Official Next Smash - Speculation & Discussion Thread

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

I think they would find it difficult to do that this time. Not that the "modern" era of Kirby hasn't been successful up this point, but Forgotten Land is now the best selling game in the series (by over 2 million units!) and brought it into a bold new direction. When addressing each series' biggest moments on the Switch it is impossible to gloss over this one, a contributing factor to what Nintendo sees as significant growth for the Kirby brand during this era.

And it's got a lot of really striking locations begging to be interpreted into a stage. It's evocative post-twilight scenery featuring buildings coated in greenery and vines, abandoned locales and what-have-you are honestly much more striking than many of the world and level themes that could have reasonably been picked from the previous era. Even if we're abiding by the premise that like... Smash usually goes with one of the first levels, or a really central / plot-important location, in Forgotten Land's first world alone we're greeted with a few great choices. Alivel Mall, Waddle Dee Town, or even just the first level stands out in its own right.

Honestly, Smash 4 feels like the sour note here. In adding two classic Kirby stages and neglecting RTDL, its influence extended outward toward Ultimate where most returning series did not get a new stage to begin with. It will forever be a bit baffling that we didn't see a Lor Starcutter stage, but they have the chance to redeem themselves in this moment and I think they almost certainly will. Was just an unfortunate butterfly effect.

This is how I'm thinking about Kirby stage prospects (personally hoping we get new stages for Forgotten Land AND Return to Dreamland Deluxe, the latter of which to make up for lost time essentially lol), but if I see something like Dyna Blade's Nest I'm gonna scream lmao

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

If they did decide to do some actual mini-games within Smash Tour, that might be a cool opportunity to bring back some on the various small modes/sections from over the years, just in a competitive format. Two vs. two matches where a two teams try to break targets, 4 way competition of the home run derby, some variation of coin launcher; there's definitely options there.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

You guys misunderstood my comment. I never meant to say Kingdom Hearts was never popular but not as popular as much higher candidates that most likely entered for the ballot

Kingdom Hearts is a popular series but the never mega-hit especially to the parents series of IP like Disney or even Final Fantasy.

Very wild take, imo.

The crossover with Disney characters absolutely gives it appeal. Not to mention the other big hitters of Square Enix have a lead of about 20 years before the first KH would be made so obviously they have a lead in terms of recognition and sales.

That'd be like saying Splatoon isn't a huge hit because it's not Mario.

 

[fogbadge]

You guys misunderstood my comment. I never meant to say Kingdom Hearts was never popular but not as popular as much higher candidates that most likely entered for the ballot

Kingdom Hearts is a popular series but the never mega-hit especially to the parents series of IP like Disney or even Final Fantasy.



Tell me about it. Can't believe it's has been almost 11 years since. SonicToasts vid on Smash 4 was first introduction to speculation. The PapaGenos before PapaGenos

Sora had support, just not very vocal or hopeful

also comparing it’s success to those two feels slightly disingenuous considering that Disney has 101 year history whereas KH is at 23. Of course it’s had more success. As for FF it’s the same, it’s been around for longer and has more stuff

 

[SPEN18]

New topic/Question.

Some people remember Smash Tour. And everyone that remembers Smash Tour remembers that it sucked. If it were to be brought back how would you redesign this mode?

I think "board game mode" still has potential for Smash even if it didn't pan out the first time. So, uh, maybe just try it again from scratch?

Tbh, I'm really not a fan of the whole "go around collecting powerups and then duke it out using those powerups at the end" setup, both for Tour and for Run.
Make it, like, an actual board game with a board-specific objective (not just "whoever wins the battle wins"). The Smash battles can then be sprinkled in either when you land on certain squares and/or after each round like in MP, and your performance in those can give you benefits or detriments in the board game gameplay.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

You guys misunderstood my comment. I never meant to say Kingdom Hearts was never popular but not as popular as much higher candidates that most likely entered for the ballot

Kingdom Hearts is a popular series but the never mega-hit especially to the parents series of IP like Disney or even Final Fantasy.

