Smash Bros. Ultimate: 5 New Characters Revealed!
Could it finally be Waluigi's time to shine?!
The latest Nintendo Direct has landed, delivering a whole boatload of new Smash Bros. Ultimate information. In fact, make that a galleon load (hint hint).
Amidst enough new assist trophies to make the Harlem Globetrotter's honours' cabinet look utterly piddling, as well as a gentle tease of a mode we "can't talk about yet" (a return of Melee's Adventure? We can only hope), the one thing we were all hoping for was revealed: more new characters!
Smash Ultimate's E3 offering unveiled Splatoon-shooters the Inklings and Metroid's long-awaited bad-ass boss Ridley as additions to the roster. The kids-turned-squids and sinister Space Pirate are set to be joined in the fray by at least five more new brawlers, as revealed in today's Direct delivering.
Well, sort of. There are actually only two *brand* new pugilists, plus three extra 'Echo' fighters - altered clones of existing characters. Still, it's worth getting excited over. A series mainstay gets a playmate, and fans have finally been given a classic character a long-time conspicuous by his absence. Read on to find out who they are!
(And no, sorry: it's still not Waluigi. Keep the faith, Big W fans!)
5. Chrom (Echo)
Prince of Ylisse Chrom, as you can probably predict from his oversized sword and foppish blue hairdo, arrives from tactical RPG series Fire Emblem, one of three protagonists in the 3DS' Fire Emblem Awakening.
Chrom, like his daughter Lucina, is the 'echo' of Smash Bros. Melee original Marth, and as with all the Fire Emblem brawlers in Smash Bros., is indistinguishable from the rest. Not terribly exciting.