Video game analyst Dr. Serkan Toto of Kantan Games has mentioned in a recent article that the next installment of the popular kart racer franchise, Mario Kart 9 is progressing in development and that Nintendo could very well start to tease it as of later this year.
The current Mario Kart game that’s on the Nintendo Switch, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, which was released back in 2017, is a revised port of the original Mario Kart 8 which was launched on the Wii U console that was a very critically acclaimed entry for the series, that was released back in May of 2014.
Dr. Serkan Toto says that the next game in the series features a unique twist. Nintendo has been working alongside DeNA on the successful Mario Kart Tour for iOS and Android which has surpassed over 200 million downloads back in April of 2021.
“I am aware Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still selling well on the Nintendo Switch, but Mario Kart 9 is in active development (and comes with a new twist) and Nintendo could tease it this year.”
The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t slowed down by a long shot. For the past 2 years, the pandemic has really impacted many video gaming events, including the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or as its known as E3. E3 2020 was even cancelled, and E3 2021 ended up being a digital-only event after being absent for a year. As of today, there has been a update on if E3 will be a thing this year.
The ESA has issued a statement, saying that:
“Due to the ongoing health risks surrounding COVID-19 and its potential impact on the safety of exhibitors and attendees, E3 will not be held in 2022. We remain incredibly excited about the future of E3 and look forward to announcing more details soon.”
As for a digital-event, they told VentureBeat that they are “excited about the possibilities of an online event,” but they did not say that one is happening.
Welp, it’s that time of the year in video game world, and it’s the Video Game Awards show time! I’m personally am a bit indifferent about this show for this year and kinda stumped on what they could possibly show. I do have some bits of ideas that’s been mostly rumors that’s been put out for awhile around the Internet.
So, with all of that in mind, here are a few Game Awards announcements/world premieres, some feel like fairly safe bets, while some others may be some big swing type predictions that I’m more hopeful will be in there.
CHRONO CROSS REMASTER/REMAKE REVEAL
It’s been leaked a while ago that a BIG PlayStation game will be getting a remake from months ago. As of recently, it’s been revealed (or leaked) that the big PlayStation game getting the remake/remaster treatment will be the 1999 Chrono Trigger sequel, “Chrono Cross.”
There’s been a lot of smoke with this game in particular as of recently. Where there’s smoke there’s usually some fire. My gut is telling me that this game is real, though it could be possible that it may be a bit too early to show off or do a some big blowout. Though, brief teaser will suffice for most people and to tell us which platforms the game will eventually be available for. Chrono Trigger deserves its sequel to be acknowledged by Square, if you are an RPG fan or just play video games, mostly everyone knows the story of the first Chrono Trigger, but not many even know that there even was a sequel. To see that Chrono Cross will finally be getting some recognition at a big platform like the Game Awards will be a very welcomed surprise to Chrono fans and to JRPG fans.
SONIC FRONTIERS
So, this one may be one of the more obvious predictions. As of yesterday, the Sonic Twitter account and Geoff Keighly had some interactions online teasing that Sonic will be involved with the Game Awards in some way. It’s been confirmed that the Sonic 2 movie trailer will officially be revealed there, but what about Sonic Frontier, the upcoming 3D outing. After how disastrous, the last Sonic outing was, with Sonic Forces, it seems like SEGA is going all-in on this particular Sonic game. It needs all the push it can get.
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD 2
As far as Nintendo announcements go, something on Breath of the Wild 2 seems the most likely to show up. The last time we’ve seen something about this game was at E3 of 2019. Its about time we at the very least get the name so we can stop calling it Breath of the Wild 2.
While yes, they could just save news of Zelda in a direct, but its been almost two years since we’ve seen anything of this game. They could just reveal the title here and then have blowout at a Direct, at least revealing the title of the sequel would get people excited again while going into next year. Hopefully, we can also get a reveal date as well, along with the name.
FINAL FANTASY XIV
This one may be the far out there one, if Square is going to reveal something at the Game Awards, I’d be surprised if we end up getting two reveals from them. Of the two, I do think a teaser of Chrono Cross is more likely than Final Fantasy XIV. Again, I think we get one or the other, just not both. Though, Final Fantasy XIV is another game we haven’t seen that much of. It didn’t even show up at the Tokyo Game Show this year, and Final Fantasy XIV does have a lot of hype around it, the next major venue to show something would be the Game Awards to get people to start talking about it again.
