I still feel pretty good about the Fighter Pass being completely 3rd party.
Like think of it this way. Most if not all of the biggest Nintendo characters are in as either a Fighter, Assist, stage element, or spirit. Assuming this rules out a large portion of characters, there’s far,
far more to gain in adding series that don’t yet have a presence in the game.
I’ll bring in a bit of speculation with
PushDustIn
, as it would appear Sakurai is speaking in terms of ONE Fighter Pass. Certainly, he wouldn’t say, “Eh, there’s more than 4 to work on” and there’s potentially still time to make that decision, but really I think Sakurai is going balls to the wall with this Fighter Pass.
The context is that we may not get another Smash for quite some time, this is the biggest Smash yet, and this Fighter Pass will cap off the greatest roster of all time. If this Pass is put well enough together, then there arguably won’t be a need for a 2nd one besides people wanting their character of choice.
I still think at least a few of the choices, if the options remain as Japanese created, 3rd party icons, are relatively obvious. It’s not as if there is an urgent need to pick because, “ZOMG LAST SMESH”, but in regard to the “Biggest crossover in Gaming History” aspect there are objectively better picks.
We’ll see what happens. Maybe we’ll get surprised with an echo pack, or maybe a 2nd Fighter Pass. But either way I think the DLC will be truly excellent.
(Btw i’m confident at this point that Kasumi only happens in an echo pack or something, but who knows how likely that is)
