Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Instead of Black Shadow, what about Silver?
Edit: Robotnik!

Mewtwo kind of counts for Pokemon already.

@DarthNocturnal Well Wolf is arguable unless you use the Star Fox Zero meaning everything after 64 doesn't exist logic.

They just put some of the current playable characters in groups of villain vs heroes.

It doesn't really mean every hero will get a villain, or that those are all the possible examples found in the game.

Oh yeah I almost forgot, after Ditto being removed from the final version of Melee...he's actually in for real this time. Heh...

And they kept their original concept for him too.

@Grumblevolcano Yeah Wolf doesn't count, since Krystal is in it. She's the real villain, anyway.

Mewtwo in smash is heavily based on the Mewtwo from the first pokemon movie, which is kind of a sympathetic villain. But a villain nonetheless.

Quit trying to justify taking your neighbor’s paper. We all know it was you.

We know who you are and what you do!!

MosSquato!

I'm still holding out hope for Geno.

Oh God, Richter Belmont! That's my favourite Castlevania character!! How did they do it?? I never saw him coming. At first I thought it was a trailer for Micaiah from Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, then I saw the Medusa and thought it's her from Kid Icarus, then a Werewolf and Dracula and thought maybe Alucard or Simon. Simon it was, along with Richter to my full surprise and excitement, and Alucard was confirmed as an Assist Trophy.

Dark Samus is much cooler than I thought. It's not just a color swap. Her texture and animation is very different.

I didn't get it, is Chrom another Marth/Lucina Echo Fighter?

King K.Rool was a great ending. I didn't expect they would show so many new characters. I thought Simon, and Richter, and that's it. But the list was growing. When will they run out spamming new character, stages, and mode news? But I'm glad now all the big series have their antagonists playable. For some King K.Rool is bigger than King Dedede, Wolf, or Ganondorf ever were.

I also thought Capcom would add another character next to Mega Man and Ryu. Someone like Ken (obviously still on the cards), Jill Valentine (as the most popular Resident Evil character) or the Monster Hunter in various armor. Phoenix Wright also ranks high up there for me personally. But now that Rathalos is confirmed as an Assist Trophy and Boss(!) I believe Monster Hunter could be the third Capcom fighter in Smash.

Now we're at 73 characters, are there still any open slots for Chibi-Robo, Kachi/Isa (Sin&Punishment), Tetromino (Tetris), King Hippo (Punch-Out!!), Monster Hunter, Ken (Street Fighter), Shadow (Sonic), Peppy/Slippy (StarFox), Impa/True Midna (Zelda), Samurai Goroh (F-Zero), Isaac (Golden Sun), Prof. Layton, Jill Valentine (Resident Evil), Mitsurugi (Soul Calibur), Cross&Elma/Rex&Pyra (Xenoblade), Chorus Kids (Rhythm Paradise), Spring Man (ARMS), and Flint (Earthbound)?

@DarthNocturnal as I mentioned, the Mewtwo in smash is based on the anime character, the Mewtwo from the first movie. This is the Mewtwo most people are familiar with.

You know, the one who wanted to clone himself an army of pokemon and destroy the originals.

Really, just give us like 1,000 trophies to unlock (Wii U & 3DS were already pushing 800 or at least 600, weren't they?), and that might just be enough single player incentive for me, lol.

Anyhow, I do hope the hidden mode is some sort of single player adventure. Hopefully the size of Subspace Emissary, but with the true to series' theming of Adventure Mode.

@ReaderRagfish It'll be there. Gotta get Final Smash trophies somehow

@SKTTR
Not being a huge fan of Castlevania I thought it was Dark Souls or something. Also, glad Shovel Knight is in even if it's just as an assist. I'm still hoping for Doom Guy....

I was thinking that maybe Rathalos wouldn't be the only monster to show up there...maybe they'll talk about it more later.

@SKTTR Chrom is actually a Roy echo for the most part. He just uses Ike's up special because he also happens to use it in his game.

An Adventure Mode with this classic mode is pretty much all I want. The gargantuan rest of the content is just gravy. Crossing my fingers because it seems Sakurai really is focused on trying to satisfy as many people as possible this time around. Which, is good and also a tad disappointing, but that's a whole other discussion

Ok, so I was thinking about key dates for SSBU:
Early June at E3 reveal
Early August Direct
Early December Release Date

This led me to this idea:
Reveal, two months, Direct, two months, Direct, two months, Release
This would be another Direct in Early October

In yesterday's Direct went basically like this:
New fighter with new stage
3 Echo fighters (one based on a new fighter)
Stage details/reveals, info on all stages, select screens, Stage Morph, etc.
My Music
Details on rules, game modes, options, new Battle modes and Training mode update
Classic Mode
New Items, Pokemon and Assist Trophies
Look at the Menu and UI
Surprise Character reveal

I imagine they'll use the same basic backbone of the Direct, but have a big blowout, with this as the last reveal before the release (according to my schedule theory)

I think it could look something like this:
New fighter with new stage (I'm thinking Decidueye, to coincide with Pokemon Let's Go hype)
4 Echo fighters (Dixie Kong, Shadow, Isabelle, Ken)
Returning stage reveals
New Stage Reveal (based on Sonic Mania, given the attention they're giving it)
New fighter (Dr. Robotnik)
Segue into the reveal of that secret game mode in the Menu (likely an adventure mode of some kind)
-This will take up the bulk of the time used in this past Direct on Music, Battle Modes, etc.
New Items, Pokemon and Assist Trophies
Final Look at the Menu, the adventure mode and how to unlock fighters (how you start with the N64 roster and expand
Final "thank you" from Sakurai and the team, etc.
Surprise Waluigi reveal (the ultimate troll, waiting until the last minute, ending the whole thing with a quick shot of Sakurai winking at the camera)

Am I crazy or does this seem at least plausible?