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

[Dukefire]

Still perplexed as to why they still don't reply to Smash-related tweets while most other companies have openly done so.

Maybe they are very busy with getting the Seven Sirens done and/or is planning something by playing mind games with the fans

 

[Teeb147]

So I read milk's info. But how did they know it's a character already in the game if they dont know who it is? That to me doesn't make sense..

But other than that, if it's a projectile they hold in their hands like a boomerang, then who could it be?

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Maybe they are very busy with getting the Seven Sirens done and/or is planning something by playing mind games with the fans

Speaking of which, we still don't have any concrete info on Seven Sirens besides that demo and promo stuff. They really are secretive with this one.

 

[Biometal]

So I read milk's info. But how did they know it's a character already in the game if they dont know who it is? That to me doesn't make sense..

But other than that, if it's a projectile they hold in their hands like a boomerang, then who could it be?

I've heard about that boomerang thing, but never found where everyone gets it from.

 

[Dukefire]

Also in case you didn't know, Jake Kaufman has left WF to freelance on his own. So, the Seven Sirens's music tracks are not done by him.

 

[Shinuto]

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So I read milk's info. But how did they know it's a character already in the game if they dont know who it is? That to me doesn't make sense..

But other than that, if it's a projectile they hold in their hands like a boomerang, then who could it be?

have a source that gives them info.

 

[Teeb147]

I've heard about that boomerang thing, but never found where everyone gets it from.

It's what the leaker said. They changed their twitter so the links dont work, but there's a limk to the leaks wiki on the last page and it lists everything they said.

There's no link to where they say that it comes from a franchise already represented in smash, so maybe they didn't actually say that, but it listed sources for everything else. Other than that they might have legit info if they knew some stuff. dunno

 

[Biometal]

It's what the leaker said. They changed their twitter so the links dont work, but there's a limk to the leaks wiki on the last page and it lists everything they said.

There's no link to where they say that it comes from a franchise already represented in smash, so maybe they didn't actually say that, but it listed sources for everything else. Other than that they might have legit info if they knew some stuff. dunno

Welp. The only female kimono-wearing character that I know has already appeared is Hikari, and I know nothing about her.

 

[Teeb147]

Welp. The only female kimono-wearing character that I know has already appeared is Hikari, and I know nothing about her.

Well, they also said that it looked like a character from a fighting game, maybe the style? And to me Hikari doesn't look like that. So... I really dont know

 

[LaBeteNoire]

So the Milk stuff hinges on all those things being true, which I'm still not sure of. Like They say their friend saw the model and that's why they aren't sure of who it is, but they know they have already appeared? How do they know that? If the friend said "it looked like some kind of fighting character" and then they saw her as a spirit would they just tell milk "Oh, that's the one I saw"

Also does Milk have any credibility before they started making their claims? As in, did they predict something or leak something that came true before they started telling us about this untextured model their friend saw?

That said, lets give them the benefit of the doubt and look through the spirits (because anything that appeared has a spirit even if they were an assist trophy. Myabe some characters who appear in the background aren't spirits s they could count, but for now spirits will do)

I order of spirit dex, and some of them I am including on technicalities

Kumatora?: Female and has a very Japanese style if not dress style, but she does have a model already...

Linde: The FE is usually very western with it's clothing choices, Linde is one I could see passing a a priestess/shrine maiden.

Young Tiki: She has the most Japanese styled clothes so far and I could see someone seeing a 3D model of her and thinking it was for a fighting game

Lyn: could easily be thought to be from a fighting game, Japanese garb, has a model in the game and highly requested for some time.

Hinoka: Japanese clothing that is red and white (which could help confuse her with a shrine maiden) as well as could easily look like a fighting game character and a spear could be considered a "flying weapon"

Sakura: Straight up is a shrine maiden

Tsubasa Oribe: Japanese school girl, has a spear "flying weapon" from a third party game that is getting a Switch port

Medusa?: Could be thought of as being from a fighting game with a Japanese style, but not much

Viridi?: Same boat as Medusa really. Could say her clothes look a little more Japanese, but not much.

