so we getting a new star fox new comer?
so we getting a new star fox new comer?
Pokemon, ARMS, 3 first party echoes and then the rest are third parties, with an additional 5 third parties as dlcNext game can't be all third party.
We still need a new Pokémon, lol.
The difference with Dixie is that we know for a fact that she almost made it but lost out once. She's the standout amongst the Forbidden 7 from Brawl as the only one we got a comment from Sakurai on, and that comment was just about leaving her out. Since then, as far as we know she's never been revisited as a character beyond the one time she was almost Diddy's partner.If the most snubbed character wasn't Dixie it would be someone else. The shadow over her speculation is based on reading into intentions that we can't possibly know.
Nope. Characters aren't picked for on set reason. Just different reasons.
western, probably first indie rep in particular, and double dipping more on existing third party franchises. Chun Li (well, triple dip but you know what I mean), Tails, Alucard, Rodin etc etc. There's plenty of options.I still think the next Smash Bros is going to be very western third party heavy
Oh yeah, Pokeyman is a thing.
As long as Rex has fans like Ridley, K. Rool & Banjo he'll be fine. Hell, we are going to continue the Isaac & Geno dance too. Chrom also got in despite Fates, Echoes & Heroes being a thing. If Rex remains popular, he could get in.
Is rex going to keep having a dedicated fanbase even when more xenoblades come out? That's a difference between him and ridley or k.rool. Chrom only got in as an echo. Will people accept rex as an echo?Oh yeah, Pokeyman is a thing.
As long as Rex has fans like Ridley, K. Rool & Banjo he'll be fine. Hell, we are going to continue the Isaac & Geno dance too. Chrom also got in despite Fates, Echoes & Heroes being a thing. If Rex remains popular, he could get in.
But that's the question, will Rex remain popular in the coming years? The next Xenoblade game could very easily eclipse XB2 in critical & financial success, leaving Rex in the dust.Oh yeah, Pokeyman is a thing.
As long as Rex has fans like Ridley, K. Rool & Banjo he'll be fine. Hell, we are going to continue the Isaac & Geno dance too. Chrom also got in despite Fates, Echoes & Heroes being a thing. If Rex remains popular, he could get in.
Steve is....inevitable.I almost wonder if the rest of the DLC for Ultimate will be western third party
I could imagine a scenario where fighter 4 is Steve and fighter 5 is the Dragonborn.
CrashI almost wonder if the rest of the DLC for Ultimate will be western third party
I could imagine a scenario where fighter 4 is Steve and fighter 5 is the Dragonborn.
Steve can wait for Fighter Pass 2I almost wonder if the rest of the DLC for Ultimate will be western third party
I could imagine a scenario where fighter 4 is Steve and fighter 5 is the Dragonborn.
My opinion on Crash is that, design wise, he overlaps with Banjo too much. He's a late 90s platforming mascot with a wacky design that even looks somewhat similar to Banjo.
I think you meanSakurai is his sheer fire emblem fandom, will be indebted to Tecmo Koei ensuring that Three Houses could actually get done, that he'll give Ryu a spot as the equivalent to the new FE rep.
At least Elma's game ended in a way where her crew could be revisited in a future game, thus giving Emma a 2nd chance at getting in Smash.Well I suppose Rex's future could die if they want the next protag instead.
Kinda like Elma's support is minimal outside of Era.
We've got Anime, Anime Swordsmen, and Cartoony Bear and Bird. Guess we'll get an animal (Agumon) and something more realistic (Chris or Leon) going by that.My opinion on Crash is that, design wise, he overlaps with Banjo too much. He's a late 90s platforming mascot with a wacky design that even looks somewhat similar to Banjo.
Please be Jill instead.We've got Anime, Anime Swordsmen, and Cartoony Bear and Bird. Guess we'll get an animal (Agumon) and something more realistic (Chris or Leon) going by that.
A game that sold more than any one title of Mega Man, Castlevania, or Banjo-Kazooie. Sure, okay, we'll just gloss right over that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯So you can't actually answer why she should be unique and not derivative of Diddy.
