Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Pretty happy with Steve so far. I can't see myself maining him, but I find him fun and want to get into the nitty-gritty of his character. The remixes are all great, the stage is nice, though I'm not a big fan of how the Spirit battles are all basically hordes of characters. I think a character this interesting and big is what Ultimate desperately needed after 2 first-party choices, one of which was met with incredibly bad reception and the other of which got somewhat overshadowed by competitive scandals in the community the same week.

Wouldn't be surprised and wouldn't be opposed to the addition of Crash Bandicoot on Smash Bros. Let him join!

I'll be honest I'd much MUCH rather have Spyro over Crash. But Crash getting in would be cool too.

Nah f*** him. Let Sony come up with some knock-off version of the game like they have so many times before. #ImANintendoFanBoi

@Tendo64 Literally what Sony mascot is a knock off of Crash

All of their platformer IPs are completely different stylistically

@ToadBrigade I mean that will be hard since everybody got their own preferences but i think Ness is pretty fun to play with his aerial attacks. It just feels so smooth when you do some of your combos... Hate him as an enemy though

I don't see the appeal of a Playstation icon like Crash, especially coming before other better platformer mascots such as Conker, Bubble Bobble, Wonder Boy, Rayman, Goemon, Dixie Kong, and even Spyro.

But this hint is too much of a coincidence. This almost confirms Crash as a new fighter, or at least a Mii costume.
My hopes for Crono are smashed.

While I do think Crash will come (likely in around a year as 3rd parties are infamous for releasing games around a year later on Switch because they know people will double dip or triple dip so Crash 4 will likely release around October 2021), I don't think the image itself is a hint. Images in the past have referenced plenty of games who has no-one from the referenced franchise in Smash.

Hear me out on this theory. Doomsayer is coming to smash. This makes sense, because of how doom eternal still hasn’t gotten any news, so they are probably waiting until they can show of doomsayer in smash, with doom eternal, or they just are taking awhile on doom eternal. Just imagine, hearing rip and tear while Mario fights lol. Tell me what you think of this theory

I think Slayer is coming, but I doubt they're actually going to announce him in conjunction with Eternal's Switch launch date, especially given they couldn't possibly tie him into Eternal's release given he would've been selected as a DLC fighter before the game even launched on PC, PS4 and Xbox One let alone Switch. Then again, they still bundled in MGS4 music with the Shadow Moses stage in Brawl before MGS4 even released, and not even as a Wii game.

@SKTTR Well, I think part of it is... Not everyone sees Crash as a Sony icon. I've played a bunch of Crash and Spyro games, many of which were Nintendo exclusives. Spyro in particular has just as many good Nintendo exclusives (the GBA titles) as Sony ones (if you still consider those exclusives). I never really associated either with Sony, I barely paid the PS1 any mind and exclusivity ended after that generation. And anyone who started on the 6th, 7th or 8th generation of gaming (which is... A lot of people), never even saw Crash when he was a Sony icon.

My ranking is:
1. Banjo and Kazooie (I know people will disagree, but I love them)
2. Steve
3. Piranha Plant
4. Joker
5. Terry
6. Min Min
7. Hero (1 saving grace is KaKlang)
8. Blyeth (ANOTHER Fire emblem?)

@Slinkoy1 Makes sense to me, But that that thing he posted to hes twitter I think its crash bandicoot.

@Marioman2020 Why people have been wanting banjo in smash forever.

@link3710 Crash went multiplatform almost immediately after the original trilogy of games was finished. However, he pretty much was the closest thing Sony had to a mascot by far considering how heavily marketed he was coupled with those infamous commercials of him mocking Nintendo with the megaphone, in conjunction with the fact he was designed to be their answer to Mario and Sonic to the point where the first game's development codename was "Sonic's Ass game"

He may no longer be strictly associated with Sony but he definitely represents an era for that company in my opinion. He's probably the closest we're getting in Smash to a Sony character that isn't just a straight up Sony-owned character like Ratchet & Clank or Sackboy. Cloud and Joker are definitely more commonly associated with PlayStation in particular, but Final Fantasy was one prime example of a major third party franchise beginning on Nintendo systems, and Megami Tensei is very much the same despite mainline Persona's non-existent Nintendo presence.

@TheFrenchiestFry My point was more that it's perfectly valid for anyone to want Crash in Smash. Like yeah, he was apparently heavily linked to Don't for a few years, but the original claim I was replying to that it makes no sense for anyone to want him in Smash was bogus.

I much as I like crash I bet they are going to add chibi-robo, this is kinda a joke bc I don't care if he is in or not but adding him is like a smash bros thing to do, It would be cool to get another game but I don't really thunk he is going to happen but if he does just know I said it!

Back in the PS1 days, Sony didn't really have much 1st party support. They just bought long term exclusivity for big 3rd party releases (or in some cases Nintendo's decision to use cartridges instead of discs with the N64 pushed big 3rd parties away) and that's why the vast majority of Playstation icons back then aren't exclusive anymore.

PS4 is by far the strongest era of Playstation 1st party releases.

@Snatcher
When I say I love him, I mean his moveset (I've never played the games, don't have an xbox or a N64) But he's a joy to play in smash

@Marioman2020 Oh ok.