Fatmanonice

Hey Fatman, have you played Project X Zone?

Hey Fatman, have a question. In the Geno thread, you'd made mention that you got word from your contacts that "the final character" was negotiated for, they were a done deal, it was 100% happening, etc. etc. etc. However, to my knowledge you never specified that this was FP11 (aka the end of S2). Were they specifically referring to FP11, or is it more likely to be the bonus character for Road to 100?

so what are the chances that we get steve over Master Chief and what's the word on another Capcom and Namco rep

I was wondering what you think of the chances of a Pokemon rep in Wave 2 are? I initially believed they wouldn't go for it, but then we got Byleth lol

Benefit of running a Halloween event Facebook group, I can say "I just made a business deal with a vampire" unironically. Me and my wife's group is now going to be a partner of the St. Louis Vampire's Ball 2020. Pretty groovy.

Do you think crash could be like hayabusa where a ton of people are hearing his name but nothing comes out of it (at least for the time being in hayabusa’s case)

Markomaro posted this on their Twitter a few days ago and I wanted to talk about it. He seems to be hinting at things he thinks are coming in the next Direct so I figured I'd weigh my opinions on it:

So..lets see what's on 3DS eShop today

- Pokemon
- Minecraft
- Miitopia
- Xenoblade 3D
- Animal Crossing
- Smash Bros 3DS
- Mario / Zelda / Luigi's Mansion / Kirby / DK / Sonic
- Fire Emblem
- Dragon Quest
- "RPG"
- Bravely Default and Second
- "Metroidvania"

I bring this here because it lines up with a lot of rumors and just wanted to weigh in it based on what I know. Not a big fan of "cryptohints" but a lot of this is probably true regardless.

-Pokemon, Xenoblade 3D, and Animal Crossing are pretty obvious. All spring releases, all formally announced by Nintendo already.

-Minecraft might not actually be Minecraft and just leave it at that.

-Miitopia is actually what motivated me to make this post. In October or so, it was made public that Nintendo nuked a whole bunch of 3DS projects and was going to rework most of them for Switch. Something that didn't really make the rounds however was that Nintendo was also planning on doing ports and remasters of big 3DS games to help with "droughts." Miitopia is one I personally heard back in the fall but the nature of the rumor was weird because Tomodachi Life was mentioned with it too. One? The other? Both? A mash up? Hard to say...

-Smash is Smash. That shouldn't be surprising. I do think we're getting 6 in the next Direct. My prediction is Waluigi despite even my own network wanting me to swan dive into a wood chipper for jumping the shark like this.

-No clue what the list of names is supposed to imply. There's honestly too much it could be. They all have Smash in common but that seems a bit redundant. It's probably just rapid fire of various announcements pertaining to those series whether its DLC, Switch Online games, or flat out new games.

-Markomaro said back in November he heard Fire Emblem 6/7 remake rumors and I have too and I heard them around the same time period so he may be implying this with "Fire Emblem."

-Apparently a European site accidentally recently leaked Dragon Quest Heroes 1 and 2 for Switch so it could be this for "Dragon Quest."

-"RPG" is likely "the Big One ™" and leave it at that.

-Bravely Default is probably just an update on Bravely Default 2. Could be a stand in for another Square game but I doubt it.

-"Metroidvania" is probably the 2D Metroid rumor that's gone viral. Markomaro originally presented this rumor back in November and then a buttload of other people have picked up on it too since then including GameXplain.

Don't know if this is an exhaustive list of everything he thinks is coming in the next Direct but a vast majority of these are realistic expectations based on what I know. I guess we'll see how things play out in the coming weeks.

https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1227396904654426114
So what was that about a SNES game dump? Because I'm not seeing DKC or any games from the SNES Classic for that matter.

Have you heard anything about Freddy Fazbear getting a premium Mii costume?

Sorry if you've already been asked this, but I wanted to hear your thoughts on something: You said that one of your contacts predicted a bunch of FE content alongside FP6, along with Hollow Knight and Deltarune mii costumes. What are the odds that we get some kind of Deltarune/Toby Fox announcement during the upcoming direct that coincides with the Deltarune mii costume, assuming it is still coming with FP6?

Another crash question, if that future of crash document did leak online, how did it not spread like wildfire like most other leaks of that caliber would?

Sorry for the extremely specific question, but have you heard anything about future remakes of licensed games?

Hey Fatman! I am honestly curious to know EXACTLY where you see Crash popping up in this next pass if at all. You may have mentioned it before, but whenever you have the time to go into as much detail as possible about his inclusion, I'm SO READY to read what you think. Crash is the main character right now anyway that the majority is looking at to be included. Let us know what you think!

So, was that mobile game on the leaked future of crash series document you talked about sometime earlier?

So weren't you saying awhile ago there were some kind of rumors for a new Ninja Gaiden going around?

https://www.ign.com/articles/team-ninja-knows-fans-want-a-new-ninja-gaiden

This seems to pretty much imply nothing concrete is being done with it right now, just that they know demand is there.

So with the bombshell of Nintendo rejecting whoever sakurai originally wanted to fighter 5, do you think this is where all the Hayabusa stuff came from and that he could be coming for season 2?

