The Little Witch of Diamond City - Ashley - The Witch retreats. For now.

[perfectchaos83]

I've always kind of wondered if NoA employees secretly browse this site. Reggie and Bill probably are too busy to do so but, maybe some of the tree-house people?

The Tree-house is something that came up since Smash 4. They might be able to make suggestions to the higher ups.

I mean It's too late to do that for Ashley now. If she's in she's in if she's not then hopefully this will have an impact for DLC or Smash 6.

People probably look at this forum and think that if Ashley's support is this big here then it must be big on other places.

That's kind of what happened with Bandanna Dee. During Smash 4 Bandanna Dee was a popular "Smashboards" character (Well at least for English speakers at the time. I don't know how Japan felt). Somehow he gained tracking during the ballot and Now he's migrated to everywhere else.

Contrary to popular belief, big companies do have departments that browse the internet for data collection purposes. While it might not be someone in the Treehouse or Reggie, there likely are data collection interns looking all over for information to report.

 

[Samcrumpit]

Contrary to popular belief, big companies do have departments that browse the internet for data collection purposes. While it might not be someone in the Treehouse or Reggie, there likely are data collection interns looking all over for information to report.

If Ashley gets in as a trophy, do you guys think she has a chance as DLC?

 

[Noipoi]

Contrary to popular belief, big companies do have departments that browse the internet for data collection purposes. While it might not be someone in the Treehouse or Reggie, there likely are data collection interns looking all over for information to report.

In that case...

HELLO INTERN! PLEASE TELL SAKURAI TO PUT ASHLEY IN SMASH OKAY? THANKS!

 

[AngrySun88]

I think the fact that Ashley wasn't shown as AT at E3 is a good sign, she's been rising in popularity since Smash 4, and Nintendo has been promoting her since then. I also think that Mii costume characters (Ashley, Isabelle, K Rool, and Geno) all have good odds of making it in. And it's not hard to come up with moveset potential for her.

KatAna will likely remain an assist trophy, and they could easily replace Ashley with another WarioWare character for an AT. All the signs are in Ashley's favor. Sakurai has no real reason not to include her this time.

 

[FarquadMoses]

I've always kind of wondered if NoA employees secretly browse this site. Reggie and Bill probably are too busy to do so but, maybe some of the tree-house people?

The Tree-house is something that came up since Smash 4. They might be able to make suggestions to the higher ups.

I mean It's too late to do that for Ashley now. If she's in she's in if she's not then hopefully this will have an impact for DLC or Smash 6.

People probably look at this forum and think that if Ashley's support is this big here then it must be big on other places.

That's kind of what happened with Bandanna Dee. During Smash 4 Bandanna Dee was a popular "Smashboards" character (Well at least for English speakers at the time. I don't know how Japan felt). Somehow he gained tracking during the ballot and Now he's migrated to everywhere else.

I'd say the Ashley's certainly has the biggest support here then maybe 4chan next. Reddit seems to be warming up to her and as for GameFAQs... IDK they're all over the place about Ashley. Youtube is the worst place for Ashley fans because she's hardly on any top tens from what I can find.

Most Youtubers don't know what they're talking about when they say a character is likely because they throw their video's together just to get views. It's unfortunate because YouTube probably has the biggest medium. We need more bleeding heart Ashley Youtubers!

 

[Space Detective]

I've always kind of wondered if NoA employees secretly browse this site. Reggie and Bill probably are too busy to do so but, maybe some of the tree-house people?

IIRC, someone from ResetEra or something actually talked to a Treehouse guy (I forget which one) post-E3, and the Treehouse dude said something to the effect of "we have eyes everywhere".

It would not surprise me if they have dudes hired to prowl around communities for feedback, and if Smashboards was one of them.

If Ashley gets in as a trophy, do you guys think she has a chance as DLC?

I'd be kinda baffled if she got in only as a trophy, not even an Assist. If that happened however, I'd put her as almost a shoo-in for DLC.

 

[Samcrumpit]

IIRC, someone from ResetEra or something actually talked to a Treehouse guy (I forget which one) post-E3, and the Treehouse dude said something to the effect of "we have eyes everywhere".

It would not surprise me if they have dudes hired to prowl around communities for feedback, and if Smashboards was one of them.

I'd be kinda baffled if she got in only as a trophy, not even an Assist. If that happened however, I'd put her as almost a shoo-in for DLC.

