Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Roster Has All Previous Characters; Here's Every One

Nintendo's upcoming Super Smash Bros. game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch, was finally revealed during the company's E3 2018 Direct presentation. As the company began to rattle off the roster of playable characters, there was one thing that slowly became increasingly clear: Everyone is here.

Every single character who has ever appeared in a Super Smash Bros. game--from the original 12 characters featured in the Nintendo 64 title, all the way up to the latest DLC characters made and released for Super Smash Bros. on Wii U--will be included as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

This, of course, includes characters who originate from non-Nintendo series, like Snake from the Metal Gear Solid series and Cloud from Final Fantasy VII, as well as characters that have only appeared once before, like Young Link, Pichu, and Star Wolf.

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All characters will undergo some mechanical changes and balances--some significant, some minor. For example, Link's bombs can now be remotely detonated. Generally speaking, all Final Smash moves will have more immediate effects--those who previously had long-lasting transformations like Bowser and Little Mac will have harder hitting versions, but they won't last as long. Some characters will have cosmetic adjustments--the Wii Sports Trainer will have a new face, for whatever reason.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will also feature two new characters: Inking Girl (or Boy) from the Splatoon series and Ridley, the archenemy of Samus Aran from the Metroid series. While the new game's roster will not include everyone from the outset--Nintendo teased the starting lineup may be as small as that of original N64 game--Nintendo is hoping to reward players by unlocking characters frequently, giving them a feeling of constant progression.

Here's a list of all the confirmed characters, in alphabetical order:

1. Bayonetta
2. Bowser
3. Bowser Jr.
4. Captain Falcon
5. Charizard
6. Cloud
7. Corrin
8. Dark Pit
9. Diddy Kong
10. Donkey Kong
11. Dr. Mario
12. Duck Hunt
13. Falco
14. Fox
15. Ganondorf
16. Greninja
17. Ice Climbers
18. Ike
19. Inkling
20. Ivysaur
21. Jigglypuff
22. King Dedede
23. Kirby
24. Link
25. Little Mac
26. Lucario
27. Lucas
28. Lucina
29. Luigi
30. Mario
31. Marth
32. Mega Man
33. Meta Knight
34. Mewtwo
35. Mii Brawler
36. Mii Gunner
37. Mii Swordfighter
38. Mr. Game & Watch
39. Ness
40. Olimar
41. Pac-Man
42. Palutena
43. Peach
44. Pichu
45. Pikachu
46. Pit
47. Pokemon Trainer
48. Ridley
49. R.O.B.
50. Robin
51. Rosalina & Luma
52. Roy
53. Ryu
54. Samus
55. Sheik
56. Shulk
57. Snake
58. Sonic
59. Squirtle
60. Toon Link
61. Villager
62. Wario
63. Wii Fit Trainer
64. Wolf
65. Yoshi
66. Young Link

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be released on December 7, 2018. It will also support GameCube controllers and every previous Super Smash Bros. Amiibo.

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