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

[MoveMan1]

*skull kid believer voice* Wow, I can't believe Sakurai broke into my house, painted all my chairs yellow and purple, and talked directly to my face exclusively in morse code JUST TO LIE TO ME ABOUT SHANTAE IN SMASH!

 

[Yellowlord]

Forget what I said earlier: this is the highest amount of users I've ever seen in this thread.

 

[Veodok]

The only thing I thought was cool was Towerfall. The "but wait one more thing" is so stupid considering it was just Into the Breach. Like, wtf?

 

[The21stSmasher]

Shantae ain't revealed for Smash Ultimate in the Nindies Direct, huh? Well, it's a good thing for me that my expectations weren't super high.

 

[Baws]

*skull kid believer voice* Wow, I can't believe Sakurai broke into my house, painted all my chairs yellow and purple, and talked directly to my face exclusively in morse code JUST TO LIE TO ME ABOUT SHANTAE IN SMASH!

Lol that's pretty much how the chat was, even though this happens every time...

 

[CloudedSun]

I'm expecting not to see Shantae for at least the next two directs. The next directs I think Bandana Waddle Dee as Japan's Ridley will show, along with Geno and Issac along with Shadow and Ken and maybe a surprise Echo.

 

[Staarih]

Undertale release date is all I needed haha.

Anyway, that’s that! Back to speculation it is

 

[Booper Blooper]

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Forget what I said earlier: this is the highest amount of users I've ever seen in this thread.

And since you said that it's grown even more.

It just keeps getting bigger!

 

[meleebrawler]

I have the Wii U's decidedly unloaded release schedule to thank for getting me to look at indie games I wouldn't have tried normally, including Shantae.

But well, today will be Monster Hunter day for me. Hopefully.

 

[IGuessItsOver]

-No Skullgirls
-No Travis Strikes Back
-No Warframe
-No A Hat in Time release date
Well that was a letdown

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

To be honest, the "one more thing" did kind of catch me off guard.

But yeah, as expected, no Smash reveal of any kind.

 

[Kuon]

I feel like the chat was full of a bunch of ten-year-olds. It was pretty funny seeing them all argue and yell at each other about this "not being a Smash direct"

 

[Parallel_Falchion]

>Nothing Shantae revealed.
>Thread smashes its viewer records anyway.

(Users: 111, Guests: 109) currently for me.

 

[RetroMetalSonic]

Aaaaaaaand that's a wrap. That "one more announcement" comment almost made my heart leap out of my chest there...

Same here...

"Wait, one more thing? Are they actually gonna...?!" *Into the Breach* "DANG IT, NINTENDO. DON'T PLAY WITH MY HEART LIKE THAT."

 

[Teeb147]

Yeah, I admit I was tad disappointed after the one more announcement thing, but don't be mad at the game, it looks pretty cool. Seems to have some good pixel art strategy.

I don't know that it deserved to be the last announcement, because it's already known for on the pc. I'd put an exclusive there or something.
It wasn't really exciting. But wahtcha gonna do.

 

[LunarLiv]

There's one kinda fun thing about Shantae not having been announced yet. More wild speculation and analysing everything.

Gotta keep going! Keep supporting Shantae and hoping she gets in

 

[Kuon]

I'm expecting not to see Shantae for at least the next two directs. The next directs I think Bandana Waddle Dee as Japan's Ridley will show, along with Geno and Issac along with Shadow and Ken and maybe a surprise Echo.

Isabelle will most likely make it in, too, I think

 

[EarlTamm]

I watched the video on Youtube, so I did not see the chat, thank goodness.

 

[CloudedSun]

Users 111 guests 113

Jesus Christ lollll

 

[XenoWarriorX]

i expected no smash reveal. Think about it, it would overshadow every indie game by a dozen.

That said, Dragon's Marked for death's release date is the only thing i was interested in.

2/10. Too many bad puns.