What exactly do you consider a mega-hit, because the franchise on the whole has sold like 36 million copies and that number is only accurate as of like March 2022. Like of course it's not gonna do Mario/Pokemon/CoD numbers, and of course it's not gonna stack up to Disney's ENTIRE century of history or Final Fantasy that's been running strong for nearly 40 years.

This just feels like a really egregious comparison to determine success.

 

[ninjahmos]

A full-on "board game" mode similar to Mario Party would actually be pretty cool.

 

[BrawlX10]

I wouldn't. I'd consider Smash Tour unsalvageable since the concept isn't all that enthralling and there's better modes to spend development time on. Smash Bros doesn't really mix with a more strategic Mario Party like experience, and it's hard to design this mode without having the players feel like things just happen with no agency on their own part.

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Also kind of hilarious in hindsight, but if Smash 4 was being developed today and this screenshot leaked, people would say it looks fake because the background looks AI generated.

Shulk would also become an Just an AI generated Little Mac.

On another topic, how do you guys feel are the chances of characters like Sans, Zagreus, Hollow Knight, Hat Kid and the like joining Smash Bros as Fighters? My friend told me they'll get no more than a Mii Costume or Assist Trophy, peraphs a Item, Stage or Boss if they're lucky. I personally think they're as likely as other characters from big publishers, but i wonder what the general concious is?

 

[Hadokeyblade]

Sora had support, just not very vocal or hopeful

also comparing it’s success to those two feels slightly disingenuous considering that Disney has 101 year history whereas KH is at 23. Of course it’s had more success. As for FF it’s the same, it’s been around for longer and has more stuff

He had the MOST support, we just never expected Nintendo would actually bite the bullet to grab him.

 

[Nabbitfan730]

What exactly do you consider a mega-hit, because the franchise on the whole has sold like 36 million copies and that number is only accurate as of like March 2022. Like of course it's not gonna do Mario/Pokemon/CoD numbers, and of course it's not gonna stack up to Disney's ENTIRE century of history or Final Fantasy that's been running strong for nearly 40 years.

This just feels like a really egregious comparison to determine success.

you basically just answered your own question and outlined my point

 

[Gorgonzales]

Shulk would also become an Just an AI generated Little Mac.

On another topic, how do you guys feel are the chances of characters like Sans, Zagreus, Hollow Knight, Hat Kid and the like joining Smash Bros as Fighters? My friend told me they'll get no more than a Mii Costume or Assist Trophy, peraphs a Item, Stage or Boss if they're lucky. I personally think they're as likely as other characters from big publishers, but i wonder what the general concious is?

Sans pretty much eclipses all of those other names you mentioned. I could see the others getting trophies or assist trophies at most (not all at once, only like 1 or 2 of these characters) and Undertale receiving much more substantial content.

 

[LiveStudioAudience]

Kingdom Hearts is an interesting case because I'd argue in the West it achieved a video game fame that (at least in relation to Final Fantasy titles) only VII and maybe X were consistently bigger than. Part of it was timing; with the huge explosion of fans in the sixth generation (particularly thanks to the PS2) many of them were the perfect age to both play KH and grow up with it. That sort of popularity elevation from sheer cultural osmosis brought it to a notoriety where even non-fans became aware of elements of it because it was that big. Sora fan art everywhere, references to the Heartless popping up, and even just Mickey, Donald, and Goofy in Kingdom Hearts clothes just being one of those things every video game fan saw if they were online circa 2001-2012.

It definitely translated into a desire for Sora in Smash and if that was ever impeded by anything, it wasn't a decline or a lack of interest in KH as much as it was doubt/worry about his chances given the Disney factor and the growing perceived struggle to get certain Square Enix elements into Smash before Sephiroth opened that door with his SSB announcement.

