Atlus is a Japanese developer with a long history with Nintendo since the NES. Blizzard had some games on Nintendo platforms before, but definitely not to the extent of Atlus.
Atlus deserves a representative, but the creators of Warcraft, Diablo, StarCraft, Overwatch do not?
It's very possible Sakurai has not decided all the charcters that are going to be in Smash Ultimate in the future
It was bundled with the system and nobody cares about Wii Sports in 2019 outside of forum enthusiasts. My point is that their argument that Overwatch isn't iconic enough to add into Smash is foolish when you've got Mii Brawler, Joker, Wolf, Lucina, etc on the roster. You show a random person on the street a picture of Roy and they won't know who he is. If the Switch version of OW gains some traction I don't see why Nintendo wouldn't consider Tracer, Winston, or Mercy - although I think it's a longshot.
you have a point. but i think these rules about association with nintendo and characters being iconic and whatnot only exist in the heads of smash fans. i think "popular video game character" is the only rule we can 100% say that applies to all the picks.
He is in because Sakurai likes the Persona series.
Are you really denying that the Miis are popular? Wii Sports Resort, Wii Party and other games like those sold a lot without bundles.
Is Blizzard a notable third party for Nintendo? Since The Lost Vikings and Starcraft 64...
Atlus got a rep because Sakurai loves Persona 5 and thought it would be cool. If he doesn't feel the same way about Overwatch, or there are other characters that he'd rather add, it won't happen.
Overwatch is easily one of the biggest new IPs this console generation, with Tracer already becoming instantly recognizable. I don't really follow the "not iconic" argument. And in a game as starved for women as Smash Ultimate, Tracer wouldn't be a bad idea.
Dude, Bayonetta is in this game. Nearly everyone on this forum could name 20+ Blizzard characters that are more iconic than her. And I say this as someone that likes Bayonetta 1 & 2 way more than just about every Blizzard game.
Joker is in because Sakurai likes Persona 5. Whether a company deserves to be in Smash or not is irrelevant.
I bet if Blizzard really pushed for it and people thought it was possible they could've gotten a bunch of votes for Tracer, Arthas, or Kerrigan.
This is probably true for most of the cast, especially if you take away the Mario characters, Link, Sonic, and Pikachu. Heck, Wii Sports was like, THE definitive casual game, and the mii music is a gigantic meme. I'd guess Miis would comfortably be in the upper half of characters by recognizability.
They said developer. I'm pretty sure any of the developers under EA would want to. It is just the Bond villain management that is opposed to it. And the problem is that those people have the last word.
yeah and at least they had the decency to port overwatch first
