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What I'm curious about is can we expect more Echo Fighters? They did say all 5 characters will be brand new but they never deconfirmed the possibility of more echo fighters.
There is still quite a few picks that would make too much sense such as Octolings, Dixie Kong, Funky Kong, Medusa, or hell even Gardevoir as a Mewtwo Echo.

@DragotheKomodo They did? We had Shiny Greninja in Smash Bros 4.

@SnackBox We've known that since E3 lol

The Thing gave me nightmares as a teenager but I cannot deny it is 1 of the greatest films ever made.

Honestly, I'd be happy with a delay, we got Smash Bros in December so with that and the amiibos, my wallet is gonna be waning abit thin anyway.

I've been playing this game from time-to-time and it is really amazing. Unless you don't like Life-Simulator games, I highly recommend picking this game up, it doesn't just offer a sense of progression but the small world that it's crafted in feels very alive and natural. Truly a fantastic game that fits in perfectly with the Nintendo Switch's Portability.

This...makes absolutely no sense. "It's always there, it's always with you"? Uhm Reggie, I don't know if you've realized this, but the NINTENDO SWITCH IS ALWAYS WITH YOU!!
Provided you have some sort of Wifi Hotspot to connect to, you could very easily implement voice chat into the console itself. Fortnight has proven it, and I bet plenty more games will prove it, this type of thinking is just asinine and it just goes to show sometimes Nintendo's motto of "doing things differently" really does get taken too far.

Guitar Rosalina >>>> Bowsette

You know something? This article is so true! I've got so many games on my shelves that I've yet to play and some of them were old games that I picked up in recent years.
I'm gonna do it! I'm gonna break this habit and play those games and get as much as I can out of them!

I feel like it's abit late to say this now, we have just over 2 months before the game comes out and considering it's actually been over 6 months since we learned about this game, of course we are through the bulk of the reveals. Honestly, I'm expecting 2 more newcomers and say 3 or 4 echo fighters.

If you ask me, this is for the best. Sony has always been great on the console front as all 4 Playstations have always left me feeling satisfied but the handheld side has always felt lacking and underwhelming when compared to Nintendo.
Honestly, I applaud Sony for making the right choice.

If you ask me; This entire service has been a mix of good and bad. On the good side, it is nice to have cloud saves (for most games) and having NES games with online packed in. And even though a certain group of people will moan, I actually am fine with the £17.99 a year deal. Compared to the nonsense Sony charges which is practically for the same thing, it's way cheaper.
The bad though is games like Splatoon 2 not supporting Cloud Saves. I don't want to judge Animal Crossing or Pokemon Let's Go yet as they are not out yet but Splatoon 2 has no excuse. There's so many ways they could work around this problem like forcing the game to save to a cloud storage so you can't save scum and by doing what Mario Tennis Aces does and making all online rankings be tied to your account and not your system.
Of course, there's also the stupid restriction of not being allowed to play the NES games for more than 7 days without connecting online, to me this isn't gonna be a major issue as Wifi Hotspots are everywhere, even on our smartphones, but why does this exist? It feels so completely un-needed.
What's worse is all these problems can be easily fixed, we can only hope they do.

Please, for the love of God, let this "Special Edition" have an English Dub.

Okay, I agree with the article but you made 1 small mistake; PS3 Online has always been free, it wasn't until the PS4 came out that they started charging and even that was only for the PS4, even to this day the PS3's Online is still free.

@CatMaryo That's a moot point, people DID want them but if they're gonna do stupid stuff like this, they now do not.

I was actually gonna buy these but if this is what Nintendo wants to do, no thanks.

Pay for Nintendo Switch Online Subscription, you have 60 seconds, fail and face erasure.

The question I have is can this be done for people not under the same address? For example, if I pay for the £31.49 year membership, can I add my friends from other countries to it or is it local only?

@Alantor28 I'd ignore him if I were you, people like that just seem to think Nintendo has to make things free just because they say they do never mind the fact Nintendo is a business and they can charge for whatever the hell they want.
What makes me laugh is he's made it known he's not going to pay for it and yet everytime a page like this shows, here he is moaning like a kid that didn't get the Christmas Present he wanted.
Just ignore him, he only wants attention and that's why I was more than happy to add him to my ignore list.

