Fighters Pass Vol. 2 predictions

[Czario]

So I said I want Waluigi but I also think he's likely to happen. There was a leak from last year that was from a guy called paragon. It was posted on discord before E3. It got Hero and Banjo right, breath of the wild 2 right and even undertale content. But he also said he was told Waluigi was the last dlc character. Whether that's true or not, will just have to wait and see.

Thing is, he was probably talking about the last character of Fighter's Pass 1, which did not come true. Hopefully it still comes true even though that hurts its credibility.

With Spring Man almost certainly being at least one of the ARMS fighters I no longer believe that assists deconfirm DLC fighters.

This would be great for Waluigi and other assists' chances. However, I have a hunch that the fighter might be Min-Min.

 

[forum user 3254]

This would be great for Waluigi and other assists' chances. However, I have a hunch that the fighter might be Min-Min.

Who ever said it would be just one fighter? I think it highly probable that it could be four or even eight different fighters, like Hero or the Koopalings.

 

[Mittnkittn]

Thing is, he was probably talking about the last character of Fighter's Pass 1, which did not come true. Hopefully it still comes true even though that hurts its credibility.


This would be great for Waluigi and other assists' chances. However, I have a hunch that the fighter might be Min-Min.

Actually he said he wasn't fighter 5, just that he was last.

 

[Dorayaki]

With Spring Man almost certainly being at least one of the ARMS fighters I no longer believe that assists deconfirm DLC fighters.

Borrowing a statement from some other place, it'd be pointless to hide the fact they want to pick a cover boy with a guessing game, which just wastes fans time for waiting. Of course, I don't say this is a 100% proof they'd choose the first ever fighter that isn't a cover model.

I don't think I have to remind, but the matter we should focus on is whether budget waste is real if things do turn out like that. Arguing fanrule is never the point.

Thing is, he was probably talking about the last character of Fighter's Pass 1, which did not come true. Hopefully it still comes true even though that hurts its credibility.
This would be great for Waluigi and other assists' chances. However, I have a hunch that the fighter might be Min-Min.

FP1 was controversial thanks to Reggie, so it wouldn't be less debateable either with Waluigi or Byleth. Now FP2's trend would directly test Sakurai's own credibility.

Anyway, if we need to compare an upcoming unused Nintendo franchise to something else, neither fighter would be in the same level with the next fighter, so that's a wrong comparison.

 

[forum user 3254]

Borrowing a statement from some other place, it'd be pointless to hide the fact they want to pick a cover boy with a guessing game, which just wastes fans time for waiting. Of course, I don't say this is a 100% proof they'd choose the first ever fighter that isn't a cover model.

Like I said, there could very well be more than one ARMS fighter joining Smash, like what they did with Alph, the Koopalings, and the Hero. I believe they didn't immediately announce the fighter because of this, as well as the fact that it's likely to be a joint announcement with something ARMS-related (like what Isabelle did).

And even if it is just Spring Man...remember Byleth? Yeah.

 

[Fanny]

And even if it is just Spring Man...remember Byleth? Yeah.

Please point my to when Nintendo told us to play a game of guess who only for them to reveal Byleth.

Also neither of these characters are comparable because Fire Emblem: Three Houses doesn't have a main character, ARMS does.

 

[forum user 3254]

Please point my to when Nintendo told us to play a game of guess who only for them to reveal Byleth.

It was slightly different then but they originally played an "announcement of an announcement" card on him, likely because they knew very well the backlash that would result.

 

[Mittnkittn]

It was slightly different then but they originally played an "announcement of an announcement" card on him, likely because they knew very well the backlash that would result.

Makes me wonder why they even chose Byleth if they knew it would create a backlash.

 

[Xiahou Ba]

I don't think Nintendo particularly cares about a vocal minority being mad that a character they don't like is over a character they like.

 

[forum user 3254]

Makes me wonder why they even chose Byleth if they knew it would create a backlash.

Same reason that Corrin was chosen as one of the last DLC fighters for Smash 4: to promote that character's respective Fire Emblem game.

Honestly, even if they kept Byleth as a choice, they managed him horribly. They saved him for last in the pass, and even after that pulled the "announcement of an announcement" I mentioned to build up hype. Banjo would have made a much better finale for the pass.

I don't think Nintendo particularly cares about a vocal minority being mad that a character they don't like is over a character they like.

Nintendo probably doesn't, but we know Sakurai absolutely does. We know Nintendo chose the Fighters Pass characters, and it was out of Sakurai's control, but unfortunately there are a bunch of Twitter flamers who just don't get that. Sakurai definitely tried to reduce the backlash--he made Byleth as interesting a moveset as possible, and he made sure to assure fans that Byleth would not be the last DLC character. Sakurai clearly cares about what the fans want, but he can't please everyone and it's a shame that so few people get that.