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It hasn't, yet. Maybe now that more people have returned/sparked with hope and interest.
It is hard to tell, I think the ballot on itself isn't enough reference because of how much we ignore about it and the results (since every exit poll seems to point that Isaac also did very well and here we are still)
Nintendo went so crazy with the copyright strikes for Smash Ultimate leaks that they took down Smash Bros. style fan remixes.
— claypot.blue 🪴 (@_claypot) December 3, 2018
I had a few saved to my phone through YouTube Red, one of them was an Isaac theme, something owned by Nintendo.
The other was Banjo-Kazooie. 🤔
Speaking of that, the same thing happened to a Waluigi's Pinball remix, a Forest Maze remix, and a Megalovania remix. Hmmmmmm...
It could be Nintendo going for everything slightly related or it could be a hint, it is hard to tell right now. It is an odd coincidence with Megalovania though and the BK on December when all fighter pass characters were decided
Pretty much, those are the K rool Ridley and Banjo level of high demand characters next in queue, at least the first two definitely are. If the "oportunities to satisfy fans" words from Sakurai are not misused, those should definitely come now, otherwise they just digged their own grave by giving everyone hope by being specific towards fans' wishes and not their own (nintendo and sakurai) picks.
I saw someone talking about this in the Geno thread. Apparently some SMRPG songs were taken down too?
They probably do after the Mii Costume for Geno from the Wii U era
It's curious why we haven't seen the Geno mii costume yet. It seems like a no brainer considering Square Enix gave them the go ahead last time and there wouldn't be any additional work involved. It's not like they said "no geno in Smash" either since he has a spirit.
Lloyd and Geno mii's got some particular love put into them and they are still missing while other regular miis have been coming back, even now with proto man and zero. Smells fishy!
Yes, "Beware of the Forest's Mushrooms" and "Fight Against an Armed Boss" were taken down from Brawl's channel between the Nintendo takedowns and the channel's death. The proof is on a PapaGenos video.
Interesting, Geno has been thrown around as potentially being character 5 or round 2 character 1 (famously by that tweet from a while back). A Geno reveal would greatly increase Isaac's chances as it would prove that spirits=/=deconfirm.
. Let them be an example for us to follow
That's all of the songs I've heard though I'm not that familiar with the take downs so someone else probably knows more. Obviously it starts to look less interesting if this is just a case of people cherry picking songs that are relevant to characters people want.
That's the thing. People just look at the removals they want to mean something. Nintendo is well known for striking down songs and in general being heavy-handed online, so if you actually look at the whole picture, the amount of stuff they remove doesn't help narrow things down in any practical sense.
That's probably one of the best summaries of the first 955 pages of this thread that I've ever heard
I'd be quite disappointed if the best summary of this entire thread was a conspiracy theory, the conclusion of which being something that could also be accounted for by Sakurai just wanting to acknowledge Isaac's demand.
Yeah, it is very interesting. I really hate that I’m getting my hopes up again, but I’m also really happy.
I mean, we really have nothing to lose now. We got this far. Let’s find out if we can push beyond that!
I’m sorry but this is 1000% reaching. I’m certain that Sakurai and his team planned for Isaac to be an AT from the beginning but later on decided to add the Isaac mii costume and the spirits for “compensation” for us.
Yeah, hopefully that ends up changing things for Isaac. It happened with others such as Mewtwo, Ridley, K Rool, etc. Although I won’t be surprised if Isaac got shafted once again lmao
I actually doubt this almost completely. I am more of the idea that they planned the AT in response to the ballot and general sentiment for Isaac's absence in 4 and the team probably thought we would be happy/pleased enough with just the AT returning and being reworked. I do think the Mii Costume was a consolation after seeing the backlash like "this is the best we can do for now".
Consider me a +1 for this sentiment. I haven’t looked at this forum since December probably despite forever wishing Isaac could be a fighter in Smash. I think it’s a long-shot we get in, but that little bit of light or hope has snuck back into my brain. I just can’t let go of the idea that Sakurai will come back around to adding more Nintendo characters that people are expecting or requesting.
I already have a bottle of vodka for the heartbreak, and a bottle of gin (more like Djinn
) for the celebration
I would say it all depends if Sakurai will honor the Smash Ballot and satisfying the fans. If he does, Isaac is realistic
One thing that gets me about the initial roster is that in general there was only one new Nintendo franchise in Splatoon compared to the amount added in 4 (Punch Out, Xenoblade, Animal Crossing, Duck Hunt, Wii Fit). So it's not even a case of say Sakurai choosing Arms as a more fitting new franchise over Golden Sun, it also gets the assist trophy treatment.
I'd say 0~30% depending on already mentioned factors and how many characters we will get.
