On the morning of June 14th 2015, Nintendo dropped a Direct that focused solely on Smash Bros for WiiU and 3DS. In it, series creator Masahiro Sakurai confirmed rumors about the addition of not just one character, but three additional characters. Not only that, he also confirmed additional stages and Mii fighter costumes. A whole lot of information was dropped so I’m going to take the time to detail everything you need to know. Just hit the jump and we can begin!
Masahiro Sakurai dropped a ton of information regarding his wildly popular Nintendo mascot brawler in a Nintendo Direct. The Direct focused primarily on the DLC offerings that will be available either right now or coming soon. Personally, I’m a humongous Smash Bros fan so I was super excited to see everything that was announced today.
Here’s the rundown for everything that was announced:
- Three new characters are available today!
- Lucas from Mother 3
- Roy from Fire Emblem
- Ryu from Street Fighter
- New stages!
- Miiverse, available today
- Suzaku Castle, available today
- (Classic) Dreamland, available today
- (Classic) Hyrule Castle, coming soon
- (Classic) Peach’s Castle, coming soon.
- New costumes!
- Megaman.EXE (Mega Man Battle Network), for the Mii Gunner
- Zero (Mega Man X), for the Mii Sword Fighter
- Jacky (Virtua Fighter), for the Mii Brawler
- Akira (Virtua Fighter), for the Mii Brawler
- Heihachi (Tekken), for the Mii Brawler
- Isabella (Animal Crossing), for Mii Gunner
- Inkling Boy (Splatoon), Mii Gunner
- Inkling Girl (Splatoon), Mii Gunner
- Squid Hat (Splatoon)
- New Music!
- Music from Street Fighter
- Music from Miiverse and various other Mii-centric titles
- New Mode!
- Tournament mode (available sometime in August)
- New Feature!
- Upload replays directly to YouTube
- New Trophies and Amiibo
- Ryu + Ryu Final Smash Trophy
- Ken Trophy
- Lucas + Lucas Final Smash Trophy
- Roy + Roy Final Smash Trophy
- Inkling Trophy
- R.O.B, Mr. Game and Watch, Duck Hunt, Zero Suit Samus, Ganondorf, Pikmin and Olimar, Dr. Mario, Bowser Jr, and Mii Fighters Amiibo available in September
- Lukas, MewTwo, Roy, and Ryu Amiibo in development
And that about wraps up everything that was announced in the Nintendo Direct. As you can see, there was a ton of info dropped. I’m particularly excited to see my boy Roy make a return as well as seeing Ryu finally enter the fray. I can’t wait to get my hands on the two, and Lucas as well!