Glen-i

I actually considered Travis for one of my picks, but decided against it in the end. But if he did get in (And I'd be happy to see it happen), they would probably have to censor some of the more... questionable gestures he's known for. Kinda like how they toned down Bayo's hair loss a little.

Why have I never used the "Add Text" feature on the Switch capture before!? Yo, dawgs! Here's da table! Not much to say this week, apart from the 0.1 point difference between @viceview51 and @Dcubed Exciting! Even their total points are remarkably close. Anyway... Next League Night: 15th March 8pm Room 1: @BowserBasher is host @Glen-i @BowserBasher @viceview51 IMPORTANT THING! PLEASE READ! Next week's theme is an old N-E League classic inspired by Kirby, whose latest game is coming out next week. Starting out nice and mellow and easy to cope with until we get to the endgame, where it suddenly ratchets up in difficulty. So, we're gonna embrace the Pinkage. The Mii you use must be wearing either a Pink Normal Outfit or the Kirby amiibo outfit. If you don't have a Kirby amiibo, change your Mii's colour to Pink and use the normal outfit. Also, make sure your Mii has the username you normally use. Makes my life easier. Sign up Now!

You know, at this point, I want him to get in mostly because I think you deserve it. You're not the first person to suggest Sami take up the reins for Snake's movesets, and at first, I thought it wasn't that much of a good idea, but since then I've kinda warmed to the thought. As long as she's not a complete copy of Snake, I could dig it. Keep Snake's normal and Smash attacks, but have her specials be inspired by the Advance Wars Series, maybe she could have a move that let's her create a temporary base that spawns various units. The longer you hold B, the better the units that spawn, from Infantry to Mid Tanks. And the Neo Tank could make a good Final Smash. Ricky Winterborn might be one of the strangest suggestions I've seen in a while. And I do love me some wacky, silly movesets in Smash. I'd wanna see just how someone could implement Snowboarding and Power Skis into a Smash moveset. It would be a right laugh Oh, and Kuruin Grasslands is totally viable for a Smash stage. After all... Helirin was an Assist Trophy in Brawl.

What!? I dunno how I gave that impression! I just found a more in-depth (Japanese) trailer that got uploaded yesterday. Which might give a better impression on what's in this game. The first two games are action games with a heavy emphasis on Tower Defense. And that seems to be the main focus in this game as well. At least, when you play as Dillon himself. I had the same impression that it looked like a racing game at times, but it seems that's a minigame that helps you practice the new mechanic which looks to be about fighting at high speeds. (Which looks hella fun, by the way) It seems the other main section of the game focuses on your Mii and involves a lot of other smaller games, Poker, running a shop, stuff like that. I imagine this would help you raise cash and make preparations to make Dillon's life easier. Other Mii's can be recruited to man Gun Towers and protect certain parts of a stage. (That's the Tower Defense element) The two eShop games are fun (but difficult) games if you're interested. I'm not gonna claim they're for everyone, due to their difficulty, but this retail game seems to be a lot more feature rich and varied, which is great. The above gameplay trailer makes me want it even more.

If anyone actually thinks all of the silhouettes aren't just veterans, they're dreaming.

You mean, like the last two entries? There's clearly some kind of fanbase for this game, a small one, but one. Also, this series has some of the best character designs I've seen from Nintendo in a long time. You do it a disservice with insults like that. I mean, it had the original Squid Sniper. Splatoon came out 2 years after this, the blatant thieves.

I think you detracted from the Direct. It was my highlight of the whole thing after Smash.

