Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Starting Roster Is The Same As N64 Version

ThoughSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatefeatures a massive roster of at least 68 characters , the game will launch with a roster the same size as the one found in the original game for the Nintendo 64 . The first installment in the serial included a begin roll of eight characters with four unlockables .

At E3 2018 , Nintendo officially unveiledSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatefor the Nintendo Switch and announced thatevery fighter in dealership history would returnfor the new biz , which means thatUltimatewill bring back all old favorites , forgotten characters , and DLC fighter for the Wii U and 3DS versions . The game will also impart Princess Daisy , Splatoon ’s Inklings andMetroid ’s Ridley , a character who was antecedently enounce to be too big for aSmashtitle .

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimatedirector and enfranchisement creator Masahiro Sakurai posted an clause about the game on Nipponese websiteFamitsu , which was translated byNintendo Everything . According to Sakurai , players will initially be " limited to those you could play as in the Nintendo 64 game " . The residue will have to be unlocked one - by - one . Some will be more challenging than others , but most can be unlocked " without any major trouble " . Sakurai explains in the article how he decided on this appendage :

In my own experience , when I play fighting games I often give up before I ’ve unlocked everybody , even if there are many that I have n’t flirt as . The more characters there are , I palpate like it ’s easier to leave office without playing as them all , so I sense that just increasing the telephone number of characters in the roll was n’t necessarily a good matter . But on the other hand , Super Smash Bros.is a character - based fighting plot , and a flock of multitude search forward to fight down as their favorite part ; that was a particular topic we grappled with when resolve to have everyone come along .

Sakurai compares the unlocking summons inUltimateto buying novel vehicles in a racing secret plan where participant become affiliated to the vehicle they pass their severely - clear prize money on . Sakurai say thatUltimatesets up certain conditions that forces the players to earn most of the fighter aircraft . However , to keep any persona from seeming " unachievable " , there will be more than one way to unlock a fighter .

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Whether players start out with 8 or 12 characters , over 50 more will have to be unlock , which is a first for the franchise . Of course , the final roll has n’t been confirmed , so there could be even more champion announced before the game ’s spillage . Though we know not to expect " too many newfangled competitor " , a new rumour suggests that " at least a half - dozen " more are coming .