A large portion of today’s E3 Nintendo Direct focused on the upcoming game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Tons of details were revealed, which included the name and release date.
- The character roster has expanded past the Wii U/3DS version by containing every single character that has appeared as a fighter in the previous entries.
- Characters such as Pichu, Ice Climbers, Wolf, and even Snake return as playable fighters.
- Even Pokemon Trainer returned with the three rotating Pokemon. No more penalty for just using your favorite for the entire fight!
- Link now has 3 character slots featuring the returning Toon Link and Young Link.
- They revealed one new fighter, along with a few echo characters.
- Ridley is finally a playable character. It has some unique moves by dragging characters along the floor doing massive damage. It can also attack with its tail and if it hits a sweet spot, it will paralyze the opponent for a free follow-up attack.
- The first Echo character is Daisy, who becomes an alternate of Peach. She likely shares a similar move set, just they will have altered strengths and weaknesses much like the difference between Marth and Lucina.
- Lucina and Dark Pit are treated as echo characters.
- The starting roster will be the twelve original fighters from the N64 version – with tons of fun ways to unlock all the different fighters
- Eight player battles return
- Link was updated to be more styled around his Breath of the Wild form, even having remote bombs for use during battles
- Zelda was updated to be more styled after her A Link Between Worlds form.
- Mario now has Cappy as an available move
- Characters will have alternate voice options, such as Ike from both of his games
- Marth will now be voiced in English
- New item includes a fake Smash ball – will instantly kill you if you break it
- In 1-on-1 battles, characters will take more damage. Ryu will always face his opponent.
- Characters like Captain Falcon can trigger special slo-mo effects in 1-on-1 battles with certain moves
- Visual and other button press improvements made for some characters
- Shulk is now easier to select which monado skill you want
- Can see pocketed items for Villager
- Can see remaining strength on Robin’s Levin Sword and Tome
- Bomberman has been added as an assist trophy.
- Massive list of stages includes many returning ones.
- Princess Peach’s Castle, Spirit Train, Green Hill Zone, New Pork City
- Moray Towers (New stage from Splatoon)
- Great Plateau Tower (New stage from Breath of the Wild)
- All stages will have Omega forms, and in addition a Battlefield version.
- New techniques
- Ladder attacks
- Directional Air dodge
- Excessive dodging will make the player more vulnerable
- Short hop attacks (A+Jump)
- A+B Smash attack returns from the previous game
- Perfect Shield
- The game is compatiable with the GameCube adapter and controllers
- All amiibo are supported, along with alternate versions made for other games