And yea, I'm glossing over her starring role because DKC3 is the black sheep of the series and isn't highly regarded to the point where just pages ago people were making fun of Kiddy Kong. And hasn't been mentioned in Smash until a .png of Kiddy Kong + Dixie got included in Ultimate.
Without knowing why she wasn't chosen in 4 and Ultimate it's just a single data point to go off of.The difference with Dixie is that we know for a fact that she almost made it but lost out once. She's the standout amongst the Forbidden 7 from Brawl as the only one we got a comment from Sakurai on, and that comment was just about leaving her out. Since then, as far as we know she's never been revisited as a character beyond the one time she was almost Diddy's partner.
It's not reading into intentions, it's going off the only direct evidence we have of how she's perceived by Sakurai, and it's not really that great for her.
Oh gods no as Corrin would say, I forgot about them and their awful plot
But even Isaac didn't get more than the return of his AT & a Mii Costume (likely due to Golden Sun being dead). For all we know, Xenoblade 3's protagonist could eclipse Rex & Pyra/Mythra in popularity. And due to Xenoblade not being a dead IP, Rex's demand is more likely to diminish in the coming years.If people are still happy to support Isaac, who was the protagonist of the first half of a two part game released over a decade ago, I'm sure Pyra (and Rex) will have continued support.
I wonder what's going to stop Dixie next time. Maybe all newcomers will be 3rd party lol
I'll tell you why, Sylux lover (negative connotation and personal attack). Because she is an iconic character in a beloved trilogy of platformers played by millions of people around the world. She was a "sidekick" in the fan favorite DKC2, but in-game, there is no distinction between sidekick and lead besides the game title. She's an important part of that game, too. In fact, Dixie's more forgiving playstyle I'm sure made her a popular choice over Diddy, like how Diddy was more popular than Donkey in the original game. You'd probably find something similar in Tropical Freeze. So for many players, those games were primarily experienced through Dixie's conjoined eyes.What are her merits? Why should Dixie be a unique fighter instead of based off Diddy, either as an echo or semi-clone?
She is Diddy's sidekick in his game and stars in what is widely considered the worst game in the DKC series that came out after the N64 was already out. She didn't appear in DK64. After that she languishes in spin off hell where she can re-use Diddy's animations when Square and Namco remember she exists, and then appears as Donkey Kong's sidekick in Tropical Freeze.
All the while she gets trophies in Smash games that boil her down to "She's Diddy's girlfriend who has hair"
What about Dixie is so unique, so earth shattering important, that she could not, in any way, be derivative of Diddy Kong? Who, by the way, has ~3 moves based on his own games and the rest are just generic monkey kicks/punches. Why do we need 2-3 DKC references and another set of generic monkey kung-fu moves?
Not sure that's the best comparison since Spring Man is as much the face of ARMS as he is the game's Ryu equivalent.
The next Xenoblade could be X2.But even Isaac didn't get more than the return of his AT & a Mii Costume (likely due to Golden Sun being dead). For all we know, Xenoblade 3's protagonist could eclipse Rex & Pyra/Mythra in popularity. And due to Xenoblade not being a dead IP, Rex's demand is more likely to diminish in the coming years.
Which would in turn boost Elma's chances over Rex.
Personality doesn't matter when making clones. In fact, having a different personality is actually a pro towards her being a clone. It's why clones like Daisy work.A game that sold more than any one title of Mega Man, Castlevania, or Banjo-Kazooie. Sure, okay, we'll just gloss right over that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I guess I'll give a more detailed answer--Dixie's character design makes it outright irresponsible game design to just transplant a hand to hand moveset to. She has a giant, brightly colored weapon attached to the back of her head. Having her fight primarily with punches and kicks would be like having Ganondorf hold his sword at all times but still only use it in his smash attacks, or Luigi had his Poltergust on his back the entire time but still only used it for his throws and Final Smash. It doesn't translate visually well at all. This, combined with the fact that her personality is easily different enough from Diddy's and she's actually not any more derivative of Diddy in DKC than Diddy was of Donkey Kong (she's actually almost as far removed from Diddy gameplay wise as you can possibly be in DKC's gameplay) makes her an Isabelle type situation at the very least.
