Official Smash Ultimate Discussion

[CosmicQuark]

While it would be way too much to ask for (since all I want is Banjo playable), the music by Grant Kirkhope is so well-beloved and so intrinsic to the franchise. It would be amazing to have a traveling stage going through various levels with this music playing--it plays in the over world but seamlessly transitions into variations based on each world.

While not reaching the hype of the main theme, the relaxing Spiral Mountain theme is iconic in itself along with the setting and would be neat to see it incorporated into their introduction.

And in terms of the best music to showcase, while used particularly for it's snow level, Freezeezy Peak is eezily one of the most dynamic, cheerful in the game and emblematic of Grant Kirkhope's talents, along with Click Clock Wood having variations for each of the four seasons. Also, I have to mention just the wacky Grunty's Furnace Fun for whenever there's an off-the-wall moment. And this is only a showcase of the first game, as there's plenty of memorable songs from Tooie.

And outside of Banjo, I just keep going back to Grant Kirkhope's take on Donkey Kong for Mario & Rabbids. That was one of the main highlights from E3, and it's an awesome song that climaxes into Donkey Kong Country, giving me nostalgia for a game I haven't even played!

 

[TMNTSSB4]

Who do you think will be revealed tonight?

I’m calling dibs on

I call nothing on...whoever the hell we have left

 

[Fenriraga]

While it would be way too much to ask for (since all I want is Banjo playable), the music by Grant Kirkhope is so well-beloved and so intrinsic to the franchise. It would be amazing to have a traveling stage going through various levels with this music playing--it plays in the over world but seamlessly transitions into variations based on each world.

While not reaching the hype of the main theme, the relaxing Spiral Mountain theme is iconic in itself along with the setting and would be neat to see it incorporated into their introduction.

And in terms of the best music to showcase, while used particularly for it's snow level, Freezeezy Peak is eezily one of the most dynamic, cheerful in the game and emblematic of Grant Kirkhope's talents, along with Click Clock Wood having variations for each of the four seasons. Also, I have to mention just the wacky Grunty's Furnace Fun for whenever there's an off-the-wall moment. And this is only a showcase of the first game, as there's plenty of memorable songs from Tooie.

And outside of Banjo, I just keep going back to Grant Kirkhope's take on Donkey Kong for Mario & Rabbids. That was one of the main highlights from E3, and it's an awesome song that climaxes into Donkey Kong Country, giving me nostalgia for a game I haven't even played!

Has Grant ever composed for a Smash game, besides the DK rap being remade for it?

Because it doesn't seem like it, and that's an absolute CRIME. The dude needs to have SOMETHING in Smash, even if it's him remixing another tune.

 

[Noipoi]

I'm thinking tonight'll be

 

[Untouch]

I'm guessing Olimar.

 

[SigmaMewtwo]

Wait, who hasn't been revealed yet?

In alphabetical order, this is who we have left for the blog to cover:



As for who we'll see tonight... I'm going to guess . Whether I'll be right, probably not, but no harm in guessing!

 

[Pyra]

What rule would it break? Digimon originated from video games?

The rule of making people ask stupid questions OOOOOOOHHHHH

I just genuinely forgot it didn't come from the anime first.

 

[SigmaMewtwo]

Reading he previous page of the board I want to put my two cents on the table too.
Nintendo knows we will buythe game, so they dont really bother to give anything to the hardcores, Im surprised we have a site for it since its content is so superfluos that it would be better if they just uploaded videos on a youtube channel.
I actualy dont know if I'll but the game.
Even tough Ultimate is bigger and better and hss everything 3DS Sm4sh has, Im feeling pretty cozy with it and nothing actually made me think Ultimate is my Sm4sh killer. Okay, Eveyone is Here aside, what do we have here, what modes?
They didnt show anything about game modes yet outside of pointong at a pixelated portion of the menu and say to wait till they talk about it.
Okay can they atleast show something small, like trophies and Masterpieces, I'd get excited about that.
Oh, they didnt mention anything about that too huh.
If it keeps going like this Smash will start looking like any other fighting game for me, one that the only thing it offer is fighting and prettt much nothing else.
Thats not what I love about Smash. Its the characters actualy being used outside of fighting, its having a option to do something else in the game that is as much interesting as the main game.

To be fair, we do have Squad Strike and Smashdown as far as new ways to play multiplayer Smash, and we don't know everything just yet about what modes are included in the game at this time. It's your choice whether you wish to buy the game or not, and I'm not trying to sway your mind, but there are at least a few unique ways to play that we haven't had before Ultimate.

