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I really like what you're going for here, though I'd probably suggest having some rounds randomly choose a different type of battle each playthrough like in Brawl to further increase variety and replayability.
Man, if that ain't a constant mood.
I'm thinking it will build off of what Sm4sh had. So the more colourful and vibrant models. But, I do expect there to a large amount of texture updates, bring characters like Mario and Donkey Kong up to date with their recent counterparts (Mario's overalls and Donkey Kong having more visible fur).
I could see this. The Brawl trailer also had a sizable amount of veterans revealed too I believe? If not I can see a newcomer/veteran reveal-palooza.
Veteran:
You're forgetting they revealed Samus as well.
I disagree. Think back to the way the Smash 4 character reveals worked -- Every so often they'd release a new character intro and every single time they did, people got even more excited for the game. Unless you're talking about the actual final trailer, I think that hyping up the game one character at a time would be the best, not only for their publicity, but for the viewers as well. I loved how they handled it with Smash 4.
I'd say it's pretty safe to assume they'll use the most recent versions of most of the characters, e.g. Odyssey Mario, Breath of the Wild Link/Zelda, etc. This has some pretty cool implications for other franchises as well. I'd bet you that the style of the Pokemon characters will give us some insight to the art style of the first Pokemon series installment on the Switch.
Yeah, I liked the character specific trailers as well, but I'm afraid there won't be much time for those this time. We knew about Smash 4 years before it came out so there was time to have trailers every now and then - this time we know the game is coming this year so there's essentially, like, six months max left. I feel we need a big trailer at E3 and after that maybe a few tidbits until the game comes out.
Any "huge" character like Ridley or K. Rool will probably be revealed at E3. If not, start lowering your expectations and prepare yourself for the likely possibility of your character not getting in Smash. Doubt they would save a hype-inducing character like that for a random Direct in October, one month before the game's reveal.
Regardless of whether or not we get cuts, I think we can expect a Smash Invitational roster similar to what we got last time. The bigger names make up the largest chunk of the roster (Mario, Link, Kirby, Pikachu) while a few newcomers (maybe three to four) are sprinkled here and there.
They can still release the character trailers in a rapid fire style though! Let's also remember that they could start releasing info tomorrow if they wanted to -- We have no idea what kind of time window there will be for this stuff. Either way, I feel that incremental drips of information is a lot better for branding and community excitement, and Nintendo's advertising/branding has been 100% on point since the Switch was announced, so I really feel that they'll go that route again.
The smash invitational will be a tournament using the new game, it's all going to be invited players from the competitive smash scene (which I have no information or opinnions on lol).
I don't think we'll get too many lenghty character trailers. One of the things Sakurai noted about them in the last times was they were pretty time consuming. Unless they prepared a bunch in advence, I think we'll get the newcomers in a manner similar to DLC characters, maybe a bit simpler or fancier.
I am so excited to Sakurai again. His passion for the series always comes across in the videos and he's just such a fun guy. Remembering where he taunted as soon as the match started when he played as Pac Man XD.Not surprised at the lack of info until E3. Were in for a BIG one, though.
I doubt they would make a big deal about Smash Bros at E3 with it being the highlight of the whole show, then when the presentation starts shove Masahiro Sakurai onto the screen, have him say "Hey guys, Sakurai here. Just letting you know that Yoshi will infact be playable. That is all. Please stay tuned for a dedicated Smash presentation in September. Have a nice E3!" And then cut to Pokemon 8. They know theyve gotta rock the show floor with those 20-30 minutes of Smash Bros.
Speaking of which, E3 will be the first time in a long while weve seen Sakurai on video! Hopefuly he will continue his hamon anti aging process. Though, if the pictures have anything to say, he kinda let himself go...
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That doesn't necessarily need to be an issue. There were actually quite a few character intros that had little or even no CGI whatsoever. These include Sonic, Pacman (kinda), Mewtwo, Lucas, Roy, Ryu, Cloud and Bayonetta. The ones with full CGI shorts definitely stood out, but all of the character reveals hyped up the game, CGI or not.
True enough (though most of the ones you listed are DLC characters). Yeah, we can still get pretty trailers, Inklings have them in a sense, too, after all.
Only half of them are DLC! But either way, I think the fact that Nintendo announced characters in the vanilla version of Smash 4 in this format sets the precedent for the next installment. Let's also remember that they can reveal multiple characters in a single CGI short like they did with Charizard/Greninja, Lucina/Robin, Palutena/Dark Pit and to a very TINY extent, Bowser Jr. and the other Koopalings. I think they were pretty smart to do it that way.
If that is what it takes to get a new Sub Space then light a fire and sacrifice away!
https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-smash-bros-e3-info-screenshot-leaked.38549/page-8[/QUOTE]So here's a tiny little addition to the leaked battlefield thing. GU KingofHeart recently posted this.
Apparently, this is supposed to be the center of the stage, and it matches up with the other picture. I don't know, I feel like this could end up being legit. Of course, I'm not gonna get ahead of myself here and say it's "100% real", but I don't think we should brush this off. Something small to keep at the back of our heads.
These images were brought up by some users at Resetera. For anyone who's interested, here's the link.
https://www.resetera.com/threads/rumor-smash-bros-e3-info-screenshot-leaked.38549/page-8
Bet you the budget (and other team resources) is bigger for this game being on the Switch. Nintendo has had a very serious change of tone since the end of the Wii U.
Sakurai and the team probably got a major huge budget from Nintendo's Switch success. I definitely think there will be CG trailers again.
