She's in Shulk's final smash. If Xenoblade gets a new rep it should have a character from a different game.
Neither Decidueye or Incineroar are getting in. It'll be Mimikyu or Lycanroc.
Such confidence.
All four have their pros and cons so let us go over them shall we, and because everyone keeps talking about them I’m going to talk about everything considering their chances so everyone can stop dissing on my favorite.
PROMINENCE:
Decidueye unfortunatley doesn’t have this as it is no where to be found in any source of media or is important in neither the anime or the movie, or doesn’t even have a lot of merchandise compared to other popular Gen 7 Pokémon aside of it getting your starter treatment. All it got was being playable in Pokken, and it was never touched again.
Mimikyu is pretty obvious, it’s THE most popular generation 7 pokemon. So it has lots of advertising and merchandising, etc. Although Mimikyu doesn’t seem to have major roles in the anime and wasn’t in the movie.
Incineroar shines here, it’s this generation’s pushed Starter. It was main Pokémon in the movie and is beginning to have larger role in the anime. It’s safe to say that TPC has been pushing Incineroar over time and has become one of this generation’s flagship Pokémon.
Lycanroc also shines here. But since everyone says that nothing happened with Lycanroc before it’s Dusk form was revealed, let’s do a recap. Lycanroc has been pushed from THE VERY START when it’s Midday and Midnight forms were first revealed. The Rockruff line has been heavily pushed ever since then in 2016, with PTC sets, merchandising, and they even appeared in the anime along with the movie. The Rockruff line was getting pushed on par with the starter lines before Dusk appeared, and over time has become one of this generations flagship/Lucario-esk pokemon of this era. So even if Dusk wasn’t around, Midday and Midnight were a big deal when this game’s Pokémon newcomer was decided on.
Being promoted by TPC is a pretty big factor as it can indicate which Pokémon might’ve been chosen in Smash and who are more likely to have been suggested. Mimikyu, Incineroar, and Lycanroc win with this one. While Decidueye is having a hard time.
UNIQUENESS:
Decidueye is an obvious seller here. It has a very unique design and concept of it being a ghost starter with many possibilities for move sets. Grass, Flying, Ghost, Archery, Decidueye has it all to stand out from the rest of the cast and with it’s very eye catching design may allow Sakurai to select it for it’s unique potential.
Mimikyu is a 50/50. By being a ghost type character, a lot of potential utilizing many different supernatural moves that can easily have it stand out along with it’s disguise ability and eye catching design. However, the design may be difficult to implement, and with it’s whole concept of looking like Pikachu and with already Pikachu and Pichu on the roster, I can also see it as reason for Sakurai not picking Mimikyu and making it a pokeball instead.
Incineroar is more of 75/25. It can easily stand out using wrestling moves and attacks and it has a unique design to go with it as well. However, it
SORT OF rehashes fire based moves and grappler archetypes that the rest of the cast shares as well, albeit he can have many unique movesets with his moves available, he does blend in with some of the other characters in the cast.
Lycanroc is another 75/25 situation. All of the forms design are a lot more simpler designs compared to the other Pokémon which isn’t as catching as all the others. Lycanroc does have a lot of ways to be unique from the rest of the cast. With a wide range of earth based abilities, different forms, and Dusk’s power boost, Lycanroc can easily have a moveset that can stand out from the other fighters.
Having unique attributes is also a key aspect for newcomers this time around. All four have enough aspects that and are just as or little bit more or less unique to each other, with
Decidueye having the most.
Lycanroc comes in at second since it also has many key aspects of it’s design with it’s forms with unique abilites and earth based move set that can make it as unique as Decidueye, however it has a more tamer design.
Mimikyu is third due to having a distinct design and large moveset possibilities with it’s ghost moves and disguise ability, however it’s design is an obvious retread of another fighter who has a similar looking clone, and it’s design may be more complicated to work with.
Incineroar seems to come in at fourth with core design and aspects that can already present in the roster. Even though he isn’t as distinct as the other three, his present moves and archetypes can be used in ways to make him unique and still stand out from the roster.
FINAL VERDICT:
With all this in mind. The characters that seem to be front runners are
Lycanroc and
Incineroar, since they both have been both prominent and unique since the very beginning and have moveset potential to make them stand out.
Decidueye comes in at third since he lacks in area as he isn’t as prominent as the first two, but his moveset and originality is insane with many different ways to make it stand out.
Then we have
Mimikyu, who is fourth. Mimikyu, although is insanely popular is getting pushed a lot, is in roles a tier below that of Lycanroc and Incineroar. It seems to be getting pushed for merchandising sake since it’s very popular and in a different manner than Lycanroc and Incineroar. It’s design is also a bit more complicated to work. Thus, the overall vibe surrounding Mimikyu doesn’t really make it seem to be pushed around for as a newcomer for Smash Ultimate by TPC.
LAST BIT:
Okay and with that, let me drink from my cup of intelligence, you know, the way that dude from GameXplain did it in the Bandanna Waddle Dee debate video. Hopefully this sums up everyone’s view point, because this was tiring and I’m tired of people doing the same arguments and I’m going to use this here to explain all of their pros and cons.
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