Social Swamp's Social Thread 3 - And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

[SonicMario]

I almost had a heart attack when I looked at Gamexplain's video list this morning. I went to bed knowing that a Nintendo Direct was coming later this week and I woke up to see THREE videos on Cat and Cat .
I was Terrified that they had been announced for Sm4sh DLC!!!

thankfully they are just Mario Maker costumes.

That would be kinda funny considering the example character they chose for the Ballot in the Nintendo Direct that announced it was Cat Mario xD

 

[Arthreeteseven]

Are you fur real?

Pink Gold Peach is a catastrophic choice for Smash...

Don't worry, I'm just Kitten around!

That would be kinda funny considering the example character they chose for the Ballot in the Nintendo Direct that announced it was Cat Mario xD

Funny enough, that is exactly what I thought of when I saw the pictures. That would have been the ultimate troll!

 

[Inawordyes]

Okay, so we have had two characters in the works since before Mewtwo released that we know nothing about yet. We have a third character who's been worked on sometime within the last two months as evidenced by the inclusion of an extra character data slot following last month's update.

My speculation is two newcomers, possibly with unique mechanics and/or 3rd-parties (Inklings with an ink mechanic/Shovel Knight/King K. Rool), and one semi-clone vet/newcomer who doesn't require a lot of time to develop compared relatively (Wolf/Dixie Kong).

I can see Inklings, Shovel Knight, and Wolf being released (Shovel Knight deal would have to be made well in advance, Inklings for popularity and semi-promotional reasons especially so as time went on, and Wolf due to being an extremely popular veteran who wouldn't take that long to make comparatively), with indications that more characters are still coming without being specific as to who or when (K. Rool would have to be one for his popularity, and with how much Nintendo is promoting Yo-Kai Watch in Japan and NA I can easily see Jibanyan making it in as well due to being highly recognizable and especially popular from a popular game in Japan).

 

[FalKoopa]

Am I the only one who's tired of seeing Spongebob memes?

I think it's scary they can be made to fit any and every situation.

 

[Guybrush20X6]

We can't be going nuts already can we? If there's no Smash stuff it's not the end of the world.

I'd be excited even if it's just another lot of mii costumes.

 

[epicmartin7]

What the **** is wrong with this company.

This is an article by Nintendo Life which talks about a company that did really bad and illegal stuff relating to Gangs in Japan. Now, this was mostly 20 years ago and everything has practically changed then. It's still really sick to see a company do this stuff and these type of business practices.

They didn't actually supply the company's actual name for legal reasons I assume, but it's probably for the better.

Spoiler

Although, a lot of speculation and research points to Sega possibly being this mysterious company. It's not confirmed, but is a real possibility.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

Okay, so we have had two characters in the works since before Mewtwo released that we know nothing about yet. We have a third character who's been worked on sometime within the last two months as evidenced by the inclusion of an extra character data slot following last month's update.

My speculation is two newcomers, possibly with unique mechanics and/or 3rd-parties (Inklings with an ink mechanic/Shovel Knight/King K. Rool), and one semi-clone vet/newcomer who doesn't require a lot of time to develop compared relatively (Wolf/Dixie Kong).

I can see Inklings, Shovel Knight, and Wolf being released (Shovel Knight deal would have to be made well in advance, Inklings for popularity and semi-promotional reasons especially so as time went on, and Wolf due to being an extremely popular veteran who wouldn't take that long to make comparatively), with indications that more characters are still coming without being specific as to who or when (K. Rool would have to be one for his popularity, and with how much Nintendo is promoting Yo-Kai Watch in Japan and NA I can easily see Jibanyan making it in as well due to being highly recognizable and especially popular from a popular game in Japan).

Jibanyan Vs. Pikachu, battle of the monster-capture mascots... Interesting.

Seems like giving even more attention to a direct competitor to one of Nintendo's top grossing franchises would be risky, but marketing theories have yet to pay off (and that's exactly what Nintendo is currently doing anyway) so that's not a valid point against him.

In the end, I think that Jibanyan would have to pass the 'Inkling' test. What I mean by this is if Inklings get in, they will set the precedent that very recent characters can get in provided their popularity survives the 'fad phase' and shows little doubt of losing fan favor over a long period of time. Right now, Yo-Kai's a fad. If it's still just as popular in six months and a character as recent as Inklings make it in, then Jibanyan has a shot. Inklings also have to make it in for this line of reasoning to hold up.

Unfortunately, by that virtue Jibanyan faces another problem - the time it would take for this character to establish its staying power pushes it close to when I estimate to be the end of Sm4sh DLC, so it if takes longer to accomplish that goal he might miss the boat. If it happens, Jibanyan would likely be the last character we get.

