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I did some serious looking into this which is what took so long. Reading Vergeben's post history on gamefaqs carefully (I was told indirectly about these posts before, hadn't read them myself), it seems like he does make it clear only one source (albeit apparently a very reliable one) was suggesting the SE character and that he suspects personally it's DLC. I'm not sure where the 3/4 thing came from; I'll ask about it sometime later but probably won't get a chance tonight.
Fair enough, good sir/ma’am.
See, I'm not saying I mistrust you, but the 3/4 thing makes a big difference.
Damn, the Zin lore uncovered?
I'm not talking about "secret characters" only. I'm talking about characters revealed officially as well, so count Shulk. Additionally, include veterans for Smash 4. As I recall, Ness, Falco, Wario, Dr. Mario, Dark Pit, Ganondorf, Rob and Jigglypuff were all "secret" until ESRB (and Nintendo) leaked them. Thats 11 characters. 11 were intentionally kept hidden before the game's release, and if it wasn't for a leak, they would have stayed hidden until people unlocked them on the 3ds version.
How is an anonymous Reddit leaker "credible"? Character wise, it's pretty much my predictions, so nothing crazy there.
Agreed. No one should feel forced to talk about it. And no one should be pressing even the most valid of theories on anyone, because it is still a theory, regardless of evidence, because it doesn’t have a definite conclusion.
But at the same time, every other Smash game has gone out with a whimper in its final reveals.The thing is, is a final direct with Sakurai only going to reveal 2 characters? After revealing 5 previously? This isn't about hype reveals not being saved for the end (which is entirely subjective to the smash player, I know because I was super excited for Shulk), but rather the number of characters that have left to be revealed.
Think about it this way:
Yes, Melee, Brawl, and 4 all had secret characters. I won't count melee in this because it was before blogging was even a thing, but look at Brawl and 4, each had 3-6 characters (new characters mind you, these don't even include returning that were in fact secret) unknown to be in the game until at most a month before the game was released.
Fast forward to Ultimate. Secret characters seemingly won't exist anymore, but who's to say that Sakurai can't unload 6 more characters in the final direct in instead of keeping them secret? If he's already done this before, why reveal 5 characters at once in August?
That to me, regardless of how hype possible future characters might be, says there's definitely more than Ken and Incineroar. Every other smash game HAS revealed more in the end. And I'm talking about the last month or two, which we are nearing VERY soon. This is the most important thing we need to understand.
He's more pointing out the pacing. Once characters began getting revealed after the initial announcements for Brawl and Smash Wii U, things were steady. If two is it for Smash Ultimate, then there's a definite slow down.
Of those you've mentioned as hidden, 2 of them were new to Smash 4, and both were clone/echo characters. With Sakurai's philosophy on this game to literally unload all the veterans in the first go, I don't think looking at the hidden veterans as indication of how many we may get at the end of Ultimate reveals as accurate.
Here's the thing.
So, hypothetical scenario. Let's say that Nintendo collaborated with Ark Systems to put a total of 7 Nintendo only (so no third party) Smash characters into Blazblue Cross Tag Battle as some sort of Switch exclusive deluxe edition. Who would you want those 7 characters to be?
For me:
(of course of course)I said to disregard "hype" reveals. They are 100% subjective to the person. My point is the number of characters. By actual numbers, every smash game reveals more newcomers towards the end than in the beginning. There is a higher rate. If you include veterans, it was even more (12 "final" characters for Brawl and 11 for Smash 4)
Imma keep it real with you chief, she looks solid B-C Tier.
I remember when so many expected Bowser to be A-S tier after that 3DS tournament that ended in a Bowser duo.
Incineroar will grab the Pokemon fans.
Some people have taken this far too literally.
I can at least say she'll be better than Villager
They really need to aim for more than a chunk of the Pokemon fanbase is the thing.
If the SE rep is Sora... hooo boy. That would be huge.
Ha! I get that reference.
And I disagree with the mindset of "Oh, we have one more Smash Direct?! Let's expect like, 5~6 characters!"
bayonetta is easily a GryffindorSo one thing me and my sisters have always had fun doing is arguing over which Hogwarts houses characters fit into, so I figured I'd do it for Smash.
Gryffindor:
Slythern:
Hufflepuff:
Ravenclaw:
Heroes tend to fit too snuggly into Gryffindor, which explains the extreme abundance of them.
I don't really know Snake, Bayo, Cloud or Mother characters, so I kind of assumed with them (besides, one of them is named Snake).
Hufflepuff will accept anyone, which explains the oddball characters.
Fun fact: I'm actually a Hufflepuff myself. Our defining traits are loyalty and compassion, and I'm a huge animal lover and Zard loyalist, so it checks out.
I wouldn't take that from trailers.
I mean no offense but you keep bringing up the 50 Fact Extravaganza in this particular subject...
Shes gonna have some cheese for sure. People think Banana is annoying? Isabelle can just plant a mine at ledge and cover the other two options.
We have Ridley and K.Rool.
I know of an even MORE extreme example of being let down
But thats my point. Brawl had 5 newcomers in its last month of reveal (as final reveals or secret characters), smash 4 had 3 newcomers in its last month. We aren't even in the last month of promotion and people are expecting only 2 characters left.