Oh yeah I meant as an assist trophy.

 

[Domino11332]

If Ashley gets in as a trophy, do you guys think she has a chance as DLC?

A regular trophy? Yes. Lucas and Mewtwo were both trophies in 4 before becoming DLC, so I don't think it matters much. I don't see why it would, anyways.

 

[Space Detective]

Oh yeah I meant as an assist trophy.

In that case, I would wager something to the effect of "0%, unless they set a precedent for promoting ATs in DLC, then it rapidly rises to near 80/90% levels".

As cool an idea as making DLC to promote ATs is, it'd be a logistical problem to remove content that already exists and there's no precedent for the devs being interested in this concept. However, if the gates open, then Ashley's chances for DLC would look very rosy indeed in my opinion.

 

[Samcrumpit]

• Ashley - 70+ votes
  
  Mona - 7 votes
  
  9-volt - 10 votes
  
  Jimmy T - 4 votes
  
  Waluigi - 60+ votes
  
  Other - 12%
  
  This is from today's poll on Wario's Twitter

I can't find this, do you have a link to this?

 

[LittleKrool]

Find what, the poll? It's on Nintendo's Twitter.

The poll was rigged, obviously, only having Wario as an option. These were based on replies to the poll, a lot of people mentioned Ashley as being the best. The number may have increased a lot too since I posted that earlier today.

 

[ToilerMoiler]

Finally at the hotel after being stuck in traffic....Luckily I have multiple pages to read, insane how much it grew today. No Ashley just yet, but the hype is livelier than ever

 

[AngrySun88]

Find what, the poll? It's on Nintendo's Twitter.

The poll was rigged, obviously, only having Wario as an option. These were based on replies to the poll, a lot of people mentioned Ashley as being the best. The number may have increased a lot too since I posted that earlier today.

Which means that Nintendo is aware how popular she is and they perhaps feel justified having done all that advertising for her.

 

[Samcrumpit]

Find what, the poll? It's on Nintendo's Twitter.

The poll was rigged, obviously, only having Wario as an option. These were based on replies to the poll, a lot of people mentioned Ashley as being the best. The number may have increased a lot too since I posted that earlier today.

It hurts seeing so many people reply with Waluigi., atleast Ashley is the top reply to that post.

 

[LittleKrool]

Yeah, I mentioned that while the poll was still live. It rubbed some of us the wrong way, Waluigi isn't even apart of WarioWare yet these people have the guts to shill Waluigi into a poll he isn't even apart of.

This is WarioWare characters, not Mario characters, people! Still though, at the time Ashley had 10 more votes than Waluigi did, though I fear he has already outdone her due to his meme popularity. Ashley on the other hand is still number one because she actually counts.

 

[Samcrumpit]

Yeah, I mentioned that while the poll was still live. It rubbed some of us the wrong way, Waluigi isn't even apart of WarioWare yet these people have the guts to shill Waluigi into a poll he isn't even apart of.

This is WarioWare characters, not Mario characters, people! Still though, at the time Ashley had 10 more votes than Waluigi did, though I fear he has already outdone her due to his meme popularity. Ashley on the other hand is still number one because she actually counts.

Yeah, I honestly would not like the idea of Waluigi joining the Warioware crew. He would cramp Wario's style so hard, and evidently would overshadow everyone, except maybe Ashley.

 

[Cabbagehead]

Eh. The Internet will be the Internet. I don't think Nintendo took the Waluigi comments seriously, haha.

But yeah, Nintendo certainly has eyes and ears for the reception of their franchises. They have to do so in order to know what sells. And, while Sakurai is the kind of guy to add a character BECAUSE they're from left field, he also needs to have an idea of what characters resonate the most with consumers.

 

[xpnc]

This information drought is killing me. I knew getting something today was a long shot, but I was still hoping.

 

[AngrySun88]

Has anyone else seen Nintendo Unity's "The Evolution of Ashley" video yet? It's basically showing clips of all her appearances so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W3E00V3Q-c

 

[LittleKrool]

Has anyone else seen Nintendo Unity's "The Evolution of Ashley" video yet? It's basically showing clips of all her appearances so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W3E00V3Q-c

Sure did! Look, there's me! :3

 

[AngrySun88]

Sure did! Look, there's me! :3

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And those clips have plenty of moveset potential for Ashley. As I said earlier, there's no excuse not to add her at this point.

