Talk:King for Another Day Tournament/@comment-39001118-20190715164213

It's very hard to speculate who the final newcomers will be, since they could literally be anyone, but there is something to speculate about. Reggie's new fighting partner.

For those of you who believe Reggie won't get a new partner and will just be alone, I believe you're wrong. In the Etika note, it was stated that what the SiIva Team would do with Reggie would be revealed later on. If he was just going to be a standalone fighter, why wouldn't they just say so in the note? This is why I believe Reggie will indeed get a new partner.

As for who it could be, the safest bet would be Doug Bowser. He's the current president of NOA, so it would make perfect sense to pair him up with Reggie. Or, it could also be Bowser himself to further push the joke. Shigeru Miyamoto is also a plausible option. Doug/Bowser and Miyamoto are probably the safest bets for Reggie's new partner. Now, if one of these three became Reggie's new partner, that would mean Mario rips would be added to the source list.

Now, I know what you're thinking. Geno and the Wario Partners already have Mario rips. However, Geno only has Mario RPG rips, and the Wario Partners only have rips of Mario Spin-Off games. There are no competitors who have rips related to actual main series Mario games. You could make the argument that Geno's source list will be expanded to include all Mario games, but this wouldn't make any sense since Geno is a character who has only ever appeared in Mario RPG games. It would make more sense if Geno had rips related to all Square games, since he is owned by Square.

You may also make the argument that the note said that Reggie's source list won't change. I think what the SiIva Team meant by that is that they won't remove the Fire Emblem and Xenoblade rips, which were the two franchises related to Etika. It's still very possible they could add Mario rips to the source list if Doug Bowser, Bowser, Shigeru Miyamoto, or someone else became Reggie's new partner.