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Nice seeing you again! Switch just got the record for most sold console of all time in Japan, so they might still get some surprises for the old lady in a next direct
As always, great video man ! Love your new intro, your analysis and the details you give, and the general tone of joy in your voice. As a follower of long time, here and on twitter, thanks for you videos, bless you :)
I feel it's strange nobody is even speculating the MS rumors may have to do with Game Pass coming to Switch & PS5. Not saying it's happening, but they told us a long time ago that if they could finally strike up a deal with Sony & Nintendo, they'd put GP on those platforms as quickly as they can.
It's nice seeing your videos every once in a while, every other youtuber was dropping a nintendo direct soon, and switch 2 rumor videos everyday based on some random websites whereas you drop 1 video with some decent evidence.
Worth noting that late DLC for Smash 4 was worked on in tandem with Smash Ultimate, so characters like Ryu/Cloud may have been negotiated with Smash Ult in mind first, but got developed for Smash 4 first to build hype given the state of the Wii U of that point. In other words, yea, I feel like whatever is next for Smash has got to be getting worked on right now, trickling more spirits in makes no sense to me otherwise.
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I heard this, there's a new rule in games where you can't officially show the title of an m rated game in an e10+ game. It's why Doomslayer and Vault Boy aren't listed as from Doom and Fallout. It's also affected Fortnite so they have to jump through a bunch of hoops so I can play as Michael Myers with children present. But that would explain why the spirits' series are blank
I think they should do an Ultimate Deluxe, but they should definitely add some more characters before charging again for a fighter pass 3. Even if it's only a few
I too am in the just keep updating Ultimate camp, except we do not even need a Deluxe version, whether the copyright licenses for the third parties has expired or not. Even if Switch games are not backwards compatible with the Switch 2, Switch Online will still be supported for a while because of how popular Switch games are, so they could just keep updating Ultimate for years and years. This is especially the case if Switch games are not backwards compatible with the Switch 2.
I honestly love the idea of seeing an enhanced port of Smash Ultimate for the Next Switch, starting out you could have a majority of the missing past stages being added to Ultimate on top of several new fighters being added in the base game of this DX version and the icing on the cake a new fighter pass, the only one who would hold back this idea is Sakurai himself due to his stance on ports, although it's been years since I last checked based on an old interview with him being asked about ports. I could see the newly added fighters to this hypothetical Deluxe edition of Smash Ultimate being fighters we have been wanting for years, like having Waluigi and Toad being playable after years of being turned down would be awesome, along with Zelda rep like Tetra or Skull Kid and a Kirby rep cause we haven't seen a new rep since Brawl so I'm thinking Bandana Waddle Dee would be a good choice due to him being a mainstay since Return to Dreamland and as far as Fighter Pass content goes Ubisoft's Rayman would be nice, Activision's Crash Bandicoot and to top it off Geno and why I picked 3rd parties for this hypothetical fighter pass, it makes sense from a business standpoint, it costs money to get 3rd party reps in Smash so having them sold separately or part of a bundle would offset the cost. But yeah I'm looking forward to whenever that Nintendo Direct drops, which I could see it arriving either later this month or next month, the house of Mario has been awfully quiet, too quiet and it seems like a perfect time for an update on our favorite game series and then some.
My hopes: Pikmin 4 DLC pls Earthbound remake Paper Mario ttyd news revealing a ton of new content is being added in the remake including a Luigi side mode!! PLEASE!!! I know these are all very far fetched but that’s what I’d love to see!
Aw man I feel so nostalgic seeing one of your videos on my feed. Great to have you back on the fast track. Totally not related but the other day on MoistCritkal's chat someone said you look like Captain Boomerang 😅
Aside from hearing rumors of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HDs being ported onto Switch, I also hear that the Zelda Oracle games are being remade on Switch as well
I think the Direct will be next week on the 14 since they often do it on a Wednesday in Febuary. I hope we get more N64, Game Boy/Color/Advance games for Switch Online, DLC for Mario Bros Wonder, more info for Princess Peach Showtime, a release date for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, a new trailer for Paper Mario TTYD Remake with a new side Story and a release date, a new Mario Party and news on Metroid Prime 4
Important to note that the “fiscal year” ends in March, so ‘going into 2024’ and ‘this year’ could both end in March and Furukawa is still *technically* telling the truth even if they launch Switch 2 as early as summer
I know I said this back during the fighters pass, but if they did add more stuff for smash in a port like what they did with mario kart, Geno's chances would be super high. His game is relevant again, he has plenty new renders for a fighter spirit, Mario RPG has so much music and potential spirits to put into the game, Geno would fit right in with min min and Aegis as characters that Warrant the main characters of the game but memorable side characters and had high level spirits from franchises that people thought would be in the game, but didn't, only to be added later as DLC, and he would be a character that everyone thought was deconfirmed and never coming to smash only to join the game later, which is perfect for getting people excited. I think both him and Waluigi would be the perfect characters to reboot the new stuff for smash because it's the most wanted assist trophy and mii costume character respectively (that are also in the same series). As for more Microsoft characters, I'd be super down with that. Of all the DLC we got for the fighter passes, the 2 Microsoft characters were by far the best, as not only were they the most interesting, they were the only characters that weren't an anime rpg or fighting game character ( Nothing inherently wrong with either of those two , especially the latter, but variety is nice). I mean characters like Kazuya, Hero, and Min Min were pretty cool as well, but Steve and Banjo were definitely the highlights. We probably won't get much new smash stuff for a while though, but if we do, I'd be excited. But if they do, Nintendo, PLEASE let Sakurai choose the DLC this time!
