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

[Takasmash]

Ashley pick up the phone you're in smash.

 

[XenothiumX]

Wait, 2016-17? Uh-oh, the project plan was finished by December 2015. Do we have to throw that evidence out?

-Mario maker was 2015

-Japan release of rhythm heaven was 2015
NA realese rhythm heaven was 2016

-Ashley had some badge arcade stuff like the Majora's Mask badge arcade promo in 2015 (SiddShidds profile pic)

-Ashley 3ds Halloween theme was 2015

-some Barbara the bat game Ashley cameo'd in was 2015

-credible leaker claims Gold's development started in late 2015.

That being said the Crazy Galaxy was 2017 so that would get thrown out.

 

[Samcrumpit]

-Mario maker was 2015

-Japan release of rhythm heaven was 2015
NA realese rhythm heaven was 2016

-Ashley had some badge arcade stuff like the Majora's Mask badge arcade promo in 2015 (SiddShidds profile pic)

-Ashley 3ds Halloween theme was 2015

-some Barbara the bat game Ashley cameo'd in was 2015

-credible leaker claims Gold's development started in late 2015.

That being said the Crazy Galaxy was 2017 so that would get thrown out.

I was soo spooked for a second, while Ashley loses some badges, atleast I dont have to dismiss it all now. Thanks!

But where does the Mii costume fit into this?

 

[SiddShidds]

I think we should be cautious with this pick

If Sakurai calls Ashley about joining, then she might hang up. This would leave Sakurai waiting and having to call her back. I just can’t garuntee that Ashley has a good shot, she’s already hung up on her friend Wario, and with Sakurai being a stranger, he may never be able to get a hold of her.

Nah! Ashley's got Sakurai on speed dial!

 

[perfectchaos83]

Wait, 2016-17? Uh-oh, the project plan was finished by December 2015. Do we have to throw that evidence out?

Not particularly. The people behind Warioware were also behind the Badge Arcade. Simply put, they are the people that know best about Ashley's potential future. One thing that people seem to be somewhat knee jerk reaction that everything after the project proposal doesn't matter. Simply put, Ashley's push in the Badge arcade could be because she's in Smash. In terms of promotional material, that's stuff that can be compiled in a couple months. It's not a several year long cycle like a game would be. Being in Smash is a two way street. While you can rule out certain things (Like Springman, for instance). Case in point, Greninja likely got the push it did from Gamefreak because of it's inclusion in Smash.

 

[LittleKrool]

I was soo spooked for a second, while Ashley loses some badges, atleast I dont have to dismiss it all now. Thanks!

But where does the Mii costume fit into this?

The Mii outfit was probably planned well before December 2015, that is the month Smash's final direct would be shown.

 

[Samcrumpit]

Not particularly. The people behind Warioware were also behind the Badge Arcade. Simply put, they are the people that know best about Ashley's potential future. One thing that people seem to be somewhat knee jerk reaction that everything after the project proposal doesn't matter. Simply put, Ashley's push in the Badge arcade could be because she's in Smash. In terms of promotional material, that's stuff that can be compiled in a couple months. It's not a several year long cycle like a game would be. Being in Smash is a two way street. While you can rule out certain things (Like Springman, for instance). Case in point, Greninja likely got the push it did from Gamefreak because of it's inclusion in Smash.

Maybe, but that's assuming a head from each franchise is aware that a character of theirs is playable, which sounds about right.

 

[SiddShidds]

Man, I felt like it was just the other day I got excited this thread exceeded 1000 replies. Now we're more than halfway to 2000!

At this rate we'll reach 2000 in less than 3 days!

Come on Ashley fans! Show your support!!!

 

[ThoughtfulWanderer]

Man, I felt like it was just the other day I got excited this thread exceeded 1000 replies. Now we're more than halfway to 2000!

At this rate we'll reach 2000 in less than 3 days!

Come on Ashley fans! Show your support!!!

It completely blew up here! Wasn't it just a few weeks ago where it was between 20-25 pages and now it's at 40? Gunning to be second place in replies at this rate!

 

[FarquadMoses]

Man, I felt like it was just the other day I got excited this thread exceeded 1000 replies. Now we're more than halfway to 2000!

At this rate we'll reach 2000 in less than 3 days!

Come on Ashley fans! Show your support!!!

Heh! I know what you mean. Every time I check up on the thread I have to read a whole page first!

 

[Samcrumpit]

Man, I felt like it was just the other day I got excited this thread exceeded 1000 replies. Now we're more than halfway to 2000!

At this rate we'll reach 2000 in less than 3 days!

