Honestly, for being the shortest release cycle, it was probably the worst.
- The droughts without info sucked like Smash 4, except this game is more hype that that ever was for obvious reasons
- the Box theory ended up being right, which only sucked because of...
- The ****ing Grinch leak skyrocketing expectations out of the solar system. Those final 7 characters would have massively upped the diversity in an already extremely diverse cast (by adding 3 new Nintendo IPs, 2 extremely popular 3rd party echoes, and 2 highly requested 3rd party fighters from the niche fan base....IT SUCKED)
- On top of all of this DLC news sounding subpar to the wrong person (not me, I'm indifferent after the Grinch was fake) if it's true.
On top of this, I definitely blame Ridley and K. Rool. These 2 were extremely desired and good character choices from well known franchises, but it caused a lot of people, including myself to think that obscure characters from OBSCURE franchises had that much of a bigger chance because of that Grinch "leak" (GS, RH, SMRPG).
/rant