 

[Þe 1 → Way]

you basically just answered your own question and outlined my point

I feel as if this debate is going in circles. In the context of Smash, Kingdom Hearts has long since been one of the biggest names on the table for inclusion, which might be hard to believe given its size, but given how veterans and community bias affected said votes, it sounds likelier to many than you might think.

You not believing the devs doesn't really change how hard it is to prove a negative, and if the crossover darling between two of pop culture's most profitable franchises doesn't make sense to you as number one, and the long lost First Party icon beloved doesn't make sense to you as number two, I struggle to think of an answer that will satisfy you beyond just two big faces like Kratos or Batman.

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

Sakurai's just afraid to reveal that Magnemite was the true winner.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

you basically just answered your own question and outlined my point

I mean considering I have no idea what your point even is beyond the nebulous idea of "Kingdom Hearts isn't a mega-hit franchise", this doesn't tell me anything. Unless you're saying that the only franchise that could've possibly won the Ballot is something like Call of Duty, GTA, or Minecraft, and then we get into things like fanbase overlap.

And if BANJO can be the Ballot's number 2, I really don't think your franchise being a "mega-hit" matters that much compared to just having a dedicated fanbase.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

The Kingdom Hearts franchise as a whole has sold approximately over 36 or 37 million copies of games. In terms of sales, among other major game franchises that can easily be considered extremely successful and iconic, Kirby is about 12 million copies ahead of it, franchises like Bioshock, Megami Tensei, Mega Man, Guitar Hero, Gears of War, Fallout and Dark Souls are all approximately less than 10 million copies ahead of it, while franchises like Devil May Cry, Splatoon, Nintendogs, Half-Life, Ratchet and Clank and Rayman are several million copies behind it, while all still having sold approximately over either 25 or 30 million copies worth of games.

I'd argue that every single one of those franchises are huge hits in their own right. So what exactly is the definition of a "mega hit", here?

 

[Nabbitfan730]

the crossover darling between two of pop culture's most profitable franchises doesn't make sense to you as number one

None of that translates to KH's popularity itself outside probably the first 2 games so why bring up this point? When you or most people think of characters like Cloud or Mickey on their own, are you thinking Kingdom Hearts or their respective series?

I really don't know why most of you guys are trying to spin this into me slandering Kingdom Hearts. I like the series myself and deserves credit. It's a popular series, never argued otherwise but not to the point where it dominated every single character imaginable ballot even if you remove 4th Party. Kingdom Hearts was never on that level.

Are you guys seriously going to tell that Sora and especially Banjo was more popular and recognizable than characters like Ryu, Cloud and Minecraft Steve. Even games like Undertale where popular was hitting moon with during the time of Ballot?

 

[BrawlX10]

Sans pretty much eclipses all of those other names you mentioned. I could see the others getting trophies or assist trophies at most (not all at once, only like 1 or 2 of these characters) and Undertale receiving much more substantial content.

My friend thinks im out of my mind for bringing out Undertale as a potential 3rdparty addition for Smash 6, but i dunno to me it makes sense, UT is such a big franchise both in the west and japan, it has some of the most iconic gaming characters created in the 2010s probably as well, also MEGALOVANIA has a crazy amount of views in YouTube. My friend thinks that a character begin from a small publisher hurts its chances, but i personally think it doesn't matter.

 

[Louie G.]

On another topic, how do you guys feel are the chances of characters like Sans, Zagreus, Hollow Knight, Hat Kid and the like joining Smash Bros as Fighters?

Here's where I can see some of these commonly mentioned indie characters or series leveling out.