XENOBLADE CHRONICLES 3
This is probably my high in the sky hopeful, but I’ll take it if it shows up here. I don’t think Monolith Soft has yet to really appear in the Game Awards, but I’ll be ecstatic if XC3 shows up here. It’s also possible that we could be getting this game sometime in 2022. So, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, would be a great place to start drawing up hype for it. The Xenoblade IP has been growing within the past couple of years, and showing something. As far as Nintendo announcements go for the show this one may be the most out there one. Though as of recently, Nate the Hate and Jeff Grubb apparently believes that it’s even the most likely option as a Nintendo reveal.
RESIDENT EVIL 4 REMAKE
While the recently VR version of Resident Evil 4 has been the closest we’ve gotten to an actual Resident Evil 4 remake, it still does seems like Capcom still intends to fully remake the beloved game of the franchise.
Its been a debate on whether or not that rumored remake will actually make any significant changes to the original gameplay, but again it seems like Capcom may be getting to the point where they’re ready to reveal this project that we all know is coming at this point, it’s just the matter of when and where.
GOD OF WAR RAGNAROK
God of War was one of the game that defined the PlayStation 4 with its breathtaking visuals, outstanding gameplay, and its emotional story that came from the franchise. God of War is taking some risks by moving on to the Norse pantheon mythology with Kratos as a father, but hey it worked out really well. God of War Ragnarok is also up for Most Anticipated Game for next year, because it already has a huge following and an established IP, and fans are waiting to see more from this game.
So, these are the announcements that I think will more than likely and are hopeful that could show up this year as a world premiere at the 2021 Game Awards! The show will be a livestream event that will be held on December 9th at 8 P.M. EST.
Hope that you all have been enjoyed your day spending it all with friends and family while also social distancing of course!
I am incredibly thankful for this blog and wanting to grow it more as the year, and to the audience that wants more content! I hope that you all are having good food and good times, and good vibes with your families and loved ones! Take care!
About 4 months ago, Square-Enix had released the 2007’s Nintendo DS classic, the World Ends with You sequel, “NEO: The World Ends with You.: The sequel’s game is available on PC, the Nintendo Switch, and on the PS4.
Unfortunately, for the games sequel, Square Enix has revealed that the game hasn’t done that well with it’s sales.
Square-Enix had recently held their November 2021 financial reports briefing. During they talked about how NEO: The World Ends with You has done in sales. According to Square-Enix, “while “NEO: The World Ends with You” was well received by players, it has under-performed our initial expectations.”
It’s being rumored that the PlayStation sequel to the iconic and well-beloved JRPG game, Chrono Trigger’s, “Chrono Cross ” might be getting a remaster.
Chrono Cross, was released for the original PlayStation console in 1999, and it’s one of the many unannounced titles that’s been listed in that Nvidia database leak from September. The company Nivida has even admitted that the leaked list was real, and has even said the games just don’t necessarily exist as of yet.
According to XBoxEra’s co-founder Nick Barker, the remake in question is Chrono Cross Remastered.
“Chrono Cross Remastered, I think, was already on the Nividia leak list, so the game shouldn’t be a surprise-it was on Nividia’s list. But I was told that VGC’s article is about Chrono Crosss Remastered,” this was said on the latest XBoxEra Podcast.
“What else I was told-because everyone’s working under the assumption that it’s a PlayStation exclusive-I’ve been told that it’s not. The only word that was used was multiplat.”
“Now when I hear JRPG and multiplat, I automatically assume PC, PlayStation, Switch that’s my assumption. That’s not what I was told, that’s just my assumption. All my source said to me was ‘multiplat.’ That’s what they said, told me it wasn’t PlayStation exclusive.”]
Here’s the video of the XBoxEra Podcast, the Chrono Cross rumor gets bought up in the Rumor Mill section of the video:
So far, neither Square-Enix has nor PlayStation has no events confirmed for Christmas at this time, but the Game Awards 2021 is set to take place at December 9th and could more than likely be announced there.
Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series is going to be released, (or has already been out) at the time of me posting this, as the final DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! This is a big deal, for tons of reasons but what does it mean for personal reasons. I’ve been into the Super Smash Bros series since the very first game! “Oh cool, an actual Nintendo fighting game with all the mostly well known Nintendo characters!” Then you get to play the game and then you some familiar faces like of course Mario, Link, Pikachu, Kirby, then you get to wait who is Captain Falcon? Who’s Ness? Super Smash Bros as a series as since became somewhat of staple game that I always looked forward to whenever a new Nintendo console was happening. I looked forward to Melee, with the GameCube, and then Brawl happened.
Now, when I say when Brawl happened this was when I started to get into the actual community of Smash. I mostly lurked in those SmashBoards forums back in 2008. Brawl was technically my first introduction on the fandom and what the community was like. Brawl was also the first game of the series where it started to get more big and interesting. So, where does Sora fit into this? Well, Brawl was also the first introduction of getting third party characters ever into the franchise with having big characters like Snake from the Metal Gear series and Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic Joining Brawl
While Sora was a requested character during the Brawl days I think deep down most of us knew he wasn’t going to make it in. This was at the very least, the start of introducing other video game franchises that weren’t really Nintendo owned! So, it was possible that Kingdom Hearts could eventually make it into Smash someday!
This was also around the time when Kingdom Hearts was starting to make appearances on Nintendo consoles with the first being on a Game Advanced with the game being, Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories. Then the DS games came about with 358/2 Days and Dream Drop Distance on the 3DS. Though this is kinda where the Nintendo connection stops. Kingdom Hearts major mainline games ended up being on PlayStation mostly. Though the “Nintendo connection” rule almost doesn’t even matter anymore and it hasn’t really mattered since the past two Smash Bros. entries for third party characters.
Cloud Storms Into Battle
When I say that third party characters that don’t have the so-called “Nintendo connection” didn’t matter anymore mostly until when the character Cloud Strife appeared in Smash 4 as apart of the line up. Cloud being in Smash back then was a BIG DEAL. Not only was it a big deal, but it was the introduction of Square Enix as a third party company for making it into the series. Though there was some downside to Square was there was very little content that came with Cloud and Final Fantasy.
Though how does this affect Sora? Well, with Cloud already in the game, it at least meant that Square was willing to collab with Smash and got their feet wet with having Cloud even with the little content he did bring. Though, the reason this somewhat affected Sora in a way was with the Super Smash Bros. Fighter ballot. The ballot was a way to give Nintendo and Masahiro Sakurai (the Super Smash Bros. series director) some ideas and requests for characters. This was when the #Sora4Smash campaign really started to kick off. Again, he was pretty requested during the Brawl days, but this was when Sora’s popularity got kicked into high gear as being a candidate for Smash eventually, and I’ll talk more about this Smash ballot a little later.
Chances in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Then we go into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! This game felt BIG even more so than BOTH Brawl and Smash 4 were. The game was first announced back on a regular direct with a Splatoon fake out with the Inkling obviously being one of the first newcomers to be revealed for the game. When they went into E3 of 2018, we all knew that Smash was going to be there. There was a lot of speculation amongst the community pretty early on in base game that many though that this game was going to be a port of the Smash 4 Wii U game.
Could we have not been proven to be anymore wrong! Not only that but, there was also, speculation about cuts or if certain veteran characters can be bought back? Well, not only did anyone not get cut, but EVERY single fighter from Smash history got bought back, making it the BIGGEST roster within the series history!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was catered to getting so many character requests with getting some major characters like Ridley, Simon & Richter Belmont, Dark Samus, Chrom, and King K. Rool. Then you have your necessity characters like another obvious Echo character like Ken from Street Fighter or your usual current gen Pokemon like Incineroar and your popular relevant first party character in Isabelle from Animal Crossing, okay nothing too earth shattering or ground breaking and that was it for base game characters!
I think most of us had known that Sora wasn’t going to make it for base game roster. His best chances were for him to be used for DLC for later. This was where Smash Ultimate’s speculation cycle really started to get interesting for tons of characters chances not just Sora’s.
Nintendo Choosing the DLC
Though, of course Nintendo and Sakurai always have something up there sleeve when it comes to Smash. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate ended up getting something called a Fighter Pass, which is a format that Smash hasn’t done before with their DLC. They also planned this DLC this time around from the beginning, but what had me concerned with the DLC this time around was that Nintendo was choosing the characters for DLC and not really Sakurai.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC line-up is now complete. This time the selection was made entirely by Nintendo. I decide if we can create a fighter based on their selection, then come up with the plan.