 

[SonicMario]

I'm still at Wolf, King K. Rool or Inklings (Both possibly if there's no 3rd Party character added throught the ballot), and Rayman for predictions. But I'm willing to be surprised.

Only really expecting one character announced, saving two more for an early direct and/or E3 for the final DLC character(/s)

 

[Z25]

Here we go again...

I was joking....
You know that right?
It's still interesting though.

I know I'm really late to this, but what did this tweet originally say?

It was from amiibo news stating that right after the direct, Yacht Clubs games is hosting an AMA

Btw, tag me for these because I love to see these

I don't have the game....................but I might eventually

Will do!

 

[Champ Gold]

I'm not gonna bother making predictions.


This is too much like the #MonadoMonday situation.

Everyone is gonna predict one (or in most cases, 2 characters) that's gonna be in and go with the biggest predictions (as of now it's Inklings and SK because of what happen in the past 3 months and there's K. Rool and Wolf in the mix)

Then everyone will be upset because their predictions were wrong. At this point, don't expect anyone.

And if you had to put a gun to my head for my prediction, I'll just say Wolf because his demand was high even before the Ballot and I doubt Sakurai would pretend that it doesn't exist.

 

[Chrono.]

Well this is fun, I love it when fighting games have references hidden in color palettes.

Spoiler: yay references

Compiled by @TrackerTD my names also there but thats not important

 

[Zane13pyro]

I'm not gonna bother making predictions.


This is too much like the #MonadoMonday situation.

Everyone is gonna predict one (or in most cases, 2 characters) that's gonna be in and go with the biggest predictions (as of now it's Inklings and SK because of what happen in the past 3 months and there's K. Rool and Wolf in the mix)

Then everyone will be upset because their predictions were wrong. At this point, don't expect anyone.

And if you had to put a gun to my head for my prediction, I'll just say Wolf because his demand was high even before the Ballot and I doubt Sakurai would pretend that it doesn't exist.

I really do agree all our predicts could be wrong but at this point Im just glad for new dlc :D

 

[Luigi The President]

I've head "DON'T GET HYPED THIS IS JUST ANOTHER [X] SITUATION" and "SAKURAI IS A TROLL DON'T GET HYPED" SO many times now. AND I'M TIRED OF IT!

Let me be hyped. Please. I don't care if my dreams are crushed, this is the first Direct in months and I want to get as excited as I can.

 

[Shroob]

Jokes on you all. The Direct will have nothing but stages and mii outfits.

 

[Naoshi]

Jokes on you all. The Direct will have nothing but stages and mii outfits.

I'm okay with this

More stages >>>>>>>>>>>> more characters

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Jokes on you all. The Direct will have nothing but stages and mii outfits.

You say it like it's a bad thing.

 

[IceBreakerXY]

Only thing I'm 100% on is splatoon news After yesterday I'm not sure about Mario maker but who knows we could get more power up(please).Smash is likely but I'm waiting it out

 

[Silvera]

Jokes on you all. The Direct will have nothing but stages and mii outfits.

I wouldn't expect anything less from that.

 

[FalKoopa]

Jokes on you all. The Direct will have nothing but stages and mii outfits.

And another melt-down incoming. Make sure you're wearing fire-proof clothing.

 

[BandanaWaddleDee]

My prediction:
>Direct starts

>New Mario Tennis trailer showing the brand new yellow court

>New game Mario Ballet

>Direct ends

 

[Soul.]

You say it like it's a bad thing.

Of course it is, I mean the only thing we care about is characters! And characters are the game.

 

[Chrono.]

What the **** is wrong with this company.

This is an article by Nintendo Life which talks about a company that did really bad and illegal stuff relating to Gangs in Japan. Now, this was mostly 20 years ago and everything has practically changed then. It's still really sick to see a company do this stuff and these type of business practices.

They didn't actually supply the company's actual name for legal reasons I assume, but it's probably for the better.

Spoiler

Although, a lot of speculation and research points to Sega possibly being this mysterious company. It's not confirmed, but is a real possibility.

You mean to tell me this was real?

 

[Neo Zero]

And another melt-down incoming. Make sure you're wearing fire-proof clothing.

There's going to be a melt down no matter who is announced or not announced lol. Unless the announcement was every character ever is being added.

 

[OmniGuardian]

I've head "DON'T GET HYPED THIS IS JUST ANOTHER [X] SITUATION" and "SAKURAI IS A TROLL DON'T GET HYPED" SO many times now. AND I'M TIRED OF IT!

Let me be hyped. Please. I don't care if my dreams are crushed, this is the first Direct in months and I want to get as excited as I can.