Kat and Ana: Girls, ninjas, have a model in the game...

Ashley: female, highly requested, but you would be hard pressed to say she look slike she would be from a fighting game or that she looks particularly Japanese dressed.

Chun Li: is from a fighting game, tho I don;t think many people in the east would confuse her Chinese clothes for Japanese...

Sakura: Japanese School girl from a fighting game so who knows...

Karin: same as Sakura...

Ibuki: same as last two except replace "school girl" with "ninja"...

Donbe and Hikara: Shrine maiden who if redesigned for smash could be mistaken for being from a fighting game...

Goku and Chao: Chinese instead of Japanese, but her slothes are red and white so maybe she could be confused for a shrine maiden?

Girl from Hajimari no Mori: I mean, she is in a kimono, but that's about it...

All three of the Fatal frame girls who have spirits: I mean, Japanese school girls who deal with ghosts...

And... that's about it. As you can see I was being pretty generous with some of them. With that in mind, Shantae fares pretty well as she could easily be confused with being both from a fighting game and in eastern garb (at least with as much of a stretch that most of those girls needed)

Plus the 5th for the fighters pass is almost certainly a third party from a game that doesn't yet have a stage or music. When you keep that in mind, our girls chances seem very high (provided this Milk leak is legit) as I can't think of any other third party female who has been included in Smash that doesn't already have a stage from their franchise other than Shantae and the Fatal Frame girls.

 

[WingedSupernova]

Since nobody can come up with any character that matches the criteria it's safe to assume at least one part of the info is faulty. It's something to keep in mind, but with the vague nature of it in general the best we can hope for is that his knowledge is correct about the part that it's a female character.

Also I haven't posted in here for a long time (December I think) so hey!

 

[zferolie]

I did send milk a few quesrion on their twitter, to clarify some stuff, if they character is for sure already in the game and if shantae may fit.

 

[PokéfreakofBACON]

Oh man. Smashboards didn't tell me this thread had new posts. Smh. What'd I miss? I saw some of the Milk leak stuff, can someone catch me up on that? Shantae being the fifth fighter would be godlike.

 

[Teeb147]

So the Milk stuff hinges on all those things being true, which I'm still not sure of. Like They say their friend saw the model and that's why they aren't sure of who it is, but they know they have already appeared? How do they know that? If the friend said "it looked like some kind of fighting character" and then they saw her as a spirit would they just tell milk "Oh, that's the one I saw"

Also does Milk have any credibility before they started making their claims? As in, did they predict something or leak something that came true before they started telling us about this untextured model their friend saw?

That said, lets give them the benefit of the doubt and look through the spirits (because anything that appeared has a spirit even if they were an assist trophy. Myabe some characters who appear in the background aren't spirits s they could count, but for now spirits will do)

I order of spirit dex, and some of them I am including on technicalities

Kumatora?: Female and has a very Japanese style if not dress style, but she does have a model already...

Linde: The FE is usually very western with it's clothing choices, Linde is one I could see passing a a priestess/shrine maiden.

Young Tiki: She has the most Japanese styled clothes so far and I could see someone seeing a 3D model of her and thinking it was for a fighting game

Lyn: could easily be thought to be from a fighting game, Japanese garb, has a model in the game and highly requested for some time.

Hinoka: Japanese clothing that is red and white (which could help confuse her with a shrine maiden) as well as could easily look like a fighting game character and a spear could be considered a "flying weapon"

Sakura: Straight up is a shrine maiden

Tsubasa Oribe: Japanese school girl, has a spear "flying weapon" from a third party game that is getting a Switch port

Medusa?: Could be thought of as being from a fighting game with a Japanese style, but not much

Viridi?: Same boat as Medusa really. Could say her clothes look a little more Japanese, but not much.

Kat and Ana: Girls, ninjas, have a model in the game...

Ashley: female, highly requested, but you would be hard pressed to say she look slike she would be from a fighting game or that she looks particularly Japanese dressed.

Chun Li: is from a fighting game, tho I don;t think many people in the east would confuse her Chinese clothes for Japanese...