Playable: Sans / Undertale character

IDK: Zagreus (just a gut feeling I can't shake rn)

Assist Trophy: Shovel Knight, Shantae, Cuphead, Cadence
Mii Costume: Hollow Knight / Hornet, Quote / Curly Brace
Spirits: Celeste, Overcooked, Stardew Valley

Something: Among Us, I don't know what though

Probably Nothing: Hat Kid, Freddy Fazbear, Peppino (RIP)
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Bottom line is I think that indie stock will continue rise next game, as it has been since Smash 4. Very plausibly to playable character territory. But will also help to populate a number of other categories... consider after Ultimate, and seeing the fruits of Shovel Knight / Shantae / Undertale / Cuphead, other indie developers and studios may attempt to reach out to Sakurai for similar collaborations.

My friend thinks that a character begin from a small publisher hurts its chances, but i personally think it doesn't matter.

I'm starting to think it legitimately helps for the amount of bang for your buck going on. Negotiations need to go through less people, expenses are probably lower and you're achieving a high level of excitement all the same. I've convinced myself Undertale is straight up a safe bet for launch / base game.

 

[Nabbitfan730]

Dark Souls are all approximately less than 10 million copies ahead of it, while franchises like Devil May Cry, Splatoon, Nintendogs, Half-Life, Ratchet and Clank and Rayman are several million copies behind it, while all still having sold approximately over either 25 or 30 million copies worth of games.

All those series have less games in their series than Kingdom Hearts and some even coming out much later than it. Ofc series like Splatoon and Dark Souls which came out almost a decade and with fewer games would have less copies.

Rayman was in limbo since 3 until Origins due the Rabbids craze in comparison to KH which has been pumping out games.

Very disingenuous framing. Even then doesn't affect much when comes to character's recognisability in this sense. I would still say characters like Dante, lnkling and even The Chosen Undead were lot more popular than Sora especially at the time at the ballot where KH was in limbo for 3

And if BANJO can be the Ballot's number 2,

Can be? Possible but that's not what's in question.

Was he is the answer which harder to believe unless you really believe Banjo out of all characters was popular than Steve which is nonsensical

 

[Louie G.]

Even then doesn't affect much when comes to character's recognisability in this sense. I would still say characters like Dante, lnkling and even The Chosen Undead were lot more popular than Sora especially at the time at the ballot where KH was in limbo for 3

Were you here during Smash 4 speculation? I understand that this may be true for the greater sphere of gaming, but the mentality behind viable or fitting Smash Bros characters was not the same as it is now. Someone massively popular like Dante barely existed in speculation compared to smaller characters like Phoenix Wright, as a frame of reference. Emphasis was largely Nintendo-centric and we did not have the imagination to envision how the hell someone like Chosen Undead or even Steve would get into Smash Bros in 2014. That's Ultimate brain, not Smash 4 brain. We could barely process that Cloud was in the game.

Sora and Banjo were comfortably characters with longstanding Smash appeal dating back to Brawl, they were generally popular in the public consciousness and well associated with crossovers and Nintendo, respectively. Banjo's popularity fell into a niche but the Smash and Nintendo community was where that niche was concentrated. Kingdom Hearts was particularly viral around the late 00s, early 2010s for fandom crossover material, Sora was appearing in stuff like Super Smash Flash, there was always some buzz around Sora being adjacent to Smash and adjacent to Nintendo characters like Mario and Link.

Like I addressed the other day, the Ultimate community is more vast, and it's more open minded. The Smash Ballot apparently had 1.8 million votes... think about that, that's a miniscule fraction of the amount of people who eventually bought Smash Ultimate. This was catering to the most dedicated community members by nature... those are the people who went out of their way to vote and rally together. So if Sora and Banjo are on the more niche side of things, it's because this always favored the more enthused and plugged-in members of the community who liked these characters specifically.

 

[NotGenerico]

None of that translates to KH's popularity itself outside probably the first 2 games so why bring up this point? When you or most people think of characters like Cloud or Mickey on their own, are you thinking Kingdom Hearts or their respective series?

I really don't know why most of you guys are trying to spin this into me slandering Kingdom Hearts. I like the series myself and deserves credit. It's a popular series, never argued otherwise but not to the point where it dominated every single character imaginable ballot even if you remove 4th Party. Kingdom Hearts was never on that level.