Come on Ashley fans! Show your support!!!

I don't care if K Rool will always have double the replies. I want our little witch on that 2nd place pedestal!

 

[perfectchaos83]

Maybe, but that's assuming a head from each franchise is aware that a character of theirs is playable, which sounds about right.

Corporate culture seems rather annoying. It's a world filled with bureaucracy and permissions. Smash itself started as a result of not following procedure and Sakurai and Iwata made a demo featuring Mario, Samus, Donkey Kong and Fox without express permission to use them so that the project could get green lit since, if I recall, Miyamoto originally rejected it or didn't give permission to use the characters. Now, things are a lot different now, especially since Smash has proved itself. So I'm rather confident that the creators of these characters would know if they are in the game, especially since Sakurai himself isn't a Nintendo employee and works as a freelancer.

 

[XenothiumX]

Man, I felt like it was just the other day I got excited this thread exceeded 1000 replies. Now we're more than halfway to 2000!

At this rate we'll reach 2000 in less than 3 days!

Come on Ashley fans! Show your support!!!

This morning when I woke up we were on page 36. Now we're on 40! That's 4 pages in one day!

What's funny is This thread only had like only 4 pages prior to E3!

 

[SSBBDaisy]

Hope she is playable this time. I will pick her up

 

[SiddShidds]

Hope she is playable this time. I will pick her up

Awwwwww Yeeeeaaaah! Thanks for the support SSBBDaisy!

 

[Hinata]

Who's excited to have Ashley's render in the background of all your posts?

 

[DarkFalcon]

This morning when I woke up we were on page 36. Now we're on 40! That's 4 pages in one day!

What's funny is This thread only had like only 4 pages prior to E3!

Seriously it's incredible. I came back to the site shortly before E3 and this thread only had 3 pages. After E3 a ton of people came to show their support. What once felt like a smaller niche group of supporters on this site became much larger.

 

[FreshlyBakedCookies]

Man, I felt like it was just the other day I got excited this thread exceeded 1000 replies. Now we're more than halfway to 2000!

At this rate we'll reach 2000 in less than 3 days!

Come on Ashley fans! Show your support!!!

I have noticed the frequency of new joining supporters has increase within the past few days.

 

[SiddShidds]

Who's excited to have Ashley's render in the background of all your posts?

I'm going to wear that Ashley render proudly!

 

[LittleKrool]

The newest leak on the market! Even though it's probably fake; I like these sort of guessing games.

So, the most obvious one here is the bottle of holy water is Simon. The rest is a puzzle to me, but why do I post it on here? Well, I have a theory the bearded man, top middle, could be Ashley.

Hear me out. As Ashley fans, you must have seen the image once or twice; there's a photo of Ashley that when sized down looks like this bearded man.

Spoiler: Crackpot theory! (a bit of swearing, warning)

I'm unsure of the rest, I think it's worth mentioning leaks that include Ashley, fake or not.

 

[Impa4Smash]

The newest leak on the market! Even though it's probably fake; I like these sort of guessing games.

So, the most obvious one here is the bottle of holy water is Simon. The rest is a puzzle to me, but why do I post it on here? Well, I have a theory the bearded man, top middle, could be Ashley.

Hear me out. As Ashley fans, you must have seen the image once or twice; there's a photo of Ashley that when sized down looks like this bearded man.

Spoiler: Crackpot theory!

I'm unsure of the rest, I think it's worth mentioning leaks that include Ashley, fake or not.

It's probably a reference to the meme, but the bearded man is Hagrid from Harry Potter, so could also be hinting at a magic user character *winkwink*

 

[perfectchaos83]

Hagrid is a Wizard and a female wizard is a Witch. So it makes sense. The original poster essentially said that they are loose clues too.

Eitherway, Possibilities are:

1. K. Rool or Ray MKIII
2. Ashley
3. Mimikyu or Marx
4. Chibi-RObo
5. Elma
6. Ayumi Tachibana or Qbby
7. No ****ing idea. I've heard Dark Samus
8. Heihachi, Lloyd Irving or Travis Touchdown
9. Simon Belmont

 

[Noipoi]

The newest leak on the market! Even though it's probably fake; I like these sort of guessing games.

So, the most obvious one here is the bottle of holy water is Simon. The rest is a puzzle to me, but why do I post it on here? Well, I have a theory the bearded man, top middle, could be Ashley.

Hear me out. As Ashley fans, you must have seen the image once or twice; there's a photo of Ashley that when sized down looks like this bearded man.

Spoiler: Crackpot theory!

