Imagine going back a year or so and telling everyone people would be tired of Res evil speculation.
The thing is, Hero was speculated for months not because Dragon Quest is big, but because of the datamine that pointed toward him. There's nothing that points in that direction for anyone from Resident Evil and there aren't that many people here that are thrilled for an RE rep in the same way that people were thrilled for the idea of Erdrick.
Until the datamine, how many here were "thrilled" for erdrick?
Erdrick was barely talked about before the datamine.
I personally don't think fan demand matters much when it comes to the next Capcom character, to be honest.
Yea, but you are doing the opposite now with spamming that ace attorney is so much more wanted and popular for smash apparently. Play what you preach.
I see you've taken to using online polls as definitive proof of fan demand and popularity.
We can only gauge fan demand subjectively, and I can't honestly say Phoenix Wright has ever struck me as a big request for Smash Bros. He's certainly not Ridley, K. Rool, or Banjo. I'm not saying there aren't fan polls you can dig up that might say otherwise -- it's just my personal feeling after spending years in the speculation scene. Maybe he is the next most requested Capcom character, but that demand is so comparatively low that I don't think it'll amount to anything. Ace Attorney is a fairly niche series.
I'm glad to see you've come around to the Costume theory side.
Obviously, but Mega Man and Street Fighter are still among Capcom's four biggest series, and you can't compare the feverish demand for Mega Man to whatever nebulous popularity Phoenix Wright might possess. I don't think Resident Evil should just arbitrarily be included because it's Capcom's best-selling series -- it should be included because it's a critical and commercial smash hit with mainstream popularity and decades of history. It's the perfect inclusion for a video game museum like Smash Bros.