This is 1 of those situations where if it was faked, it was an extremely good fake.
That said, I think it is real, this is Smash Bros after all and releasing a console themed version of it just seems like common sense especially considering how dedicated the Smash Community can be.

Oh no, that means the Smash Bros News will likely be leaked by Famitsu on the same day, Nintendo why?

Hang about, won't that mean people can start exploiting this for Splatoon 2's sub-abilities and Salmon Run Rewards?

You know, I've never owned a Mario Party Game, perhaps this'll be a good starting point.

@tedko Oh! Now that you've made it clear, I can see where the issue lies. Yes I know there's nobody on this page has done this, I was talking more generally not directly specific to this page.

@Razer I hate to break this to you but Splatoon 1 almost hit 5 million sales and there's not a shred of Mario in that game. In addition, ARMS managed to hit over 2 million sales which, you guessed it, also had no shred of Mario in it.
You wanted to be real, right? Well this is real.

@Orwellianson Really? So the person that's saying you shouldn't be a douche to others is a douche himself? Explain.

@Crono1973 After seeing this comment, now your reply to me on the other article makes all the more sense.

@Crono1973
I don't get what you're trying to say here, all I'm saying is people that are paying for their online shouldn't have to be judged by people that do not. I'm not saying people cannot speak their minds but there is a difference between speaking your mind and just being a douche to people that don't share your view.

@BlueOcean I never said people cannot make comments, of course people are free to voice their opinions and if people take an issue with the online being paid then that's fine but what I do have a problem with is people being a douche to people that do pay for the online. Again, I'm not saying people cannot leave comments voicing their opinion but that's not the same as what I'm talking about.

@Crono1973 But that's where the difference lies, I have no problem with people not buying the online, if they do not want it then that's fine and I would never be a douche to someone that simply isn't interested in the online.
That logic doesn't work on me because the people I'm referring to do something I don't.

It really amazes me just how everyone loves to complain about this. Nintendo is a business before anything else and if they want to charge for online, that's their choice. If you don't want it, don't buy it and leave people that do pay it alone. Just because you're choosing not to pay it doesn't mean you can be a douche to people that do.

The moment you realize he got into this game before Mario Kart 8. Seriously Nintendo, bring him back! And add in Funky while you're at it!

I really wish this could be put to rest, What part of "No Non-Game Characters" don't people understand?

@marandahir Chrom's moveset shows that while 1 Echo-Fighter is based on another character, they can also switch moves out with other fighters. This technically doesn't "break the rules" of echo-fighters as Sakurai did say they were characters based on another character, he never said it was limited to 1.
If you still don't believe it, go to the website, it lists Chrom as an echo of Roy.

Would it really kill them to also do the alternate genders and characters? I want to see Female Corrin's.

"Mega Charizard X in HD!"

Yeah cause Pokken Tournament isn't a thing OH WAIT

@Grumblevolcano Fire Emblem was never delayed. They said it was "planned" for 2018 but never said it was definitely coming out in that year.
Planned isn't the same as official.

I'd love to see Mario Kart 8 Deluxe pull a Smash Bros Ultimate and bring back every single past character. Believe it or not, there's only 8 characters missing (9 if you count Donkey Kong Jr from the original Mario Kart) so it's not like they have a huge backlog to work through. Besides, I really miss Diddy Kong, ROB, and Funky Kong.

@Harmonie People really need to realize that Smash Bros is not "just about Nintendo" anymore. Yes it used to be all about Nintendo but given the scope of the franchise, those days are long over.
I want Isaac more than any other character but even I see the merit of putting Cloud into the game, Final Fantasy is a behemoth in the Gaming Scene and Cloud is the face of the franchise so of course it makes sense he would appear in Smash Bros.

Rest in peace, you brilliant man.

Ancho-V games was the stage I wanted to return the most so this is awesome!

