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I'd like to see Agatio + Karst or Saturos + Menardi
Timing, probably. Dark Dawn came after Brawl, but performed poorly, so he didn't return Isaac (along with a handful of other ATs) for 4, believing that nobody cared any more. Then the Ballot happens, giving Sakurai clear image into the wants and desires of the fanbase. At least, that's my thinking.
So...what you're basically saying is if he can't get in as an assist trophy then what hopes does he have as a playable character? Well I would agree with you...except for the fact DLC is a thing. If Isaac doesn't show up at all in the base game, it won't be because he was not good enough to even get in as an assist, it will be because they are planning him as DLC. Sure, once Smash Bros Ultimate's life is over and the game is done and Isaac is still not in the game then fair enough, obviously he didn't land enough of an oomph to be given a spot on the roster but you can't say that now unless you happen to be a Time Lord with a TARDIS.
Sort of. What I'm saying is that if his popularity couldn't even get him back his role as an AT then he won't be DLC. Sakurai doesn't plan characters to be DLC so I highly doubt a situation will occur where Sakurai knowing his popularity didn't plan to use Isaac and then makes him DLC. If he's not on base and there's no AT then his popularity didn't matter and it won't be a strong reason for him to be DLC like everyone says. And in fact it'll even be a hindrance for Smash 6 everyone will say "Well Isaac was a popular choice for the last but Sakurai didn't even give them an assist trophy and his series is still dead. No chance he'll be in this game." Unless there's a file proving Isaac was meant to be played and time constraints happened having nothing is far less preferable to having the AT return.
saturos and menardi!
um veggiebutton's missed a ton of stuff actually. k.rool, chrom, richter, dark samus, isabelle being unique, he said zero would be playble and freaking noctis would be too. plus all the SC6 stuff he's gotten wrong.
He also hasn't gotten anything right when he's started it outright, other than Ridley.
I think that the more important thing with the timing is how close it is to release, since Nintendo would have to give things out to companies that specialize in marketing (like ACP-PLV) to get stuff ready for release, as people have stated, I think.
As long as Isaac is in I don't care who's right
I could very much imagine that scenario. This is Sakurai's love letter to the community, and it wouldn't surprise me if he tried as hard as humanly possible to prevent leaks.
Interesting thought. But its seems somewhat unlikely.
The dream. Well, I'd rather have a more unique party member pulling at duty like Jenna or sveta, but that would be good too.
It’s pronounced veggie burger
2 TT fam
A leak was sadly inevitable being this close to release. It was only a matter of when. This really feels like the ESRB leak days back in Smash 4. But it's much more wild now.
That's definitely not true, Mewtwo was announced before Smash Bros Wii U was released and only a couple of weeks after Smash Bros 3DS came out. He definitely planned Mewtwo to be DLC before the base game was done. In addition, it's likely Roy, Ryu, and Lucas were in development during that time as well so clearly yes, he does plan characters to be DLC before the base game is done.
I have a good feeling for ya boi.
I'm very positive they weren't planned to be DLC day one. Which was the point of what I was saying. If Sakurai didn't plan him day one for something then DLC isn't a real option.
I understand what you are saying but the issue I have is it looks like you think you know how Sakurai thinks. How do you know he doesn't consider DLC till after the game? Can you honestly tell me with 100% certainty that when he looked at Isaac he never considered the possibility of saving him for DLC? Truth is, you can't, there is absolutely nothing stopping Sakurai from saving characters for DLC, in fact I would argue that due to how well Isaac did in the ballot, it may actually effect Sakurai's decision on whether or not to save them for DLC. He could simply say "Well, this character has a lot of support in the ballot but I don't think we can fit him into the base game due to time constraints so if the game sells well, we'll put him in 1 of the DLC packs.".
it's the "it's fake! i have no proof but it's fake!" and assist thing.