Yes exactly! It's the cool thing to do now to act like you're not hoping for anything. SCREW THAT. I'd rather be hyped up for X amount of time and be grateful for what we get instead of acting like my dreams are already crushed all the time.

 

[Silvera]

There's going to be a melt down no matter who is announced or not announced lol. Unless the announcement was every character ever is being added.

And that's how the ND cycle goes.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

There's going to be a melt down no matter who is announced or not announced lol. Unless the announcement was every character ever is being added.

Even then, people would complain.

 

[AncientTobacco]

I can't help but wonder if Sakurai and co. have some final big thing in the works besides the ballot characters.

Like a new mode or something, to end things off with.

 

[Shroob]

Even then, people would complain.

Tell me about it. Smashchu's Source Gaming article about characters gave me an ulcer.

 

[SlickWylde]

I've head "DON'T GET HYPED THIS IS JUST ANOTHER [X] SITUATION" and "SAKURAI IS A TROLL DON'T GET HYPED" SO many times now. AND I'M TIRED OF IT!

Let me be hyped. Please. I don't care if my dreams are crushed, this is the first Direct in months and I want to get as excited as I can.

Well to be fair, some people on here get hyped, and then really bring down the board with salt when their wild expectations aren't met, so I think most of us are just trying to get them to be realistic so they don't get super bummed.

 

[Kenith]

I'm not gonna bother making predictions.


This is too much like the #MonadoMonday situation.

Everyone is gonna predict one (or in most cases, 2 characters) that's gonna be in and go with the biggest predictions (as of now it's Inklings and SK because of what happen in the past 3 months and there's K. Rool and Wolf in the mix)

Then everyone will be upset because their predictions were wrong. At this point, don't expect anyone.

And if you had to put a gun to my head for my prediction, I'll just say Wolf because his demand was high even before the Ballot and I doubt Sakurai would pretend that it doesn't exist.

Well hopefully like on #MonadoMonday It's going to be a reveal that flies in the face of everything we've predicted so far, every rumour, and it will be glorious.

 

[Chrono.]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11...-a-brand-new-retro-gaming-character-ign-first

New Yooka-Laylee character Rextro Sixtyfourus

 

[Neo Zero]

#MonadoMonday was probably the best reveal, in terms of what it meant to speculation. That'll be hard to top, but really the only spotlight currently is Shovel Knight after all, so as long as it isn't him, who knows, we could see another more impressive #MonadoMonday. Plus it's nice not to hear "Hey I know who it is" on Twitter for once.

 

[Shroob]

#MonadoMonday was probably the best reveal, in terms of what it meant to speculation. That'll be hard to top, but really the only spotlight currently is Shovel Knight after all, so as long as it isn't him, who knows, we could see another more impressive #MonadoMonday. Plus it's nice not to hear "Hey I know who it is" on Twitter for once.

What even happened to the guys who were parading around all high and mighty-like?

 

[Chrono.]

What even happened to the guys who were parading around all high and mighty-like?

You mean Stealth? He's pretty much pretending nothing happened.

He never adressed the rumor again and idk if he ever went back to faqs.

The rest kinda just did the same, with Roger sweeping the rumor under a rug couple days before the 23rd.

 

[SegaNintendoUbisoft]

.@ign introduces Rextro SixtyFourus in the first of a number of #YookaLaylee reveals! https://t.co/vbgerbEEOi pic.twitter.com/FmHJ9mkAXT

— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) November 11, 2015

This guy needs his own game. I'm loving this character.

 

[A Distant Demon]

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/11...-a-brand-new-retro-gaming-character-ign-first

New Yooka-Laylee character Rextro Sixtyfourus

sooooooooo Basically Klungo from Nuts and Bolts. Neato.

 

[Solfiner]

Rextro SixtyFourus is so Rareware and I love it

 

[AreJay25]

I must say, that medal threw me for a loop.

I thought this was a video.

 

[Deleted member]

Was on 4chan and saw this

Really cool mod tbqh lol. I'd play it. Wonder how it was made.

I remember hearing the kid who's doing the Ridley mod is doing Metal Face, K.Rool and Kraid

As much as I can appreciate the effort in what he's doing, the fact he's making Metal Face and Kraid, two characters that SHOULDN'T EVER be altered into being playable fighters, is going to seriously discredit him when it comes to his arguments on Ridley.
An "anyone can be altered to work as a fighter" mindset isn't exactly a good one....

 

[Substitution]

I'm more interested in what else we're getting to be honest. Like, Smash is going to be there somewhere and that's good and all, but I do want to see what else they have in store.