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I mean I just explained why it is far fetched.
And I just explained why he's not. It's kind of annoying when I have to repeat myself. Like, I've actually explained my position and you're just sitting here saying "nuh-uh."
So I guess you're strongly confident we'll for sure get an unique ARMS character in the base roster and that Sakurai will reserve a slot for one?
If Arms is getting any characters in this game, they will probably be added late in to development like Sonic was. If Super Smash Bros. started development in 2016 then the priority probably isn't going to go to an IP that won't exist for another year.
For sure Arms reps yes. People who think they won't get in or that there wasn't enough time are crazy and need to put down the mary jane.
In Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Smash Bros for Wii U/3DS, the roster for the game was decided BEFORE the game starts development.
Sakurai literally said that Doc, Dark Pit, and Lucina were originally going to be alts, then were changed at the last minute after realizing they had a bit of time to pad out the roster. On top of the fact that he just didn't want fans to miss the old doc. It's really not far-fetched.
Neat. Always nice to see Mimikyu get more attention. Hopefully we see Marx more often in games from here on out.
It wasn't to "pad out the roster". He literally said it was because of their differences that they were separated. Which supports my point. He changed his mind because he decided it wouldn't work.
Roy's circumstances aren't really comparable to an ARMS or XC2 character for reasons I have previously explained. Greninja would be a better comparison as he was highly prioritised (though we don't know if an exception was made for an X and Y newcomer because Pokemon is that huge. It is a possibility)
You are assuming actual Smash development started in 2016 (We have no evidence other than that Sakurai took a break in March 2016 with no idea how long it lasted), and you are assuming that Arms didn't exist in 2016. If an Arms trailer was ready for Jan 2017, that means dev started sometime during early 2016 at the latest. In fact, the studio was created in Sept 2015, which could lead to suggestion that early planning for Arms started around that point.
My whole point was that they weren't comparable. What are you talking about?
I was trying to further add to the point you made.
That's because those IPs have existed for YEARS. That's why they are more likely. There is no way an Arms character is going to get in before a Rhythm Heaven character. That much is certain. Rhythm Heaven has sold way more and has existed since 2006 and continues to have new releases. That is the point we are making.
For stages, I would also like and hope to a stage inspired from Pokemon Ultra Sun/Moon's Ultra Space.
Splatoon debuted in 2014 and has only gotten two games so far. Inklings got in Smash before a Rhythm Heaven rep.
As much as I'd love a RH rep it already missed its chance the last two Smash go arounds, so what would exactly make things different this time? And yes I believe the Gematsu leaks were true and the RH logo suggests they were planned and possibly had some development. They were likely low priority. I mean again a newer series like Splatoon got in before RH, despite RH being around for more than a decade longer. As I said above its because of the way Nintendo is pushing the series. They want Splatoon in everything and want it to succeed. Their branding has been very successful and they are using the same kind of technique with ARMs. They barely talk about RH and couldn't even give its last game a physical release in the US.
If Spring Man is going to be added lated via Sonic in Brawl (Assuming the roster was decided early 2016), it's a last minute situation within a last minute situation for Ribbon Girl. I am not too keen about Ribbon Girl happening despite the feasibility, if Spring Man does come to Smash Switch.
"This is like a free dessert after a luxurious meal that was prepared free of charge."
We do know Smash Switch did start development in 2016, even ignoring Sakurai blatantly saying his next project was already decided and he's only taking a short break between it and DLC. In a Famitsu article, he said that he buys stuff from references for his work, and then gives a recent example of the Galactic Drifter Vifam model that he bought for the rifle. Since interviews are done at least a month beforehand, he likely bought it either in October or November of that year, and that means at the very least he was working on Smash Switch for two months beforehand if he was already buying things for reference.
The only reasons Brawl was delayed to add Sonic was because of how highly requested, hype inducing and iconic Sonic was and still is. Sonic, along with Snake, was even used as one of the major selling points of Brawl (as seen with the back of the Brawl cover). Spring Man is nowhere near on par with Sonic, especially in terms of popularity, so he's not going to be a last-minute non-clone addition that delays the game. Either he gets the Greninja treatment, or he is not in the base roster as a playable character.
It's not even coming to the Switch so yeah.
Actually just started listening to this about 5 minutes ago
. Will report back with an opinion afterwards.
Thing is, the only character we got that debuted the same year a Smash game was released was Roy, a last-minute clone addition who had really greart circumstances surrounding him for the reason I linked to in a previous post.
I think this is an important point.
Alrighty. I'm back.
I think they've got good chances. If development for this game started a couple months after Corrin and Bayonetta, that means that those characters and the work the team put into them was fresh in Sakurai's mind.
The Nintendo UK Store support is telling folks that Spyro Reignited Trilogy is coming to Switch, but the release date remains unknown. Odds favor the title will release after the other versions - common trend. Activision is going to have solid Switch support in the future months.
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Hmm... That's not the general vibe I got from the discussion, so I take it you're disagreeing with them?
I kinda have to wonder if that's potentially a theme of this Smash, considering there's not as much time between titles as say, Melee to Brawl or Brawl to Wii U. Not to be overly optimistic but again, maybe the plan was to add some new stuff to this game and more or less present as Smash Bros 6?
I don't disagree with them, I think what they were saying is very reasonable. Maybe ARMS and Rex weren't the best examples. It just seemed to me that it was a bit more reasonable to possibly see some sort of content from early on in the Switch's lifespan than what I had originally thought, such as incorporating content from BotW and Odyssey, probably more so than Xenoblade Chronicles 2.
I would vastly prefer an XBC2 character, but if we got a character from X, I would prefer it to be Elma, considering she is literally the only character from that game I can remember.