Sakura: Japanese School girl from a fighting game so who knows...

Karin: same as Sakura...

Ibuki: same as last two except replace "school girl" with "ninja"...

Donbe and Hikara: Shrine maiden who if redesigned for smash could be mistaken for being from a fighting game...

Goku and Chao: Chinese instead of Japanese, but her slothes are red and white so maybe she could be confused for a shrine maiden?

Girl from Hajimari no Mori: I mean, she is in a kimono, but that's about it...

All three of the Fatal frame girls who have spirits: I mean, Japanese school girls who deal with ghosts...

And... that's about it. As you can see I was being pretty generous with some of them. With that in mind, Shantae fares pretty well as she could easily be confused with being both from a fighting game and in eastern garb (at least with as much of a stretch that most of those girls needed)

Plus the 5th for the fighters pass is almost certainly a third party from a game that doesn't yet have a stage or music. When you keep that in mind, our girls chances seem very high (provided this Milk leak is legit) as I can't think of any other third party female who has been included in Smash that doesn't already have a stage from their franchise other than Shantae and the Fatal Frame girls.

They predicted that Hero would have 4 skins (and no female alt) when that definitely wasnt the norm.
They also predicted VR implementation in smash.
There might be something else too, but it's those 2 things that got me paying any attention to them.

Since nobody can come up with any character that matches the criteria it's safe to assume at least one part of the info is faulty. It's something to keep in mind, but with the vague nature of it in general the best we can hope for is that his knowledge is correct about the part that it's a female character.

Also I haven't posted in here for a long time (December I think) so hey!

It's possible that the part about coming from a game already in smash isn't true and something that was misunderstood, because there's no source for milk's friend saying that. I'd be curious to see someone find it tho.

I'm just glad there's a chance for a female character really, .. it's hard to tell what's really going on in this case.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

They predicted that Hero would have 4 skins (and no female alt) when that definitely wasnt the norm.
They also predicted VR implementation in smash.
There might be something else too, but it's those 2 things that got me paying any attention to them.



It's possible that the part about coming from a game already in smash isn't true and something that was misunderstood, because there's no source for milk's friend saying that. I'd be curious to see someone find it tho.

I'm just glad there's a chance for a female character really, .. it's hard to tell what's really going on in this case.

Thanks, there have been so many leakers who all got something right so it's hard to remember who called what.

That said, there is certainly a chance, but it still seems odd since they can't confirm if the character was in a fighting game, but they can say the character already appeared...

 

[Teeb147]

Thanks, there have been so many leakers who all got something right so it's hard to remember who called what.

That said, there is certainly a chance, but it still seems odd since they can't confirm if the character was in a fighting game, but they can say the character already appeared...

Yup that's the part i dont get. Unless a developper told them it was, I dont see how they could know she's already in the game if they dont know who it is. It'd be easy to look it up. They apparently only saw a model without being able to tell what the face was or something like that.

Anyway, hopefully we hear more stuff from milk. Or get a character reveal before terry's release.. which i guess i kinda doubt. oh well, we'll see.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

Yup that's the part i dont get. Unless a developper told them it was, I dont see how they could know she's already in the game if they dont know who it is. It'd be easy to look it up. They apparently only saw a model without being able to tell what the face was or something like that.

Anyway, hopefully we hear more stuff from milk. Or get a character reveal before terry's release.. which i guess i kinda doubt. oh well, we'll see.

I think a reveal just before or as Terry releases is likely, that seems to be how they are handling things by constantly moving the carrot.

I also wonder if the knew that Terry and whoever 5 is would be underwhelming which is why they announced the additional DLC now. Like maybe they new a large portion of the community would be bored with Terry because "X character would have been so much better" so they decided to just nip it all in the bud by giving everyone further reason to hope for the fighter they would prefer.

I kinda wish the fighters were only being sold separately so we could gauge (and Nintendo would see) what the demand for each individual character was.

 

[zferolie]

With all this, i want to list who i think the next 11 characters will be/want to be. I am going woth the WoL datamining that leaves us, as of now, 90 character slots. The mad man sakurai could even go further beyond!

