Day: January 15, 2020

Diary Entry #5: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter Pass Character 5 Predictions

As of tomorrow the saga of Character/fighter #5’s mystery would be revealed and known by the time of me writing this post. There are couple of characters that come to my mind as to who this character could potentially be, so let’s break down some characters that are being talked about as some possible front runners here.

I’m going to try and make this post as short as possible and try not to rant and rave. I can honestly go for along time if Smash Bros. is involved but I’ll try to keep in short and simple with this, especially with how late it is over where I live currently, I need to sleep to get ready for this 35 minute presentation.

So, a lot of people are taking that pose that Sakurai is doing for this pic from the announcement tweet from both his Twitter and the NintendoVS account on Twitter, people have been going gung ho about this pose since the announcement of this presentation for tomorrow. I’m going to give three characters as to who I think that particular pose could be referencing hinting towards and maybe two honorable mentions to who it could go for but I’m not so slightly confident in these two picks, but I do think they are worth mentioning.

3. SORA (KINGDOM HEARTS)

Honestly, this is still my most wanted ever and the fact that he’s been bought up in specualtion a lot since this DLC cycle has started has made so happy to know that he’s been popular within the Smash fanbase.

Sora does have some things going for him with the number three! Kingdom Hearts III being the most recent entry of the series just came out last year. The series does have some Nintendo history behind it with being on Nintendo consoles, mostly on the handhelds.

Not to mention if Sora is the character, it would also be a great way for Square to hype up the DLC for Kingdom Hearts: ReMIND DLC which actually comes out a week after this presentation, albeit only on PS4. Then we do have Banjo, and even Sakurai and Nintendo gave a shout-out to Microsoft and XBox One, so there’s that.

2. CRASH (CRASH BANDICOOT)

Crash is another most wanted, but he does somewhat fit the whole three pose deal. In his most recent renders. Crash will have his fingers out in the form of a three. Not only does he have the three thing going for him, but Crash does have history with Nintendo and has even been on Nintendo platforms, even back when he was known as a Sony boy.

So, to get Crash in a game alongside with other iconic characters like Mario and Sonic would be straight in his wheelhouse. Plus, Crash become more relevant as of years, especially after so many years of being somewhat dormant, putting him in Smash would make all the 90’s babies who grew up during that particular era in gaming (including myself) just cry!

1. DANTE (DEVIL MAY CRY)

Possibly, the BIGGEST frontrunner as of currently amongst most of the fandom right now. Dante is probably the most interesting currently with some both hints for him and even against him. As for him Dante’s voice actor, Brian Hanford from DMC V had went on a podcast to say that Dante may actually be in Smash Bros.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhJOqTYGCfs&feature=youtu.be&t=381

Though, it was apparently suppose to come off in a more jokingly way so, as usual, take this with a grain salt. Voice actors usually are under NDA’s when they are working on something. So, just take note of this.

Also something that was pretty big for Dante was that the DMC V Twitter account did put up three dates for importance as to whats going on with DMC currently. One of those dates just so happen to be the Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation which slated for tomorrow, being the 16th. Though as of recently, Devil May Cry 3 did get an update for the Switch as of now. Some already think this may be somewhat of a hit against Dante, but he still stands for now even with that possibly against him.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

ARLE (PUYO PUYO)

Yeah, even though there is somewhat eveidence ofr her, these could also just be added on coincindences for her too. I honestly don’t know that much of Puyo Puyo, but I did play some of the more recent games. It does look like a series that Nintendo and Sega seem to want to push to get more popular and known over in the west. It worked with Dragon Quest with Hero, so why not do the same with Arle and Puyo Puyo.

Plus, she would be the first female within the Fighter Pass, and it is pretty alarming that this DLC pass does not have a female character at all, so she would be a point for that. Though this is one of the characters I said earlier that I’m not to confident in, in terms of chances, but I do think she is at least worth noting with how much the fanbase has speculated about her within past couple of days.

Also one of the main guys of Puyo Puyi has apparently RT’d the direct announcement from Twitter. So, there’s also that, but this could also be just another coincindence. Something like this happened with Xenoblade when one of the main guys developing XC 2 had also RT’d the direct, but we ended up getting just a Rex Mii costume. So, the Puyo Puyo director could be excited for Puyo Puyo content in the game and thats why he RT’d it, not because Arle is a playable character. Just saying it has happened before.

