The ongoing coronavirus pandemic is having a profound impact on the video game industry, and the Switch’s popular fighting gameSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateis no exception. The ambitious crossover fighting game has had the development of itsFighters Pass Vol. 2 charactershindered by developers working from home, but director Masahiro Sakurai has finally revealed the next DLC fighter.
We’ve known for awhile now that the nextSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC character would be someone fromARMS, a unique Switch-exclusive fighting game, but now we know that it’s none other than Min Min. Previously, fan speculation pointed to theSuper Smash Bros. UltimateARMScharacter being Spring Man or Twinbelle, but it seems those rumors were unfounded. Those interested in theSuper Smash Bros. UltimateARMSDLC can purchase it and add Min Min to their roster on June 30.
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TheSuper Smash Bros. UltimateARMScharacterreveal trailer not only confirmed Min Min for the game, but it also confirmed that anARMS-themed stage is coming as well. TheARMSstage inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatelooks like a typical fighting arena from that game, complete with special launch pads that can send players flying into the arches hanging above.
It remains to be seen howSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatefans will react toMin Min’s addition to the roster. It’s unclear just how bigARMSfan base is, but it seems likely that most people familiar with the game associate Spring Man as the “main” character who may be more deserving of a spot on the roster. But while Spring Man is not theSuper Smash Bros. UltimateARMSDLC fighter, he still has representation in the game regardless.
For the uninitiated, Spring Man appears inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateas an Assist Trophy that players have been able to utilize for quite some time. Spring Man and other characters from theARMSfighting game roster also appear during Min Min’s Final Smash as well. So whileSpring Manisn’t theARMSDLC fighter, at least he is still represented inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatein some capacity.
With Min Min revealed forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, fans will now be looking to the future. There are still fiveDLC fightersyet to be added to the game as part of Fighters Pass Vol. 2, and they could be just about anyone. More information should come to light in the months ahead.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
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