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Well that makes stuff interesting to say at the very least. At the same time, I hear there will also be a Tales event occurring around the timeframe when smash ultimate is released so who knows. Either way, I would welcome Llyod as a new edition if that were the case, but grasp on any sliver of hope for that sword character being Isaac.
To be fair, Hitagi didn't respond to a lot of posts. So him not responding to a question doesn't mean much.
I'm not fully putting all stocks into what Hitagi is saying at the same time, but I really do hope he is true all things considered so long as said Nintendo character isn't another FE character lol.
I agree. I love Fire Emblem and it's my No.1 favorite gaming franchise ever.....but it's seriously overrepresented right now.
UNLESS... It is older Isaac. Assuming it is a GS character it could be older Isaac and that is why they can't recognize him but still think the design is cool. Or it is Felix, but that would be a weird move, very Sakurai-y but not very Nintendo
honestly older Isaac makes 0 sense, he isn't the iconic isaac. it would be like... having normal luigi as an assist trophy and having Dr.Luigi as the actual fighter. Felix makes slightly more sense.. but it would be extremely weird if they already had a venus adept moveset ready and wouldn't pulled a Simon/Richter situation (Aesthetic echo)
It can't be Lloyd anyway, since Lloyd is Namco, not Nintendo.
I agree of course But! If they are using it to promote a new game I wouldn't be surprised. Regarding Felix, if they didn't have time to develop them on time for base roster the echo thing died, a moveset wouldn't be ready for DLC (planned maybe but not developed) and they already said no echoes for DLC
To clarify they said echoes wouldn't be the main DLC lineup. Echoes of DLC characters is still possible, as is free echo fighters.
I suppose free echoes is a possibility ~ I'd love to see Isaac and Felix together. To be honest I don't know what other Nintendo swordsman could be the one being referred if it isn't GS or Fire Emblem
I agree it would be weird to have Adult Isaac, but they could have the younger Isaac as an alt costume (again would be weird given the different proportions but not impossible). Adult Isaac could also make sense if GS4 is happening and it continues from DD. I agree Adult Isaac is unlikely, though.
I said that in a later post. But really I was never trying to imply that it actually could be Lloyd. I was trying to demonstrate how other non-Isaac fans were trying to "beat around the bush" so to speak in order to see if Hitagi would inadvertently reveal who the character was, presumably just like the guy who asked if it was a Robin-esque swordsman (which could point to a GS character).
People have suggested Elma (come to think of it, she could also be the one referenced by the "multiple swords" comment), but she isn't really known for being a swordfighter and I find the chances of a Xenoblade X character to be low at this point. It was base roster or bust for Elma imo. Elma would probably also be recognizable.
If it isn’t a Golden Sun character, I’d rather have it be him than another FE character.
Ah man what have you got against Mary Sue, I mean Euden. Though for real I do like his game and wouldn't mind him joining I just don't see it as very likely.
I feel if they went with that approached, they would have to wrap up the story of Dark Dawn in order to proceed.
Agreed, releasing it on the 3DS would be a terrible idea at that point. Everyone's eyes are on the Switch. That aside... love your new avatar! That Dee and Isaac together are pretty cute
I had also been thinking about how to include the djinns in Isaac's kit. An idea was:
Agreed that they'd have to bring closure to that arc first. That said... is there a need yet to do so? I recall some "dark world" or other beyond the ocean at the edges of the world. Couldn't Weyard be a "floating continent" or something? Kind of like what happened to the Earth in Sonic Unleashed? There is also the story of how the Alchemy got sealed in the first place. If they think they should pull a Final Fantasy then I'd be fine with it, but I think there's enough material without having to do so.
I wouldn't be against it. If anything, it would probably be an ideal way to bring something new to the table while at the same time not having to worry about alienating new players.
Dark Dawn was planned to be the start of a trilogy? Didn't know that.
Nope, axe wielder.
I just expect the worst and hope for the best. As it stands, an assist trophy means, as far as it seems to Sakurai, to be representation enough and disqualifies characters. Or so it seems. While Nintendo choosing the DLC characters does leave room for hope, remember that Sakurai is a part of the decision process (he was approached with a list to choose from). If Isaac was on the list from Nintendo, Sakurai could have struck him from the list because "well, he's an assist trophy, right?"
She's both, actually, and a magic-wielder too.
That's new to me but it is primarily axe right?
Yep. Though I'm not sure why everyone is dead-sure she's a lock. There are two other students of Byleth and they can just choose the teacher, unlikely as it is.
I am not really feeling a FE character anyway, yea Nintendo is choosing the DLC but Sakurai might decide not to pick another FE character due to backlash last time plus he was reluctant to add Corrin iirc.
Eh, I somehow doubt Sakurai cares too much about the backslash, but yeah, he outright said Fire Emblem had too many characters himself.
Nintendo: "Oh."
This is actually the greatest paragraph I have ever seen here. I 100% agree with this.
We must keep our fingers crossed!
Best strategy would be to release the remakes with a teaser to Golden Sun 4 towards the end. That would help give some new Switch fans more incentive to want to buy the remakes and catch up before the big Switch release hits (instead of just seeing it as, 'Those old games where that one guy's from'). Let's Players would obvs cash in on the views as well, more publicity and hype for Golden Sun's 4 release.
Its looking great so far!
Yeah it makes more sense to me for them to continue with the world and characters they already have. It's pretty clear that the Takahashi brothers had way more planned beyond Dark Dawn and I imagine that lore is still tucked away in their heads. Obviously it's gonna have to change a bit with the years between releases, but if they do it right I think it could work.
"Backslash!" - Shulk
IIRC he just said he was worried about there being too many, which isn't quite outright saying that FE has too many characters. But yeah, he did acknowledge it.
I don't know where this idea of Sakurai choosing from a list came from, but Sakurai's tweet doesn't really say that there was anything like that.
Well, the tweet said the characters were picked by Nintendo but he had final say so from that it's very reasonable to deduce that Sakurai was given more than 5 names and he picked the ones he best thought should join.
I see what you're saying and yeah, there may very well have been a couple characters that Sakurai rejected. But it's equally possible that Nintendo gave him 5 reasonably feasible choices and Sakurai couldn't really say anything. We can't be sure that there was a list that he selected from.
He can just say "nah, I can't do this" for a character. It's not like he has to prove he can't come up with something. Plus, Sakurai doesn't even work in Nintendo and is pretty respected. I can't see a scenario where they force him to add a character.
Okay, I do think if Sakurai said that he truly couldn't create a character then Nintendo would trust him. But I don't think Sakurai would just reject their decision if he didn't have a good reason to do so.
