Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launched for the Nintendo Switch on December 7th 2018, and has been steadily supported with post-launch updates, balance patches and brand new content since day one. New fighters, stages, music tracks, spirits, mii costumes, modes and weekly events have been introduced over the past two years, and this thread is where we get to discuss the currently available content and speculate about what comes next... with a lot of chatter about non-Smash games and media in-between, i'm sure.
During the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct, Kazuya Mishima from the Tekken series was revealed to be the next fighter joining the battle! A Mr. Sakurai Presents video focused on Kazuya aired on June 28th, showcasing the contents of his Challenger Pack and Version 12.0.0. A new round of Mii Fighter costumes that includes Lloyd Irving (Tales of Symphonia), Dragonborn (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim), Dante (Devil May Cry) and Shantae (Shantae) were also unveiled; releasing alongside Ver. 12.0.0 and the Kazuya Challenger Pack on June 30th (in most regions) or June 29th (in the US). A Min Min amiibo was also revealed for a 2022 release, with amiibo for the remaining Volume 2 fighters also in production. The full presentation can be seen below:
Only one more newcomer remains for Fighters Pass Volume 2, which also appears to be the last for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a whole. Within Kazuya's presentation, series director Masahiro Sakurai asked that fans be patient for the reveal as "it'll be a while before that announcement"; clarifying that the final fighter is still planned to launch before the end of the year. While a Nintendo Direct this Fall would usually be the obvious place for a Smash reveal, with those comments from Sakurai in mind we may be waiting a little bit longer; only time will tell.
The ice-cold heir of the Mishima bloodline, Kazuya Mishima from the Tekken series, joins the battle! Master his complex set of normal moves by performing different stick motions, and overwhelm your opponents with the power of his devilish special moves. His stage, Mishima Dojo, features breakable walls that you need to blast your opponents through to get KOs. 39 tracks from across the Tekken series are also available to pick from, including eight brand-new remixes.
For those new to the game or unfamiliar with the available DLC content, each Challenger Pack ($5.99 USD) contains one new fighter, one new stage, several new music tracks and a DLC spirit board with several new spirit battles. While each Challenger Pack can be purchased individually, they are also available in a season pass format, which net you a bonus Mii Costume and a discount equivalent to price of one Challenger Pack.
Fighters Pass Volume 1 ($24.99 USD) includes Joker (Persona 5), Hero (Dragon Quest), Banjo & Kazooie (Banjo-Kazooie), Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury) and Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses). The bonus Mii Costume included with Volume 1 is based on Rex (Xenoblade Chronicles 2).
Fighters Pass Volume 2 ($29.99 USD) includes Min-Min (ARMS), Steve & Alex (Minecraft), Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII), Pyra & Mythra (Xenoblade Chronicles 2), Kazuya Mishima (Tekken) and one more currently unannounced fighter. The bonus Mii Costume included with Volume 2 is based on the Ancient Armor (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild).
Currently there are no major rumors from reliable sources or any indication of who the remaining fighters could be.
In early April it was discovered that on the Australia / New Zealand eShop web store, there is a gap in product ID numbers between Challenger Pack 11 (...18972) and the Ancient Armor Mii Costume (...18974). There is currently no indication of whether this gap is indicative of unannounced content, or what that content would be. A potential bonus fighter was the most speculated possibility, but there's no evidence. It should also be noted that this gap doesn't exist on the equivalent Japanese web store, which may suggest that this is simply an error.
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