Some random though I had, but I’m starting to feel worried about the newcomer lineup.
In my opinion, when I first started speculating on this new game I was really interested in what curveball characters that can pop up, the possibilities of IPS that can get revitalized, and anything new and enticing to get in with the roster.
Although they haven’t really showed anything yet, the only thing that is tossed around is fanservice, fanservice, and more fanservice. Yes this game is taking feedback from the things people didn’t like about Smash 4 which is great! However, I don’t want to the newcomer lineup to be just characters from the ballot. I want to see more wacky and unique characters Sakurai can create from Nintendo’s vast library that wouldn’t have been noticed by people to begin with.
So far I have enjoyed many of Sakurai’s curveball characters, but if the newcomers are only going fanservice characters, then I’d feel that Sakurai didn’t really he had the freedom he had when it came to the roster than in previous games. Like he’s chained to OBEY what the fans want and what the fans say. Yes, it’s great to see characters that people have been asking for a long time, but I also want to see what unique concepts and characters Sakurai can put out for us as well that wouldn’t have gotten in if it weren’t for him. A lot of his oddball choices became staples and fan favorites and I also want to see some of that for this game too, since chances are, they defenitley aren’t going to have oddball choices as DLC.