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Super Smash Brothers Discussion Thread

I've already seen this vid posted several times across multiple sites, I can't wait to see the expectations of various folks to be dashed and/or exceeded!
 
Its probably going to be Dante, a Gen 8 Pokémon (based on some hidden prediction in Japanese 7-Elevens), or Crash
 
A 50 min direct so it’s bound to have something good. I 50/50 expect Pokemon in it, likely DP remakes.
 
While I don't exactly want Fornite in smash, it would be hilarious. I bet that their dislikes could rival even Byleth's reveal trailer
 
Also dont want Roblox, either. Many cases show them to be varied in moveset and game mechanics.
 
I don't want roblox simply for the fact that its pretty much a game creator, not an actual main game. It would be like including the Game Maker studio logo in smash
 
As much as I want Touhou for Smash, I doubt it would get in due to its obscurity to western people. But then again, they did allow Lucas.
It's just that Sakurai worded his tweet about the news in a very specific way unlike how he has before. And he has hinted in the past before. Basically translates to:

"Houhou. [Smash Bros] no jouhou ga aruto. Houhou."
Or roughly saying, "hoho. There's Smash Bros information. Hoho."

It's a very peculiar and strangely brief way to say it, including the use of "information (jouhou)" and "houhou" twice. Not to mention to brief sentence structure leads to "aruto hoho" which could be clever wordplay.

If it isn't a sneaky way of referencing touhou, then "houhou" is also a monkey onomatopoeia, so it could be the Grass starter for Sword/Shield. Or Eggman's iconic way of laughing.

I realize I may be reaching, but this is the same guy who used a binary symbol to tease a character from Fire Emblem's 17th game.
 
Yeah you are reaching with touhou, Too obscure.
I don't get the "Touhou is obscure" argument. It has almost as big a presence in Japan as Dragon Quest, a gaming juggernaut, with arguably a bigger western fanbase than DQ too. Plus one of the mainline games is coming to Switch this Spring.

Not to mention Sakurai loves bullet hells and shmups just like SNK fighting games, is friends with ZUN from what I know, and ZUN has worked with Nintendo in the past.
 
I don't get the "Touhou is obscure" argument. It has almost as big a presence in Japan as Dragon Quest, a gaming juggernaut, with arguably a bigger western fanbase than DQ too. Plus one of the mainline games is coming to Switch this Spring.

Not to mention Sakurai loves bullet hells and shmups just like SNK fighting games, is friends with ZUN from what I know, and ZUN has worked with Nintendo in the past.
Almost as big as dragon quest isn’t a good argument. working with Nintendo Also isn’t a good argument. There are just far bigger known series out there for touhou to realistically be one of the first choices. It is indeed too obscure, and it is indeed very unlikely to happen.
 
Almost as big as dragon quest isn’t a good argument. working with Nintendo Also isn’t a good argument. There are just far bigger known series out there for touhou to realistically be one of the first choices. It is indeed too obscure, and it is indeed very unlikely to happen.
You do know that DQ is one of the largest series of all time in the East, right? Even has it's own officially recognized day and everything. Can't get much bigger than that.

I feel like you're severely downplaying how large the Touhou franchise is as a whole just because it isn't nearly as big in the West. They even recently collaborated with one of the largest licensors in the world, to give an example of how big it is now.

Plus Terry was an obscure as hell pick too, for anybody who isn't in the FGC. You even claimed that Ninja Gaiden had a better chance despite DoA pretty much stealing the spotlight from it for like a decade now.
 
I feel like peoples who downplaying Touhou popularity are underestimate how much influential the franchise is

But honestly for me i just want Rex from Xenoblade 2 or anyone from Castlevania
 
You do know that DQ is one of the largest series of all time in the East, right? Even has it's own officially recognized day and everything. Can't get much bigger than that.

I feel like you're severely downplaying how large the Touhou franchise is as a whole just because it isn't nearly as big in the West. They even recently collaborated with one of the largest licensors in the world, to give an example of how big it is now.

Plus Terry was an obscure as hell pick too, for anybody who isn't in the FGC. You even claimed that Ninja Gaiden had a better chance despite DoA pretty much stealing the spotlight from it for like a decade now.
I think you are severely underestimating how many more video game franchises are more popular than touhou. The fact is that it is not one of the first options they will think off.
 
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