Nintendo held another huge Nintendo Direct video presentation giving us loads of new details about the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate video game that is coming out later this year.
One of the biggest announcements today is the revelation of two more fighters joining the huge Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. Today it has been confirmed that Ken from Street Fighter is in the game as well as Incineroar from Pokemon. Both characters will be available at launch with 74 overall fighters playable on the first day!
A press release that you can see below summarized all of the information that you need about the game. Details have been posted down below. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate releases worldwide on the Nintendo Switch on December 7th, 2018.
· HadoKEN!: Hailing from the Street Fighter series, Ryu’s rival Ken joins the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster as an echo fighter. This Ken is based on his appearance in Super Street Fighter II Turbo. While he has some similar moves to Ryu, Ken is a slightly faster character and has a different shaped Hadoken.
· Incineroar: The final fighter to join the battle in time for the game’s launch is Incineroar, the advanced evolution of Litten, who made his first appearance in the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games. Incineroar uses pro-wrestling moves, culminating in an epic Final Smash called Max Malicious Moonsault, based on his Z- Move from the Pokémon games.
· Spirits: In the world of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, many video game characters lose their forms and become “spirits” that serve as a power-up of sorts for a player’s main playable fighter. There is a massive number of wildly different spirits, ranging from Chibi-Robo to Dr. Wily to Tails to Revolver Ocelot, with the giant list of characters going on and on. Players can equip primary and support spirits to power up or add additional abilities like speed or strength to their fighter during battles. Mixing and matching spirits will help players get the upper hand against certain opponents, adding quite a bit of strategy to battles. Equipping a spirit is similar to equipping a charm or accessory in an RPG. It’s a way for players to enjoy a massive amount of additional video game characters outside of selecting them as playable fighters.
DLC and extra Amiibo figures will also be released after the game’s launch this December. Future content is expected to all arrive by early 2019.
