Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

@TheFrenchiestFry OMG I forgot about the amiibo I NEEEEEEED IIT.

Omg the amiibo

Anyone else noticed Nintendo took down Steve's reveal trailer on their YouTube channel?
I wonder why? 🤔

@Rexenoboy I bet youtube thought it was from mojang and it was copyright.

@Snatcher
Lol, that wouldn't surprise me in the slightest.

Man there's like this one dude in the comments whining about Steve's lack of character

Does he not realize that Marth, Link, Pokemon Trainer, Joker and Hero are all characters in this roster that are purposely flat because they're meant to be self-inserts for the player like Steve? I'm pretty sure Cloud, Lucina and Chrom are like the only JRPG protagonists in this roster with an actually defined personality. Hell, Mario doesn't even have one. It's super barebones and simplistic on purpose given how light on plot those games are
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The double standards for these people lmao

@TheFrenchiestFry You're completely right

@TheFrenchiestFry Your right in every way, but who is this guy?

There’s a few, not just one

Imagine thinking a lack of characterization is a problem for Nintendo

@kkslider5552000 lmao Nintendo actively gets away with not giving their characters an actual character

Now imagine if this was a fortnite character

I genuinely still think there's a chance a Bethesda character will get into this Fighters Pass

Not even just because of the Vault Boy Mii Costume, but Steve specifically rejuvenated my hopes considering he's technically the second character owned by Microsoft and Mojang was still capable of getting their own seperate trademark like Rare and Atlus

That and a WRPG character has every reason to stand out in a roster filled with characters from Japanese-made RPGs, given how different Western ones are in scope, characters, gameplay and storytelling.

Also the one genre yet to be properly represented in Smash is FPS games, and I can't see them doing Master Chief. DOOM is literally perfect given how it is basically the franchise that put the genre on the map and cemented its staying power after Wolfenstein conceptualized it

I've been a long time advocate for DOOM Slayer and Dragonborn/Dohvakiin specifically

For the record, I was 100% certain Minecraft was happening at some point. I wasn't sure it was gonna be now, but there was no doubt someday there'd be something Minecraft in Smash eventually. It was pretty much inevitable as far I'm concerned.

Like I wanna say half of the 3rd party series represented in Smash have sold less than this one Smash Bros game, and now its added a game that has outsold the entirety of the Super Smash Bros series. Think about how huge of a gap that is.

@kkslider5552000 Hell it's even outsold a good portion of first party exclusives from all three major console manufacturers combined. It's the literal definition of a cultural phenomenon. Minecraft makes Pokemon look like SMT with how successful it is as a multimedia franchise.

@TheFrenchiestFry I know who you’re talking about

Given that the short video today was because the full presentation is just before Minecraft Live, I think Steve will be released within the next few weeks and then:

• February 2021 - Monster Hunter (promotion for Monster Hunter Rise)
• May 2021 - Fire Emblem character (promotion for a Fire Emblem remake)
• September 2021 - Crash Bandicoot (promotion for Crash Bandicoot 4)
• December 2021 - Rex (ending the pass on a very strong note)

A very strong note of "who?"

Unless... Smash Bros X Toy Story!

Apparently, Steve has been a couple of years in the making, which has interesting implications about the November 2019 Mii costume leak including a Cacodemon Mii hat and a Mallow outfit. I think Doom Slayer and Geno are happening

@Grumblevolcano I doubt they're doing another Fire Emblem character after Byleth honestly. Sakurai has been vocal about his awareness surrounding the fatigue of Fire Emblem characters in the roster anyway. Byleth was probably unique enough to warrant an inclusion, but Chrom was definitely just a result of both him being scrapped from Smash Wii U, and demand from the playerbase.