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The next Nintendo Direct is almost here. This time, the focus will purely be on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, to the excitement or dismay of many. A major character reveal will be a likely announcement, and after an accidental video upload earlier today, Castlevania's Simon Belmont might be making an appearance. Isabelle from Animal Crossing and a Gen 7 Pokemon are also heavily rumored to be roster choices who will be announced today, as well. The only way to see if these rumors are true are to stay tuned! The direct starts at 10 am ET, and GBAtemp will be covering the event live. All announcements and trailers will be noted and summarized below.

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Live Updates

• Simon Belmont confirmed.
• Richter Belmont as well as an Echo.
• Slow, but has a long reaching whip. Has the axe, cross, and holy water.
• Grand cross Final Smash.
• Dracula's Castle stage. Has monsters from the series as stage hazards.
• 34 Castlevania tracks will be available.
• Alucard is an assist trophy.
• Chrom as an echo of Marth.
• Dark Samus as an echo of Samus.
• You'll be able to minimize echo characters appearances on the character select, or expand them.
• Pokemon Stadium, Flat Zone, Garden of Hope, Brinstar Depths, Summit, Unova League, Magicant, Gamer stages all shown off.
• New Donk City Hall is a new stage.
• SSBU will have 103 stages total.
• You don't have to unlock them.
• You can turn off stage hazards without playing the Omega Form.
• New feature will let you change stages mid-battle
• Over 800 tracks.
• You can turn on an option for mini final smashes that are built up by a super gauge.
• Squad Strike Mode. 3v3 or 5v5, where you use 3/5 different characters to fight.
• Tournament mode for up to 32.
• Smash Down mode, which removes the roster as you select them, until there's no characters left to choose.
• Practice mode shows your trajectory of attacks to show you how far you can launch enemies.
• Classic Mode is back.
• New items. Banana-gun. Killing edge. Bomber.Ramblin Mushroom. Rage Blaster.
• Abra, Lunala, Mimikyu, Pyukmuku, Vulpix, Marshadow, Ditto as new Pokemon
• Assist trophies: Zero, Knuckles, Krystal, Klaptrap, Kapp'n, Gray Fox, Nikki, Shovel Knight
• Rathalos stage boss or assist trophy.
• Mysterious mode that can't be announced yet...

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Final reveal is...

King K. Rool!

A limited edition version of the game will also be available.

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[crzyzeldafanatic]

nice

 

[gameboy]

i just finished watching this and WOW. He wasnt lying when he said ULTIMATE. This game will most likely become the best fighting game ever made, a perfect 10 score, and a game people will talk about for 20yrs before something as good or equal comes out again.

 

[pedro702]

I'm not hyped for this smash honestly, they didn't reveal any likeable character for me. I guess it's because I didn't grow up on those games

lol what fighters do you wanted to get?

Guys he's a roy echo with bits of Ike--

i dont know if he is a roy echo, i mean he seems to have all ikes specials really what does he have that is roys?

 

[gameboy]

lol what fighters do you wanted to get?


i dont know if he is a roy echo, i mean he seems to have all ikes specials really what does he have that is roys?

spoiler alert,

Spoiler

Chrom is Lucina's dad

 

[pedro702]

spoiler alert,

Spoiler

Chrom is Lucina's dad

i know he is, that doesnt change anything to what he is an echo off.

aparently every echo needs to share a roster spot with an original char so imo chrom will share his spot with roy or ike, probably roy since he appears alongside him on echo stuff, wich is wierd because he has ike up special and even final smash he says aether and such but i guess he is an echo of 2 fighters combined.

 

[Clydefrosch]

so anyone still arguing this is just a port?

 

[sarkwalvein]

so anyone still arguing this is just a port?

Of course, it's SSB4 Ultimate! A very ultimate port! /s
(and my wallet is ready)

 

[Song of storms]

The King trolling the Kong lol

 

[VitaType]

I would like to know if they fixed the wobbly analog triggers from last GameCube controller re-release with the current re-release?

 

[Clydefrosch]

what I really wonder is why this game cube controller isn't wireless yet.

 

[pedro702]

what I really wonder is why this game cube controller isn't wireless yet.

well fighters need the least lag possible and every wired one is always more reliable and faster than wireless, but technically hori is making wireless gc controller tough.

 

[Clydefrosch]

well fighters need the least lag possible and every wired one is always more reliable and faster than wireless, but technically hori is making wireless gc controller tough.

in my experience, i'd rather stab myself with a kitchen knife than touch a third party controller

 

[TotalInsanity4]

in my experience, i'd rather stab myself with a kitchen knife than touch a third party controller

I dunno, the Pelican GameCube controller produced back in the day was super well built and accommodated bigger hands than the official one, plus I personally prefer the concave c-stick. I bought mine used and I'm still using it something like 8 years later

 

[DarthDub]

Where's my boy Waluigi?

 

[pedro702]

Where's my boy Waluigi?

he is an assit trophy revealed on E3 lol.

 

[DarthDub]

he is an assit trophy revealed on E3 lol.

Noone wants that. Unacceptable!

 

[pedro702]

Noone wants that. Unacceptable!

well deal with it lol, maybe next smash he gets in.

i wish nintendo made another warioland game where waluigi and wario were playable with different traits like mario and luigi, that way the chance of waluigi to get in smash would be bigger since he was playable on one game besides spinoff party,racing,dancing, sports games.

 

[Xandrid]

lol what fighters do you wanted to get?


i dont know if he is a roy echo, i mean he seems to have all ikes specials really what does he have that is roys?

Sora from KH

 

[pedro702]

Sora from KH

so out of 70 characters you dislike everyone and only like sora? you said i don't see any likable character on smash wich is 70 plus, im sorry to say it but it seems you dislike nintendo characters and if you do, well then smash isn't a game for you because its a celebration of nintendo characters lol.

 

[Xandrid]

so out of 70 characters you dislike everyone and only like sora? you said i don't see any likable character on smash wich is 70 plus, im sorry to say it but it seems you dislike nintendo characters and if you do, well then smash isn't a game for you because its a celebration of nintendo characters lol.

No, I like Shulk and Corrin. When I said reveal I meant as in actual new characters like Simon Belmont