Originally, this had a lot of people concerned with the DLC and rightfully so. Who knows what we were going to get with Nintendo choosing the DLC. Was this going to be mostly first party characters that deserve a chance, or were we going to get some hype third party characters that we weren’t expecting? These were legitimate questions at the time, again we haven’t had this kind of DLC cycle before where most of the DLC had been planned and outlined for us and knowing how many that we were going to get. It also didn’t help that before the announcement of DLC, this came around the time of after the Grinch leak “hype” and the last base game Smash November direct happened.
Joker Steals the Show
That leak ended up deflating that direct for a lot of people and its understandable as to why certain people did felt deflated considering the characters that we did end the base roster on, which was Ken and Inceneroar. At least DLC, would be able to put some people at ease when we got our first reveal at the 2018 Game Awards with the reveal and the announcement of Joker. If anything, the reveal of Joker basically told the Smash community this DLC this go round may actually be crazier than Smash 4’s DLC cycle was. Revealing Joker at the Game Awards that year really did help set the tone of how crazy this roster could end up by the time its all said and done, and boy did it.
How does Joker help Sora’s case for being DLC? Well, as I’ve stated earlier that Joker being in Fighter Pass 1 starting Fighter Pass 1, did help set the tone of what the DLC could end up being like. Joker was still so surprising to see at this time, because we just had announced Piranha Plant being the first DLC character (technically) and that was if you had already bought Fighter Pass Vol. 1 at the time. During this time, it was also revealed on how Nintendo chose the DLC by giving Sakurai a list of names and see if he can make them work as playable fighters and just go from there. At the time, Joker was a BIG deal, almost another Cloud esque situation again. Nintendo is once again pointing out, that, “Hey, any video game character can make it into Smash, whether you have ‘Nintendo connection’ or not!”
The Second Square-Enix Character Debacle: The Hero Draws Near
Around the time base game was wrapping up and with the announcement of DLC exciting or well temporarily exciting people for the most part a lot of rumors started to swirl for who could be DLC. Vergeben was a known leaker among Smash Ultimate’s base roster and some throughout the DLC speculation cycle.
As of E3 2019 the next character from Square-Enix was announced being Hero from Dragon Quest. The Luminary was chosen as the default for the Hero as a playable character while other Dragon Quest characters including the most recognizable character of Erdrick being an alternate costume. Alongside with Hero Slime was also apart of Hero’s moveset as part of his taunts. Dragon Quest is one of the most popular JRPSGs in Japan, so to say that it definitely more than earned its spot within the Smash Bros. roster. As someone whose also a big Dragon Quest fan myself I was very happy to have seen Dragon Quest get some very much deserved love in Smash. It was just one of those franchises that should’ve been in Smash a long time ago.
Though, as happy as I was with seeing Dragon Quest in Smash even knowing it deserved to be here with other legendary video game franchises, a part of me was also disappointed that it wasn’t Sora. Hey, all hope wasn’t completely lost though. Having Dragon Quest in Smash still proves that Square is still 100% behind in supporting Smash Bros., even with it’s limitations when it came to adding content like songs.
Square-Enix related spirit events
Square once again proved they were still behind supporting Smash Ultimate with having content in the game by adding in Spirit Events from other series that didn’t have a playable character for them. Series such as the Secret of Mana had a spirit event, and a more recent Square game also got some love in Spirit event form with Octopath Traveler which was celebrating it’s second year anniversary of that games release. This once again proved that Square was willing to give content for franchises that didn’t have a playable character attached to that series. Though, the spirits did give fans hope and speculating that year that it was very possible that another Square character was more than likely to make it into Smash.
Sephiroth Descends Into Battle & Brings the Smash Fanbase Despair
It was around Game Awards time of 2020 and many fans were hopeful that a Smash reveal would more than likely happen. After FINALLY getting confirmation from Nintendo that a new character from Challenger Pack 8 was happening, most didn’t know who it could be. This was also around the time where a lot of the known leakers didn’t really know much of anything about DLC, including the most “reliable” Smash Ultimate leaker Vergeben hasn’t really been sure on who was coming to the game anymore.
After getting some spirits during the past year, a lot of people were looking at Square as the candidate for Pack 8. Though there were other characters that were also being popped up during speculation around this time, such as DOOM Guy (DOOM series), Ryu Hayabusa (from Ninja Gaiden), Crash Bandicoot, Jonsey (from Fortnite) etc. Sora was also bought up a lot during this time as you know, Sora is definitely a big enough character to be hype up enough for a game awards show.
