The Biggest Open Question in Gaming - What will the next Smash be like?!?

[Wman1996]

They are going to need to make roster cuts, especially for the third-party characters. The game will probably have one or two more characters overall than Ultimate, but a lot of cuts. Or it could have five less fighters overall, with some newcomers and a lot of cuts.
I don't think we're going to go from 82 fighters (89 including echoes) down to under 60 like many suspect.
Online needs to be improved, but this is dependent on future hardware improvements for online. If Nintendo continues to have trash online, Smash will as well.
There's a very good chance the next Smash isn't really a new Smash at all, and just Ultimate DX with a few changes, a few new fighters, a few new stages, and better performance. Mario Kart did it, why not Smash? Though the big difference there is that Mario Kart 8 was held back by the failure of the Wii U. How much sales potential could you truly get out of Ultimate DX? 10 million units? Yes. 20 million or more? Highly doubtful. Plus, Mario Kart 8 (with or without DLC) still had some opportunity for more content. With Ultimate, it's such a jam-packed game already that slightly more content isn't much of a hook.