 

[CHAMPIONX9]

Untitled Goose Game was the highlight of the stream for me.

 

[AreJay25]

That ending definitely made me raise an eyebrow lol. That Direct was about what I expected though.

Still, there's about 3 months left. Still plenty of opportunities to see if she's actually in.

 

[EarlTamm]

I am getting U: 111 and G: 119.

 

[Teeb147]

They only showed a few seconds of Dragon Marked for death, and that seemed like the most interesting one

 

[CloudedSun]

There's one kinda fun thing about Shantae not having been announced yet. More wild speculation and analysing everything.

Gotta keep going! Keep supporting Shantae and hoping she gets in

Can someone make Shantae art like this the way they did Daisy? I'd love to see this

 

[Teeb147]

So, there wasn't really any hints to look at, so there's not too much speculation we can have about it.

WF's weird picnic tweet probably has more meat on it lol.

 

[MoveMan1]

Well, if so many people are willing to poke their nose in here in hopes of catching a secret reveal, I don't suppose any of you would like to sign up as a supporter?

 

[EarlTamm]

So, there wasn't really any hints to look at, so there's not too much speculation we can have about it.

WF's weird picnic tweet probably has more meat on it lol.

Well, someone said that Matt liked the "Actions speak louder than words" tweet, so that is perhaps something we can speculate?

 

[The21stSmasher]

I watched the video on Youtube, so I did not see the chat, thank goodness.

I always hide the chat before watching any live stream announcements. Seeing what all of those children gotta say in there is BIG no-no.

 

[AngrySun88]

Like I said before, this doesn't diminish her chances at all. This direct was about much smaller developers than Yacht Club or WayForward.

And of course there's still WayForward's unusual behavior to speculate about.

 

[Booper Blooper]

Well, if so many people are willing to poke their nose in here in hopes of catching a secret reveal, I don't suppose any of you would like to sign up as a supporter?

Thank you for reminding me!

I'd like to be listed as a supporter please.

 

[Veodok]

This whole situation is so wierd. You go on Twitter and all people are saying is "haha! people actually thought there was going to be a smash announcement in a nindies direct?! lol people are stupid"

Yet 99% of poeple just in this thread alone only gave the chances of it happening between 0-15%

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

And so the suffering waiting for Smash news continues for another day.~

Disappointing that there wasn't any WF-related news, though.

 

[loozer2]

I just really really hope people don't go on twitter flaming Nintendo and WF over fan theories and speculation.

 

[CloudedSun]

We've surpassed Bandana Dee as the third most talked about possible newcomer on Smashboards (in reply count). We went from 5 to 3 in literally a day.

 

[Teeb147]

This whole situation is so wierd. You go on Twitter and all people are saying is "haha! people actually thought there was going to be a smash announcement in a nindies direct?! lol people are stupid"

Yet 99% of poeple just in this thread alone only gave the chances of it happening between 0-15%

I actually saw a lot of people in the nintendo chat spouting 'snash!' and stuff like that a lot.
There's lots of people that are just hungry for some smash announcements.

 

[XenoWarriorX]

Well, someone said that Matt liked the "Actions speak louder than words" tweet, so that is perhaps something we can speculate?

this tweet?

 

[Yellowlord]

Well: if anyone wishes to be added to the supporter list, be it new people or old ones I may of missed, do let me know!

 

[GoldLiger]

This whole situation is so wierd. You go on Twitter and all people are saying is "haha! people actually thought there was going to be a smash announcement in a nindies direct?! lol people are stupid"

Yet 99% of poeple just in this thread alone only gave the chances of it happening between 0-15%

IKR? I am still hype for Shantae but my expectations was low for this Nindies Direct. Like I stated before "Maybe next time".

 

[EarlTamm]

this tweet?

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Yup, that's the one.

I also hope no one goes to insane about no Smash today. It was called a Nindie Direct for a reason, the odd's of Smash happening was low even with the possible benefits it would bring.