We were completely in the dark around this time, as there really wasn’t much of any leaks for anybody around this time. 2020 was not a great year for leakers at all. Nobody didn’t really have that much of a good track record anymore like they once used to, as it was much just much harder to try and info from insiders, considering the kind of state that the world was in as of last year and still kinda is in currently.
On December 10, 2020; Challenger Pack 8 was revealed to have been none other than the One-Winged Angel and the main villain of Final Fantasy VII himself, Sephiroth. I and many other were completely floored by this reveal. I think most people had assumed that we would get another Square character in this pass, but it just wasn’t the right one that most of us were thinking of. After Sephiroth was announced at the show, Nintendo eventually had confirmed that a Sakurai Presents was coming. That meant anything Square related was in a very dire and dangerous situation from being a Mii costume instead of being playable.
Both Geno, Sora, and any other supporters of Square-Enix characters fans were both anxious and nervous during this particular presentation, more specifically with the Mii costume section. Even though, having a Mii costume is at the very least having something in the game, but its just not the same when the character you want isn’t fully playable.
Geno and other Final Fantasy/Square characters in the Mii Costume lineup during the “Sakurai Presents Sephiroth” presentation
Geno fans were in an even more of a dire situation than any other Square character considering they waited this long to reveal for him to only just be a Mii costume again, when they could’ve revealed him back during the Sakurai Presents Hero presentation (to have ripped the band-aid off early). At least Sora and other Square characters at the very least had a shot to still make it, but it was still pretty rough for the Geno fanbase, as their Mii costume was still the same costume from Smash 4 and didn’t even get a fully updated wooden head, or even a song from Super Mario RPG like Forest Maze, to have soften the blow of the Mii costume returning.
While it was bad for them, other Square characters might still have a shot, even they might seem small. Most people didn’t think that a third-party company wouldn’t be able to double dip from the same Fighter Pass. If there was something that Smash Ultimate has taught us, it was that fan theories & rules, and character gate-keeping were useless.
THE FINAL & HOPEFUL STRETCH
We were now down to the final two characters, after Sephiroth was revealed, it was Pyra & Mythra’s turn to give Xenoblade Chronicles 2 fans their day in the Smash sun. So, this simmered down some people, and somewhat lowered down fans expectations during the final homestretch of characters now left. After Aegis girls made their way into Smash, it was now down to the final two. The penultimate character leading into the final character was Kazuya from the Tekken series who was revealed at Nintendo’s E3 2021 presentation.
Not something that was too crazy but completely deserving. Banda-Namco is one of the developers that helped make both Smash 4 and Smash Ultimate, along with Sakurai and Sora Ltd., so it only made sense that they would eventually have another new character that wasn’t just PAC-MAN. Its just what threw some people off with this character though, most people had kinda written Tekken off when the Heihachi Mii costume from Smash 4 had came back with MinMin.
Breath of the Wild Champions were getting talked about before E3 2021 because of GameXplain’s speculation video
It also didn’t help that during E3 Smash speculation many fans were looking into other characters and franchises to be possible reveals. Master Chief from the Halo series and a Breath of the Wild character from Zelda were the characters most fans were thinking of and talking about for a possible E3 double reveal like with they did Hero and Banjo-Kazooie from E3 2019. Nope, they didn’t even do a double reveal this time. At this point, most were thinking that final character could end up going two ways.
Whoever they had set up for the final character almost had to be a big deal on their own if they didn’t need to be revealed at E3 (especially if they overshadowed Kazuya) OR its a shill let down pick like a Pokemon or some promotional character like the SMT V main protagonist. Speaking of Kazuya, the Kazuya Presents also featured a bloodbath of the most hopeful characters that some thought would make into Smash this time around. Not only did the Lloyd (from Tales of series) got his Mii costume from Smash 4 came back but, Shantae and a BIG character like Dante (from Devil May Cry) got Mii costumed. The fact that Dante got Mii costumed let so many people wonder who could this last character be.
After the Mii costume bloodbath that was the Sakurai Kazuya Presents we were now down to one last fighter. Most of the speculation was down to a shill first party pick: a Gen 8 Pokemon, a random first party character (that would make no sense), or a big hype third party character.
