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

[AngrySun88]

It is also wise to not put all of our eggs in the leaker basket, especially when insiders like Jon from GameXplain are casting doubt on them.

Although I think Shantae is more likely for post pass, I'm not 100% discounting her for the fighter's pass just yet.

 

[zferolie]

Part 2 of Gameexplains video is out. About to watch it but I bet shantae is in the top 10 easily

 

[TOY the Gamer]

Part 2 of Gameexplains video is out. About to watch it but I bet shantae is in the top 10 easily

And you are correct.

 

[WingedSupernova]

Part 2 of Gameexplains video is out. About to watch it but I bet shantae is in the top 10 easily

I see Risky in the thumbnail lol

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Part 2 of Gameexplains video is out. About to watch it but I bet shantae is in the top 10 easily

I haven't watched it yet. Which number did they rank Shantae? It's okay guys, you can spoil it for me. Just don't spoil it for others.

 

[GoldLiger]

Yeah Shantae is number 10.

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Yeah Shantae is number 10.

I thought she would have been higher. Who is number 1 than?

 

[Dukefire]

I thought she would have been higher. Who is number 1 than?

Pauline

 

[RetrogamerMax]

Pauline

Oh wow! I must watch this to see their opinions.

 

[Jorichi]

I love how they put Risky in there too, she'd certainly be awesome as well!

But honestly though... Just switch Shantae and Pauline XD

 

[GoldLiger]

I love how they put Risky in there too, she'd certainly be awesome as well!

But honestly though... Just switch Shantae and Pauline XD

Shantae being in the top ten of the top 100 women in gaming for Smash is incredible in and of itself.

 

[SoupCanMafia]

Pauline

The reason why they say Pauline is No. 1 is pretty dumb in of itself.
Essentially, "she's first Nintendo girl, and we have the other three main girls of the Mario franchise, why not her".
I wouldn't know how she could work as a fighter, but unless we know for certain how she would fight, I don't think she'll be a Smash DLC character. That being said, Lara Croft's position makes more sense to me and she has more reasons than Pauline to come in (outside of being a SquareEnix Rep, competing with other SquareEnix Reps like Sora, Chrono, Geno, and more).

 

[TOY the Gamer]

So, are we taking what Verge said as Gospel in terms of Shantae's chances for CP5?

 

[RetrogamerMax]

So, are we taking what Verge said as Gospel in terms of Shantae's chances for CP5?

I'm siding with Jon from GameXplain and take what Verge or even what Sabi says with a grain of salt. Especially Verge.

 

[zferolie]

I'm siding with Jon from GameXplain and take what Verge or even what Sabi says with a grain of salt. Especially Verge.

Agreed. I say we wait till sabi says anything. Even if shantae isnt fp5 she is very likely as post

 

[ChadTR]

I always dismiss every single leak. 'Tis a fun fanfiction exercise, but that's about it. Unfortunately, though, Sabi and Verge have enough credentials IMO, so I feel like they're to be believed. Unpopular opinion, but I actually didn't think Shantae was planned for the first batch of DLC after she showed in the main game as a spirit. Cautiously hoping, but being very ready to hear she was not. That said, I'm optimistic for her as a post-FP character.

As for who FP5 will be? I'm betting on a vintage character again, à la Banjo-Kazooie and Terry. Someone nobody talks about, and Verge disconfirming all the present major editors simply means to me that the character is from a licence/an editor/something that was big in the 1980s or 1990s, but a bit forgotten right now. Inb4 I'm proven wrong and the character is promotional for some new game XD Wouldn't surprise me in the least. Or outright Shantae, in which case I'll just be too happy to even care about being proven wrong

 

[meleebrawler]

I always dismiss every single leak. 'Tis a fun fanfiction exercise, but that's about it. Unfortunately, though, Sabi and Verge have enough credentials IMO, so I feel like they're to be believed. Unpopular opinion, but I actually didn't think Shantae was planned for the first batch of DLC after she showed in the main game as a spirit. Cautiously hoping, but being very ready to hear she was not. That said, I'm optimistic for her as a post-FP character.

