Ok, so I wanna think of another game.
Sell me on some potential newcomers I’ll name, in fifty words or less. What makes them unique? What do they represent? What’s their move set potential? Any other perks?
I’ll start with these three potential newcomers:
- Ashley
- Bandana Dee (I already support him, but I’m listing him here anyway)
- Decidueye
Go!
I don't know much about Bandana Dee or Ashley, but I can at least try Ashley since I have a good idea what she be about, and Decidueye.
Ashley most likely would come with a plethora of spells most of them dealing with, debuffs and hexes, I was thinking she could have a confidence gauge the more often she successfully hit you, the more spell that are available too her and the stronger they would be.
Decidueye would be the long range archer using his arrows to keep enemies at bay. His signature move Spirit Shackle, would pin enemies to the ground, giving him a chance to rack up damage and finish them off with a long range Smash attack. Because of this though, his moves usually kill at very high percent's, his speed would be slightly below average, and would have trouble with close range combat.
So a list of sleeper characters where I think at least one will make it in IMO.
Dillon
Popular one off Zelda Character not disconfirmed
Lloyd Irving
Yuri Lowell
Koei Tecmo character(Ryu or Kasumi)
Popular western character not Crash or Ray Man
Mach Rider
Excite Biker
Reimu Hakurei
Heihachi
Nightmare
Arle Nadja
Pokemon Newcomer that isn't Decidueye, Mimikyu or Lycanroc
I think Reimu has a very good chance due to her popularity in Japan.
Saber from Fate/Stay Night has a good chance due to her popularity in japan, in the west, and by having a game on the Switch already, she would represent the Visual Novel franchise, she's basically King Arthur, and she wields the legendary sword Excalibur.
Shantae could represent the indie games of the west and she a popular choice, so I could see her make it in along with these two above
Other than those three Pokémon, Zeraora or Gardevoir could make it in Smash
Ashley's a witch, meaning she has access to a variety of magic attacks. She could buff herself or debuff other characters with curses.
Not forgetting her servant Red, who can trasform into objects giving her options for jabs, smash attacks, etc.
Also, her dry personality would be adorable to see!
Bandanna Dee has worked his way up the ranks and has become one of Kirby's closest friends. As a spear user he could bring a unique flair the Smash with a totally different moveset. And he would complete the quartet of main Kirby characters.
I'm more of a Mimikyu or Incineroar guy, so I don't have much to say on Decidueye.
I don't know much about what Ashley would do, but some pages back I made a list of possible hexes she could preforms on enemies, the hexes would be a random debuffs some would range from often and annoying, to rare and dangerous gameplay wise. How often she use a rare hex would depend on her successfully hitting her enemy with any spell from before raising her spell/confidence gauge.
And she would say a magic word for each spell like for the common ones she could say:
Noodle Arms (lowers attack damage, and knockback)
Slowpoke (lowers speed)
Leadfoot (lowers jump height/jumping speed,)
Paper Shield (shield is easier to break)
Then the rarer/stronger random hexes would be
Sleepyhead
Featherweight (lowers enemies weight dramatically, and increase knockback)
Poison Cap
Esrever (reverses the players control of the character temporarily)
Disable (randomly disables an enemy's Special attack temporarily, even Up Special)
So that's what I have since you know the character better than I do, do you think these are possible debuffs/hexes she could have.