As far as the third party characters go; the characters most people were hopeful for were: Sora, Master Chief, DOOM Guy, Ryu Hayabusa, Crash Bandicoot, Jonsey, and Phoenix Wright were some of the most talked about characters that most would be okay with. Well aside from maybe Fortnite Jonsey. On September, Nintendo had announced that a new Nintendo Direct was happening and we had all assumed that a new character would be revealed there, but what really happened was that we only got an announcement that a new Sakurai presents was happening on October 5th.
Sora is FINALLY HERE
The #Sora4Smash dream has FINALLY become an actual reality!
On October 5th, 2021; he’s FINALLY HERE! Sora from Kingdom Hearts has OFFICIALLY & FINALLY made it into a Smash Bros game! Not only did we get Sora, but we also ended up getting the most requested character from the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot during the Smash for Wii U and 3DS days. The ballot was important to so many characters for this particular game. Characters like Banjo-Kazooie, King K. Rool, Ridley, Castlevania, and others probably wouldn’t even be here if it wasn’t for the fan demand of the Fighter Ballot.
Sora was confirmed by Masahiro Sakurai to have been the top choice from the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot
I’ve been a Kingdom Hearts fan since I was 9 years old when the first game came out and it’s still one of my favorite video game franchises of all time. It has always been such a staple in my gaming life, and Smash Bros is also one of my favorite video game franchises of all time! So, seeing these two big crossovers finally collide for the first time is HUGE! The content Kingdom Hearts in Smash got was nothing short of AMAZING! I love that they gave him all of outfits (Timeless River was probably the BIGGEST suprise alt costume), Hallow Bastion/Dive into the Heart was great as a two-in one stage, and the spirits were all what you expected from a Kingdom Hearts spirit board.
The only section that was kind of disappointing but also understandable was the music section. To be fair we at the very least got way than what Final Fantasy originally got when Cloud first made into Smash back in Smash 4, so we kinda got treated a little bit better in the music front.
The fact that we already had a Square-Enix character in Sephiroth in the pass was probably did made it a bit easier to have Sqaure cooperate m but it was really getting Disney into the mix. The fact that Disney allowed it, a company that’s known to be so ironfisted with their properties and characters said yes to Smash, should not go understated! To say that I was going throw so many emotions with this reveal was an understatement. Sora was one of the few newcomers during Ultimate that I cried for. I cried in a total of six times with Simon & Richter, King K. Rool, Isabelle, Joker, and Sora. Those were all characters that I was so hopeful for that would make it into Ultimate, I’ve been eating so well as far as newcomers go.
Ultimate really ended on my and probably so many people’s favorite and most requested character ever! I honestly don’t know where Smash can go after Ultimate, as both the roster and as a game series. That may be another diary entry to talk about for another day though.
Sure, there are still some big named characters that’s still not in Smash like Master Chief, Phoenix Wright, DOOM Guy (who got Mii costumed), Crash Bandicoot. There’s still other big names that don’t have anything in Ultimate at all but would be great as newcomers to be saved for a next game. Not every character is going to make it into a single Smash game, sometimes you really have to wait your turn. It might take some years, but eventually your favorite video game character will be able to battle it out with some of Nintendo’s best all-stars and gaming legends some day! Until then, let that man Masahiro Sakurai finally have his long deserved rest. Thank you Masahiro Sakurai, Sora Ltd., Nintendo, and Bandai-Namco for making this game a dream game come into a reality!
During the Final Mr. Sakurai’s Presentation from October 5th, series creator Masahiro Sakurai, it was announced that Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series will be joining the fray in Super Smash Bros Ultimate.
Sora’s trailer:
The Final Mr. Sakurai Presentation:
Fans will be able to get your hands on Sora on October 18th in North America, or on October 19th in the United Kingdom as that’s when the final DLC character will be released. Alongside Sora, the final Mii Fighter costumers this time round are Splatoon characters are Octoling, Judd, DOOM Slayer, and they are also coming in October 18th.
As of tomorrow, the FINAL DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be having a Sakurai presents presentation! I honestly can’t believe that its been three years since the first DLC character Joker has been revealed and released with the very first fighter pass. It’s been one heck of a wild ride with speculating DLC characters from who’s likely and whose not; trying to guess at character stages or what kind of content the character would come with like music, moveset, and spirit boards. It’s been a long and wild ride and we’re finally here in the ENDGAME!
