The Next Super Smash Bros. Should Learn From Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl and MultiVersus' Wacky Rosters
The future of Super Smash Bros. is in doubt, and it may stay that way for quite some time. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate created an awfully tough act to follow, and from the sounds of things, there aren't any concrete plans to follow it up just yet. Super Smash Bros. doesn't need another entry right away, of course; Smash Ultimate is still highly popular, even though it has stopped receiving updates, and it may have been able to immortalize itself in the way of Smash Melee. Still, that means Ultimate is buying time for brainstorming about the next Smash game, and perhaps the best part to reconsider is the roster.
While it seems likely that no Smash game will ever truly satisfy everyone with its list of playable characters, every Smash game remains an exercise in improving the options available to fans. The sixth generation of Smash may need to cut back on Smash Ultimate's huge roster, but to make up for that, it could look to other platform fighters for inspiration. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has recently proven the value in sating fan demand by casting a wide net when it comes to playable characters, and MultiVersus seems poised to do the same. The next Smash game ought to let down its hair a little by focus on adding some niche or goofy characters.
The Next Smash Bros. Should Do More With Echo Fighters
The developers and publishers of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl weren't exactly household names among gamers when the platform fighter was announced, but the game's roster has launched them to stardom. Naturally All-Star Brawl features a variety of Nickelodeon greats like SpongeBob, Aang, and Ren & Stimpy, but the game also opts for a few less obvious characters. Nigel Thornberry is something of a meme sensation, so he joined the
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