 

[EarlTamm]

And those clips have plenty of moveset potential for Ashley. As I said earlier, there's no excuse not to add her at this point.

Yeah. I keep forgetting she could poof in an umbrella.

 

[Arkaizer]

Has anyone else seen Nintendo Unity's "The Evolution of Ashley" video yet? It's basically showing clips of all her appearances so far.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4W3E00V3Q-c

Yeah, I posted it a page ago. Guess it got swept under all the speculation.

 

[Cabbagehead]

And those clips have plenty of moveset potential for Ashley. As I said earlier, there's no excuse not to add her at this point.

Two people in the past 24 hours or so have posted whole moveset ideas for Ashley in this thread. Anyone who thinks that Ashley is too shallow for a moveset is kidding themselves, especially when characters like Captain Falcon exist.

Really, the only substantial point of skepticism should be "is her ascendance into the realm of 'marketing poster child' enough to earn her a spot on the roster?", and that's only a question that Sakurai can answer.

 

[DeltaSceptile]

I think Sakurai knows exactly what the fans want(aside from the waaah), and so far, this game has showed it with the new slogan everyone is here + ridley, as well as a metric crap-load of past stages returning. Hopefully this gives Ashley a much higher chance than usual.

 

[Travix Man]

Besides Ashley's extreme popularity, who do you guys and gals think the second popular WarioWare character is? I'm not talking about Wario either, since he outranks all of them. Wah hah hah!

Jokes aside, I always thought Mona or 9-Volt was at least the second popular character behind Wario in the old days before Touched. After Ashley was introduced, Ashley seemed to have overtaken both of them by storm, so I'm curious as to how the popularity list looks now.

 

[LittleKrool]

9-volt is probably second to Ashley. Though even then he isn't nearly as popular as Ashley, he used to be number one until Smash 4 happened. That just sent Ashley skyrocketing into first.

 

[Cabbagehead]

Besides Ashley's extreme popularity, who do you guys and gals think the second popular WarioWare character is? I'm not talking about Wario either, since he outranks all of them. Wah hah hah!

Jokes aside, I always thought Mona or 9-Volt was at least the second popular character behind Wario in the old days before Touched. After Ashley was introduced, Ashley seemed to have overtaken both of them by storm, so I'm curious as to how the popularity list looks now.

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with 9-Volt. Within the confines of WarioWare, his microgames seem to be among the most popular due to the set theme of Nintendo references. Of course, once Ashley began to "outgrow" WarioWare, that became irrelevant.

Mona and Jimmy T seem to be slightly behind 9-Volt due to their seniority and likability, with just about everyone else tied for sixth. Of course, keep in mind that I'm spit-balling based on anecdotal evidence, haha.

 

[Hat Kid]

Yeah, I'm gonna have to go with 9-Volt. Within the confines of WarioWare, his microgames seem to be among the most popular due to the set theme of Nintendo references. Of course, once Ashley began to "outgrow" WarioWare, that became irrelevant.

Mona and Jimmy T seem to be slightly behind 9-Volt due to their seniority and likability, with just about everyone else tied for sixth. Of course, keep in mind that I'm spit-balling based on anecdotal evidence, haha.

100% agree with this.

 

[Jazzy Jinx]

1. Wario
2. Ashley
3. 9-Volt
4. Kat and Ana (Smash is a big audience)
5. Mona and Jimmy T
6. Everyone Else

 

[FooltheFlames]

So, I don't know if any of you remember this, but when I first started posting here, I believe that I alluded to a moveset that I was creating. Well, I have found the time to sit down and think about it some more, so here it is.

I put a lot of emphasis on the relationship between Ashley and Red, but I also took a cue from this thread and added a move that allows Ashley to debuff her opponents.

Spoiler

Ashley Moveset Proposal

- Ashley is a lightweight character, approximately as heavy as Villager. She is decently agile in the air, but with a slightly slower ground speed than her weight class would indicate. She is also a mid/long-range fighter; her strongest moves are most effective against opponents further away.
- Red is always following closely behind Ashley, ready and willing to lend his transformational powers to bolster Ashley's attacks. Allow Red to be KO'd by an opponent - yes, he has his own hurtbox and health - and you will quickly see just how important he is to maintaining Ashley's power.
- Ashley without Red utilizes her new wand - known from here on out as the "normal wand" - from WarioWare Gold, which is significantly weaker than her more iconic wand. However, when Red is by her side, she can utilize his power by using his wand form - known from here on out as the "Red wand" - as well as his other transformations, which are stronger than their counterparts.
- The only way to respawn Red is for Ashley to be KO'd. Red will be with her when she respawns. (Think Ice Climbers.) Red can also be respawned by using Ashley's Final Smash.