Going into a bit of a retrospective, when the base game for characters was finally done and the announcement for DLC came, I was excited just like a lot of other people were. For the record, I was a downer on the whole Grinch leak disaster that was when that November 2018 direct happened.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC line-up is now complete. This time the selection was made entirely by Nintendo. I decide if we can create a fighter based on their selection, then come up with the plan.
Sakurai’s tweet about Nintendo choosing the DLC characters for Fighter Pass 1 from back in November 2018
Then Sakurai came out on Twitter (in English, mind you) and announced that Nintendo was the one choosing the characters and just like some other people, I was a bit concerned on what direction they would go in for DLC if Nintendo was really at the helm.
Then when the Game Awards of 2018 came around, and Joker was revealed the hype was through the rough! At that moment, literally anything was on the table. Since then, the DLC has had a LOT of high moments and low points considering on how you look at it. After getting characters like Banjo-Kazooie in the first pass, it felt like anything was possible for this game. Say what you will about Byleth, but personally, I thought Fighter Pass 1 was a great pass!
Then came in Fighter Pass two where it started off with an ARMS character with MinMin, which was one of the more obvious choices since it missed it’s opportunity for base game along with Xenoblade 2. In my opinion, Fighter Pass 2 had quite a bit of shocking bits from Steve from Minecraft to Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII and to an extent Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 and Kazya from the Tekken series.
As great as the first Fighter Pass was, Fighter Pass 2 was way harder to predict, even the leakers by this point didn’t really know what was going on anymore when it came to Smash. When it came to speculation during the first Fighter Pass there was a prominent leaker named Vergeben that knew a lot about certain characters from base game while going into DLC. Though, this didn’t translate as well during the second one and we’ve barely heard much from the guy since the ending of the first batch of DLC.
Honestly, I like that Fighter Pass 2 didn’t have much leaker information going around, and even if they did they ended up being proven wrong. Leak speculation has somewhat died down a lot since this cycle of DLC and that’s in due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So, it’s been way harder for leakers to really get much info on anything like they once used to. It was a breath of fresh air to just run wild freely with community theories instead of having someone else to spoil it for you.
One more day until the last DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is announced. Whether you're a Smash Bros. player or simply love games, make sure to tune in!https://t.co/gV1B8eYROw
Tune-in on 10/5 at 7am PT for the reveal presentation of the final Super #SmashBrosUltimate DLC fighter with Director Masahiro Sakurai. The fighter’s release date and final Mii Fighter costumes will also be revealed!
Now, we get to the final character; the hopeful and possible GRAND FINALE of Smash Ultimate. This character is getting hyped up so much that neither Sakurai or Nintendo has been able to contain themselves all day today! Whoever this final character is just want everyone to know it’s been a crazy and wild journey to be apart of these past couple of years. Kinda glad that it’s coming to an end so that the Smash series can finally have a breather. Who knows what’s going to be next for this crossover juggernaut in the next couple of years. All we know for is that Smash Ultimate, has really been the most ULTIMATE one yet!
Sure, you can lower your expectations, but what’s the point of playing and speculating if your not going to at least have fun with it! Logic has went out the window along time ago when it comes to this series. Like Nintendo and Sakurai has said let yourself roam free with it for one last good ole time! Because who knows when the next time we’ll even get a new Smash Bros. game after this.
Thank you to the Smash Bros. series director, Masahiro Sakurai, Sora Lmtd. & the Bandai Namco team for making this kind of a game even possible and go beyond any of our wildest dreams!
It’s been a while since I’ve been on here! I know that I haven’t posted blogs or done news updates in almost the past couple of months since E3. A lot has happened since between E3 and now!
Trying to land for a new job, playing other games that I just didn’t have the ability to find the time to do write ups anymore. I’ve since learned a way to managae my time and I’ve got the feeling to start back on doing news updates and blogging again.
Don’t think I’ll do a predictions list for Smash DLC, other people have done enough of that already, and it’s so close to the last presentation that I don’t think it’ll be ready in time. I will eventually do predictions for the Animal Crossing direct and a review for Metroid Dread will eventually come when I’m don playing it. Have to wait till October 21st.
So, far that’s all I have planned, but I promise to be better next year for updates! I’ll be positing here more for the rest of the year don’t know how reguarly it’ll be, but it’ll be a new start.
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