I don't think he made any claim other than we'll get at least around half a dozen more newcomers, not including Inkling, Ridley, or Simon.
I only expect two reveals for the final direct excluding echoes so yeah, if it's more than that, we'll get them before the Direct somehow. I'll settle for 3 more newcomers and next one will be revealed somehow early October. I don't even dare guess who anymore though, lol.
I'm thinking we would just have a trailer drop in October and after that it will tell us the date for the next Direct.
As a wish list, I'm not judging. Just the predictability part. You said both though
3 more newcomers and an echo or two would be decent I think. Couldn't expect more than that personally. As long as one of those newcomers is Elma, I'm all in.
Waluigi barely exists in its own serie. He wasn't even playable in Mario Kart 7 lmfao.
Like other said, she's only behind Toad.
Yeah, had something every month so far right? Even if it's not a smash direct, or even a direct general, I have a hard time picturing all of october rolling by without getting anything to chew on
Yeah! I can see all of that fitting cleanly into a november direct
I'm having trouble playing anything else because all I do is spend time thinking about Smash Ultimate. It's definitely going to become one of my most played games.
If you don't count Paper Mario as a separate character from Mario, then probably. But PM without a doubt holds that title.
Agreed, you won't see as many people on twitter complaining if Dixie ends up as an AT. Waluigi is absolutely more well known.
Is Halloween even a thing in Japan? I would assume it's not something Sakurai cares for.
It pulled double duty acting as a big bang for the opening of the Smash direct (had it not leaked), as well as being a teaser for Luigi's Mansion 3 (The poltergust in the trailer is the LM3 poltergust, and the plunger attack is new for LM3). I'd say it fit far better in August than in October.
Sakurai spent a lot of time describing it, so there would have to be entire other Smash focused stream (likely) in October (less likely) for that to work.
You don't think we'll get any first party characters as DLC?
They acknowledge it in Japan, at least, but I wouldn't expect there to be a Halloween-themed Smash Direct.
I agree. I do think she stands a huge shot now with Isabelle being a Luigi/Wolf-esque semi-clone of Villager. I think this frees up Dixie to be the same of Diddy. I think she's a shoe-in now, if not in the base game then as DLC.
Yes and no. It's about as big as Valentine's Day is in the West. Individuals will celebrate it and shops and places will decorate for it, but trick-or-treating's definitely not a thing outside of specific areas like department stores or Disneyland. Basically, it's not a huge cultural thing like it is here, and I don't think they'd make a spooky announcement not tied to a seasonal event just 'cuz.
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