15:04 "seems somebody forgot [to add the titles the Spirits are from]" I highly doubt it was forgotten... more than likely an ESRB thing since the ones missed are all rated T. Goes back to the "showing the title of a game affect the rating" thing, like how certain Mii costumes didn't show their game titles and just showed stuff like "Smash Bros x Altair" I know other T rates games are shown, but probably not worth the ESRB review now just for a spirit update.
I'm genuinely more on team new smash game/reboot mainly so old characters can finally get moveset updates. And I'm more keen on getting lesser talked about nintendo series/spin offs of big series rather than 3rd parties. Spyro is the only 3rd party I still want, but otherwise I'm burned out on the unhealthy 3rd party hype cycle many people have been obsessed with.
On the topic of Smash Bros. : Personally, I'd love to see either a Deluxe version of Ultimate with more characters or a sequel in the future. However, I do feel like adding more DLC fighters to Ultimate would diminish the effect of having Sora as the final fighter, considering how he was the winner of the Smash Ballot and took a long time to negotiate for. But that's just my opinion
When we needed him most, he returned.
When daddy comments on papa’s video.
Thanks man!
I love hearing the remake/updated version of the Forest Maze in the intro. It’s surreal. Geno and Papagenos are back baby!
Ah the new intro music, loving the remake so far, still playing through it.
I was not psychologically prepared for the new intro music
This is your first video of 2024 right PapaGenos? Way to ring in the new year with the new arrangement of Forest Maze as your video intro!
Indeed it is!
I'll admit, I've been listening to the remake's soundtrack so much that I hadn't even noticed there was anything different about the intro music.
And when we needed him most, he returned
That intro is so clean. Epic.
I LOVE YOU PAPA GENOS I HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL MAN!!!!
I think the spirits with the missing series name have to do with those spirits coming from a higher ESRB rating series than Smash Ultimate is.
HELL YEAH NEW INTRO THEME
I missed these speculation videos, thanks for the great content Papa ☺️
Liking the updated intro music!
thanks!
Nice seeing you again! Switch just got the record for most sold console of all time in Japan, so they might still get some surprises for the old lady in a next direct
10:50 yes 👍
Man i just want a kid Icarus 💀
Insert agent stone from sonic yelling “HE’S BAAAAAACK” here
Welcome back Papa! I always look forward to a new upload from you. Hope you had a great new year!
Welcome back man! Missed your content, glad to see you back!
The man the myth the legend Papagenos!
Thanks for uploading Geno!
Glad to see a video again and got hyped by the intro :)
First vid of 2024 !!! YAY
The last three February Nintendo Directs have taken place on Wednesdays. Valentines Direct could be really funny.
Welcome back, by the way
As always, great video man ! Love your new intro, your analysis and the details you give, and the general tone of joy in your voice. As a follower of long time, here and on twitter, thanks for you videos, bless you :)
Geno would have a very reasonable shot at getting in Fighters Pass 3
Hey, great to see you back! New intro music rocks.
Welcome back man glad to see another video from you in my recommended
Good to see you back!
Glad to see you back man! Its definitely been a minute! 😁🎉
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The new intro music gave me chills. :D
the fact theres an official remaster of it now is still incredible to me
where can i find the image of software sales? :)
I feel it's strange nobody is even speculating the MS rumors may have to do with Game Pass coming to Switch & PS5.
Not saying it's happening, but they told us a long time ago that if they could finally strike up a deal with Sony & Nintendo, they'd put GP on those platforms as quickly as they can.
Good to see you again papa, I was just thinking of you yesterday and hoping you where doing well!