As for who FP5 will be? I'm betting on a vintage character again, à la Banjo-Kazooie and Terry. Someone nobody talks about, and Verge disconfirming all the present major editors simply means to me that the character is from a licence/an editor/something that was big in the 1980s or 1990s, but a bit forgotten right now. Inb4 I'm proven wrong and the character is promotional for some new game XD Wouldn't surprise me in the least. Or outright Shantae, in which case I'll just be too happy to even care about being proven wrong

You can't dismiss and believe in something at the same time. Make up your mind, unless you your beliefs are founded on something other than the leaker's credibilities?

 

[SoupCanMafia]

Gentlemen, just disregard these "leakers". It's this kind of mindset of obsessing over these people that left us in some muck back in Nov. 1st, 2018. A lot of these leakers know nothing, and if not for these insiders (whom I'm more than convinced are just their buddy pals), then they wouldn't be as popular as they are.

 

[Jorichi]

Given how many factors play into these leaks, I never fully buy them. They're fun food for speculation most of the time, but this time around they've just made a mess of it all together. And given we're less than a week away from TGA now, I'm just gonna wait and see, and hope we'll get a nice surprise.

 

[TOY the Gamer]

I'm siding with Jon from GameXplain and take what Verge or even what Sabi says with a grain of salt. Especially Verge.

What did Jon say? This is the first I've heard about it.

 

[meleebrawler]

Given how many factors play into these leaks, I never fully buy them. They're fun food for speculation most of the time, but this time around they've just made a mess of it all together. And given we're less than a week away from TGA now, I'm just gonna wait and see, and hope we'll get a nice surprise.

It all just smells like educated guesses based on the assumption that they wouldn't dare add two characters from a given third-party company in the same pass.

 

[ChadTR]

You can't dismiss and believe in something at the same time. Make up your mind, unless you your beliefs are founded on something other than the leaker's credibilities?

Let's express it another way: I dismiss all leaks except those from leakers which I perceive as having credentials, which is the case of Sabi and Verge.

 

[Dukefire]

If anyone is going to see the Promare movie (sub) on Dec 8. Tell if there are any changes to Shantae's game release date other than coming soon. If not, then we will have to play with WF rules until they are ready.

 

[SoupCanMafia]

Wanna know my secret to all this? Don't trust leakers, period. No matter what evidence they got, no matter what they have, trust only Nintendo with the information of new fighters and all that.

 

[Dukefire]

Again, like what this gif said......

Spoiler: About Leaks

 

[TOY the Gamer]

I feel like we've been running around like chickens with their heads cut off ever since Verge "deconfirmed" our girl.

 

[Morning Raven]

The reason why they say Pauline is No. 1 is pretty dumb in of itself.
Essentially, "she's first Nintendo girl, and we have the other three main girls of the Mario franchise, why not her".
I wouldn't know how she could work as a fighter, but unless we know for certain how she would fight, I don't think she'll be a Smash DLC character. That being said, Lara Croft's position makes more sense to me and she has more reasons than Pauline to come in (outside of being a SquareEnix Rep, competing with other SquareEnix Reps like Sora, Chrono, Geno, and more).

Their reason for Pauline being first. Lara Croft, Chell, Jill, KOS-MOS and 2B should all go before there. And Morrigan should be a solid 30 slots higher then (depending on where Chun li and Sophitia/Cassandra are)

I always dismiss every single leak. 'Tis a fun fanfiction exercise, but that's about it. Unfortunately, though, Sabi and Verge have enough credentials IMO, so I feel like they're to be believed. Unpopular opinion, but I actually didn't think Shantae was planned for the first batch of DLC after she showed in the main game as a spirit. Cautiously hoping, but being very ready to hear she was not. That said, I'm optimistic for her as a post-FP character.

As for who FP5 will be? I'm betting on a vintage character again, à la Banjo-Kazooie and Terry. Someone nobody talks about, and Verge disconfirming all the present major editors simply means to me that the character is from a licence/an editor/something that was big in the 1980s or 1990s, but a bit forgotten right now. Inb4 I'm proven wrong and the character is promotional for some new game XD Wouldn't surprise me in the least. Or outright Shantae, in which case I'll just be too happy to even care about being proven wrong

I didnt believe Shantae was FP5 until just this last month based on how stuff happened and the fact we still dont have Seven Sirens news. Even still, more so because I think she would be a lesser hype character to end the FP before a bigger hype character starts the next one. And Daisy still needs a character to interact with. She easily will be later.

 

[ChadTR]

I'm a bit at a loss about the secrecy around Shantae 5's development. It's so unlike WayForward. I feel like there is something fishy going on, though I'm not 100% sure it's Smash-related.