1. Shantae. Of course. I hope she is character 5 of the FP but even if she isnt she has a high chance of coming in, along with 2 other spirits.

2. Reimu. My other indie i really want. Touhou is super duper influential on that japanese gaming scene.

3. Geno. Its his time. Sakurai has been wanting him ever since melee. Plus, most likely the new fighters wont be getting stages, but maybe just some music, and this helps Geno alot, due to how stingy SE is with music.

4. Ryu Hayabusa. The last of the NES elite other then the contra guy. No Koei Tecmo rep is odd considering how close they are to nintendo, so i feel Ryu has a chance, plus now thay more dlc is confirmed i think iamshifty is pretty legit in know ryu is comong, just not for this fighter pack.

5. Doomslayer. We pretty much are going to have every Doom game on switch. Doom is the grandaddy of all fps, and has made a huge mark in gaming history, and that is important to sakurao i feel. I think its possible to make him work without his blood and gore. He may only brong his more scifi guns thougj to avoid a crazy rating.

6. Rayman. The last of the big 3 spirits i think are getting upgraded. Ubisoft is close to nintendo, and Rayman is a classic video game character and highly requested.

7. Crash Bandicoot. A game that pits Mario vs Sonic vs Crash Bandicoot... the three mascot titans of the mid 90s... insane i tell ya. Plus imagine his trailer is litterally the OG smash commercial but the guy in the crash outfit jumps in as well to fight. Amazing.

8. Rex and Pyra. With how sakurai sounded when he was talking about the Rex mii costume makes me think this will be the only mii costume upgrade. A tag team fighter of Rex and Pyra. With on in the background while the other fights, simular to the torna expansion would be great. I am just not sure how to get Mythra in that style of gameplay. If both qere in it would have to be rex doing all the fighting save for some moves, and down be swaps pyra and mythra, which effects the properties of the attacks, but that sounds boring to me.

9. Rhythm girl. I think the rhythm heaven series needs some rep, and she would be tje best, as she can pull from all the other minigames and characters in her moveset.

10. Tales of rep. I feel Namco deserves 1 more fighter, and the Tales of series is a long running nintendo one. I feel it would be Llypd or Velvet or Yuri. The first 2 would be the most unique though.

11. A dead/forgotten nintendo franchise. Every game has included 1 of these, amd i think 1 more would be nice. Mach rider, Andy/Sami from advanced Wars, demille from Tomato adventure, Ayumi from famicom Detective club (which is getting a japanese reboot), Donbe and Hikari from shin Onigashima, and more i cannot even name i am sure.

And those are my 11 picks for the remaining datamined WoL slots.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

Whoever this girl is, they'll be unexpected for at least some part of the fanbase, casual, hardcore, and/or outsider.

Also in case you didn't know, Jake Kaufman has left WF to freelance on his own. So, the Seven Sirens's music tracks are not done by him.

Dang, the end of an era. At least he should get more opportunities like for Shovel Knight.

 

[WingedSupernova]

I went back and checked a few polls at the beginning of DLC speculation with a wide reach to see where Shantae ended up on the whole spectrum. She ended up 5th on the Smash Ultimate News poll with 917 votes and the poll itself had about 22,000 votes counted making it the largest I could find.

Spoiler: Poll Results

The other was the Source Gaming poll from May when Hero speculation was growing wild. It had about 9,000 votes and Shantae placed 4th.

Spoiler: Poll Results

While this is definitely not a great representation of every Smash fan out there with an opinion and a functioning pair of lungs, it's one of the best things we have to gauge interest at this time.

EDIT: Banjo and Kazooie are also included in both of these polls above her so you can safely count her up a spot on both.

 

[PokéfreakofBACON]

I went back and checked a few polls at the beginning of DLC speculation with a wide reach to see where Shantae ended up on the whole spectrum. She ended up 5th on the Smash Ultimate News poll with 917 votes and the poll itself had about 22,000 votes counted making it the largest I could find.

While this is definitely not a great representation of every Smash fan out there with an opinion and a functioning pair of lungs, it's one of the best things we have to gauge interest at this time.