Are you guys seriously going to tell that Sora and especially Banjo was more popular and recognizable than characters like Ryu, Cloud and Minecraft Steve. Even games like Undertale where popular was hitting moon with during the time of Ballot?

KH3 sold five million copies on its first week of release. It's not as big as something as GTA, but it is certainly a big series. Besides that, the reason why Sora was so popular at the time was because he was seen as more Nintendo-adjacent compared to other characters like Cloud or Dante because of games like Chain of Memories or Dream Drop Distance. Back during the Ballot days, this was a much bigger deal than it is now.

As for Banjo, Phil Spencer tweeted that he'd like to see him on Smash which lead to a big campaign to get Banjo in Smash. Before Phil's tweet, Banjo was seen as a pipedream that would never happen.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

Are you guys seriously going to tell that Sora and especially Banjo was more popular and recognizable than characters like Ryu, Cloud and Minecraft Steve. Even games like Undertale where popular was hitting moon with during the time of Ballot?

I mean Ryu got added to Smash two months after the Ballot started so he probably nosedived off a cliff, Cloud and FF7 had never been attached to Nintendo and it didn't get ported until like 2019, plus the vote was probably very split among Final Fantasy's 14 main entries of main characters and myriads of spin-offs and sequels, and for Minecraft, I can't really tell you anything. I do think Minecraft probably did well on the Ballot which, alongside Banjo, probably would've given Nintendo a reason to contact Microsoft about it, which is why Steve's negotiations and work took like 5 years.

As for Undertale, it didn't exist as a full release until like three weeks before the Ballot ENDED, so unless you think Sans could top the Ballot in three weeks?

Also:

Very disingenuous framing.

Didn't you just pit it against the entirety of Disney and Final Fantasy? You can't call the kettle black when you're covered in soot man lmao

 

[SuperSonicFlyer]

Well, if anything, game series that may not sell as much as other series but are still big, and characters who are more obscure but still remembered, can still top ballots like the Smash one. Sora and Banjo and Kazooie are proof of that.

 

[Gengar84]

All those series have less games in their series than Kingdom Hearts and some even coming out much later than it. Ofc series like Splatoon and Dark Souls which came out almost a decade and with fewer games would have less copies.

Rayman was in limbo since 3 until Origins due the Rabbids craze in comparison to KH which has been pumping out games.

Very disingenuous framing. Even then doesn't affect much when comes to character's recognisability in this sense. I would still say characters like Dante, lnkling and even The Chosen Undead were lot more popular than Sora especially at the time at the ballot where KH was in limbo for 3



Can be? Possible but that's not what's in question.

Was he is the answer which harder to believe unless you really believe Banjo out of all characters was popular than Steve which is nonsensical

I think something else you’re missing is that fan demand doesn’t exactly correlate one to one to series sales. I feel like there’s just a lot of overlap between Kingdom Hearts and Nintendo/Smash fans as they both feature colorful and upbeat characters that are fun and exciting. His moveset from Kingdom Hearts also just naturally fits a game like Smash well, which helps.

 

[KingofPhantoms]

All those series have less games in their series than Kingdom Hearts and some even coming out much later than it. Ofc series like Splatoon and Dark Souls which came out almost a decade and with fewer games would have less copies.

Rayman was in limbo since 3 until Origins due the Rabbids craze in comparison to KH which has been pumping out games.

Very disingenuous framing. Even then doesn't affect much when comes to character's recognisability in this sense. I would still say characters like Dante, lnkling and even The Chosen Undead were lot more popular than Sora especially at the time at the ballot where KH was in limbo for 3

Dark Souls sold more than Kingdom Hearts. Splatoon sold less.