 

[Dukefire]

I bet with how much people on the internet digs to uncover secrets even if was only to be viewed for certain eyes. WF is taking the precaution to not slip up important information.

 

[Shinuto]

I bet with how much people on the internet digs to uncover secrets even if was only to be viewed for certain eyes. WF is taking the precaution to not slip up important information.

What if their sources dont know FP5, and they assume its not due to confirming MOST of the 1300+ spirits arent it?

 

[Dukefire]

What if their sources dont know FP5, and they assume its not due to confirming MOST of the 1300+ spirits arent it?

Then its more people wanting to drag on the drama storm on the World Wide Web. Can't stop that easily

 

[RetrogamerMax]

What did Jon say? This is the first I've heard about it.

Jon pretty much doubting Verge and Sabi's deconfirm statements on Twitter. Jon also said Verge piggyback off his Star Fox GP prediction and called it a leak a year ago.

 

[TOY the Gamer]

Jon pretty much doubting Verge and Sabi's deconfirm statements on Twitter. Jon also said Verge piggyback off his Star Fox GP prediction and called it a leak a year ago.

Ooooh...

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I think Jon might be more credible than both of them due to GameXplain's deep connections within Nintendo.

 

[TOY the Gamer]

I think Jon might be more credible than both of them due to GameXplain's deep connections within Nintendo.

I just like that Shantae was in the Top 10 of their Top 100 Women for Smash... and Reimu wasn't even anywhere on the list.

 

[zferolie]

I just like that Shantae was in the Top 10 of their Top 100 Women for Smash... and Reimu wasn't even anywhere on the list.

I was saddened by the lack of reimu, i felt they just forgot her sadly haha

 

[RetrogamerMax]

I just like that Shantae was in the Top 10 of their Top 100 Women for Smash... and Reimu wasn't even anywhere on the list.

It just shows Shantae is a prime contender. Also I was surprised not to see Reimu on that list due to how big of a franchise Touhou is in Japan.

 

[WingedSupernova]

If anyone is going to see the Promare movie (sub) on Dec 8. Tell if there are any changes to Shantae's game release date other than coming soon. If not, then we will have to play with WF rules until they are ready.

Will do. Hopefully I can get my friends' asses in gear so we make it on time.

 

[LaBeteNoire]

What a wild time. If all these deconfirmations are accurate (all the main speculation front runners and all spirits) then I have a feeling #5 is going to be very underwhelming.

I mean, I can't think of many characters who haven't been in this huge list of allegedly decomfirmed characters who would still garner a lot of excitement. It really feels like this could be a Terry sequel with a handful of fans being excited and the majority just scratching their heads.

 

[Shinuto]

I just like that Shantae was in the Top 10 of their Top 100 Women for Smash... and Reimu wasn't even anywhere on the list.

I was saddened by the lack of reimu, i felt they just forgot her sadly haha

I was more surprised by lack of MIDNA. and Lip

AND NO MARINA LITEYEARS!

What a wild time. If all these deconfirmations are accurate (all the main speculation front runners and all spirits) then I have a feeling #5 is going to be very underwhelming.

I mean, I can't think of many characters who haven't been in this huge list of allegedly decomfirmed characters who would still garner a lot of excitement. It really feels like this could be a Terry sequel with a handful of fans being excited and the majority just scratching their heads.

Going by all the current deconfirms, Verge's and Sabi's

I can see Sony is still in the running so Kratos, Sly Cooper, Nathan Drake (bleuurgggh), Ellie, Ratchet & Clank, Jak & Daxter, Kat, Sackboy
for others I see Saber of Fate/StayNight, Knight of Hollow Knight, Cadence of Crypt of the Necrodancer Quote, Commander Video, Dragalia Lost or Granblue Fantasy character, and Gerralt of Witcher, Heavy of TF2 or just a TF2 character, Chell of Portal,

Keep in mind ALL of these I am SEVERELY reaching and stretching my limits on who I can consider IF the leaks/deconfirmatons WERE true. thats a mere 18 characters and honestly outside Heavy, Chell, R&C, Kat Quote, and maaaybe The Knight and Cadence... all of those suck. to me BADLY, like massive dissapointment tier (still not rage inducing grief and despiar like Steve from Minecraft though, so good on them...)