EDIT: Banjo and Kazooie are also included in both of these polls above her so you can safely count her up a spot on both.

These two polls were pretty small relatively. When it comes to polls around the time of the Smash Ballot, I always have to bring up the SSB4Dojo conglomerate poll. They took results from a ton of different polls and mashed them all together, and it's one of the best/biggest/most accurate, in my opinion.

Not that it bodes any worse.

According to this one, Shantae is 4th place when you exclude assist trophies. And this is THE BIGGEST POLL we know of. Or at least that I know of.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

With all this, i want to list who i think the next 11 characters will be/want to be. I am going woth the WoL datamining that leaves us, as of now, 90 character slots. The mad man sakurai could even go further beyond!

1. Shantae. Of course. I hope she is character 5 of the FP but even if she isnt she has a high chance of coming in, along with 2 other spirits.

2. Reimu. My other indie i really want. Touhou is super duper influential on that japanese gaming scene.

3. Geno. Its his time. Sakurai has been wanting him ever since melee. Plus, most likely the new fighters wont be getting stages, but maybe just some music, and this helps Geno alot, due to how stingy SE is with music.

4. Ryu Hayabusa. The last of the NES elite other then the contra guy. No Koei Tecmo rep is odd considering how close they are to nintendo, so i feel Ryu has a chance, plus now thay more dlc is confirmed i think iamshifty is pretty legit in know ryu is comong, just not for this fighter pack.

5. Doomslayer. We pretty much are going to have every Doom game on switch. Doom is the grandaddy of all fps, and has made a huge mark in gaming history, and that is important to sakurao i feel. I think its possible to make him work without his blood and gore. He may only brong his more scifi guns thougj to avoid a crazy rating.

6. Rayman. The last of the big 3 spirits i think are getting upgraded. Ubisoft is close to nintendo, and Rayman is a classic video game character and highly requested.

7. Crash Bandicoot. A game that pits Mario vs Sonic vs Crash Bandicoot... the three mascot titans of the mid 90s... insane i tell ya. Plus imagine his trailer is litterally the OG smash commercial but the guy in the crash outfit jumps in as well to fight. Amazing.

8. Rex and Pyra. With how sakurai sounded when he was talking about the Rex mii costume makes me think this will be the only mii costume upgrade. A tag team fighter of Rex and Pyra. With on in the background while the other fights, simular to the torna expansion would be great. I am just not sure how to get Mythra in that style of gameplay. If both qere in it would have to be rex doing all the fighting save for some moves, and down be swaps pyra and mythra, which effects the properties of the attacks, but that sounds boring to me.

9. Rhythm girl. I think the rhythm heaven series needs some rep, and she would be tje best, as she can pull from all the other minigames and characters in her moveset.

10. Tales of rep. I feel Namco deserves 1 more fighter, and the Tales of series is a long running nintendo one. I feel it would be Llypd or Velvet or Yuri. The first 2 would be the most unique though.

11. A dead/forgotten nintendo franchise. Every game has included 1 of these, amd i think 1 more would be nice. Mach rider, Andy/Sami from advanced Wars, demille from Tomato adventure, Ayumi from famicom Detective club (which is getting a japanese reboot), Donbe and Hikari from shin Onigashima, and more i cannot even name i am sure.

And those are my 11 picks for the remaining datamined WoL slots.

Though I would say 11 is VERY ambitious (lets remember that when place holders like that are made, devs generally pick a number larger than they will ever reach so that they never have to go back to code in more spaces) It's still an interesting exercise, so I will play along...

1. Shantae: Of course I will list her. explaining why would be preaching to the choir in here.

2. Dixie Kong: She's been overlooked since Brawl and she definitely deserves to finally get in. I would say she is the last really relevant Nintendo all-star who isn't in yet. Every other character either isn't as relevant or doesn't have as much history as Dixie.

3. Mipha: Zelda needs representation that isn't a Link. Of all the Zelda characters that aren't currently an Assist, I think Mipha would be the best. She brings a weapon type that isn't used and water moves to counteract how half the current roster has fire attacks.