You call my framing disingenuous, but I'm primarily just sharing statistics. Various game franchises that have less and more entries alike than KH have either outsold it or undersold compared to it, and the vast majority of them have still been extremely influential on both video game genres and mechanics as well pop culture in addition to just selling millions of copies and making bank for the companies who developed and published them.

I mean no personal offense by this, but when you're only giving a rather vague idea of what of your definition of a "mega hit" is, it feels like your own argument is the disingenuous one, here, The official definition of "megahit" seems to be just something that's extremely successful, which can mean a lot of different things.

 

[Þe 1 → Way]

None of that translates to KH's popularity itself outside probably the first 2 games so why bring up this point? When you or most people think of characters like Cloud or Mickey on their own, are you thinking Kingdom Hearts or their respective series?

I really don't know why most of you guys are trying to spin this into me slandering Kingdom Hearts. I like the series myself and deserves credit. It's a popular series, never argued otherwise but not to the point where it dominated every single character imaginable ballot even if you remove 4th Party. Kingdom Hearts was never on that level.

Are you guys seriously going to tell that Sora and especially Banjo was more popular and recognizable than characters like Ryu, Cloud and Minecraft Steve. Even games like Undertale where popular was hitting moon with during the time of Ballot?

I don't really know what to tell you man. You think KH isn't that popular among the Smash community so it wouldn't have gotten as many votes as other franchises, yet you are arguing with a thread of diehard Smash fans, many of whom were there at the time, and think that it is, in fact, that popular.

This isn't about me being upset over you 'slandering' KH or anything. I haven't even played KH. This is just the however manieth post on the thread that's "I don't think Sora is popular enough to win the vote and Sakurai lied to us" and like, okay? If that's what you think, think it. But it's a bit hard to respond to a post like that in good faith beyond, "yeah I do believe he won I was there and he was popular."

Yes, Minecraft and Undertale were popular, it's probably why they're both in Ultimate. Yes, other characters were popular, it's probably why they're in Ultimate. Unless you can prove a negative, I don't see a reason to doubt Sora beating them at the time. I really am not trying to be rude, this is just how I see it.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

Also you can't just say that KH's recognizability as a series was down when the Ballot happened because of the limbo waiting for KH3 because games were still coming out, like Dream Drop Distance came out in 2012 on the 3DS and 2013 and 2014 were when the 1.5 and 2.5 Remixes came out for the first two games, and I know for a fact that the Remixes are beloved remakes.

 

[GothicSlenderman]

I'm drunk but Smash will; never be peak until Slender Man is added as a fighter. Yes I am completely serious. Alcohol was not my reason my saying but it was the encouragement

 

[Louie G.]

What I find compelling about this conversation are the names I'm seeing backing up Sora and Banjo's longstanding Smash 4-era popularity, many of which I know I was talking to here back in 2013-2014 such as FirstPoppyBro and KingofPhantoms. I'm not sure when Nabbitfan entered the community, perhaps they lurked quite often back then, but I can confidently say that most of the people mapping this out were here during Ballot ground zero. Hard to argue against those who were an active part of the side of the community that effectively put these two in the game.

I know the world does not revolve around Smashboards, but it's no coincidence really that many of the presumed ballot winners - Sora, Banjo, Ridley, K. Rool - were explicitly the most popular characters in the very passionate hardcore communities like this one. These are the communities that were able to mobilize and rally together to vote. Without that kind of engagement I have to doubt this many people would have independently thought to vote for King K. Rool, etc.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

I'm drunk but Smash will; never be peak until Slender Man is added as a fighter. Yes I am completely serious. Alcohol was not my reason my saying but it was the encouragement

We need more drunk takes tbh

 

[Gengar84]

It looks like I’ve been here since 2009 but I’m not exactly sure when I started actually speculating about Smash here. I actually created my Smashboards account to share Brawl mods I was working on back in the day. I kind of regret naming myself Gengar84 here as my modder name was Aafyre and I’ve been using that as my gaming alias ever since. I think I named my account here before I decided to just make Aafyre my alias everywhere else.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

It looks like I’ve been here since 2009 but I’m not exactly sure when I started actually speculating about Smash here. I actually created my Smashboards account to share Brawl mods I was working on back in the day. I kind of regret naming myself Gengar84 here as my modder name was Aafyre and I’ve been using that as my gaming alias ever since. I think I named my account here before I decided to just make Aafyre my alias everywhere else.

