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Well that's the thing: It's a "Celebration of gaming" that's extremely biased in Nintendo's favor still. SSBU was probably the worst Smash to use as a base for making Smash "transcend Nintendo", as

1. "Everyone Is Here" means only having to bring back one third-party that wasn't in 4 and preserving what was mostly a Nintendo-focused selection of characters
2. Catering to ballot requests means catering to a Nintendo-focused fanbase, even Simon and Banjo's requests were about their Nintendo connections.
3. World of Light has you mostly fighting stand-ins for Nintendo characters, and it being easier to port 2D images to any game engine than 3D models means the game covers more of Nintendo than ever before.
4. Limited DLC resources mean a lot of iconic gaming franchises couldn't join the battle, and said limited resources were still spent on three first-parties and a third-party whose Microsoft days are considered their low point. And for those who wanted to see absolutely unrepresented franchises, FP2 sucked for you since only two franchises in it had absolutely nothing in Smash prior to the pass.

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• I have no clue if people would like the reskinned stages and especially fighters - I guess it'd depend on whether you're talking to the "character" crowd or the "function" crowd.
• I can't really imagine the open acknowledgement of Hotel Mario; the Super Show; the DKC cartoon; and such being recieved negatively. In fact, I can see it being this game's "Sans" moment if anything.
• Character trailers not being used would probably be disliked but understood, given that it's just one world this is based in.
• The guest fighters, when we get to them, could very well become the most divisive thing in Smash since wavedashing. There is a strong posibility we could get Shrek; Ronald McDonald; SpongeBob; or Gru (or even all 4) in the DLC but only one chance for Link or Kirby, and I can see why that'd upset people - but I can also get why people would love that
• Sonic being a stage cameo will not go down well. At all.
• Mii Heads are gonna be perfect meme fuel.
• Timber will absolutely spawn conspiracy theories about Banjo and Conker being in (They won't, at least not in base game in the case of Banjo. Conker's a no-hoper though.)
• Unless we get Pauline in the Ally Contact list later, King Boo will probably be the Waluigi/Isaac-tier disconfirm
• A lot of people are gonna stick to Ultimate, but it'll probably be the reverse case from Melee & Brawl with casual fans sticking to the earlier game while Nintendo devotees and competitive players try the new one (assuming the gameplay tweaks I have in mind are achieved)

1. Crumpet Queenston
2. Bowler Raindrop
3. Churchill Blokesley
4. Quid Chapchap
5. Dalek Gromitford
6. Beatle Denturestorm
7. Chip Teabag
8. Jack Elloello
9. Big Ben