Idle: Ashley stands eerily still, occasionally looking around in disinterest.
- Red flies at Ashley's side, occasionally landing on her shoulder to look around. Ashley looks perturbed when this happens, prompting Red to jump back into the air.
Walk Cycle: Ashley marches forward, similar to her walking animation in the WarioWare Gold minigame. Her walking animation is rather quick, for a simple walking cycle.
- Red hovers closely behind Ashley. He never veers far from her side.
Running Cycle: Ashley hurries to a slight jog. It isn't much faster than her walking cycle.
- Red hovers hurriedly, slightly further behind Ashley. Running too much in one direction will put quite a gap between Red and Ashley, leaving Ashley at a disadvantage.
- Red can only desync from Ashley during the running animation, or if an opponent's attack hits him, but not Ashley. In the air, he keeps up with her very well.

Neutral Attack (with Red): Ashley uses the Red wand to pummel the opponent twice (P). Red then turns into a large tome, which shoots a series of star projectiles forward (S). Ashley then finishes off the combo with an upward blast of magic from the Red wand (M).
(P-P/SSS-SSS-SSS/M)
- Without Red, Ashley's Neutral Attack is simply the first and last part of the combo, P-P/M. Since these attacks are with Ashley's basic wand, they are comparably weaker.
Forward Tilt (with Red): Ashley blasts the ground in front of her from a downward diagonal angle with the Red wand.
- Without Red, the move is the same, except it utilizes the normal wand, making it weaker.
Up Tilt (with Red): Red transforms into a broom and sweeps the air above Ashley.
- Without Red, Ashley simply waves her wand above her head, leaving a slim trail of dark magic.
Down Tilt: Ashley sweeps forward with her normal wand. Red sweeps with his trident in the opposite direction. Ashley's wand does minimal damage, while Red's trident deals a damage-less trip.
- Without Red, Ashley's attack doesn't change, but Red isn't there to trip opponents from behind.
Dash Attack: Ashley jabs forward with her normal wand while Red divebombs the ground with his trident.
- Red isn't there to jab the opponent with his trident if he has been split up from Ashley.

Forward Smash: Ashley charges up a dark spell with the Red wand, an attack that has a reach only slightly shorter than Wolf's Forward Smash. A fully charged F-Smash features the possibility of a "misfire", a magical blast that functions as a kill move, but covers Ashley and Red in sut and leaves them dazed for a second.
- Without Red, Ashley uses her normal wand, without the possibility of "misfiring".
Up Smash: Ashley blasts a ghastly cloud of magical smoke above her head, similar to a shorter-lasting Mewtwo Up Smash.
- Without Red, the cloud is thinner and conjured by the normal wand.
Down Smash: Ashley (using the normal wand) and Red (using his trident) jam their respective weapons into the ground, blasting the ground around them with magic in a vein similar to Mega Man's Down Smash.
- Without Red, Ashley only covers her side of the Down Smash.

Neutral Aerial: Ashley's Red wand floats in a circle around her twice, before Ashley catches it.
- Without Red, Ashley sweeps in a circular motion using her normal wand.
Forward Aerial: Ashley jabs forward with the Red wand, blasting a small burst of dark magic which propels Ashley backwards.
- Without Red, this move is done with the weaker normal wand, and doesn't propel Ashley.
Back Aerial: Ashley whips around and casts a spell behind her.
- With the Red wand, this move is strong enough to propel Ashley forward.
- Without Red, this move simply causes the oponent to flinch and gain a little damage.
Up Aerial: Red transforms into a book and sweeps above Ashley. This aerial is sluggish, but packs quite a punch.
- Without Red, Ashley simply sweeps with her arm. Ashley isn't known for her physical prowess, so this move is one of her weakest.
Down Aerial: Ashley casts a spell below her with the Red wand. If timed and placed correctly, it is an effective meteor smash.
- Without Red, this move is carried out with the normal wand, which doesn't carry meteor smash capabilities.