 

[Iko MattOrr]

I think you are all wrong and tonight they will show this wonderful newcomer:

(the evil mushroom item, the picture is broken)

 

[CosmicQuark]

Has Grant ever composed for a Smash game, besides the DK rap being remade for it?

Because it doesn't seem like it, and that's an absolute CRIME. The dude needs to have SOMETHING in Smash, even if it's him remixing another tune.

He mentions while he composed the DK Rap, it was remixed by a DJ for Smash. I don't think he has ever composed for Smash, though him or David Wise was asked on Twitter if they would compose for Smash, and whichever one was asked said that the composers they have at Nintendo are more than equipped enough to do the music justice. Still, we need more Grant Kirkhope representation in Smash regardless of who composes it (and if that means Banjo & Kazooie have to be playable, so be it )

 

[Arymle Roseanne]

I'm thinking tonight'll be

I hope so, why are they hiding so much of him? It's has been bugging me for a while.

 

[NineS]

So, not counting today, we have sixteen characters left. 19 or 20 counting what Vergeben has said.
And we have just over 6 weeks until Smash Bros. Ultimate.

How many character posts have we been getting per week now, and how many weeks left until we presumably run out of characters left from the known list?

 

[Zinith]

I hope so, why are they hiding so much of him has been bugging me for a while.

Ditto

Also and ...

 

[Shroob]

With transformations gone, the ones I most want to see are

 

[Iridium]

I think you are all wrong and tonight they will show this wonderful newcomer:

(the evil mushroom item, the picture is broken)

Eh, the broken image could be a formidable fighter, no? Everybody should have a pocket broken image!

 

[Arymle Roseanne]

Ditto

Also and ...

Eh good point, it's weird how Yoshi is kinda shafted out of the original eight...

 

[Fenriraga]

He mentions while he composed the DK Rap, it was remixed by a DJ for Smash. I don't think he has ever composed for Smash, though him or David Wise was asked on Twitter if they would compose for Smash, and whichever one was asked said that the composers they have at Nintendo are more than equipped enough to do the music justice. Still, we need more Grant Kirkhope representation in Smash regardless of who composes it (and if that means Banjo & Kazooie have to be playable, so be it )

Yeah, Grant needs something. Literally anything. Pull a DK64 track, or a Mario Rabbids track, but the point is the dude has way too much popularity in the Nintendo community (and history WITH Nintendo) to not get something in Smash.

 

[CosmicQuark]

So, not counting today, we have sixteen characters left. 19 or 20 counting what Vergeben has said.
And we have just over 6 weeks until Smash Bros. Ultimate.

How many character posts have we been getting per week now, and how many weeks left until we presumably run out of characters left from the known list?

As someone who's been following the blog since August for this reason, it's picked back up to about 3 characters a week, though there was a long stretch with 2 per week, so I'm no longer thinking it's consistent. They can have weeks of 2, 3, or at most 4 going by past precedent, but which weeks they do so seem to depend on when and what they want to reveal.

EDIT: Here's the info from my Docs:

Week 1 June 15 Inkling, Ridley, Daisy
Week 2 June 22 Mario, Link, Ice Climbers
Week 3 June 29 Corrin, Snake, Donkey Kong
Week 4 July 6 Falco, Young Link, Pokemon Trainer, Sonic
Week 5 July 13 Kirby, Marth, Pit, Mega Man
Week 6 July 20 Pichu, Bowser
Week 7 July 27 Mii Fighter, R.O.B., Captain Falcon
Week 8 Aug 3 Jigglypuff, Wario
Week 9 Aug 10 Samus, Simon Belmont, King K. Rool
Week 10 Aug 17 Richter Belmont, Chrom, Dark Samus
Week 11 Aug 24 Villager, Dark Pit, Duck Hunt
Week 12 Aug 31 Ness, Peach, Wolf
Week 13 Sept 7 Ike, King Dedede
Week 14 Sept 14 Bowser, Toon Link, Ryu
Week 15 Sept 21 Isabelle, Ganondorf, Pikachu
Week 16 Sept 28 Lucina, Lucario
Week 17 Oct 5 Sheik, Fox
Week 18 Oct 12 Wii Fit Trainer, Dr. Mario, Greninja
Week 19 Oct 19 Shulk, Cloud, Palutena
Week 20 Oct 26
Week 21 Nov 2
Week 22 Nov 9
Week 23 Nov 16
Week 24 Nov 23
Week 25 Nov 30
Week 26 Dec 7 Release Date

 

[Fenriraga]

Eh good point, it's weird how Yoshi is kinda shafted out of the original eight...

Nono, you got it all wrong!

Yoshi was also the last fighter shown in the Everyone is Here trailer. Clearly that just means Sakurai is saving the best for last.

