I will say that I really hope I'm not like, actually disappointing people when I throw my opinions out there. First of all, you don't have to take what I say so seriously. I know a good number of you respect me because of my "essay posts", but I don't necessarily think you should see it as a "Welp, Scol said it isn't happening. Looks like I should give up now."
Secondly, the only reason I put those out there is so that basically, people think about their wants vs.
REALLY WANT/EXPECT, because all too often I've seen folks saying, "X, Y, and Z" are totally happening.
Going forward, after Erdrick is released (I'm pretty sure it's going to be Erdrick, but I would never say he's 100% without seeing actual, like, ESRB leak footage), unless there's another datamine hint we're not going to have pretty much
any ideas as to who is coming next.
I can sit here and say, "Hey guys, think about Resident Evil" as a fan of Smash
and Resident Evil. But just because I say that I think it's pretty likely, it doesn't mean that you all have to agree or blindly follow. It just seems like conversation about Smash has been completely dampened because of leaks, and conversations of "this is happening, other stuff isn't". I don't want to post things that kill conversation necessarily, but I'm putting those ideas out here so that we at least consider them.
For example, this latest PapaGeno's leak (which, in all fairness I'm calling BS on)
still has Doomguy in it, but has something different in terms of Dark Souls. All of a sudden, the internet is super supportive of Dark Souls. Guess what?
vaanrose
had suggested the idea of Dark Souls in Smash (
not leaked, that's different), and nobody took it seriously. Now, somebody creates a rumor and it explodes.
I'm actually, as I'm typing this, thinking about it...if Sakurai said that they were working on Fighters 2 and 3 at around the beginning, but not the other 2, should we find DLC leaks suspect in general? Like, when people leak the entire lineup. Knowing a tidbit is one thing, but I'm finding that these "leaks" are all similar in that they seem to latch to western characters that are in the spotlight, and then mix it up only a little.
Those leaks have
rarely come true.