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Or Nintendo could make Dinosaur Planet a Starfox Spinoff and expand on the Starfox universe. A soft reboot to Dinosaur Planet with Krystal and the scrapped character that apparently looked too much like Fox as the two protagonists. I personally thought that merging DP with Starfox wasn't a good idea if the result was an average 3D Zelda clone with very minor rail shooting segments.
Reintroduce her to the series, and then have her star in a spin off title, call it StarFox Adventures: Krystal, or something, with Star Fox Adventures style gameplay
You may have a point, plus it would be easier to add a character already in the game like Krystal as a playable fighter
Wait, what makes people think this thread will be shut down?
Heck yeah, I'm behind promoting Assist Trophies all the way if it means the dream of playing as Bomberman and Krystal is alive!
TBH if the grinchleak is true, It honestly makes me think there's a chance we won't get DLC, because they would have addressed every big character that people would have wanted, I mean legitimately, who would anyone pick? It wouldn't be anyone the fandom has seriously considered. With how they have this ultimate banner, which will obviously be sold when the game comes out, It seems like something that would be complete, which would be infact incomplete if DLC rolls around. Perhaps they'd make a seperate DLC banner or something. Eitherway I'm clueless as who they'd include as DLC, maybe Rayman or something. Either way, when GP comes out next year, there should hopefully be a big enough boon of Krystalfans to push for her in Smash, since DLC should be underway or starting to be underway by that time if it happens, logically they should do DLC, but unlike other games, which have clear characters missing that people would want, we have 70 characters, so... there's so little to pick. Personally I don't believe the leak, simply because it's hard to disprove doesn't mean it's real, that's an argument theologists use in religious debates, a blurry image of a wrist band and some renders of a movie doesn't really inspire confidence, along with my doubt of a couple of characters seriously being in the game. Plus we're so close to the game coming out, which if some people aren't aware, is the time really good fake leaks come out, and smash hype is all encompassing, People one-uping old leaks is totally possible, I don't believe any blurry images just on principle of basic knowledge of image editing. Fortunately we don't have long to wait to see if it's real or not. As leakypandy (march 8th direct) is saying we'll have a direct in november, last I read they said November 5th, which is about where I'd have pegged one. and it's to be a Smash Direct, So let's see who makes it in
You underestimate how big the pool of characters people would want is, even without taking third parties into account (not to mention characters that would get in anyway, regardless whether people wanted them or not
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Except, Smash DLC makes a lot of money, and there still are characters a lot of people want (Waluigi, our Blue Vixen, Travis Touchdown). If the rumors are true, Krystal Ashley, Waluigi, become the most popular newcomer requests left...
I suppose that's true, it's just that it's literally every top character has been accounted for if that leak is true, so I don't personally feel that other characters are necessary. But I suppose that certainly doesn't stop people from drawing from other franchises, and third-parties that don't really belong in Smash. It'll be amusing when i'm like 30 and I see which characters people want in the next smash as we continue to spread out into smaller fries. Maybe we'll see some fun promotional picks, which do seem like some of the last character choices we can really have. Someone somewhere really cares about something obscure, hell Krystal herself is obscure these days.You underestimate how big the pool of characters people would want is, even without taking third parties into account (not to mention characters that would get in anyway, regardless whether people wanted them or not
When the leaders of a movement are out, there's always new ones to take their place.
It does make a lot of money, so it's unreasonable to be sure to not have it, but I've already illustrated why I have my doubts about them. Sakurai is a champion though, so perhaps he'll come up with something good for us. all I know is, it'll be nice to actually use my switch, because it's been collecting dust since I got it last christmas.
I really hope the leak is fake TBH. I mean Sakurai/Nintendo put in a lot of hard work to make this game and keep its development a secret up until now possibly. It would be sad to see all of Sakurai’s hard work go to waste if this leak is true. Now I really want Sakurai to drop a big bomb shell in the next reveal and blow the internet’s mind with a character nobody would’ve expected to be “in” that isn’t part of the leak.
Honestly, the consequences of the leak being fake - the hype for Smash Ultimate being torpedoed by people's hopes for newcomers blowing up - would probably be worse than if it was real. In either case, these companies' reputations have been dragged through the mud and the leaker has broken laws.
I don't blame him
Yes, but for some reason he probably won't do that like last time. I wonder why. It couldn't hurt the game's code that much, could it?
In theory, no...Yes, but for some reason he probably won't do that like last time. I wonder why. It couldn't hurt the game's code that much, could it?