4. Geno: I think it's really his time. He has been wanted for so long and Sakurai has acknowledged the demands and agreed that he likes the character. Including Geno would really put a topper on Ultimate as the Smash game to beat all Smash games

5. Master Higgins: Does he have any real chance? No, but I would say he was just as important to the NES as Ryu Hyubusa. In fact he has more importance to Nintendo since he was created specifically so they could put the Wonder Boy series on the NES. Plus we don;t have a caveman, a skateboard rider, or a tomahawk thrower so he would be more unique than Ryu. Just won't happen...

6. Blanka: The character that ever made me care about fighting games and personally one who I think fits in the wacky nexus of video games world better than Ryu. Plus there is so much you could do with his rolling pounces and having another electric character again helps downplay the over abundance of fire users.

7. Panther or Slippy (not both): Either would expand on underrepresented species (only two cats and only one amphibian) I see Panther playing like a faster Wolf that doesn't hit as hard but jumps better and maybe even has a trap or counter move. As for slippy I see him being a joke character where all his attacks would be him screwing up. Like maybe his blaster can charge and if you charge it too long it backfires, but instead of hurting Slippy it causes a small area explosion. Or his dash attack would be him tripping and rolling for a bit. He would also be the slowest SF rep, but have the best jumping since toad.

8.Earthworn Jim: I love his character and the humor of his series and he would have a lot of moves to use. His head whip, his multiple guns, his propeller jump, he could use his buddy Snot as a grab and stage tether. Plus he just has so much personality and I would love to see how they animate his facial expressions. Plus we could get Dan Castellanetta to return to voice him which would be awesome.

9. Young Tiki: I know earlier I said no assist trophies, but it OoT Link could be represented in two ages back in Melee, then I can be ok with one character being playable as a child and an assist as an adult. Plus if she plays in any way similar to how she was in FE warriors (starting off a little weak until she charges up to wreck as a dragon) then she would be really unique.

10. Cham Cham: If we continue the trend of third parties getting at least two characters, then I nominate Cham Cham for SNK's next. I know she wouldn't be the one they pick, but none of my suggestions past maybe number 4 were ever that likely.

11. Luxray: If I thought he was even remotely likely he would be number one, but I know that just some random route 1 pokemon doesn't really stand a chance. He barely gets any attention in his home series thanks to all the competition, so him being in a crossover game just wouldn't happen. That said he is my favorite monster from my favorite video game series so I can't not wish for him... Besides Smash needs a lion in the roster and I think Luxray has slightly more chance than Lion from Codename STEAM (tho low key I would love him too)

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

These two polls were pretty small relatively. When it comes to polls around the time of the Smash Ballot, I always have to bring up the SSB4Dojo conglomerate poll. They took results from a ton of different polls and mashed them all together, and it's one of the best/biggest/most accurate, in my opinion.

Not that it bodes any worse.

According to this one, Shantae is 4th place when you exclude assist trophies. And this is THE BIGGEST POLL we know of. Or at least that I know of.

There is also these collected poll results for Source Gaming.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1riZ4HDxzIjb8OmJyV2T9KgG6M1X-r6siXljFH1nQwdw/edit

 

[PokéfreakofBACON]

There is also these collected poll results for Source Gaming.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1riZ4HDxzIjb8OmJyV2T9KgG6M1X-r6siXljFH1nQwdw/edit

That one is much smaller than this one.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

These two polls were pretty small relatively. When it comes to polls around the time of the Smash Ballot, I always have to bring up the SSB4Dojo conglomerate poll. They took results from a ton of different polls and mashed them all together, and it's one of the best/biggest/most accurate, in my opinion.

Not that it bodes any worse.

According to this one, Shantae is 4th place when you exclude assist trophies. And this is THE BIGGEST POLL we know of. Or at least that I know of.

She actually places third. You probably forgot that Isaac is an assist. in that poll, the only two characters above her that arent veterans, new additions or assist trophies are Bandanna Dee and Paper Mario.