Honestly, I'm glad that 15 year old me (who joined the boards to speculate about Smash 4 a few months after it was announced to be a thing that exists in E3 2011) was somehow able to create a username here that surprisingly holds up well lol

 

[Dukefire]

What I find compelling about this conversation are the names I'm seeing backing up Sora and Banjo's longstanding Smash 4-era popularity, many of which I know I was talking to here back in 2013-2014 such as FirstPoppyBro and KingofPhantoms. I'm not sure when Nabbitfan entered the community, perhaps they lurked quite often back then, but I can confidently say that most of the people mapping this out were here during Ballot ground zero. Hard to argue against those who were an active part of the side of the community that effectively put these two in the game.

I know the world does not revolve around Smashboards, but it's no coincidence really that many of the presumed ballot winners - Sora, Banjo, Ridley, K. Rool - were explicitly the most popular characters in the very passionate hardcore communities like this one. These are the communities that were able to mobilize and rally together to vote. Without that kind of engagement I have to doubt this many people would have independently thought to vote for King K. Rool, etc.

In a way, Mii Costumes was a sign that selected character(s) may arrive as a fighter in the next one. Look at Inkling, King K Rool, Isabelle, and Chrom. They became a fighter. Heihachi though not a fighter, but his son Kazuya did and he was a stage background character. As for Rathalos, Black Knight, Akira, Majora's Mask (and The Moon) and Knuckles, they became an Assist Trophy. All Smash 4 Mii Costumes.

 

[cashregister9]

It looks like I’ve been here since 2009 but I’m not exactly sure when I started actually speculating about Smash here. I actually created my Smashboards account to share Brawl mods I was working on back in the day. I kind of regret naming myself Gengar84 here as my modder name was Aafyre and I’ve been using that as my gaming alias ever since. I think I named my account here before I decided to just make Aafyre my alias everywhere else.

Honestly, I'm glad that 15 year old me (who joined the boards to speculate about Smash 4 a few months after it was announced to be a thing that exists in E3 2011) was somehow able to create a username here that surprisingly holds up well lol

I have had the same username on everything since I was 8 years old, I truly cannot remember how I chose it, but It has stuck, and every attempt I've had to replace it, just doesn't hit the same.

I have embraced the cringe.

 

[The Stoopid Unikorn]

Stoopid Unikorn wasn't always my username here but I'm glad an admin (whom I shall not name because iirc, they lost the position due to controversy) was based enough to give me Premium which is why I've rocked this username for almost 10 years at this point.

 

[TheFirstPoppyBro]

I have had the same username on everything since I was 8 years old, I truly cannot remember how I chose it, but It has stuck, and every attempt I've had to replace it, just doesn't hit the same.

I have embraced the cringe.

I think it helps that even though mine was basically just "Kirby is my favorite franchise and I'm an older brother", it also become slightly associated with the first Poppy Bro Jr. in Super Star that kinda just blows itself up on a wall, so it has a comedy element to it for me now too lmao

 

[Louie G.]

I like my username because all these years later people are still surprised when they figure out it's a pun.

 

[GoldenYuiitusin]

We need more drunk takes tbh

I can confirm with Swamp Sensei I tried to rationalize Pico over F-Zero 99 while drunk once. :V

 

[Gengar84]

Yeah, I don’t actually dislike my user name here, it’s just the one out of place name compared to everywhere else. It’s a bit boring though since I just took my favorite Pokemon and added the year I was born after it.