Every other cut newcomer in the files + Wolf and Toon Link are heavily built off every character. Why would Dixie be different from the other cut/last minute Brawl characters? The unique fighters that we know didn't make it into Brawl are nowhere in the files.Never mind that if Dixie was going to be part of a switchable tag team with Diddy like we suspect she would only really make sense as someone with a unique enough moveset to switch to from Diddy. Ultimate added Ridley and King K. Rool as unique newcomers but only added Dark Samus as an echo and the only reasoning for Dixie still being echo material is "well, maybe Dark Samus was a more popular request" when we have no real reason to think so.
Their plot was fine, just fairly standard for a cross over. You got some betrayal, you got some demons, you got portals to other worlds, you got some friendship. Nothing special, but harmless.Oh gods no as Corrin would say, I forgot about them and their awful plot
Aren't they working on another non-Xenoblade game? Whatever this is:
Altering a physical move's animation to the point that it's utilizing a completely different 'limb' as it were is completely beyond the scope of cloned attacks we've seen in Smash. It's twisting design guidelines into a pretzel in order to justify a character being a clone, which is just backwards from how they're actually created. If the designers are conceptualizing a Dixie moveset and come up with moves that require her to use her hair they're not going to shove that square peg into a round hole and make it a variant of an existing kick attack, that would instead be justification for making her more unique.Personality doesn't matter when making clones. In fact, having a different personality is actually a pro towards her being a clone. It's why clones like Daisy work.
Visually, her hair being most of her body wouldn't really matter when making a clone. So she has Diddy's up air, but the animation is slightly tweaked to use her hair. Or his down smash slaps are changed to hair slaps. It'd be the same moves, just with different animations, something clones do all the time in Smash. They have to make up 90% of her moveset anyway, why do those made up moves have to be anything more than derivative of Diddy?
At least you admit she could be an Isabelle situation, aka, she could be a semi-clone. So we've moved on past there being absolutely no way she could or should be built off Diddy.
And every cut veteran was a clone or derivative--save one, Mewtwo. We have no idea what Dixie was planned to play like.Every other cut newcomer in the files + Wolf and Toon Link are heavily built off every character. Why would Dixie be different from the other cut/last minute Brawl characters? The unique fighters that we know didn't make it into Brawl are nowhere in the files.
He liked the music from Doctor MarioTbh if we get any extra DLC after pass, even just 1 and it would break a deconfirm rule, I'm sure Rex would make it.
Also, really? Elma's chances are good because of "maybe next game is X2"? Yeah ok.
Speaking of Mario clones, I'm guessing that Doctor Mario exists because Sakurai thought it would be funny if Mario threw pills.
Hmm? Was that really the reason? Sounds a bit familiar actually… must have forgotten about that.
hmmmIf he hadn't done Dr. Mario in Melee, I wonder if he would have gone with Daisy...
Altering a physical move's animation to the point that it's utilizing a completely different 'limb' as it were is completely beyond the scope of cloned attacks we've seen in Smash. It's twisting design guidelines into a pretzel in order to justify a character being a clone, which is just backwards from how they're actually created. If the designers are conceptualizing a Dixie moveset and come up with moves that require her to use her hair they're not going to shove that square peg into a round hole and make it a variant of an existing kick attack, that would instead be justification for making her more unique.
And every cut veteran was a clone or derivative--save one, Mewtwo. We have no idea what Dixie was planned to play like.
As someone who still isn't satisfied with Ganondorf, you'd turn that opinion around as soon as the novelty wears off.If the only way I could get Midna or Tetra was to make them an Echo I would absolutely take it.
Beggars can't be choosers.
I'm throwing my hat in Monolithsoft's new fantasy IP, depending on the reception it gets.
Assuming that the Switch lasts for another 2-3 years, the next Smash game is probably another 4-5 years out. That may be enough time for this to come out & for another Xenoblade game to be made for the Switch's eventual successor.Aren't they working on another non-Xenoblade game? Whatever this is:
Nah.As someone who still isn't satisfied with Ganondorf, you'd turn that opinion around as soon as the novelty wears off.