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

[meleebrawler]

I mean, maybe? I'm not too familiar with the comics. Though with that design, it also brings to mind the possibility of going the Tron Bonne route. And now I'm reminded that I also want Tron Bonne to come back. MvC, Smash, a new Legends or Misadventures. I'd gladly take any of those.

I don't know the full scope of it's moveset, but it does have laser guns stored somewhere, the classic wrecking ball which fits Sakurai's tendency of implementing aspects of characters in novel ways, and the Sonic bumper symbol on a shield.

While it and other similar mechs like the Egg Emperor are quite large normally, it mainly seems to be so that his Egg Mobile can fit neatly inside (and of course detach easily for an escape). The Sonic Adventure 2 mech, however is just a little over twice the size of Sonic & friends. Something like that or a mech that's more like a suit of armour could work without drastic resizing (at most he'd be as tall as Ridley in his normal stance), even if it'd be a bit uncharacteristic of him to not have the usual Plan B of an Egg Mobile escape incorporated.

 

[Dukefire]

I don't know the full scope of it's moveset, but it does have laser guns stored somewhere, the classic wrecking ball which fits Sakurai's tendency of implementing aspects of characters in novel ways, and the Sonic bumper symbol on a shield.

While it and other similar mechs like the Egg Emperor are quite large normally, it mainly seems to be so that his Egg Mobile can fit neatly inside (and of course detach easily for an escape). The Sonic Adventure 2 mech, however is just a little over twice the size of Sonic & friends. Something like that or a mech that's more like a suit of armour could work without drastic resizing (at most he'd be as tall as Ridley in his normal stance), even if it'd be a bit uncharacteristic of him to not have the usual Plan B of an Egg Mobile escape incorporated.

he could randomly summon another mech his egg mobile can attach to fight and of course his final smash could trap his opponents to face his latest creation yet,

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I didn't know being wrong about newcomer speculation was such a high stakes game.

It is, if you're one of the guys who thinks they'll be fine if they leak secret info.

Not as serious as betting your mum's soul, but...

 

[SimonferSmash]

If this brave slot turns out to be from DQ, then what Reggie mentioned will feel like mostly PR talk.

Cause at this point most would expect this franchise would come to Smash and not feel as much as a wild care like Joker was.

Also can't really see how Edrick would be all that unique or different.

 

[meleebrawler]

If this brave slot turns out to be from DQ, then what Reggie mentioned will feel like mostly PR talk.

Cause at this point most would expect this franchise would come to Smash and not feel as much as a wild care like Joker was.

Also can't really see how Edrick would be all that unique or different.

It'd probably be more surprising to those who don't listen to leakers or other info we aren't supposed to know about...

 

[SneakyLink]

It is, if you're one of the guys who thinks they'll be fine if they leak secret info.

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Not as serious as betting your mum's soul, but...

Is there something in the image I’m supposed to be seeing?

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

It'd probably be more surprising to those who don't listen to leakers or other info we aren't supposed to know about...

I like to think that Reggie is a busy man who doesn't go on forums, so every reveal is a surprise to him.

That aside, guess we'll have to wait and see what will be showcased for him. I suppose there might be a trailer reveal if the Direct ends up real.

Is there something in the image I’m supposed to be seeing?

The ninjas have the faces of various Nintendo folks. I can only identify Sakurai and Reggie.

 

[Wademan94]

So, is Shantae in Smash yet?

How’re you doing buddy?

And I wish, but we’re still gonna keep supporting her, I am at least.

 

[Dyllybirdy]

How’re you doing buddy?

And I wish, but we’re still gonna keep supporting her, I am at least.

I'm okay. Probably not staying here for too long, though.

 

[SneakyLink]

The ninjas have the faces of various Nintendo folks. I can only identify Sakurai and Reggie.

So Nintendo ninjas are in full force this season huh?

I wonder how they’ll handle this one...

 

[EarlTamm]

I'm okay. Probably not staying here for too long, though.

What do you mean?

 

[meleebrawler]

I like to think that Reggie is a busy man who doesn't go on forums, so every reveal is a surprise to him.

That aside, guess we'll have to wait and see what will be showcased for him. I suppose there might be a trailer reveal if the Direct ends up real.



The ninjas have the faces of various Nintendo folks. I can only identify Sakurai and Reggie.

We might not even get a trailer for the newcomer even if he or she's announced. Probably not before gameplay is shown for Joker at least.

...That said, if it is Erdrick and they highlight him with Joker at the same time, it would be an interesting pair-up with one very modern and one very classic JRPG star.

 

[EarlTamm]

We might not even get a trailer for the newcomer even if he or she's announced. Probably not before gameplay is shown for Joker at least.

...That said, if it is Erdrick and they highlight him with Joker at the same time, it would be an interesting pair-up with one very modern and one very classic JRPG star.

Actually, Shin Megami was a rival to DQ and FF back in the day. Sure, SM and Persona are very separated at this point, but it is still apart of Persona's roots. We have a triad of classic JRPG representatives.