At this point how likely is Mandycan bring right about crash bring 6 in your opinion

If an Animal Crossing Direct proceeds a General Direct, we have officially entered "God has abandoned us" territory.

Since Luigi’s Mansion 3 content is still missing, I think King Boo is a big possibility as this Vol. 2 shill pick. That would also be definitely appropriate as a potential Gooigi costume in a pack. What are you thoughts on King Boo being in over Waluigi instead?

Hey Fatman just wondering something. I assume you are predicting the DLC based on whatever info you have and theories and whatnot and was wondering why you don’t seem to think we are getting any smaller characters like Terry or picks on the level of Byleth. Only ones that come to mind for me are Travis and a new Pokemon. It seems like they are some of the front runners for DLc what with them both being relevant characters who could be used to promote their games and dlc respectively. Suda also has continually said that he would try to get Travis in smash and a new Pokemon seems to be an inevitability due to how roster selection usually goes down.

So whatever happened with that big announcement you were talking about around the time of the indie direct/VGA's in December, the one Papagenos was also supposedly told. Is that still up in the air on whether or not it's actually happenning?

Do you think its possible that they'll try to go for 100 playable characters? I think about it myself and I can't fill in a whole roster to get to 100 so I wonder how they would even go about that

So you has said insiders started hearing banjo around e3 2018 right? Well this article seems to suggest that’s around when the talks started http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/01/rare_explains_how_it_worked_with_nintendo_on_super_smash_bros_ultimates_banjo-kazooie_dlc

If history is repeating itself with crash being heard around e3 2019, then could we see him at this years e3?

Hey, apologies if you've already addressed this in the past but I was wondering what your opinion was regarding Geno being DLC despite the fact SMRPG wasn't released in Europe until 2015 and on the Wii U which as we know wasn't very popular anyway.

I know the same could be said for Earthbound but if Geno was paid DLC wouldn't he sell abysmally in those regions? Curious to your perspective on it and if you think it may affect his chances

What do you think of Rayman's chances at this point, as the Ubisoft costume can either be seen as a good or bad thing for his chances depending how you look at them

Sorry to be a pain in the neck, but have you heard anything about possible DLC or updates that add new (non-Mii) costumes, stages (detached from characters), echo fighters or items?

Remember when you and Nazyrus claimed the NOA source heard Sol Badguys name all the way back in July?

Now that ASW is officially on board with Ultimate, what do you think about that now?

Do you think Crash and Hayabusa could potentially just end up being Mii costumes?

Kind of wanted to comment on a common rumor that I've seen on here and Discord about 6 being "Dante or Dante like character" and one description even describing it as a "Joker echo." For starters, Dante is pretty damn distinct. White hair. Red coat. Shirtless. Fights with a broad sword and guns. It would be virtually impossible to mistake him for anyone else.

This is why my theory is that this is someone in early development. Dante is too unique to be mixed up with anyone else. If it really is Dante, it's the super early stages of the character. Either way, there's no way they're 6. If Dante was next, he's one of those characters that you could recognize from across the room. Way too many distinct design choices to have him mistaken for anyone else, especially if these rumors are supposedly coming from playtesters.

Back in 2018, we had 4Chan leaks of Plant in August. This means Plant was roughly 6 months from release and STILL done enough to be recognized. Even if Dante was an E3 reveal and still couldn't be recognized on sight, that's not a good sign. The sheer ambiguity of this mystery makes me believe, no matter who they are, they are nowhere close to completion and more than likely not 6.

Do you think Geno may get announced alongside SMRPG SNES online?

Say, Fatmanonice, why do you think a Direct will be announced on the 28th of this month?

Guess I'll post rumors and such here from now on. Nothing too big today. During my temp ban one of my contacts simply passed along that the Smash Amiibo releases will probably be wonky from now on. They suggested nothing bigger than pairs going forward and said that some may, frighteningly enough, may be released as singles (please God, not Banjo...).

Unsurprisingly the Tales logos were just used for the 25th anniversary and are not meant for Smash:
https://tales-antenna.com/news/25th-logo/
Nothing is speaking in favor of Lloyd. Especially not year old rumors, when even Sakurai said the next season of DLC wasn't even planned from the start.

Yo. Someone on Twitter, @MandyCanNot claims to be a leaker. Their track record seems to be impeccable, and they are claiming that Crash is FP6 "immediately" after this first Pass.
Can you corroborate this?

Any reason why you think Dante is going to happen now?

Sorry to have to bother you since you get asked a lot of questions, but I wanted you to clarify a few things so it can help me speculate. First of all, what do you mean by season 3, are there discussions for a possible third pass after 2021?

The other question is, does your contacts talk about Waluigi or are you just speculating based off of what others have heard and Paragon's info?

Thank you in advance if you answer this!

Is there any particular reason your source have as to why Hayabusa is potentially dead in the water?

as silly as it is to ask what are the chances of the smash team double dipping on companies already used like Mircosoft of Atlus

I just want to say that, even though I¨m might disagree with you on some things (like the Waluigi timeline) I hope I don¨t come across as mean spirited or anything. If thats the cause, I do apologize

Hey Fatmanonice just wanted to stop by and say thanks for everything you do. From keeping the speculation on Geno going to just being a cool figure on here. It's apperciated all the best have a great day!