Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-31549837-20200115185054/@comment-45595266-20200716191016

Okay time to rant

I should mention ahead of time. No leaks, rumors, whatever are being accounted for in my predictions, just what we know going in completely blind.

My prediction for Fighter 7 is a Capcom rep. Capcom has made many iconic franchises and a large amount of them do have a lot of Nintendo connection. Plus Nintendo and Capcom do get along very VERY well as shown with the amount of content they do have in Smash with their playable franchises AND non playable franchises. I listed off Dante as my example, mostly due to fan request and basically being Bayonetta before Bayonetta. I should mention Phoenix Wright is another very very likely character, especially since he has more Nintendo history than Dante, who's games only just came to Switch. I'm not counting that too much against Dante though, see Cloud and Joker.

Fighter 8 is going to be either Paper Mario or Rex, another first party from an already existsing franchise, and another spirit upgrade. My reasoning here is that both could be added for different reasons. Rex could be added for a similar reason to Min Min, missing the cut but getting another chance while for Paper Mario... need I explain. I gave the edge to Paper Mario due to the Mii Costume last pass, though who knows if that really is deconfirmation or not. I do think that aside from a certain something else, these two are the most likely first parties. Because I'm going to be real, I do not think my boy Bandana Dee has a shot unless another Kirby game is announced.

I predict Fighter 9 will be the Square Enix rep, either Geno or Sora. Both have been super high requests for awhile, and there is stuff that gives hope to both of them. Plus Square Enix has been playing nice as of late with Mana and Octopath spirits, so there's a chance they could toss us a bone with a fighter. There are other possibilities like Neku or 2b but I feel like these two beat them out. I put Sora on the roster simply because I think Paper Mario is making it and I doubt they'll double down on Mario RPG represenation. But I would be very happy to be wrong.. or right. Square Enix has good reps.

Fighter 10 is the only character I'm sure on, being the Doom Slayer. Bethesda has been getting along with Nintendo, porting past Doom games, the Vault Boy Mii, and there's even the Cacodemon leak still sitting around. Doom is a revolutionary game in the FPS genre and I could see a slot going to him.. pretty later on. I doubt he's the next fighter or the one after because I think Sakurai wants Doom Eternal to be out for a bit so they can take inspiration from it. I do understand that the Dragonborn from Skyrim is also speculated but... I feel like Doom beats it for requests and how important it is.

Fighter 11 will be a Gen 8 Pokemon. I'm sure they're gonna want to advertise Sword and Shield somewhere down the line. Sure there was the spirit event, but there are still so many more important Pokemon missing as spirits. I put Rillaboom as my character but I do honestly think Cinderace is more likely, I was just too lazy to make an icon for it. Cinderace is leagues more popular according to the Pokemon of the Year results, and I do think they're buying time to see how the popularity of the starters turn out. It also has anime prevelance if what we've gotten so far is anything to go off by, and see... every other Pokemon for further inspiration. However Rillaboom would have a very interesting moveset and I would honestly prefer it. Inteleon just seems out of the running though.

There are other major runners, like Lloyd Irving, Steve, even some indie characters. These are just the characters I think are most likely.

....and for the record it'll never happen but I hope Hat Kid gets a premium Mii costume with Your Contract Has Expired