Grab: Ashley pulls the opponent to her by directing her normal wand in their direction, as if she is using a magical tractor beam.
- Ashley's grab game is not afflicted by Red's status. She has a decently long range, but it is not the longest in the game.
Pummel: Ashley jabs her wand forward, shocking the opponent.
Forward Throw: Ashley charges up a spell and sends the opponent flying, shooting a second blast of dark magic at the opponent in midair.
Back Throw: Ashley tosses the opponent like a wadded up piece of paper. The throw is incredibly weak.
Up Throw: Red jabs the opponent with his trident and flies into the sky, crashing back to the surface and sending the opponent flying upward.
- Without Red, this throw is only changed aesthetically. It is Ashley's wand, propelling itself, that jabs the opponent and sends them into the sky.
Down Throw: Ashley throws the opponent to the ground, blasting them with a face-full of magic.

Standard Special: Ashley shoots a mid-range purple lightning projectile out of her fingers. Similar to Fox's Blaster, Ashley's Lightning deals very minimal damage with no knockback. Unlike the Blaster, Ashley's Lightning comes out at a slower rate, but also homes in in the direction of the closest opponent.
- With Red at her side, Ashley is able to charge this move. Using the Red wand, Ashley's fully-charged Lightning loses its homing properties, trading it for raw power and slightly longer range.
- Without Red, the Lightning move has no charging capability.
Up Special: Red transforms into a broom, sending Ashley into a loop similar to the move from her game in Game & Wario. If the player presses B before the height of the loop, Red turns into a parasol, which functions like Peach's parasol. While the broom recovery itself doesn't deal any damage, the comical *POOF* when Red transforms does deal damage, if the player can time it right.
- Without Red, Ashley doesn't have a broom to ride. Her recovery is now about as effective as Popo's when he is separated from Nana.
Side Special: Ashley summons a decently-sized monstrous plant vine to jet out of the ground in front of her.
- With Red's wand in hand, Ashley can charge the move. The longer the move is charged, the further away the monster is summoned, and the bigger the monster is.
- Without Red, Ashley doesn't have the magic at her disposal to project the monster any further away than directly in front of her.
Down Special: Ashley summons a magical cloud, similar in nature to her Assist Trophy. In its default form, the cloud is nothing more than a magical poot that inflicts the weakest meteor smash in the game on airborn opponents.
- With Red in tow, Ashley can charge her magic spell into its larger state from Smash 4. This fully-charged cloud of magic stays in one spot and remains for a limited time, while Ashley can freely move around and lure opponents to the cloud, where they will find one of a number of status ailments (and accumulative damage) waiting for them. This cloud doesn't affect Ashley.
- Without Red, this move is nothing more than the worst meteor smash in the game.

Final Smash: Magic Blast (can't think of a better name)
- Ashley mounts her broom, flying to the center of the stage and summoning an immense aura of magic. With this magic (which will only stick around for about seven seconds), the player can send out up to three blast waves (think back to Tabuu's weird one-hit KO wing move). Each wave can be dodged, but will inflict a one-hit KO to those who fail to dodge them.

Taunt 1: Ashley dusts her shoulder while looking forward with a look of inconvenience.
Taunt 2: Ashley crosses her arms and shakes her head, spouting a frustrated "C'mon...".
Taunt 3: Ashley aims her wand skyward and proclaims "Hocus Pocus!"

Victory Theme: A riff of the melody from "Halloween Fantasy"
Victory 1: Ashley stirs a witch's brew in her cauldron, giving the camera a smirk on the freeze frame.
Victory 2: Red celebrates jubilantly next to Ashley, who gives him a white-haired death glare on the freeze frame.
Victory 3: Ashley is shown reading the tome from Smooth Moves, with her head obscured. On the freeze frame, Ashley shuts the book and looks over at the camera.
Loss Animation: Ashley, with an annoyed look on her face, slowly claps while rolling her eyes. Red claps enthusiastically behind Ashley.

I hope you all like it. I know that one of Sakurai's biggest priorities with creating a new character is being able to visualize a unique playstyle in his head, so let it be known that it took me nearly no time at all to create this once I actually sat down and started thinking about it. And if I could do it in no time flat, I'm sure Sakurai has done better, faster.