Always a pleasure to see speculation videos from you, sir.
So good to see you back with a new video! Time for some Switch 2 and more Smash hype!
Papa returns!
It’s always a good day when papagenos drops a video
Have you gotten the chance to play through the post-game content yet, or were you still going to do a stream for that, like the main story?
Missed the vids dude!! Please don't stop making them (as long as you enjoy it tho)
Nintendo and Pokémon HYPE!!!
Great that you're back
Good to see you again, Papa 😄
It's nice seeing your videos every once in a while, every other youtuber was dropping a nintendo direct soon, and switch 2 rumor videos everyday based on some random websites whereas you drop 1 video with some decent evidence.
Great to have you back! Hope you're keeping well. I trust Nate, next week for sure
Papagenos is one of those UA-camrs I go to whenever new Direct rumors come up, and he never ceases to surprise me with a nice video to relax to
Thanks Papa
Also Crash Bandicoot's chances went up a ton too.
Can't wait for more fire emblem fighters
Worth noting that late DLC for Smash 4 was worked on in tandem with Smash Ultimate, so characters like Ryu/Cloud may have been negotiated with Smash Ult in mind first, but got developed for Smash 4 first to build hype given the state of the Wii U of that point.
In other words, yea, I feel like whatever is next for Smash has got to be getting worked on right now, trickling more spirits in makes no sense to me otherwise.
I could be wrong but I'm pretty sure I heard this, there's a new rule in games where you can't officially show the title of an m rated game in an e10+ game. It's why Doomslayer and Vault Boy aren't listed as from Doom and Fallout. It's also affected Fortnite so they have to jump through a bunch of hoops so I can play as Michael Myers with children present. But that would explain why the spirits' series are blank
Omg papá You are alive, i love You
honestly at this point I don't see anything related to silksong happening until after the switch successor
I think they should do an Ultimate Deluxe, but they should definitely add some more characters before charging again for a fighter pass 3. Even if it's only a few
It’s Captain Boomerang!
I too am in the just keep updating Ultimate camp, except we do not even need a Deluxe version, whether the copyright licenses for the third parties has expired or not.
Even if Switch games are not backwards compatible with the Switch 2, Switch Online will still be supported for a while because of how popular Switch games are, so they could just keep updating Ultimate for years and years.
This is especially the case if Switch games are not backwards compatible with the Switch 2.
Life happens, it's just good to see you back.
I honestly love the idea of seeing an enhanced port of Smash Ultimate for the Next Switch, starting out you could have a majority of the missing past stages being added to Ultimate on top of several new fighters being added in the base game of this DX version and the icing on the cake a new fighter pass, the only one who would hold back this idea is Sakurai himself due to his stance on ports, although it's been years since I last checked based on an old interview with him being asked about ports.
I could see the newly added fighters to this hypothetical Deluxe edition of Smash Ultimate being fighters we have been wanting for years, like having Waluigi and Toad being playable after years of being turned down would be awesome, along with Zelda rep like Tetra or Skull Kid and a Kirby rep cause we haven't seen a new rep since Brawl so I'm thinking Bandana Waddle Dee would be a good choice due to him being a mainstay since Return to Dreamland and as far as Fighter Pass content goes Ubisoft's Rayman would be nice, Activision's Crash Bandicoot and to top it off Geno and why I picked 3rd parties for this hypothetical fighter pass, it makes sense from a business standpoint, it costs money to get 3rd party reps in Smash so having them sold separately or part of a bundle would offset the cost.
But yeah I'm looking forward to whenever that Nintendo Direct drops, which I could see it arriving either later this month or next month, the house of Mario has been awfully quiet, too quiet and it seems like a perfect time for an update on our favorite game series and then some.
He has returned, glad to see you back man
Heading OUT of 2024, in 2 months, will be the Nintendo Wii U and 3DS online functionality I'm very sad to say.
New Year, New updated Forest Maze intro. Same old Papa Geno.
Here’s hopin’, pal!
Missed u, glad u back
the NEW INTROOOOOOO
I hope they call the new console the "Super Nintendo Switch"
I knew it- I KNEW you were gonna change the theme based on the remake-
My hopes:
Pikmin 4 DLC pls
Earthbound remake
Paper Mario ttyd news revealing a ton of new content is being added in the remake including a Luigi side mode!! PLEASE!!!
I know these are all very far fetched but that’s what I’d love to see!
He’s back!
OH SHIT THATS ME AT 3:57
cool!
Oh how it’s been a long time!
Welcome back!
Nintendo direct February 21 4:00
Cozy PG speculation vids hit different.
