Will this new SB game finally have patches?

[Hydde]

Yes, im talking about balance patches, not DLC.

 

[BlitznBurst]

Sakurai already said yes

Multiple times

 

[Hydde]

Ok, so let me get this clear, he OFFICIALLY SAID THAT HE WILL PATCH THE ROSTER BALANCE ON A TIMELY BASIS?

Can i get a link?

 

[CrusherMania1592]

Sakurai already said yes

Multiple times

Source? I don't remember him saying anything about it

 

[BlitznBurst]

idk when it was said, it was in some interview or another when the topic of DLC came up. He said he wasn't too keen on DLC but was interested in post-release patches to improve the balancing and stuff. I'll have to look around for it, I'm pretty sure it was in some E3 interview or another

 

[Substitution]

I found this.

We’re not at a stage in development where we’re going through those fine sorts of adjustments. When we get towards the end of development, we will have what we call monitor playtests, where we watch people play the games. We perform thorough analysis based on those observations. There have been cases in the past, admittedly, where we didn’t gather sufficient data for certain characters, and that resulted in certain game imbalances. Patches are something we’d definitely like to be able to do, if possible.

He didn't say he will patch periodically, just that he's not opposed to patching.