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GeneralKenobi85 posted...

But I do think people are very frustrated with how Nintendo has basically abandoned many of their classic IPs. I guess it's sort of rearing its head in Smash now as well.

I mean, as far as Nintendo's own offerings, they're pretty much all set without going into the deep cuts of their more niche titles, which for DLC Fighters would not be very wise (such characters would be better fit as base game additions).

So, iat least with the DLC, it makes sense that we are seeing Fighters from newer Nintendo games, along with third party Fighters.

Wetterdew posted...

Why are they wasting time expanding franchises that already have representation in the game when they could be spending their resources adding entirely new franchises? The past 2 fighters have been way less interesting than it would have been to add 2 new franchises to the game instead.

Xenoblade 2 in particular was barely repped in the game (just three music tracks and some Spirits, and Rex's Mii Outfit as DLC), and it was a very popular Switch title. There's no problem at all with them wanting to expand the series' scope in Smash using a title that they were unable to include until now.

Plus, since Nintendo owns Xenoblade 100%, it's far easier to deal with rights and negotiations, which may be a boon in this COVID society.

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