I don't think enough people have said so but this is really great
I love the amount of detail you put into to this down to all of Ashley's unique mannerisms and the importance of her relationship with Red it's just all really awesome

Sure did! Look, there's me! :3

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OH! So you're Ashley Channel over on youtube?
I had no idea, but I've been seeing you on almost every video I check out over there, you're really well known! Someone on the comments on that video even said, 'in b4 ashley channel' lol

 

[Ashuree]

Been playing Pumpkin Panic a bunch the last couple hours or so. Loving the ashley Song versions in the game and when veiwing the gallery.

Also Ashley says some cute things depending on how much score you get. Above 100,000 she says something like. "Friends...? Okay..."

And when I got around 130,000 She said. Something like. "I'll become the best witch in the world." It's possible she said that for completing the gallery tho as I did both at the same time. Be interesting to see if she has any more dialogue at scores higher than that. (Exact wording probably off, only heard them one time and they took me by suprise)

 

[Mrs.Milky]

Yeah, I mentioned that while the poll was still live. It rubbed some of us the wrong way, Waluigi isn't even apart of WarioWare yet these people have the guts to shill Waluigi into a poll he isn't even apart of.

This is WarioWare characters, not Mario characters, people! Still though, at the time Ashley had 10 more votes than Waluigi did, though I fear he has already outdone her due to his meme popularity. Ashley on the other hand is still number one because she actually counts.

Yeah some people were just saying it for the meme unfortunately. Which really makes me mad for the people who actually want this character

 

[FooltheFlames]

I'd like to see some gameplay video of that. I just wanna hear more of her from Pumpkin Panic; im lovin the new voice Erica has given her~<3

Omg Ashleys new voice actress Erica Lindbeck retweeted my Ashley fanart. This makes me too happy. View attachment 155517

One other note- I had no idea you actually drew that pic! I remember you posting it like 20 pages back and i just thought you found it somewhere.. I like the impression you give off for Ashley. Not many go that route but it's fun to see her more playful side if done right; You are really talented

 

[Ashuree]

I'd like to see some gameplay video of that. I just wanna hear more of her from Pumpkin Panic; im lovin the new voice Erica has given her~<3

One other note- I had no idea you actually drew that pic! I remember you posting it like 20 pages back and i just thought you found it somewhere.. I like the impression you give off for Ashley. Not many go that route but it's fun to see her more playful side if done right; You are really talented

That is a super kind thing to say. Thank you very much. ^//^'.

Also, I too hope that someone puts a video out on pumpkin panic and shows off the different things Ashley says for scores!

 

[Cabbagehead]

I don't think enough people have said so but this is really great
I love the amount of detail you put into to this down to all of Ashley's unique mannerisms and the importance of her relationship with Red it's just all really awesome

Well, thank you. I came to grips with the thought of it being buried under all the excitement about the Twitter thing, so i'm glad to find out that someone found it interesting.

 

[FooltheFlames]

That is a super kind thing to say. Thank you very much. ^//^'.

Also, I too hope that someone puts a video out on pumpkin panic and shows off the different things Ashley says for scores!

it's just the truth, you're a master of your craft~

Well, thank you. I came to grips with the thought of it being buried under all the excitement about the Twitter thing, so i'm glad to find out that someone found it interesting.

it seemed to me you put a good amount of thought and work into it so I didn't want you thinking it was underappreciated or anything.
I messaged Falkoopa for both of us, in the hopes we can get our movesets in the OP soon ^_^

 

[AngrySun88]

I think Sakurai knows exactly what the fans want(aside from the waaah), and so far, this game has showed it with the new slogan everyone is here + ridley, as well as a metric crap-load of past stages returning. Hopefully this gives Ashley a much higher chance than usual.

Ultimate really is the best time to add in all the favorite characters that the fans have been asking for like Geno and K Rool.

And with Ashley's rising popularity and Nintendo advertising her since Smash 4, I think she still has a good shot at being made playable this time.

 

[FreshlyBakedCookies]

Unless they reveal Ashley in the finals at EVO then I guess now It's time to speculate a Nintendo Direct.

Anyone think We'll see a new direct within two weeks?

 

[AngrySun88]

I'm almost positive that there will be no reveal this weekend, thus debunking any leak that involved any sort of reveal at EVO.

Which makes an August Direct increasingly likely.