Shantae, the Half Genie Protector of Scuttle Town! (A Switch To A New WayForward)

[Jorichi]

I just wanna say I loved the speculation on Shantae with you guys. I may not have participated much, but I always loved reading this thread.
You guys stay awesome, no matter what happens next. Hopefully most of you will keep sticking around

 

[MagusOfIllusions]

Ok guys lets see whats to come no matter what we will stay strong!

 

[conTAgi0n]

By the way I don't think I mentioned it here before, so I wanted to share a good argument I saw someone make on Reddit for why Sakurai might pick Shantae over Shovel Knight for a playable character. I mean, there are lots of good reasons why, but this was a less obvious one that I had never thought of.

Shantae is just way more expressive than Shovel Knight.

Sakurai has clearly given a lot of attention to making characters as expressive as possible in Smash Ultimate. He even went so far as to draw attention to this specifically in the E3 Direct, showcasing Donkey Kong's different facial animations. It shows across a lot of different characters too.

Now go back and watch the footage of Shovel Knight's Assist Trophy. Shovel Knight looks great; it's an excellent 3D model, and it moves well and everything. But even so, Shovel Knight just looks a little stiff, and with that helmet on, there's just not a lot of room to convey emotion. When you play Shovel Knight, he still isn't that expressive, and even though I love him his personality is basically just "generic hero", but somehow you kind of read some emotion into the pixel art (which Yacht Club games is a master of). That limited expressiveness just doesn't come through in his 3D Smash model.

Shantae on the other hand was made to be expressive. Both her in-game personality and her character design just ooze with expressiveness. So her interesting

 

[GoldLiger]

With FIVE MINUTES REMAINING I will go radio silence while I watch the Direct.

I wish us all good luck and SHANTAE IS LOVE AND SHANTAE IS LIFE!!!!!!!!

 

[zferolie]

About three minutes to go!

 

[TOY the Gamer]

See y'all on the other side!

 

[Teeb147]

Let's gooo :D

 

[Makai Wars]

Just some final thoughts.......it's been really fun, whether she's in or not I've enjoyed hanging out with other Shantae fans all these months. If anything, speculating Shantae has made me an even bigger fan of her since I got to pick apart every one of her games with extra attention to detail.

Thanks Wayforward but also like, if she's not in I really wanna know why they didn't tell us.

 

[Dyllybirdy]

Enjoy!
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A double post!? Come on mom!

 

[conTAgi0n]

You know, whoever posted that GamingIntel link where they said Banjo-Kazooie was out of the base roster makes me fairly happy, because if they're out that means the grinch leak is already kill.

The leakers are in such disarray, I wouldn't set much stock by any one leak at this point. Besides, Grinch leak isn't even the end of the world for us, because even if Shantae isn't base roster, it basically eliminates the rest of her serious competition for DLC slots.

What would really suck is if we just get a couple underwhelming fighters and no Shantae today. Then people are gonna be clamoring for all seven of those as DLC.

 

[Teeb147]

see you on the flip side

 

[Hyfiner]

ITS TIIME LETS GOOOOO

 

[Dyllybirdy]

Allons-y! See you guys on the other side!

 

[zferolie]

See you on the otherside. Me comment during the direct once or twice if I can look away at all haha

 

[Wwlink55]

Spoiler

In Memoriam: Banner Leak. Incineroar base

 

[Hyfiner]

welp gg incineroar fans and rip grinch

 

[zferolie]

Instant dead grinch leak

 

[zferolie]

Last new challenger.... so the box leak was real?!

 

[Stephano]

Inceneroar is the last new challenger?

 

[Hyfiner]

well rip everyone else as well.

 

[AngrySun88]

Wait, last new fighters? Way to kill the hype, Sakurai.

RIP Ginch leak.

 

[Stephano]

This game blows. Slow, no tech, wave dash sucks, Ganon still bottom tier. I'll stick to PM. F*** this game

 

[Makai Wars]

Whoops, the Grinch leak is real...Big OOF for everyone else, ahahaha.

 

[Hyfiner]

Also spirits is just super stickers huh

 

[Stephano]

Also spirits is just super stickers huh

ITS LITERALLY JUST CLASSIC MODE WITH BRAWLS STICKERS! WHAT A FREAKING LET DOWN.

 

[conTAgi0n]

Oh god please don't let Shantae be just a spirit

 

[AngrySun88]

Spirits is a huge let down. Very disappointed.

 

[Hyfiner]

It feels like a gacha mode ngl

 

[M00NFIRE94]

I see the card boost mechanic has reached Smash Bros. Oh happy days....

 

[Stephano]

I knew this game was going to be bad, but I didn't know it was going to be THIS bad.

 

[AngrySun88]

Is anyone else massively disappointed so far?

I didn't spot Shantae as a Spirit, though.

 

[zferolie]

Well.... this seems a bit of a letdown in terms of spritis and fighters. No story mode, only 2 more fighters.... yeah

 

[Hyfiner]

welp rip shadow issac and black knight

 

[Stephano]

No shantae AT, that is the best thing so far.

 

[Motor Bug2005]

Shantae survived the AT massacre!

 

[Makai Wars]

Shantae didn't gt murdered by Spirits OR the AT massacre, oh my god.

 

[AngrySun88]

Shantae survived the Assist Trophy slaughter! There's still hope for DLC.

RIP Issac. Sorry guys.

 

[zferolie]

No Shantae Assist, but Isaac and Black Knight Deconfirmed. Also Spring man deconfirmed too...

 

[WreckitRyan]

Shantae is still alive guys! That's huge.

 

[Red Dead Redeemed]

Holy **** my heart was racing throughout that AT part.