So I totally didn't see this on ResetEra, think it sounded like fun and shamelessly nick it for N-Europe use. With the Switch version of Smash Bros officially announced in the latest Direct, there's no doubt going to be a steady stream of trailers revealing new characters for the game. Good old Smash hype, you know? So I want to get this going before we know too much about it. I'd like you peeps to predict which characters you think will be playable in the next Smash Bros. When more info starts coming out, we can then compare each others answers and see who is the most grounded in reality and who is right up there in crazy fantasy land. Here's what you should do. Post your list of Smash Bros. Newcomers. Preferably in a numbered list. For each character you successfully predict, you get one point. For every one you get wrong, you lose a point. The difference between the amount of newcomers you predict and the number there actually are will also be deducted from your score. (So if there's 15 newcomers, but you predicted 18, you lose 3 points) Whoever gets the most points wins! Whoever gets a positive score gets major bragging rights. For possible tie breakers, please also list 3 new stages you predict as well. Rules There is no fixed amount to how many characters you can predict, just remember about the penalty you get for being off when it comes to the number of characters. Don't bother listing characters that are playable in the 3DS and WiiU versions of Smash, let's just assume they're in for now. Otherwise, we'll have lists of over 50 characters all over the place. Also, we already know that Inkling and Breath of the Wild Link is in, so don't bother with them. Characters from previous games that were cut in the 3DS/WiiU versions are fair game. So you can put in Ice Climbers, Squirtle and Snake if you wanted. Characters from future games are fine. So saying a Generation 8 Pokemon is perfectly OK. If you think a character will be able to transform or effectively change character mid-battle, you can list them as Character/Character (For example, Zelda/Sheik). If you think a character will function much like Pokemon Trainer in Brawl, then say which characters you think they'd utilise. (For example, Pokemon Trainer [Charizard/Squirtle/Ivysaur]). Just like other characters, you'll get a point for each one you get right. So if only Zelda was in but not Sheik, you'd get 1 point and lose one point, cancelling each other out. No editing your post once the next character reveal happens, you gotta commit! It'd be great if you explained why you think a character has a chance/would be a good candidate for Smash. It'd be nice to get a bit of conversation/arguments going on here as well. Doesn't have to be big, just a sentence or two. If DLC gets announced for this game, then I'll go back and see who wins after we know who gets in through that. Think that about covers it, so I'll get the ball rolling. Brackets indicate the series they're from. My Smash Newcomers Ice Climbers (Ice Climber) - These guys were cut from the latest Smash because of issues with the 3DS version. That's not a problem this time. Wolf (Star Fox) - We've technically had 2 new Star Fox games since the last Smash Bros. So why not bring back Fox's rival? The fact he was in Brawl would help streamline the process of getting him in. Paper Mario (Paper Mario) - Honestly, I'm amazed he's still not in. Paper Mario is still kicking with games coming out on both the 3DS and WiiU. There's potential there, plus he got a stage in the 3DS Smash. Dixie Kong (Donkey Kong Country) - I think we're due for a new Donkey Kong Rep, and while I'd love K.Rool to get in, I think Dixie is much more likely. Yarn Poochy (Yoshi Series) - Bit of a weird one this, but Yoshi's Woolly World did pretty well and everyone fell in love with Poochy. Would have a moveset based around the wool mechanics in both Yoshi and Kirby's Epic Yarn. Also would be the cutest character in Smash history. Decidueye (Pokemon) - There are many Pokemon from Sun and Moon I think are way better choices, but this seems the most likely. It's popular, and is a grass type, which compliments Charizard and Greninja. Sorry, Alolan Marowak, I still want you in. Fire Emblem Switch Protaganist (Fire Emblem) - Moan all you like, but Japan loves their Fire Emblem, and so does Sakurai. Rex (Xenoblade) - Xenoblade 2 seems to have been quite successful. Rex could utilise some interesting mechanics with Pyra, much like Shulk did with his Monado. Also, more British voices in Smash is a good thing. Chorus Kids (Rhythm Heaven) - One of those characters that almost made the Smash WiiU roster. Good candidate for the weird "WTF?" character. Dillon (Dillon's Rolling Western) - Sure, I was a massive dreamer when I was wishing for him in Smash WiiU, but he's got a retail game coming very soon, plenty of inspiration for a moveset and a suspiciously detailed Assist Trophy model in the last Smash. I think it's time. I just gotta believe! Spring Man (ARMS) - I could see it happening, pretty liked new IP from Nintendo. Why not? Ribbon Girl would be a likely alternate costume. Bomberman (Bomberman) - Smash needs a new 80's throwback and I can see him being a good candidate for new 3rd party rep. Rayman (Rayman) - After the Mario and Rabbids crossover and taking into account that Rayman ended up getting dropped in Smash WiiU, I'd say it's a possibility. Shovel Knight (Shovel Knight) - If there was a character to represent the indie games, it'd be the master of Shovelry. Easy choice there. I think 14 (Plus Inkling) is a nice number to add to this Smash, and any other characters I can think of are too unlikely to risk on this. Tie Breaker Stage Predictions Moray Towers (Splatoon) Miitopia stage New Donk City (Super Mario Odyssey) Well? Go on. Have at it!

Just gonna remind @S.C.G and @martinist that I need to know if you want to askew your attendance to discount the score for the GP's you got disconnected on.

Nothing about there being a Tingle game even remotely surprised me. In fact, I would have been very disappointed if there wasn't one.

To be fair, that's the only exception. I remember it was one of the first things I learned when I joined N-Europe. He said he wasn't interested in Earthbound and I had to ask what about it didn't appeal. And that's when he said he doesn't generally enjoy Turn Based RPG's. Top tier plot twist that.

Wow, that's a random as hell suggestion and now I really want it because it's inspired!

Bloody hell! How late were you?

If anyone downloaded the contest winners (Specifically the Mario themed one), then you actually played one of mine.

Anyway, uncultured twods aside. I wonder what made them decide to change this from an eShop exclusive to a full retail game? It's bizarre, has that happened with a 3DS game before?

HE SAID WHAT!? You realise that puts you in the same category as @Serebii, right? Guys like you are killing Turn based RPG's!

Ouch, that's gotta smart...

Crash wishes he had the sheer cool factor Dillon has. Then again, you are the evil version of me. And that only proves it further. You doo doo head!

Eh? There was very little there really. Look up any of the character reveal trailers from Smash 4 and you'll see they have plenty of footage and special animations to accompany that footage. This is more of a teaser trailer. I expect a more in-depth one at E3.

Considering the ridiculous Smash 4 trailers, (of which this one seems to be in a similar vein) I wouldn't say it was hinting at that at all.

Cool! Do I own this thread now? I look forward to many meaningful discussions with myself on how underappreciated this series is. The Mii animals look strange but being able to use multiple Miis to help Dillon out gives off a hint of Miitopia, and I'm fine with that.

If that made you laugh, this is totally your kind of game. The series is completely wacky and makes absolutely no sense and it's beautiful.

Highlights from @Dcubed and me. Highlights focusing on me (Right Screen) Highlights focusing on Dcubed (Left Screen) Multi Screen Shenanigans! With added Screen Watching! EDIT: Before I get into the Excel file. I should let @S.C.G know that his GP3 point total is 16, lower than your average. If you want me to still include it and maintain your attendance, let me know. In the same manner, @martinist's GP2 total will make 9, also lower, if you want to still include it to maintain attendance, speak up.

I'm still buzzing, I'm not gonna sleep well tonight. I mean, I knew it was coming, I knew Inklings would be in, I even predicted BOTW Link getting represented somehow, and yet I'm still super hyped! Let the pre-Smash hype begin!