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Either that or they're just doing an Ultimate port and not a fully new game. I think that a fully new Smash game with Sakurai as the director might end up having to wait until 2028 or even 2029 unless it's gonna be a much smaller game than Ultimate.
Yeah, unless we get a new director, I think we just might not get a new Smash at all this generation. Like I was saying before, it’s probably going to be around 2030 if we do. They didn’t even show any gameplay of Air Ride so it’s probably nowhere near finished. I might as well bring up something I’ve said here before but I’m starting to believe it more now. I think Ultimate might actually live up to its name and be the last Smash game, at least for quite a long time. I think the best chance we have of seeing Smash on Switch 2 now is a Switch 2 version of Ultimate.
With how much money Smash makes, there is no ****ing way it's skipping a generation. That would be insane.
I disagree. Smash prints so much money and brings legitimacy to each console it hits. When Smash 4 was coming out, just for a second, the Wii U was almost cool. They’re not gonna give that up.
You’d think but Nintendo doesn’t always do the most logical thing. It’s possible Ultimate was always meant to be the final game. It’s kind of the perfect send off if that’s what they were going for. I don’t think they’re obligated to keep making a series just because it sells well, especially if they’re satisfied with how it ended.
Smash is not Earthbound.
I feel like they would only do that if Sakurai himself says that his work's done and he won't agree on a new one being made again, be it by himself or with another director at his stead.
Maybe he did say that behind the scenes and we’re just not privy to it. Maybe I’m just letting the recent news get to me and it’s making me more pessimistic but I’ve always thought it was at least a possibility.
Yes. I thought it was Smash and they were revealing Geno as the first character. The focus on the star was really making me think it was a Smash reveal.
Not exactly, I just think that's Sakurai's style and it's probably done by the same studio that did the Smash cinematics / trailers. I'm assuming that he boarded / conceptualized this trailer the way he did for most of the Smash trailers as well. I don't think it was meant to tease anyone deliberately.
I thought it was a reference to the World of Light trailer where Kirby was the only survivor, leading to a reveal of an Ultimate port with an enhanced story mode.
Most reactions I've seen have the same sentiment, but I think it's just the style of whoever Sakurai gets to do cinematic trailers.
I definitely think you're looking too much at a half empty glass here because I don't think Sakurai working on something that isn't Smash means he's never gonna make Smash again.
I agree, i honestly think it's likely going to be another KIU > Smash 4 situation
Yeah, I’m not saying that we definitely won’t get a new Smash this generation, just that I think it’s a possibility. I do think if we get one, it will be several years away.
I had the same thought at first, as did several other people in the social thread lmao.
It does feel weird it's been that long ago but at the same time Ultimate feels old as hell to me, the Inkling eye teaser feels like a fever dream to me for example lol, it's a weird feeling. I think for me it does feel weird because it was the first Smash game that came out when i was an adult, i was 20 when Ultimate came out and i was actively engaging with the Smash community back then as much i'm today.
I'd say it would be Sakurai unless they want to keep his voice consistent within the Kirby series, in which case it'll be Kumazaki.
I think another reason is the gap between releases is getting bigger like how it will be the biggest between Smash games by the time of Smash 6 (2026-2029). Its already bigger then Brawl to Smash 4 (6) and about the same as Melee to Brawl (7). DLC is why it is hard to notice but it will be a 4 year gap between Sora and 2025 in October.
Probably Sakurai again like in Kirby 64 and Smash.
Ted Lewis.
The inkling teaser to me feels like something I can remember remembering if that makes sense? Like I know how I felt and reacted because I can remember thinking about it, but I have next to no memory of actually watching the trailer. I do remember immediately clocking it was smash though. (I have a weirdly good talent for recognising games in trailers, even if I haven't played them).
I'll take it!
Yes! The way the stardust slashed vertically and horizontally across a black screen felt like Sakurai intentionally trolling.
That is a good point. I hope it isn't telling that most of the direct was "and here's what all these other companies are putting on the Switch!"
I still feel like Nintendo is saving a lot of first party stuff for the usual Summer Direct, which would happen about a week or so after the console drops, since it drops at the beginning of June. At latest, maybe the Fall Direct.
Agreed, I'm expecting something like that between launch and Bananza's release where they'll dive further into that game, since it actually launches kinda soon, but we haven't seen all that much. And although DK, Kirby, Metroid, Hyrule Warriors, and Pokemon is a very strong H2, I still think since it's year 1, they'll have more to show.
My prediction is that the Switch 1 version will be delisted or stop updates sometime after the version releases on Switch 2.
Honestly I was kinda shocked not to see stuff like Doom: The Dark Ages, especially after the Direct was marked RP-M lol
That was Smash 4 to me.
I didn't watch the direct live so i learned about the Ultimate teaser a hour or so after the direct ended, i went to a subreddit to see if they anounced something interesting and i saw the red flaming smash symbol in a post....that's a core memory at this point for me, lol. "NO WAY, SMASH 5?" I remember screaming, thankfully my parents weren't home, lol.
I actually don't, I think it's just the fact that the trailer was probably directed by Sakurai, who likes to build suspense in how he paces trailers, and was also probably created by the same team as the Smash trailers gives it the same feel.
I assume it's just for the GameShare feature, but Big Brain Academy Brain vs Brain being on this list always gets me lol
It's only eleven games rn; I wouldn't read into it too much.
I thought it would be because of Splatoon 4 and Smash 6 since there isn't a MK8D there either.