That's really not how it works, people wouldn't be satisfied with how she would look, certainly not sakurai, you don't have to look too closely to see how much lower poly assist trophies can be. Characters require permission, which is a process, modeling work and texture work which take time and effort. animations which probably aren't mocap'd, which are meticulous and fairly extensive, which also requires a kirby hat. Then they have to be extensively practiced and balanced over a scheduled time period in which they also decide how they want to announce them, and where to schedule their trailers. Krystal's model would likely be done by scratch, and her assist trophy would stay as is. The work load difference even if you'd factor that in isn't much, the character runs, jumps, has a hit and death animation, aswell as a ranged and melee attack, and I think those 3-4 have aerial variants, with a fairly low-poly model that has no facial animation, and already recorded voice effects. That's almost nothing, smash characters have like 16 attacks, a grab, shield, trip, final smash, taunts, item use anims, some facial expressions, extensive hit animations, each with a decent amount of their own special effects, sound effects and voice work with current-gen models. Hell I probably missed a handful too.
I know we aren’t in the melee days anymore. But I would remove the head visor to keep he appearance from looking like Fox more and more
As much as the miracle would be welcome, Krystal's chance for base roster has already been considered, she needs to return to the fold of Star Fox, and for people to come out in celebration enough to warrant her DLC, as she has to sell on her own merits, which provided should be a hell of a lot better than it is currently if she comes back in the rumored SF game. Let's keep supporting her as we can, so we can have places for the new fans to pool in later.
I'm not saying she will be playable, but heaven forbids if she somehow does. I'll be a happy clam.
Same here
I think its pretty cool that Nintendo responded directly to the letter, especially in regards to sending a personalised letter that clearly referenced the topic in question rather than a simple auto generated letter they could so easily have sent instead. Its encouraging to see someone took the time and effort to read through and respond in such a way, and inspire others to remain passionate and vocal about herself and her future involvement in the series. Its a shame there was no indication that she may be making a return soon but that's understandable as they'd only reveal something like that with an announcement of a new Star Fox title I imagine. All things I'd say its not been too bad a year for herself or the franchise in general with an assist trophy appearance for Krystal and the return of Wolf as a playable character, a significant appearance for the franchise in Star Link and even the hint of a new title heading to Switch next year, its nice that the series hasn't been forgotten in its 25th year. It gives me motivation to continue the support into next year, and if we can continue to show support in a respectful manner we could very well see a productive year for both the franchise and for Krystal herself i.e. DLC or a new game announcement.
The direct in its entirety was very lackluster IMO. The first half of the direct was a train wreck only because the hype for Ken & Incineroar was already fizzled out from all the leaks before hand. The rest of the direct was great especially the new adventure mode and the hilarious as hell WTF character reveal.
Giving up on our favorite blue vixen already eh? Sakurai clearly said they haven’t decided who they were going to add in as DLC yet. He only stated that who ever they do choose to add as DLC will have to be made from scratch. I firmly believe with this statement in mind anything is possible. That means that ATs and Spirits still have a possible chance to become fully developed characters made from scratch in to playable DLC fighters. That said my idea for a possible Krystal dlc fighter pack would be this. Character: Krystal(Star Fox), Stage: Planet Sauria(Star Fox: Adventures), Music: Star Fox: Adventures Medley and various other new Star Fox tracks.
Him maybe you are right, though of course, she'd get a few Assault tracks too?
Of course why wouldn’t she!? Various new tracks from Star Fox series is what I meant to say. Lol
How could you call that lackluster? if the grinchleak won, it would mean that Vergeben's sources wouldn't have won, which would have shaken the chance for GP being real. And on a personal level I'm enthralled that it was defeated. The only thing I was looking for was the Spirits mode and DLC, which blew my mind, I'm only invested in Krystal so I have little care who else is put in, aslong as I have Ike and Samus I'll keep buying smash. People create this unyielding culture of hype addiction and always throw a **** fit when they don't get everything they want, I was glad to see them.
Pre-planned DLC? I don’t recall Sakurai ever hinting about the DLC being pre-planned at all during the direct.
You don't create a fighter pass, with a 5 character set, with an announced deadline and announce a DLC character in a video BEFORE the game even comes out and not have it pre-planned, his quote is a bit hazy "When creating something like the Fighters Pass, Ideally we should reveal what's included before it comes available for purchase, however, please allow us to offer this pass before we're ready to reveal it's contents." but the wording somewhat suggests that they already know what the contents are, it's possible it's not, but it doesn't look likely.
It’s mostly likely he said that because they really didn’t put any thought or time into making DLC yet. I’m mean the game comes out In less than a month. They’re obviously busy enough as it is trying to finish the game on time for said deadline above.
With an Assault alt too? Though I'm kinda worried Krystal won't be in GP,
Assault is my personal favorite, but I don't think she'd get one, would likely have her most recent addition and her first rendition for nostalgia purposes, assault would be inbetween, it will likely have a palette but that's about it.