Not anything concrete but how's the newcomers' fan demand based on region until now? It seems something like,
Mainly west: Ridley, Dark Samus
Often western: Simon
Everywhere: King K.Rool, Daisy
Often Japan: Inklings (?), Chrom
Mainly Japan: Richter(?)
Any ideas?
Richter is apparently well known in Latin America, to the point where they don't know who Simon is but know who Richter is. I'd also move the Inklings to "Everywhere" with K. Rool and Daisy.
I think Isaac would be Europe. So he'd be in the "Often Western" category (there
is Japanese demand for him, just not nearly as much as in Europe or America).
Bandana Dee would be "Often Japan", Geno would be "Everywhere".
"DQ Hero"/Erdrick would be "Mainly Japan".
If Agumon got in I'm not sure where he'd go, Digimon is still going in Japan, and Latin America
loves it, it's seeing a slow resurgence everywhere else, so...
maybe "Everywhere"?
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Speaking of Isaac in Smash, I was thinking about how he'd be a rare sight in Smash. A Swordsman who doesn't use a Sword personal to them (Robin was the first).
have the Master Sword
have the Falchion
has the Binding Blade
has Ragnell
has the Monado
has the Buster Sword
has the Omega Yato
:ultrobin has the Levin and Bronze Swords, which anyone can wield.
Isaac'd probably use the Gaia Blade, but as a Golden Sun weapon it's hardly unique to him, Felix, Garet, Piers and Matthew can equip it too (it became locked to Matthew in Dark Dawn, but until then everyone who could use Long Swords could use it).
He could use the Sol Blade, which is exclusive to the Golden Sun main protagonists (Isaac, Felix and Matthew), but even then it's still usable by three people, two of which are unrelated to one another.
Technically anyone can use the Buster Sword, since it's just an ordinary sword with no special properties, but it's still Cloud's signature weapon.