Ive been thinking a lot about the next smash game. Ultimate really was that! So how do you top it? Well given how much ultimate is a celebration of previous smash games, then the next one should bring as much new content in as possible. By that I mean stages, assist trophies, pokeballs should all be new, (excecption of battlefield and FD of course)
In terms of characters it is difficult. People love the characters as they are but some of them have movesets that seem to ignore their own games, notably fox and Ganonndorf. I have 2 ideas about this.
1 they could apply the mii fighter approach to all the fighters allowing you a choice of 4 different specials per input. For example with Link you could choose between his spin attack, his hookshot, his deku leaf or faroes gael as his up B.
His neutral b, you could choose between the arrows, so standard arrow goes fast, fire arrow cause damage but goes slower. Freeze arrow is weaker but can freeze at high damage and bomb arrow is powerful but slow, similar speed to toon link arrow.
2 is a far simpler idea and I think more obvious, they apply Terrys Go moves to all the fighters. So for example above 100 MARIO can do a down,forward input and throw a hammer at you. For Link a down,forward input above 100 could have him use light arrows. For Ganon above 100 he can throw fireballs. Also really cool idea for the pokemon, above 100 they can evolve! They dont get new moves but their attacks become stronger like sephiroth. Just input back,down,forward and B and pikachu becomes Raichu!!
The hardest thing will be characters, no way everyone is coming back, so instead they should focus on nintendo characters for base game and leave third parties as DLC.( exception of sonic of course, maybe banjo also).
Anyone else got ideas?