What it's actually gonna be: SEGA got a rep Capcom will get another rep Konami threw in the towel and is done getting reps as evidenced by Bomerman (by far they're next best option) being an AT Square Enix is a nightmare to work with and won't be getting another rep Bandai Namco could go either way, might get another rep, might not. Yacht Club Games won't get anything else since their flagship character is an AT Wayforward won't get anything else since their flagship character is a spirit Ubisoft probably won't get anything else since their flagship character is a spirit, but they do have a few other characters big enough to include. Koei Tecmo is legally involved because of the Fatal Frame AT but has nothing else in the game yet
Which means the DLC will look like this >SEGA (Joker) >Capcom character (Either Phoenix, Dante, Leon Kennedy, Frank West, Amaterasu, or Viewtiful Joe) >Possibly a Bandai Namco rep (Would either be Heihachi or Dark Souls most likely, possibly another arcade classic like Dig Dug) Leaving 2-3 spots for companies without fighters yet in Smash depending on what happens with Bandai Namco
Candidates for companies that could join the battle: >Ubisoft (Ezio, feels like the only viable option since spirits deconfirm Rayman and the Mario Rabbids/Normal Rabbids) >Koei Tecmo (Ryu Hayabusa, although I believe Koei may have deconfirmed him? I remember them saying they weren't part of the DLC but would add a Dead or Alive character over him but that may have been rosterfag misinfo. And I doubt tits and ass: the series is getting a rep. A Dynasty Warriors rep would also be a possibility) >Bethesda (Doom Slayer/Guy, Vault Boy, Dovakhiin) >Microsoft/Rare (Banjo and Kazooie, Joanna Dark if the rumors of a reboot are true, Rash) (Chief and Steve have both been deconfirmed by staff at their companies) Those are the only companies that seem viable off the top of my head
If any Nintendo owned characters are getting in, it's Astral Chain as a shill pick
My personal prediction out of this is as follows >Joker >Leon Kennedy >Banjo and Kazooie >Doom Slayer >Tossup between Bandai Namco getting a second rep (my bet would be on a Souls rep) or Koei Tecmo getting a character (Dynasty Warriors rep unless Koei Tecmo's deconfirmation of Ryu Hayabusa was rosterfag bullshittery)
No way fag. Ken already got in, Megaman has a shit ton of representation and the Rathalos is representing Monster Hunter.
I can't see Ubisoft adding Ezio before Rayman but i can see them shilling the Rabbids in.
And yeah, Koei Tecmo is already out and if they had to choose someone they confirmed they would go for the Titty monster from Dead or Alive and have no other reps from that company.
I can see Activision getting a rep this time with Crash and Microsoft has a huge chance with Steve and or Banjo, even if that liberal PushDustin wants to disagree.
Activision with Crash was something I hadn't considered yet, that definitely seems like it's a possibility
Nathaniel Cruz
Regarding Bethesda, Namco and Square.
Some may disagree but i can see Dovahkiin getting in before Doomguy as a Bethesda rep because of Todd's bias plus it would be neat to see a Swordfighter that doesn't look like Marth.
Namco will probably add a Tekken rep for sure, not sure if Heihachi since he's in Pac-Man's taunt.
And Square Enix is a hard one. Maybe Erdrick, maybe Crono, maybe even 2B or the puppet but definitely not Sora.
>And yeah, Koei Tecmo is already out and if they had to choose someone they confirmed they would go for the Titty monster from Dead or Alive I can't fathom their thought process on this. Sure Nintendo broke the mature content barrier in Smash but jiggle physics titty monsters just seem like something they aren't gonna go for. And Ryu Hayabusa or a Dynasty Warriors rep (don't know much about the series, don't know who they'd pick) are perfectly viable choices.
Jaxon Hernandez
>And Square Enix is a hard one I firmly believe Nintendo won't want to work with them again. Cloud has been a logistical nightmare for them. They have him on an insanely tight leash.
Isaiah Perry
Honestly, if each company is only allowed one character in for the fighter pass, this would be both a possible and also 10/10 fighter pass:
>Joker (Atlus) >Crash (Activision) >Doomguy (Bethesda) >Banjo & Kazooie (Microsoft, and the obligatory "every autist on youtube having a spergout seeing them" entry) >Sonson (Capcom, as the surprise pick by Sakurai finally telling Goku memelords "Here you go, never ask me for anything ever again")
Camden Bennett
Gonna alter my prediction now that I know for sure that Koei said it's the Dead or Alive tiddies or nothing. It's a tossup between Bandai going with Souls or Activision with Crash in my opinion
IDK if it counts as a Koei rep but the new Fire Emblem game is being co-developed by Koei and Intelligent Systems so if Byleth is in as DLC that's kind of a Koei rep.
Lucas Robinson
read the sentence again but slowly banjo cuck
Blake Myers
>rarely
Kevin Ross
>SEGA (Joker) >Capcom (RE Rep) >SNK (Terry or Kyo or Nakoruru) >Namco (Tales rep) >another jp company shill pick