top Indie characters making it into an Indie Smash Bros like game and not have the literal QUEEN OF INDIES on there? That is very suspicious.
Thanks for the shout out, that is my video
It's because there was logic behind there silence before. There was nothing Smash related happening, so why would we expect them to talk Smash? As for the other games, it only started becoming more and more suspicious as the games started to pile on. One game sure, but we are basically at 4 games now where Shantae should have logically made an appearance by now and where she is heavily requested. And 3 of those games have SK. But the main thing that kicked this into high gear was when SK was showed as an assist with no sign of Shantae in sight. Her biggest competition is now gone, she would have likely been revealed alongside him in that montage if she was an assist(I recall SK and her often share the same guest star announcement in several indie, like "Shovel Knight & Shantae appear" sort of thing). This is why things have accelerated.
Indie Pogo actually did ask for Shantae but they got declined.
Really? Do you have the source?
Well if they did decline, shantae in smash is a very good reason for that
Yes, I figure that "making sure you have at least one dang game with everything out of the box" would be one of them, seeing as all the promised DLC stuff for Shovel Knight took years to come out.
If we can find it, then that will support us even further. It would prove that Wayforward is outright not allowing Shantae in fighting games. helps that Indie Pogo is Smash inspired.
Wait, really? Well, that's certainly eyebrow-rising... Would WayForward say no to something like that under normal circumstances?
No kidding. If that happen then what in the nine hell's was WayForward so quiet and not being invited to any of the other Indie Brawlers.
Yeah your video really opened my eyes to see what the heck was going on with Shantae and her non inclusion in ALL Indie Fighting games. Shovel Knight was announced in May for Blade Strangers yet no Shantae to be seen. All of this has the making of a rather epic reveal of the first playable indie character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.Thanks for the shout out, that is my video
(Also add me to the list of supporters please!)
A love how they put quotes around "formally" like they are trying to say "we tried but we can't discuss the results".
What was the most recent post?
They are in order from most recent to oldest.
Not too surprised. The WF twitter is pretty active. They are seemingly only ignoring Smash Tweets.
The way they worded that is weird. "On the front?"
"On that front" is equivalent to "on that topic".
Sounds like a typical non-answer one would give under an NDA.
Okay. What I get from that tweet is pretty much "When Nintendo decides to announce Shantae, then we will let everyone know!" They can't say anything until the "topic" is there after all. Or maybe I am looking at this two deeply.
- level surprise in the coming months.
Still, like AngrySun88 said, it is a pretty clear non answer.
Yep, they're hiding something.
I agree, But the wording is irrelevant, basically their answer is "No Comment"
While not a fighting game per se(more a Platform RPG) she is gonna pop up in Indivisible soon
Yeah, you are right. But at the end of the day, "No Comment" still indicate something, and the fact that they respond to so much yet completely ignore Smash stuff is telling.
Now if only you could rewind time and add Smash to the tweet and compare response times.
K. Rool was the biggest surprise since Sanic da hordgeheg in brawl. But honestly I love how hard Sakurai is trying to prevent leaks this time around. It shows that he doesn’t want his (probably) last smash to get ruined by some ****** who just wants to brag, when all anyone does by leaking is piss off the community and hype dies a lot quicker. This game is a big treat to those of us who wait patiently during speculation, and with WF being so darn quiet, I’d say Shantae is in, but might get saved for last in terms of reveals. She’d actually be a great way to end the hype before launch, being the first playable indie character in smash, and that in itself is enough to warrant K. Rool levels of hype.They're definitely tight-lipped, which is understandable since leaks are being prevented at all costs this time around. I think we'll be in for a