 

[Shroob]

I'm glad that both Chair and Music theory are dead, and now Blog theory is also looking incredibly shaky.

Now if we could just learn how to recycle cardboard.

 

[Will]

So, not counting today, we have sixteen characters left. 19 or 20 counting what Vergeben has said.
And we have just over 6 weeks until Smash Bros. Ultimate.

How many character posts have we been getting per week now, and how many weeks left until we presumably run out of characters left from the known list?

6 x 3 = 18 if we keep going by the 3 weekly standard. OH GOD THE BOX THEORY WAS RIGHT

 

[Luigi The President]

6 x 3 = 18 if we keep going by the 3 weekly standard. OH GOD THE BOX THEORY WAS RIGHT

Important to remember there's a high chance numerous weeks will present 2 or 4 characters.

 

[IronTed]

I'm glad that both Chair and Music theory are dead, and now Blog theory is also looking incredibly shaky.

Now if we could just learn how to recycle cardboard.

What is the blog theory?

 

[kylexv]

I guess I'll go with for today

 

[SigmaMewtwo]

6 x 3 = 18 if we keep going by the 3 weekly standard. OH GOD THE BOX THEORY WAS RIGHT

Not that I'm saying we'll definitely have more than 18, but we actually have 7 weeks to go with updates, not 6, so we could hypothetically have 21 character updates if going by 3 a week.

Just as a friendly reminder.

 

[Will]

Important to remember there's a high chance numerous weeks will present 2 or 4 characters.

Important to remember that this probably means it's a joke, too.

EDIT: Jesus, two people? Did I lay the perfect trap?

 

[Fenriraga]

I'm glad that both Chair and Music theory are dead, and now Blog theory is also looking incredibly shaky.

Now if we could just learn how to recycle cardboard.

The problem with recycling is it'll just be refurbished into something else.

Introducing the new, eco-friendly Chair Theory 2! Made of 100% recycled Box Theory goods!

 

[Zinith]

Didn't they cram a lot of the blog posts in one day after the August Direct?

 

[NineS]

6 x 3 = 18 if we keep going by the 3 weekly standard. OH GOD THE BOX THEORY WAS RIGHT

That's not counting the 5 extra days.
It's exactly 47 days until Smash Ultimate's date.
It's 6 weeks and five days.

 

[ReeseBalaski]

I'm glad that both Chair and Music theory are dead, and now Blog theory is also looking incredibly shaky.

Now if we could just learn how to recycle cardboard.

The Chair theory was alive in the first place?

 

[Shroob]

What is the blog theory?

Blog theory was that we'd constantly get 3 characters a week, meaning we'd end on 7-8 more unrevealed characters post Isabelle.

Then we had 2-3 weeks of just 2 veterans.

 

[Radical Bones]

Today will be ZSS.



When I'm right I'll leak the rest of the roster.

Luv u.

 

[Arymle Roseanne]

Nono, you got it all wrong!

Yoshi was also the last fighter shown in the Everyone is Here trailer. Clearly that just means Sakurai is saving the best for last.

Well there's the problem that poor Yoshi is still alone out of the original eight, also he was taking out of the German cover for Ultimate(though I know it was done because they needed to put the rating there), he was also the only one who wasn't at the top row of the roster on Brawl.

 

[Shroob]

The Chair theory was alive in the first place?

Sadly, yes. There were a plethora of people who thought, and still do think, that the chairs meant something.

 

[Luigi The President]

Important to remember that this probably means it's a joke, too.

EDIT: Jesus, two people? Did I lay the perfect trap?

What a cunning sly dog

 

[Zinith]

Well there's the problem that poor Yoshi is still alone out of the original eight, also he was taking out of the German cover for Ultimate(though I know it was done because they needed to put the rating there), he was also the only one who wasn't at the top row of the roster on Brawl.

I'm not the only one who noticed Yoshi's position in Brawl. I thought I was alone in seeing that!!!

 

[Will]

Today will be ZSS.



When I'm right I'll leak the rest of the roster.

Luv u.

Better keep on your toes lads. oh right warchamp didnt fix the damn images yet

 

[Iko MattOrr]

Sadly, yes. There were a plethora of people who thought, and still do think, that the chairs meant something.

I said it, it's Susie, the ergonomic seatings are clearly pointing at her.
nobody will get this reference

 

[N3ON]

Given Ultimate releases at the end of that week, we still basically have seven weeks of pre-release updates ahead of us, not six. However, that doesn't mean much considering two-character weeks are becoming more common.

 

[ReeseBalaski]

Most of these theories are born out of people trying to find patterns where there aren't any. Ironically, the reason why most of the theories fail is the arbitrary rules that people place on them.

Some just can't go with the flow I guess.