Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

I'd say give it a few days. Either we'll get the news very soon via social media or we'll be getting a Direct soon.

@Hendesu Patience. They aren't going to tell us who won right away. They'd rather have us wait and build up the anticipation. Also, who said that there'd only be one winner? Why do people still think that? Sakurai said there are several characters in the works, there are three empty slots in the game's files (though they could add more later, so it doesn't have to be just three.), and there's also how long the ballot was (meaning the idea they'd only pick one character during all that time is ridiculous), so I really don't see why it would be just one.

I kinda figured he would pick one or two during the ballot to start working on them. So who knows.

@Megumi Most likely. I doubt that the stages and Mii costumes were all they were working on during the summer.

I still think Rool is coming, and the Mii outfit was a hint.

To be honest I don't think they'll actually post results. They'll just announce the Ballot influenced characters when they are ready to do so. I doubt they will all be announced at once either.

So just because K Rool is the first one announced doesn't mean he was the most voted for character. Also, just because K Rool is announced before Shovel Knight doesn't mean that K Rool has more votes than SK. We'll most likely never know who had the most votes, but it ultimately doesn't matter.

@Megumi: Given his popularity, I think he's a safe bet.

Honestly I don't even care who wins the ballot, I'm confident that Sakurai and company will pick good characters and make unique fighters, I just hope whoever they are it's kept a secret so it'll be a big surprise at reveal.

And for those who will hate certain characters, look at it this way...I hated Jigglypuff, all the more reason why you should make a 7 vs. 1 match against a level 1 Jigglypuff with level 9 opponents. lol

I kind of wish they acknowledged the end of the ballot a little more. It'd show that they cared about our votes...

There have been a lot of changes at Nintendo recently. I think they will say something when they have a new Direct.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Th4pdsrzs-6X303PPpw5m...
Here is some data. Although it might not matter because this is more of a suggestion box.

I don't think Nintendo manages their data with Google docs.

Then again, I don't really know.

Its not. That was a project made by that guy that does the Smash 4 dojo blog.

Has anyone ever actually questioned that the ballot is totally rigged and they're just going to put in who they want?

To me, it would have made more sense if they narrowed down the top 3 choices and made it a poll.

@Rexcalibr: honestly, as long as they chose interesting, fun characters I wouldnt mind so much.

@Rexcalibr: Well, the ballot was never a popularity contest of who gets the most votes (though one of the characters will probably get in via that trend), the fanbase just assumed that was the case.

Apparently there's a private video in the Smash Bros trailer playlist on Nintendo's youtube channel. People think that this means that a new dlc character announcement is coming.
Edit: Nevermind. I jsut did some research, and it may very well be just a Smash 3ds commercial.

@NintendoFan64: Its an old one though and nobody can figure out why its private.

@darthnocturnal and information about the Lucas amiibo!

@NintendoFan64 How long has it been private for? Also, how do we even know it's private. (I seriously have no clue.)