TRAVIS TOUCHDOWN

Travis is probably the darkhorse of these choices, considering he has been deconfirmed by his own creator being Suda 51. Though, it’s possible he could just be saying that to leave off a trail. Who knows Travis also his fans so he is popular enough with the base.

He also does fit the whole finger pose being associated with three, considering No More Heroes III is coming soon to the Nintendo Switch, and this seems to be another series that Nintendo wants to push harder though on a more global scale, considering No More Heroes is already quite popular within the State side of things its really everywhere else.

So, these are my choices on who I think are likely and who aren’t likely! I hope you enjoyed this read and hope that your character ends up joining the fight! Also, who would like to see as Fighter 5 or even as future DLC.

I feel like no matter what the character is, Sakurai is going to end up surprising us!

Diary Entry #4: Why Sony Is Skipping E3 2020?

Welp, once again Sony is going to be skipping out on E3 for 2020. There are numerous of reasons as to why Sony has been absent for E3 for the past two years in a row. Here’s going to be a breakdown as to why Sony may not want to be involved with E3 anymore and not just these past two shows.

Here’s a good reason as many bought up from Twitter and even other gaming forums, E3 as a whole from influence and cultural relevance has been slowly evaporating. From last year there’s only been 60,000 people that was in attendance last year. This is a bit of a troubling number even when you compare it to other gaming events and conventions who will pull out hundred thousands of people from all of the country or the world. Conventions such as PAX, GamesCom, TooManyGames, are starting to take over and fill in the gaps in between the year and not just for one part of the whole year.

Don’t E3 can still be an exciting show and event to go to. Though without Sony, it does feel like a BIG gap is missing in between the other two big dogs being Nintendo and Microsoft. Another thing as to why Sony has been skipping E3 may be the cost to put on a show. It’s probably expensive to hold and host a part on the show floor.

So, I do think money could be a factor, but not the MAIN factor. Sony does have other ways they could be able to show off their own stuff and their own announcements. Probably the biggest thing they have for this is their State of Plays. As of now, it’s not currently as popular as the Nintendo Directs has gotten over the past couple of years, but whose to say it won’t get to Nintendo Directs levels of popularity.

If given the time and patience this could be Sony’s new way of giving out announcements. If Sony’s State of Plays ends up getting bigger for them, I wouldn’t be surprised to see this is how they do their E3 formats like how Nintendo has been doing their E3’s through Nintendo Direct presentations and pre-record them and send it to E3 to be streamed.

Honestly, the news of Sony skipping E3 again, doesn’t surprise me! Another reason is that they could just not be ready to show much of anything for the upcoming PS5. Even if that were also the case, Sony doesn’t really need E3. It’s really E3 that needs Sony. Again, the attendance level from the past two years haven’t been that great from what been said by press who actually do go to that event. It almost feels somewhat empty. While it’s probably easier to manuever around for press, that does sound a bit not worth to attend. Sony may also be feeling, is it worth it to go to an event, where’s there not many eyeballs watching as their once use to be.

As of these days it feels like E3 doesn’t feel like much of a big thing anymore. Every time the summer rolls around, for gamers it’s like an early Christmas because of E3 and to see what companies have in store for not just the rest of the year, but also for the holiday season as well.

So, in a way it kind of sad to see how much E3 has somewhat fallen, but with Sony not going again, isn’t much of a big deal for them. It’s more of a big for E3 and the event itself. With the hype around PS5, who knows maybe after the reveal this could be Sony’s return to E3 and this is just them waiting for PS5 to be revealed, known, and released to the general public and we could end up seeing them back again at E3 2021.

As far as what I think reasons for Sony has been for not possibly attending goes to three things: money for hosting a booth and room for press, E3 almost not being relevant, having their own event to showcase news (i.e. State of Play), and they could just not have much to show. Well, I guess that’s technically four things, but whatever.

Who knows what this could mean for E3 going forward. Not to mention Microsoft has already put their confirmation of attending this years show almost shortly after Sony dropped out. So, there goes monkey-see-and-monkey actually not do. As far Nintendo we don’t know their status as of yet, and we probably won’t know until maybe April or May of this year if I had to guess on a confirmation of Nintendo’s status for E3.

What do you guys think about Sony dropping from E3? Do you guys think Sony needs it or don’t? What do you think Sony’s reasonings are for not going to E3 2020. Please, let me know in the comments.