Return of the King
Aw man I feel so nostalgic seeing one of your videos on my feed. Great to have you back on the fast track.
Totally not related but the other day on MoistCritkal's chat someone said you look like Captain Boomerang 😅
Another great video
The legend is finally back
Aside from hearing rumors of Zelda: The Wind Waker and Twilight Princess HDs being ported onto Switch, I also hear that the Zelda Oracle games are being remade on Switch as well
So it's Pokémon Christmas?
I think the Direct will be next week on the 14 since they often do it on a Wednesday in Febuary. I hope we get more N64, Game Boy/Color/Advance games for Switch Online, DLC for Mario Bros Wonder, more info for Princess Peach Showtime, a release date for Luigi’s Mansion 2 HD, a new trailer for Paper Mario TTYD Remake with a new side Story and a release date, a new Mario Party and news on Metroid Prime 4
Important to note that the “fiscal year” ends in March, so ‘going into 2024’ and ‘this year’ could both end in March and Furukawa is still *technically* telling the truth even if they launch Switch 2 as early as summer
They didn't forget adding the series titles, for some reason they are no longer allowed to reference games that have a rating higher than E10+
I know I said this back during the fighters pass, but if they did add more stuff for smash in a port like what they did with mario kart, Geno's chances would be super high. His game is relevant again, he has plenty new renders for a fighter spirit, Mario RPG has so much music and potential spirits to put into the game, Geno would fit right in with min min and Aegis as characters that Warrant the main characters of the game but memorable side characters and had high level spirits from franchises that people thought would be in the game, but didn't, only to be added later as DLC, and he would be a character that everyone thought was deconfirmed and never coming to smash only to join the game later, which is perfect for getting people excited. I think both him and Waluigi would be the perfect characters to reboot the new stuff for smash because it's the most wanted assist trophy and mii costume character respectively (that are also in the same series).
As for more Microsoft characters, I'd be super down with that. Of all the DLC we got for the fighter passes, the 2 Microsoft characters were by far the best, as not only were they the most interesting, they were the only characters that weren't an anime rpg or fighting game character ( Nothing inherently wrong with either of those two , especially the latter, but variety is nice). I mean characters like Kazuya, Hero, and Min Min were pretty cool as well, but Steve and Banjo were definitely the highlights. We probably won't get much new smash stuff for a while though, but if we do, I'd be excited. But if they do, Nintendo, PLEASE let Sakurai choose the DLC this time!
Happy 2024! Love the new intro!
15:04 "seems somebody forgot [to add the titles the Spirits are from]"
I highly doubt it was forgotten... more than likely an ESRB thing since the ones missed are all rated T. Goes back to the "showing the title of a game affect the rating" thing, like how certain Mii costumes didn't show their game titles and just showed stuff like "Smash Bros x Altair"
I know other T rates games are shown, but probably not worth the ESRB review now just for a spirit update.
Whoa, new intro caught me off guard lol
The 15 was about the date, yes
Silksong however I dunno unfortunately
15:30 Ehh I wouldn't read too much into it. Likely they had the rights to use them in the past. I mean, Hades was released several years ago.
I wish they would add alt costumes for smash ultimate, the mods people come up with are pretty cool.
The papa has returned 🎉
Its probably more likely for it to be on the 16th but the 15th would be a nice bday gift
Why the 16th? I could be wrong, but I don’t think they’ve ever had a direct on a Friday.
And when I was a tester we tested the whole life cycle not just in alpha....
Next week and not the switch 2 the bait and switch😮
I'm genuinely more on team new smash game/reboot mainly so old characters can finally get moveset updates.
And I'm more keen on getting lesser talked about nintendo series/spin offs of big series rather than 3rd parties. Spyro is the only 3rd party I still want, but otherwise I'm burned out on the unhealthy 3rd party hype cycle many people have been obsessed with.
The characters from the grinch leak?.
Let’s go!!!! 😮😮😮😮
So we can say Geno for smash again
Ima root for ya’ll 😤✊🔥
The Star road warrior will get his smashing spotlight surely.
WELCOME BACK, MY KING!!!!
When will you do your future of Geno and Mallow Mario RPG video?
On the topic of Smash Bros. :
Personally, I'd love to see either a Deluxe version of Ultimate with more characters or a sequel in the future.
However, I do feel like adding more DLC fighters to Ultimate would diminish the effect of having Sora as the final fighter, considering how he was the winner of the Smash Ballot and took a long time to negotiate for. But that's just my opinion
If we get Smash Deluxe I hope to see all stages. I thought it was weird that all stages weren't in Ultimate
I want to hear your thoughts on your role in the suicide squad game, now that it released.