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...Does his spirit in Ultimate count?
Yes it counts. But I was talking about outside of Smash though.
Maybe he could appear in Mario Maker 2.
I wonder if it's Shy Guys or Birdos. I know Bob-Ombs were in the last Mario Maker, but they pretty much are in all Mario games though. I would love to see the other Subcon bosses and Wart in Mario Maker, it would be amazing.
It's neither of those guys. Maybe I am misremembering, but aren't those gust enemies that appear in the trailer from Mario 2?
I don't know, I'll have to rewatch the Mario Maker 2 trailer again. I'll be right back in a minute and than I'll tell you if I see something.
As someone who's older brother has autism, even though the direct was bland imo, it also could not have been any better when Verge and his credibility got ****ed.
You know. what if there’s no Minecraft content and the leakers who say Steve’s in are just respecting verges words and want all the attention like little fortnite baby’s
Similarly, I'm thinking that the Erdrick claim started out as an educated guess on Tansut's part, and then everyone and their mother blew it out of proportion as soon as they heard of it.
I can't imagine how they felt after this direct had a good chunk of time dedicated to two Dragon Quest games that didn't lead up to a reveal.
On the other hand, imagine how many would care about DQ after hearing of the Smash announcement? Fact of the matter is, DQ is niche in the US. Overshadowing it with a Smash announcement can hurt the possibility of people caring. So it's not worth taking the risk.
I think the argument could be made that, even if it would overshadow the announcement for revealed niche games, the announcement of a character getting in Smash (a very mainstream title) would only get a wider audience interested in trying the games this new character was from.
There are lots of ways to tie Smash promotion with home series. Maybe you show the character closer to the game's actual release to decrease the chances of them losing interest as time goes on. Or it happens while the game is already out and you put on a sale to drum up interest instead. Or you announce the character before announcing the game, like with Duck Hunt.
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Erdrick rarely shows up outside of DQIII, and he's usually only name-dropped in some way. So no, he isn't.
I've played one Dragon Quest game on the DS. Dont remember which one it is, and I played it all the way and beaten the insanely hard boss at the end. I to this day, still didn't really care for it. Mainly cause I found the story a little boring. (Maybe I just couldn't get attached to the characters and their plights)
Lmao!
It's a shame that Dragonith hasn't done anything Smash since then, maybe that'll change by E3.
Recent developments, namely that the fighter pass characters will not get guidances unlike Piranha Plant, puts a severe dent in the stance of those supporting the theory. Many tried to use Plant not having a spirit before his release as proof that it'd be the same for all other DLC. Nobody really knows when the decisions for DLC and spirits took place, but while it's clear now that Plant was decided early enough to plan his spirit around and have a guidance, the same cannot be said for the real DLC. After all, if they were really planned early, surely it would have been easier to plan and give guidances for them, right?
It feels weird to say this, but I think you're overrating Smash. If Smash were so huge that it overshadows anything they'd never be able to feature it in normal directs at all. It's big, but it's not that big. The idea that a DQ character reveal in a direct would overshadow the DQ game announcements is, quite frankly, ridiculous.
Real talk, would there be any reason to put Joker or any other Persona spirit in the game if it didn't also have a fighter? The series has barely touched Nintendo platforms until now. What would people have thought? Meanwhile all of Shantae's games are available on Nintendo platforms, and so are Rayman's latest, not to mention the generally good relationship with Ubisoft.
This. Funny fact is, before Ultimate dropped, the series only had a fairly modest reception in Japan, not exactly head-explodingly popular like DQ is over there. It got huge all over the rest of the world.
At least, if spirits come with this batch of fighters, it'll probably be safe to assume those won't be getting promoted in the current wave.
That's what I've been saying for a while. If you look at all the Nintendo characters that are highly requested/anticipated, nearly all of them are currently spirits. Dixie Kong, Bandanna Dee, Isaac, Geno... If Spirits really were off limits they wouldn't have left themselves many options.
Not to mention, if they wanted everyone to be off-limits, there wouldn't be so many odd absences (like Sylux, Porky, Adeleine, everyone from Pro Wrestling on NES, Professor Hector, all of Hyrule Warriors' original characters, etc).
Smash is a lot bigger than people realize. It definitely overshadows stuff in a non-normal Nintendo direct like Nindies. Smash is just that big. It severely overtook e3 to the point almost nobody cared about anything that wasn't Smash. Even if it wasn't as big of a showing of information, it'd still have overshadowed the other stuff. It's the AAA Nintendo-owned Crossover. There's a reason quite a few companies would love to have their character in Smash. Companies tweeted to ask for players to vote for their own IP's in the Smash Ballot. It has that huge of an influence. It's the ultimate way to promote their IP's and is as close as guaranteed to make 'em more known worldwide. It's why things like Mother is more well known, why characters like Roy are even popular, despite it not even being his home game proper, and has kept multiple series somewhat alive(F-Zero included) for people to know about.
You kind of contradicted yourself here. Let's take a look:
That would certainly be funny if true.
Which has nothing to do with how Directs are done. Nindies have nothing to do with Smash itself, which is a regular Nintendo product. So they keep it out of it because it's such a massively known series that people would barely care about the rest. It's not contradictory. They're just different situations. Seeing Smash alongside your game will not promote it. Seeing your game content in Smash will. You're acting like they are the same thing. Smash overshadows tons of games due to how huge it is in reality.
Except it wouldn't really do much for the actual games within the Direct. Because those were the important part, not just a Smash character. They're trying to draw people to the game in itself. How can they do that if Smash overshadows the rest of the DQ content? Actual DQ fans(not just people who might be interested after seeing good information) are going to buy it anyway. But if you want new viewers, you don't let anything overshadow your current video content. The reality is, major Smash information overshadows any Direct because of its massive influence. This'll continue to happen as is as long as the series exists.
The hardcore Smash fans aren't necessarily Nintendo fans. Some just care about the 3rd party options alone, which is the reason they even got interested in it. That's why some are willing to buy a Nintendo system just for Smash. Smash fans are not inherently Nintendo fans anyway. Not when it appeals to more than just Nintendo fans(which is part of why 3rd parties exist, to gather multiple players who don't own Nintendo systems. It's meant to be a gaming crossover at this point, as said by the man himself. A lot changed).
Even if Smash wasn't almost the entire focus of E3 it would've still overshadowed it heavily. It had Ridley, for cripes' sake. That was enough alone. It didn't need to have 'Everyone is here". It already had a huge reveal that immediately changed everything. The rest was a bonus at that point, really. Smash Character announcements are pretty much always going to be the biggest deal of any direct, but it's only going to be a big deal in the context of Smash(as in, to be clear, it will only actually promote Smash in itself with people not caring nearly as much what games the character comes from... if they aren't already fans of that series), nothing else. As I said above, it isn't going to help people care about the franchise a character is from just by having an announcement or trailer alone. Only if the game is talked about as well, or promoted alongside of it in a similar manner(like with AC Switch) will it not entirely overshadow it. Though really, Isabelle's reveal easily overshadowed AC Switch's announcement anyway. Which was inevitable.
Thanks for bringing that list up so I can remember that final fantasy still has the exact same content from smash 4 and square is a bunch of stingy ****s
I still find it comical that Into the Breach somehow has enough clout to have its own "one more thing" reveal in one of the Nindies directs. It's a good game, but not exactly one I would call notorious enough to be treated differently.