@Yorumi For the record, I've actually criticized Nintendo many times in the past, I would prove it but linking to my YouTube videos here would likely get me banned.
However, the reason why I'm criticizing you is because you're argument is so laughable. Sure, you may be right on online not having to be paid for but to me you're making a mountain out of a molehill.
Ryu Niiyama is right on the mark, people pay for services that they want, if you don't like it then don't buy it but just because you refuse to doesn't mean everyone else is being ripped off. You also claim that the paid service gives you nothing which is 100% garbage because clearly they do. You're accusing people of fallacies but you have no problem using the fallacy that I'm only defending this because I'm a brainless Nintendo fanboy which I definitely am not.
If you want to present opinions, present opinions, but when you go around doing it the way you do, you're just asking for belittlement.

@Yorumi "Rip People off", yeah cause a price that's less than what people spend monthly on things like eggs and milk is really ripping people off. And yeah of course that's the attitude companies want, they are a business! They are out to make money! Why the hell would they make something free when they can make money off of it?

The VC was always a paid service, only difference now is instead of paying for the games you're paying for a subscription. Also, comparing the VC of the Wii U is a bad idea, the Wii U in general was a massive failure so of course it's VC is also going to be lacking. As for the new VC on the Switch, well we'll have to see on that.

Okay, you took my words completely out-of-context here, I never said you would be missing out on games, I said you would be missing out on online for specific games, cloud storage, and free games every month. I never said you would be missing out on the rest.

Again, I wouldn't call less than £2 a month be ripping someone off but when someone has standards as BS as yours, I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

@Yorumi Alright, for the sake of argument, let's say you're right, who cares? Like I said before £17.99/$19.99 is chicken feed, if Nintendo want to charge for a service they offer, regardless of whether or not it can be free, that's up to them. Personally, I think you're blowing this into a way bigger problem than it actually is, £17.99 for a whole year is like £1.50 a month, I spend more on fudging milk than that in a month so if you're really gonna miss out on online, cloud storage, and free games because of something so tiny, then like I said your standards are way too high.
Nintendo is a business before anything else and if they can make money, they will, if you don't like that, then do as you've said you will and move on and don't buy, just don't begrudge people that do buy it.

@Yorumi I highly doubt Splatoon 2 runs on just 1 matchmaking server. Splatoon 2 has literally thousands of players, 1 single server wouldn't cut it, they would need a few at least. Besides, again, the problem with your argument is you're only focusing on Splatoon 2. The Nintendo paid online includes ALL games and some of them are bound to use servers, especially games like Smash Bros Ultimate. And that's not counting all the servers the Nintendo Switch console itself uses for things like the eShop, updates, and so on.
This is the issue I take with a lot of your posts, you only seem to focus on what's beneficial to you and anything that is not convenient you blatantly ignore.

@Yorumi Tell me this; How confident are you that online gaming via P2P really does cost nothing on the companies part? There has to be SOME sort of cost for it because sending signals out to interact with other people always costs money, even mere phone calls to other people costs money so actually playing a game that has more data going through it must have some sort of cost. Not to mention then there's the price for patches and maintenance.

@gatorboi352 Oh my gosh, how do you come to the conclusion that an entire fanbase says the same thing? I got news for you, even within a fanbase you're going to have conflicting opinions, not all Nintendo fans have been against paid online the entire time and if you think they all thought the same thing and then simultaneously changed their minds when paid online was announced, then you sir have 1 very unrealistic mindset.

@Yorumi The problem with your argument that I'm seeing if you're chalking up the entirety of the paid service to just the online. Not to mention how do you even know if Nintendo will stick to P2P when the service launches? Nintendo's paid service isn't just for online, you get a free game every month some of which have an online built into them, you get cloud storage which requires servers to keep running, and apparently a bunch of member-only deals we don't even know about yet.
If it was JUST the online, then I would be skeptical but it's not.
Besides, £17.99/$19.99 a year is chicken feed, if you're really going to bail out because of a price that's lower than the milk I buy in a year, then man you have way too high standards.

Okay, I am sad that Waluigi is not playable but this is just wrong.

@Yorumi I understand where you are coming from, personally I would prefer it if they released the content right away rather than making us wait but I also feel this sort of thing isn't worth complaining over. Sure it does suck abit that we have to wait but at the same time it's not like it's costing us a penny. Also, it's kinda wrong to say "They are taking away content", you never had it to begin with, if you had it in the game and then Nintendo removed it they would be taking it away from you but you can't have taken away what you never had to begin with.