Wow, hope is here once again! So while I was hoping that we'd see a Golden Sun remake as Nintendo's 2020 RPG, what if it's Nintendo's 2021 big RPG? Announce Isaac for Smash and a new GS at the same time, instant money! It makes too much sense guys.
But for real, I really think that the negative reaction to Isaac's Assist in particular has spurred the addition of more DLC. With Sakurai specifically saying that he wants to please fans, I just can't think of any other character that "expands the game worlds" Smash connects to like Isaac that also pleases fans. Let's assume we get another 5 fighters (although I don't think it will be that many). This would've had to have been decided around late 2018-early 2019, which happens to line up perfectly with a string of Golden Sun-related news (that being the Assist and the first Golden Sunday). Isaac was fresh in everyone's mind around that time, and combine that with the Rathalos tweet and the trademark thing (both of which must have put Isaac on Nintendo's radar, even if they were still surprised by the Assist backlash), I think we have a pretty strong case for being a Top 5 choice for a "fan-pleasing" batch of DLC. So, here's my predictions for the second wave of Smash DLC (in no particular order, although I have a couple guesses as to reveal dates):
Isaac (seems like an E3 kind of reveal, maybe as part of a two character reveal with...)
Waluigi (The two biggest fan-pleasers out there, they seem like the natural choice to start the DLC off with, maybe Waluigi could shadow drop that day to start)
Geno
Steve
Monster Hunter
I'd buy it.
My favorite place on the Internet is this board when we have hope. Well, hope is here once again and hope we can make something out of it this time!