 

[logicandreason]

Guys i cracked the code.
Code name is brave.
take away the b and its rave.
character will die alot so theyll be in the grave.
put those 2 together and you get rave in the grave
rave in the grave is a shantae song.
shantae confirmed.

 

[Wademan94]

Guys i cracked the code.
Code name is brave.
take away the b and its rave.
character will die alot so theyll be in the grave.
put those 2 together and you get rave in the grave
rave in the grave is a shantae song.
shantae confirmed.

You have way too much time on your hands.



Why do I get the feeling I’m gonna regret making that statement...

 

[Shadowknight1]

Guys i cracked the code.
Code name is brave.
take away the b and its rave.
character will die alot so theyll be in the grave.
put those 2 together and you get rave in the grave
rave in the grave is a shantae song.
shantae confirmed.

The irony is strong with this post...

 

[RockOfMind]

Guys i cracked the code.
Code name is brave.
take away the b and its rave.
character will die alot so theyll be in the grave.
put those 2 together and you get rave in the grave
rave in the grave is a shantae song.
shantae confirmed.

Interesting. But I think we can go deeper.
The code name is Brave. If we take the ve away, we can tell it sounds like me. I'm not in the game so we can take this out.
We're left with bra. Girls wear those, well.. usually. Shantae's a girl. But that's not right, she doesn't seem to wear one.
None of the cast seems to wear one in fact. But... oh of course!
It's Eggman. We're getting Eggman from that awful cartoon. What a time to be alive.

 

[Deleted member]

Guys i cracked the code.
Code name is brave.
take away the b and its rave.
character will die alot so theyll be in the grave.
put those 2 together and you get rave in the grave
rave in the grave is a shantae song.
shantae confirmed.

i expect nothing less from a person with your name.

 

[Deleted member]

It is very late in France, and as such, probably the best time to show some of the unused sprites for #Shantae in her Jammies ! It seems they were planned for a cutscene ! You can find them on : https://t.co/pM3BQ4KTf7 #Animation #Cute #Genie #Pajamas #Gamedesign #HD #Handdrawn pic.twitter.com/NV7lUrNpBv

— Ayoungspirit (@Ayoungspirit1) January 4, 2019

Beautiful

 

[Wademan94]

It is very late in France, and as such, probably the best time to show some of the unused sprites for #Shantae in her Jammies ! It seems they were planned for a cutscene ! You can find them on : https://t.co/pM3BQ4KTf7 #Animation #Cute #Genie #Pajamas #Gamedesign #HD #Handdrawn pic.twitter.com/NV7lUrNpBv

— Ayoungspirit (@Ayoungspirit1) January 4, 2019

Beautiful

Cute but the top is being blown in a way dangerously close to raising the age rating.

(And apparently stretched it out afterwards)

 

[RockOfMind]

Cute but the top is being blown in a way dangerously close to raising the age rating.

(And apparently stretched it out afterwards)

I doubt showing a bit more under chest would do anything with the game already chocked to the brim with so much cleave.
But maybe I'm wrong?

 

[Wademan94]

I doubt showing a bit more under chest would do anything with the game already chocked to the brim with so much cleave.
But maybe I'm wrong?

With how big and loose that part of her top is, it may end up showing a bit more than a little under chest, just saying

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I'm okay. Probably not staying here for too long, though.

Hopefully not bad news, I feel sick like a dog right now.

We might not even get a trailer for the newcomer even if he or she's announced. Probably not before gameplay is shown for Joker at least.

...That said, if it is Erdrick and they highlight him with Joker at the same time, it would be an interesting pair-up with one very modern and one very classic JRPG star.

I know right? To think we're having two JRPG protags in a row too, that's unprecedented.

And, in a way, somewhat balances out concerns in the home country about "Captain America".

Actually, Shin Megami was a rival to DQ and FF back in the day. Sure, SM and Persona are very separated at this point, but it is still apart of Persona's roots. We have a triad of classic JRPG representatives.

If Joker and Eddy manage to have more spirits than Cloud, I'm going to flipping laugh.

 

[Deleted member]

Waluigi and Shantae mains be like

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— Archy 🦋🖤 (@ArchyEGO) January 2, 2019

Well that wasn't very nice

As of that...

pic.twitter.com/ENLp0JnlXY

— R.O.B. SQUAD (@ROB_SQUAD_95) January 3, 2019

Sry uploads aren’t working

 

[Captain Hazama]

Waluigi and Shantae mains be like

___________

_________ __________

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— Archy 🦋🖤 (@ArchyEGO) January 2, 2019

Well that wasn't very nice

As of that...

pic.twitter.com/ENLp0JnlXY

— R.O.B. SQUAD (@ROB_SQUAD_95) January 3, 2019

Sry uploads aren’t working

Maybe because I just woked up, but what does that even mean?

 

[Dukefire]

Maybe because I just woked up, but what does that even mean?

From what I can gather, seems like its a dream that those characters cannot reach since they are either an Assist Trophy and/or spirit. (Of course, spirits doesn't mean deconfirm yet. Assist on the other hand is a different story. Shadow and Issac fans sorry for the hit. Though Issac is a better Assist compared to his brawl version.)

