DynoStretch
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So who's excited for Pyra/Mythra coming next month? I thought it was pretty neat seeing actual Xenoblade Chronicles 2 characters make it in as fighters, they also look really fun to play.
*waves hand * Ooh! Ooh! I am, I am!
It's bizarre how they specifically went with Pyra and Mythra using a switching gimmick like Zelda and Sheik used to do. This was EXACTLY what I wanted to see out of a Xenoblade 2 rep. I just never thought it could be possible, as I figured Rex had to be the playable, so I resigned myself to it and thought about how they could implement the blade girls into his battle style. I couldn't think of anything that wouldn't just be like Joker with Arsene or Ice Climbers with a passive Nana. This was really the best case scenario, and I'm really happy for it.
I suppose since this is my first time on this thread, I outta put in my thoughts on the last two fighters.
Who I personally want to see are Phoenix Wright from the Ace Attorney series, and Shantae from the... Shantae series. Yeah I know their chances are pretty abysmal compared to bigger names, but they're special to me and I'll still root for them. I'd be fine with Mii fighter costumes of them as well.
As for who I'd actually expect? Well considering Nintendo themselves are picking the roster, and judging from what we've already seen, they're pushing promos for their own recent games like ARMS and Xenoblade, as well as heavily popular 3rd parties. like FF7 and Minecraft.
With that in mind, my safest bets are for an 8th generation Pokemon, and possibly a Monster Hunter rep. MH is being heavily pushed by Nintendo recently, especially with MH Rise coming out next month, and Pokemon is Pokemon.
In regards to which fighters they'd be? For the Pokemon rep I don't know if Nintendo will make Sakurai pick a specific one or if he'll be allowed to choose whatever. If it's the former, Nintendo would probably push a 'main' Pokemon like Cinderace, Kubfu/Urshifu, or Zarude. If Sakurai is allowed to pick, I think he would go with something popular yet potentiality fun to play as, tops choices would be stuff like Dragapult, Toxtricity, or my personal favorite pick, Dracovish.
As for Monster Hunter, I imagine people wouldn't be looking too forward to another swordfighter, and I highly doubt they're going to give a MH rep five different weapon movesets like some people seem to think they'd do. Giving them a hammer as their primary weapon would certainly help set them apart from many other fighters, and even dual swords would at least be more different than Sephy and Pythra. But one idea I thought of that might make them interesting is to use the new Palamute wolf creature as a mount the MH rides on and fights that way, or maybe even the Palamute as a standalone fighter could work. I also thought of using a Palico cat itself as a fighter, regardless of the weapon they'd stand out from the rest of the pass as a light and tiny fighter.