 

[PokéfreakofBACON]

She actually places third. You probably forgot that Isaac is an assist. in that poll, the only two characters above her that arent veterans, new additions or assist trophies are Bandanna Dee and Paper Mario.

Whoops. I was counting Banjo for some reason, lol.

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

That one is much smaller than this one.

Still amuses me that one of my Kong homeboys Lanky Kong managed to score so high.

If any of those fan polls are reliable, we have an idea for at least some of the characters that might come next.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

Still amuses me that one of my Kong homeboys Lanky Kong managed to score so high.

If any of those fan polls are reliable, we have an idea for at least some of the characters that might come next.

I mean, for what it's worth Lanky would be one of the most unique Kong you could add with his stretchy arms and floating around. If Dixie were already in I would be championing Lanky hard.

 

[WingedSupernova]

I mean, for what it's worth Lanky would be one of the most unique Kong you could add with his stretchy arms and floating around. If Dixie were already in I would be championing Lanky hard.

I would honestly be incredibly amused by Lanky. Springman for a Lanky echo.

 

[GoldLiger]

Well does these polls include polls from Japan? I feel that we need to see how Shantae is doing over there in general. I know how she made it on the front of a Famitsu online page but do we have more data?

 

[KirbyWorshipper2465]

I would honestly be incredibly amused by Lanky. Springman for a Lanky echo.

At the very least, they'd share a few normal moves. Lanky can stand on his own as unique otherwise. Dixie fans can't remotely agree on whether she should be an echo of Diddy or not, and it frustrates me.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

I would honestly be incredibly amused by Lanky. Springman for a Lanky echo.

YOu know, DK was a surprise boss in Punchout Wii. Lanky should have been a surprise boss/joke character for Arms. it would have been so perfect...

Also since I mentioned how Luxray had no chance earlier... I came across this on a page discussing the National Dex Debacle...

Spoiler: Luxray's most important role in Pokemon Media...

 

[Inoj]

Oh hey, a River City Girls traileri!

 

[kaithehedgefox]

I do not want to have Shantae as a playable character as of now. But I want her to be promoted to an assist and have her as a mii costume along with Shovel Knight, Beck (Mighty no 9), Lilac (freedom Planet) etc. I don't think I should explain why I want her to be an assist trophy.

Here's a quote from another thread.

So here's the evolution of 3rd party playable character rules. Break the rule for once and it opens the floodgates for all.

You can only have one rep per company. Then add Ryu. The rule is removed.

You need to have a significant history with Nintnedo. Then add Cloud. The rule is removed.

You need to have a complete series. Then add Bayonetta. The rule is removed. (Note: Bayonetta was originally an exception for those who aren't highly iconic)

You can only have one rep per franchise. Then add Richter. The rule is removed.

You need to be significantly iconic. Then add Joker/Ren. The rule is removed.

Now here are the current rules for 3rd party characters,

1. Needs to be a videogame character.

2. Needs to have a significant console history.

3. Must be a major character.

4. 1st rep needs to be the main protagonist.

5. Character can't be extremely/excessively/incredibly obscure.

Since there's no more rules about needing to be significantly iconic, Shantae would be allowed to be playable.

 

[Shinuto]

I do not want to have Shantae as a playable character as of now. But I want her to be promoted to an assist and have her as a mii costume along with Shovel Knight, Beck (Mighty no 9), Lilac (freedom Planet) etc.

You're dead to me


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[Shadow Novus]

*pokes head in*

I see the wave 2 announcement got this place rolling again.

I'm trying to manage my expectations because, well you know. But I'm still hopeful even if that hope seems slim...

 

[Wademan94]

Beck (Mighty no 9)

Something tells me they won’t be making their money back on the production of that costume.

 

[kaithehedgefox]

Something tells me they won’t be making their money back on the production of that costume.

I still think it would be a great idea in my opinion.

 

[Wademan94]

I still think it would be a great idea in my opinion.

Tell that to the 70 thousand backers and everyone else with knowledge of the game.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

Tell that to the 70 thousand backers and everyone else with knowledge of the game.

I love reading your comments in the voice of that stern Business Mewtwo you have as your profile pic.