 

[RockOfMind]

With how big and loose that part of her top is, it may end up showing a bit more than a little under chest, just saying

It's not like they would allow that to be even the case. They're the ones animating it, they probably didn't even put those bits on her model.
Plus nothing wrong with a little underboob man.

 

[Wademan94]

It's not like they would allow that to be even the case. They're the ones animating it, they probably didn't even put those bits on her model.
Plus nothing wrong with a little underboob man.

I was just making a joke! I didn’t think they actually would allow that...

 

[RockOfMind]

I was just making a joke! I didn’t think they actually would allow that...

Of course not! I just wanted to see more if you get my drift. But this is the internet so I had to make sure.

 

[Parallel_Falchion]

This:
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Jokes aside, I’m guessing something Dragon Quest related.

Because the translation could also mean “Hero”.

The problem I have with this theory is: Why would "yuusha" be translated but the files still use "packu?"

As well as I just find it hard to believe that they'd actually translate "Yuusha" as "Brave" instead of "Hero." If this were some small time dev with a lack of international presence, maybe, but yeah, no, and while DQ has never exactly hit it big in the west it still exists and the class is "Hero."

Anyway, I hope the next DLC announcement completely blindsides us with someone no one has been talking about because these rumors aren't appealing to me in the slightest.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Waluigi and Shantae mains be like

___________

_________ __________

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— Archy 🦋🖤 (@ArchyEGO) January 2, 2019

Well that wasn't very nice

As of that...

pic.twitter.com/ENLp0JnlXY

— R.O.B. SQUAD (@ROB_SQUAD_95) January 3, 2019

Sry uploads aren’t working

I despise those kind of people so much, it's like they think it's the last game in the series.

The problem I have with this theory is: Why would "yuusha" be translated but the files still use "packu?"

As well as I just find it hard to believe that they'd actually translate "Yuusha" as "Brave" instead of "Hero." If this were some small time dev with a lack of international presence, maybe, but yeah, no, and while DQ has never exactly hit it big in the west it still exists and the class is "Hero."

Anyway, I hope the next DLC announcement completely blindsides us with someone no one has been talking about because these rumors aren't appealing to me in the slightest.

To be fair, it's not the first time Pakku didn't get translated properly, as Super Mario Land can attest.

Also, the problem with a character no one talks about is that every character possible has been brought up by someone at some point.

Aside from really obscure games that not even most parts of the Smash fanbase remember, like Run Saber.

 

[meleebrawler]

I despise those kind of people so much, it's like they think it's the last game in the series.



To be fair, it's not the first time Pakku didn't get translated properly, as Super Mario Land can attest.

Also, the problem with a character no one talks about is that every character possible has been brought up by someone at some point.

Aside from really obscure games that not even most parts of the Smash fanbase remember, like Run Saber.

Culdcept is a franchise that has recently caught my eye due to receiving an unusual amount of attention (three songs and a spirit) for a franchise that actually started on the Sega Saturn, and to this day isn't developed by Nintendo even though it's latest games were exclusive to the 3DS. Kind of like Ever Oasis, except at least I remember that one being marketed somewhat heavily...

 

[Yellowlord]

Hey guys: sorry for disappearing constantly. I really need to stop doing that...

 

[Captain Hazama]

Hey guys: sorry for disappearing constantly. I really need to stop doing that...

Life man, it sucks sometimes. Can't blame anyone for disappearing for awhile, especially with no real news to truly chew on besides leaks.

 

[meleebrawler]

About the whole Waluigi thing...

How unexpectedly wholesome.

It's an interesting thing to think about, how not getting in Smash, or better yet, being in but not playable can in some ways make you more (in)famous than a reveal trailer would.

Also something about how unusual it is to get life counseling advice from a murderous, sociopathic space dragon, but eh, that's Smash and the Internet for ya.

 

[Deleted member]

About the whole Waluigi thing...



It's an interesting thing to think about, how not getting in Smash, or better yet, being in but not playable can in some ways make you more (in)famous than a reveal trailer would.

Also something about how unusual it is to get life counseling advice from a murderous, sociopathic space dragon, but eh, that's Smash and the Internet for ya.

Mn9 in the trash bin lol

 

[Shadowknight1]

So about those apparent leaks....why do they have to happen? I don't know what to think about the veracity of the leak.

 

[Deleted member]

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Ded
Not big surprise

 

[meleebrawler]

So about those apparent leaks....why do they have to happen? I don't know what to think about the veracity of the leak.

It hardly counts as a real leak to be honest. "Hero" or "Brave" could describe any number of protagonists outside of Dragon Quest.

 

[Shadowknight1]

It hardly counts as a real leak to be honest. "Hero" or "Brave" could describe any number of protagonists outside of Dragon Quest.

That's not what I was referring to. I was referring to the 5channel leak. The guy who leaked the fact that Granblue Fantasy is getting a fighting game as well as Persona 5 R said that we're getting Erdrick, Doomguy, Steve, and Ryu Hayabusa.