Nicnac
Smash Ace
Gonna have to disagree with you here. The amount of leakers backing a Squenix rep means there is like a 99% chance one is in. Cloud being base is justified in my opinion by Square possibly saying "We'll give you Cloud as base if we get a DLC slot."Considering how Cloud was almost cut from Ultimate and there was no Final Fantasy spirits in the final game, I don't think there's a Square newcomer coming. I think Cloud was the rumored Square "newcomer" all along. I don't think Sakurai would want to ask Square for a newcomer after fighting to bring a veteran back to have the "Everyone is Here" tagline for Ultimate. And if I'm wrong and there is a Square newcomer, it won't be Geno because he's already a spirit. And even if it was a similar case to the Mewtwo and Lucas trophies in Smash 4, we already got enough Mario characters and stages in the game and I don't want the Fighter Pass wasted on overrepped series. Sora is partially owned Disney and we know how Sakurai feels about going to a movie studio to ask about a character's inclusion in his video game crossover. That's why support threads for Goku and Mickey Mouse are banned on Smash Boards. Sephiroth is Final Fantasy and I believe the fighter pass would have fighters from unrepped series. Crono was created by the same guy who made Goku. The characters with the best chance would be the Dragon Quest reps.
Writing off all of these guys is a mistake. Character representation by series has only really bothered me once, when we got 3 new FE fighters in one game, one being (mostly) unwanted DLC, and one being a clone. When you see people talking about Geno you don't see them talking about Mario representation as an issue because we have had one Mario rep in Ultimate, as opposed to two and two DLC. Geno would also be different to play compared to the likes of Mario and Luigi, while Lucina was literally a tipper-less Marth. More character representation for Mario would (iirc) bring it back up to shared #1 with Pokemon, and since both are colossal franchises I see no harm in implementing another Mario character.
Sora is owned by Disney, that is true. However he has been used in a video game only by Square Enix, and Disney don't really use him at all. Sora is also massively popular in Japan, and KH3 was one of the most anticipated reveals in a long time for fans. Sakurai likely wouldn't go to Disney for rights, which is why I think Sora's out of the running, but he definitely is a video game character first and foremost- the only criteria for being a fighter at this point.
Sephiroth being FF does not matter if you think more than 1 fighter per series is bad (See SF and Castlevania), and Reggie did not say the pass is unrepped series only, he said there would only be new fighters. This is obviously a given because EVERYONE IS HERE, but it's PR talk in my opinion.
Crono being made by Toriyama affects his chances the same way it affects the DQ gang- it shouldn't. The reason why DQ take it over CT is because of the roaring popularity in Japan and the promotion DQ11 would recieve. DQ is also an ongoing series, unlike Crono Trigger. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
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