I'm unsure of the rest, I think it's worth mentioning leaks that include Ashley, fake or not.

"You're a witch Ashley!"

"...I know..."

 

[DonkaFjord]

Ashley hype train continues- The second Smash fighter: Donkey Kong. I always though Pauline's ripped dress looked kinda...weird. Pretty sure Ashley can hold her own in most situations.

 

[Domino11332]

Also, yeah, add me to the supporter list too.

 

[Demonfunds]

Can i be added to the support list?

 

[Wegenbarth]

40 Pages in already, maybe we can even surpass the ol' Krokodile one day.

 

[Dr. Jojo Phantasma]

Anyway, in the event that Ashley does end up getting disconfirmed we shall not react to it how certain other fanbases reacted to their character disconfirmations. We shall accept it with grace and dignity and...

Well I guess she won't

 

[Demonfunds]

Anyway, in the event that Ashley does end up getting disconfirmed we shall not react to it how certain other fanbases reacted to their character disconfirmations. We shall accept it with grace and dignity and...

Well I guess she won't

Even if that scenario does occur, there's always hope for dlc

 

[DutchPichu]

Add me to the supporters list! Actually, Ashley is my second most wanted character (after Chorus Kids). I really like the WarioWare games and I feel like Ashley would be an amazing Smasher. Definitely going to pick her up if she's joining Smash!

 

[Samcrumpit]

Anyway, in the event that Ashley does end up getting disconfirmed we shall not react to it how certain other fanbases reacted to their character disconfirmations. We shall accept it with grace and dignity and...

Well I guess she won't

But if she does get confirmed, can we gloat to those who crossed us?

 

[SiddShidds]

Also, yeah, add me to the supporter list too.

Can i be added to the support list?

Add me to the supporters list! Actually, Ashley is my second most wanted character (after Chorus Kids). I really like the WarioWare games and I feel like Ashley would be an amazing Smasher. Definitely going to pick her up if she's joining Smash!

Yeah! The Ashley hype train just got faster! For Goodness sakes This old train ain't got no brakes!

 

[Kotor]

Mike Jones - Sakurai has forgotten about him.

Kind of hard to forget someone if their game was never released in Japan.

 

[Witdamon]

I had a dream last night that Nintendo retired Ashley as a character and was never gonna use her again. Y'all don't know how relieved I was when I woke up!

 

[TreeBranch]

I had a dream last night that Nintendo retired Ashley as a character and was never gonna use her again. Y'all don't know how relieved I was when I woke up!

I had something similar happen a few nights ago. The entire smash roster was leaked, and the only newcomers were a random Fire Emblem character and Aegislash. What a great roster!

 

[NintenZ]

I have to say, this thread really blew up, it’s close to surpassing Bandana Dee in replies, and not too far from Isaac either. I’m really proud of everyone. As for Ashley’s chances I’d say 75%, she’s pretty likely and has just about everything going for her... But there’s always that small chance... Ya know?

 

[Wegenbarth]

Anyway, in the event that Ashley does end up getting disconfirmed we shall not react to it how certain other fanbases reacted to their character disconfirmations. We shall accept it with grace and dignity and...

Well I guess she won't

Well.
Was this much better than the other fanbase? (ignore the fact that I'm also part of the picture )

Spoiler

 

[FreshlyBakedCookies]

Well.
Was this much better than the other fanbase? (ignore the fact that I'm also part of the picture )

Spoiler

Some say Sakurai receives nourishment from the tears of dissapointed fans and It's the key to eternal life. That's why he never ages.

Maybe the Waluigi fans but not Ashley. I get the feeling he lost sleep over Ashley.

 

[XenothiumX]

Another thing I forgot to mention in my 2015 Ashley activity post was she was used to promote Art Academy. Some of you may have known that though because I remember seeing a post with all the pictures.

Some say Sakurai receives nourishment from the tears of dissapointed fans and It's the key to eternal life. That's why he never ages.

Maybe the Waluigi fans but not Ashley. I get the feeling he lost sleep over Ashley.

Takamaru was probably another character that pained him as well. I remember backlash during the Smash 4 days and there was backlash back at E3.

The fact that everyone was being brought back I think Takamaru was one Sakurai had to let go. Since we're not getting as many newcomers this time around I doubt Sakurai had much room for playful inclusions such as a retro character.

Fortunately, for Ashley she does remain a practical inclusion even when the Newcomer list shrinks.

 

[Caravan of Noobs]

I find it funny that a lot of us are having dreams or nightmares about Smash announcements or something like that. I'm starting to think that 24/7 Smash speculation might not be healthy for the mind.