The hype leading up to a new Super Smash Bros. game is unlike anything else in gaming. Super Smash Bros. brings together multiple fanbases from many different series. Many of the wishes, speculations, and rumors regarding an upcoming Smash game is what characters will be featured as playable fighters. To have a playable character means some serious representation for the character and sometimes, for the entire franchise they come from. These often come in the form of special attacks, i💟tems from the same series, stages, music, and many more references that make fans jump for joy and pride fo▨r their favorite characters.
When Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was revealed at E3 2018, it came with the major announcement that every fighter that has ever been playable will be in the roster. As of right now, the game has a whopping 67 unique fighters (excluding the six echo, or clone, fighters.) However, series Director Masahiro Sakurai has stated that this may be the only opportunity he has in accomplishing something like this. This means that in future Smash games, there 🧔will undoubtedly be characters that will be cut from the roster.
Additionally, with how popular of a multiplayer series Super Smash Bros. is, many fans can dream about th🐼eir favorite characters appearing, even if they may have🍒 very little to no chance of making it.
With all that said, let’s dive in and check out what characters are realistically likely to be included in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, what fighters should be cut in the future, and what dream characters would be really cool to envision as a playable fighter even if they likely won’t ever appear in a Smash Bros. game.
30 💝 💛 Need: Geno Makes A Comeback!
It is looking more clear that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is catering most of its new character additions based off of high demand. Ridley, and the very re𒈔cently announced Chrom, Dark Samus, and King K. Rool were among highly requested char🌟acters.
If this trend continues, the next likely character would be Geno from Super Mario RPG
Geno is a very popular and memorable character from the Square Enix-developed Super Mario RPG on the Super N🍰intendo. He has been a very highly requested character since Brawl and Masahiro Sakurai himself even stated his interest in wanting him playable.
29 Cut: Jigglypuff Will Sing It's Las♐t Song ꦛ
It is pretty hard to imagine any of the characters in the original Super Smash Bros. go, but if there is one, Jigglypuff would undoubtedly be the one to go. This is due to the lack of significance the Pokémon currently has in the series nowadays. Back when Super Smash Bros. was new, Jigglypuff was a common reoccurring character in the animated series and was one of the main Pokémon used to promote Pokémon Red and Blue.
Today, it hasn't sh🐽own up in an anime episode in years, and it isn't even one of the main first generation Pokémon used to promote the series. Other than becoming a fairy type, Jigglypuff and it's evolutionary family have largely been ignored.
28 🦄 Crazy Idea: Crash Bandicoot Crashes 🐲His Way In?
Out of all of the characters in this list of crazy character ideas, Crash is the only one who actually could end up in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. With the Crash Bandicoot Insane Trilogy release on Switch, gaming's classic marsupial has been receiving a lot of support for an appearance in Smash.
If Ultimate supports DLC, then this could very well happen.
It would be one of those internet breaking announcements if a former PlayStation exclusive character joins Smash. It would be pretty savage that Super Smash Bros. featured more classic and iconic PlayStation characters (Snake, Cloud, Crash if he is in) than Sony's very own crossover fighter PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
27 Need: Shadow The Hedgehog Warps 🤡Into Battle! ꩲ
When Super Smash Bros. Ultimate officially acknowledged "clone characters" as Echo Fighters, it opened a door for many characters who otherwise may not have much of a chance. While Shadow certainly could have his own moveset, there isn't much ꧋justification to spend development time to build a new character out of him. Thus, being an echo of Sonic would make the most sense.
Additionally, there are some things we currently know about Ultimate that might hint at Shadow's inclusion.
Knuckles is now the Assist Trophy from the Sonic series, meaning Shadow will𒆙 likely not appear in that form. Shadow could be the latest character to go from Assist Trophy 🍨to playable, following Little Mac and Dark Samus.
26 ♉ Cut: Corrin's Chosen Path Will End
One of the major complaints of the Super Smash Bros. roster is the lack of variety in it's Fire Emblem representatives. Every single character uses a sword in some capacity. Sure, Robin is more of a mage user, but it's disappointing that there aren't any lance, axe, or even mounted characters playable in Super Smash Bros.
Fire Emblem needs more weapon variety in the selection of its characters.
Yes, Corrin may change into part dragon for many of his/her moves, but the reason I believe he/she is more likely to be cut compared to someone like Ike is because of Corrin's likeness within his/her own series. Now that Fates isn't new anymore, I can see🌼 Corrin receiving the axe.
25 🍷 Crazy Idea: Banjo And Kazooie Returning To Nintend♏o?
Banjo and Kazooie are two of the most iconic characters from the Nintendo 64 days with two excellent platformers, Banjo-Kazooie and Banjo-Tooie. Howe🎃ver, ever since the development studio behind those games, Rare, got bought out by Microꦑsoft, the series hasn't come close to those great days.
Phil Spencer, the EVP of Gaming at Microsoft tweeted that he is totally open to having Banjo and Kazooie in Super Smash Bros.
However, with Microsoft being competitors to Nintendo (albeit, rather friendly competitors nowadays)🅠 I would imagine that this could be difficult to pull off. If it were to happen, a lot of nostalgic happy moments will be felt by Nintendo fans.
24 🥃 ꩵ Need: Elma Lands Into Smash!
The t꧋iming of Xenoblade Chronicles X's release along with the positive reception it got leaves Elma as one of the most likely additions to the Smash roster.
Elma would also be a very unique character as her main arsenal consists of dual blades and dual guns. She also could utilize one of the coolest things in Xenoblade Chronicles X, flying mechs called Skells, potentially as her Fi🐻nal Smash.
23 Cut: Dr. M✱ario Hangs Up The Stethoscope
When thinking about what characters could get cut in future Super Smash Bros. games, the "clone" characters, would likely be the first among to go. Surprisingly enough, Dr. Mario isn't considered an echo fighter, he does appear to have a few new moves in Ultimate.
With that being said, that doesn't change the aesthetics of Dr. Mario's character, he is simply Mario with doctor equipment. Also, Dr. Mario represents a really niche spinoff series in the Super Mario universe, whereas all the other Mario characters, save Rosalina, and Daisy, are reoccurring characters 🎃in 𝐆the main games.
22 Craಌzy Idea: An Anime Character In Smash? That Is Crazy
In what is one of the more unusually popular requests, many people have wished for Goku from the Dragon Ball series. Goku has made many video game appearances, most notably the recent fighting game Dragon Ball FighterZ.
However, because of Dragon Ball's origins as a manga and anime, Goku chances in any Smash Bros. are literally impossible.
Sakurai has stated that the characters that he chooses to be in Smash have to have originated as a video game series. As cool as it would be to go Super Saiyan in Smash Bros. (youꦫ could do something similar with Sonic anyways) the demand for his inclusion needs to end, i🎐t will never happen.
21 Ne🍸ed: Spring Man Spring🔯s Into Action!
ARMS is a unique fighting game that involves fighters with long stretchy arms, throwing punches at each other. Many of these ARMS have different effects in fights and could be wel🍎l implemented in Spring Man's moveset.
With that said, it is a very new series that is only a year old, even the creator of the series doesn't think it should happen right away. However, if Smash Ultimate offers DLC, Spring Man could receive a lot of support and be included post🔯-release.