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The worst part is when people assume that if you want to discuss characters that aren't the usual predictions, you want to discuss Piranha Plant-tier stuff. It's not that black and white, considering the characters in the FPs that weren't common predictions are nowhere near Piranha Plant.
As someone who was very active in RTC pre-SSB4 and rated Duck Hunt as a 0%, yeah, that's not an absolute you can throw around lightly. You want to say the Camelot Bros are unlikely? Yeah, you can make a pretty strong argument for both, and you don't even need to reference their ATs to do it. You want to say they have no chance at all? Sorry, but you should know better by now.
Go on any trademark website (like WIPO) and look up "GOLDEN SUN" or "GOLDENSUN" (nomenclature can vary between website) in category 9.
As long as it's not in April 1st.
That's kind of the funny thing about April 1st.
I think it's right not to worry about it yet. At the end of the day it's just an unnanounced game, we're only hyper focused on it cause of having the info from the trademark and the anticipation as GS fans finally seeing the series return.
Is the "mid-year announcement" blitz even a thing anymore? It just feels like we're really left in the dark about when things will be announced nowadays. Sure, I still expect Pokemon announcements at the beginning of the year, and a Super Smash Bros character reveal every once in a while, but non-Pokemon game announcements come out of the blue nowadays.
Speculation will always be less interesting than just talking about characters you like or can make up a cool moveset for. Speculation historically goes off of “leaks”, sales figures, and release dates or anniversaries and says they are the only ways to determine who is coming to smash.
Honestly, i really miss the ballot days. Even if most of the characters i wanted weren't likely, to have that hope meant it was possible to talk about them. It also helps 1st and 3rd party character discussions were both on equal ground, you saw discussions from Veterans, Newcomers like K.Rool and Bandanna Dee or Guests like Rayman and Banjo. It wasn't the lopsided "1st parties are unlikely and boring" shtick we have now.
Damn that really does bring me back. Back in 2015 I voted for a character from an NDS title that literally nobody knows about, lol. Even made my own Smashified of the character and a other silly stuff of him. It definitely were less edgy times in the fandom, lol.
Speculation doesn't have to necessarily be just about sales and leaks and whatnot. you can speculate over why a character would be a worthy, valuable addition to Smash without breaking out graphs and sales figures. you can speculate over what a character could bring to Smash through their moveset or what kind of content they could bring (music, stage, spirits, etc.).
That’s how I view a lot of the “bandwagon characters.” Sometimes a character being a worthy addition is enough reason for me to support them. I’m not really a huge fan of Crash. In fact, I don’t enjoy his games whatsoever. I also don’t really care for his design and the movesets that I see people propose don’t seem all that interesting to me. That said, I’m still a strong supporter of Crash. Seeing a console mascot that many people grew up with finally fight Mario and Sonic is enough reason for me to want Crash in Smash.
I get that many people would be happy with Crash, but considering Minecraft and FFVII are Minecraft and FFVII, I feel like Nintendo's going to think they're already happy. Steve's going to appeal to everyone under 20 and Sephiroth everyone over 20, while each character in FP1 had multiple obstacles preventing them from appealing to everyone. Except Hero, who still had an obstacle in that DQ is only massive in Japan.
Well by that logic they could just stop now, with everyone already catered to. But there are three characters left. If there's already been catering across the board, there's nothing left to do but overlap.
It's an exaggeration. Sephiroth can appeal to a good, good chunk of boomers, but obviously not all of them due to FFVII being mostly considered a PS1 game.
But the point stands that overlap doesn't seem to be a large deterrent to Nintendo. FP1 had three RPG characters that released within three years of each other. In FP2, even if one character shares traits with another, there are still four other characters. So far all three have been pretty different.
Still, with 90% of everyone who would've bought the pass having already bought it thanks to S&S, they might as well appeal to the remaining 10%. Just like how
were for a more casual audience than the ballot picks.
I hope so at least. I've always held the notion that first party characters should hold precedent over third party, but Ultimate has been very liberal with its third party invites. That's not to say any of the present 3rd parties have no reason to be here, I just wish Nintendo would focus on their own properties more, especially ones that have been neglected for too long.
I'm actually betting on three since Steve and Sephiroth would be more expensive than the guests in FP1 and are enough for 90% of everyone who was going to buy the pass to do so.
More than likely, yes. Who tho?… that's always the dilemma lol
3 first party picks is...incredibly optimistic...
I just think it’s cool how much the ballot effected Ultimate in it’s entirety. Like sure, we didn’t get characters like Isaac, Krystal, and Shovel Knight, but at least we got Sakurai and the developers to notice them. It just makes their odds better for a possible next time.
"There's always next game" would work better if, you know, Sakurai didn't say it could be ten years away. Which he shouldn't have, but I still remember it.
