Today, Director Masahiro Sakurai walked loyal Nintendo fans through more new plans forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, revealing new fighters and stages to look forward to. This includes new echo fighters, and this time the team revealed that Chrom ofFire Emblemand Dark Samus ofMetroid Primewill both be added to the game.
Fire Emblemfans had previously been disappointed that Chrom hadn’t made the cut forSuper Smash Bros.3DSandWii U, and wasn’t included among the DLC characters that later made their way to the game. During Robin’s reveal trailer forSuper Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U,Chrom even mused that he would get his chance “another day,” and it seems that day has finally come. Chrom, fittingly, will be his daughter Lucina’s echo fighter, mimicking her flurry of quickfire strikes and sword-thrusts.
Dark Samus, series antagonist fromMetroid Prime,also joins the roster as Samus’s echo fighter. Her fighting abilities all look to be extremely similar to Samus’s, but her design and overall presentation is a bit different. She also lightly hovers over the stage which may mean that she’s a slightly lighter character with less of a damage tolerance than standard Samus.
The announcements came alongside a brand new wave ofSuper Smash Bros Ultimatedetails. The game looks to be living up to the Ultimate title, with just thisSuper Smash Bros.Direct revealing over a hundred stages, new assist trophies, and brand new characters likeSimon Belmont fromCastlevania, as long rumored. The developer has also promised hundreds of audio tracks, brand new stage options, and a myriad of other additions to keep the latest entry to the franchise feeling fresh. With new echo characters and brand new fighters being added to the already staggering roster ofevery previousSuper Smash Bros. fighter returning, gamers should have plenty to keep them busy.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimatewill release on Aug 14, 2025 exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
