Watch: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 5th DLC Character Revealed - Live!

Dante? Waluigi? Fire Emblem for a change?

by Ryan Craddock Thu 16th Jan 2020

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai is all set to reveal the game's fifth and final DLC character for the current Fighters Pass. Excited?

You can catch the whole reveal right here from 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET; Nintendo says it'll be "roughly 35 minutes" long and will also provide us with an "in-depth look" at the new star. Make sure to join in with the chat and enjoy!

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14:41

And there we are! Quite a bit to unpack there, and with six more fighters on the horizon Smash seems unstoppably huge. What was your favourite part?

14:39

The six new DLC characters will require a second Fighters Pass.

14:37

Six additional fighters will be joining Super Smash Bro.s Ultimate in the future!

14:34

Cuphead is coming to Smash Ultimate as a Mii Fighter costume.

14:34

MegaMan.EXE is coming to Smash Ultimate as a Mii Fighter costume.

14:33

X is coming to Smash Ultimate as a Mii Fighter costume.

14:33

Rabbids are coming to Smash Ultimate as a Mii Fighter costume.

14:33

Altaiïr is coming to Smash Ultimate as a Mii Fighter costume.

14:32

Mii Fighter costume time!

14:30

"Good, there's Mom, you're in a good place Mom" - Masahiro Sakurai on Mother Brain (2020)

14:26

AlexOlney said:

Claude, Hilda, and Sideshow Bob.

14:26

AlexOlney said:

And now we finally see the main characters.

14:26

You can break the tables.

14:23

New stage time! Garreg Mach Monestary

14:22

Byleth's Final Smash has him team up with Sothis to send foes flying.

14:17

Byleth has a surprising variety of weapons at his disposal.

14:09

AlexOlney said:

Man counts in binary for 100,000 viewers.

14:06

You can play as Byleth from 28th January 2020

14:04

Byleth has three weapons to choose from, not just a sword

14:03

Byleth from Fire Emblem Three Houses is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

14:02

AlexOlney said:

It's a Fire Emblem.

13:58

AlexOlney said:

What if it's three new characters?

13:56

AlexOlney said:

What would you do if it turned out to be Chorus Kids?

13:54

Only FIVE minutes to go until we learn who DLC fighter number FIVE is! #5

13:53

AlexOlney said:

I'm just pleased the chat's quite calm and civilised on here, have you lot seen the live chat on YouTube? It's bonkers.

13:52

AlexOlney said:

I'm taking the position that no matter what Banjo & Kazooie are in it so I already owe Sakurai my life.

13:51

AlexOlney said:

Right now I feel that quite simply anyone is a possible inclusion, but my hopeful money's on Doomguy, although I'm aware he's not all that likely.

13:50

AlexOlney said:

Woo! I'm late.

ShankyMcSpanky said:

*** it still no waluigi

darn, no walawigi,

Obito_Sigma said:

Why would I fix the page

Nor my comments.

If anyone see what I'm typing, please fix this page. I can't see others' comments.

Why is the live page broken

SheldonRandoms said:

My favorite part was when Dorcas became playable

RetroWarrior said:

Six new characters, looking forward to that. Okay, back to work.

ummyeahnintendo said:

I can't believe it was another sword haha. 6 more fighters tho is insane. Let Sakurai sleep

Googie said:

It's interesting that it may be anywhere from 12-24 months to get all six but all six have been chosen

Coz he hates Rex, ok

So sad that Dante can't join the battle.... yet. Still cool characters though

now

Googie said:

I think Zelda from BotW2 is a certainty

StormtheFrontier said:

That Dark Samus looks glorious

TophatDragoneye said:

That's tomorrow

Googie said:

I'll get the Cuphead for 75 cents

SheldonRandoms said:

Mugman

Cuphead!

StormtheFrontier said:

Cuphead, wow

TophatDragoneye said:

That's unexpected, Assassin's Creed

Googie said:

Playing by himself. GG to himself

SheldonRandoms said:

MY MOM

SheldonRandoms said:

Reinhardt for Smash!

SheldonRandoms said:

Press F for the table

SheldonRandoms said:

FUN RIDE

StormtheFrontier said:

Greetings Professor

Dark-Luigi said:

I guess this means Bandanna Dee is more likely now.

StormtheFrontier said:

Oh that's cool

StormtheFrontier said:

Did Sithis really just say owari da?

Googie said:

Yeah I like the level designs with the other characters watching in the background

StormtheFrontier said:

I've just noticed the gatekeeper in the background

SheldonRandoms said:

Captain Falcon is canon in Fire Emblem

rjejr said:

Ah Byl, not Bly, my mistake.

Discipledoctor said:

No but really it's cool that they let him do that, it's gotta be helpful

Discipledoctor said:

So if he borrows games before release then why couldn't Rex get in bros.

rjejr said:

Buy-lith? I've been pronouncing it Blithe.

Googie said:

Did he just give a hint about future fighters. He borrows games before the release. He is going to play BotW2 and add Zelda maybe in the second fighter pass

DarkSim01 said:

Is this a Smash announcement or a Fire Emblem Three Houses commercial?

SheldonRandoms said:

Don't worry Ristar, you'll get in next time since i'll always BELIEVE!

Dark-Luigi said:

This is soooo good!!!

rjejr said:

I put 4 candles on my son's birthday cake Tuesday, he's 15

StormtheFrontier said:

Sakurai is the ultimate mad lad

Discipledoctor said:

What

Discipledoctor said:

I didn't actually expect Phoenix but holy crap this is way worse than I could have imagined

Jacob1092 said:

We're watching an advert for the Fire Emblem series

Googie said:

If it was a Fire Emblem would have preferred Edelgard

rjejr said:

https://www.eventhubs.com/news/2019/sep/10/masahiro-sakurais-words-seem-indicate-presence-more-third-party-characters-after-fighters-pass-super-smash-bros-ultimate/

RetroWarrior said:

Another Fire Emblem character, very disappointing...

DarkSim01 said:

I don't hate it, but it is pretty underwhelming.

SheldonRandoms said:

PROMOTE LYN PLZ!

rjejr said:

Not today, like a year ago, all characters would be 3rd party, I'll go google it

StormtheFrontier said:

Nice

TophatDragoneye said:

No he didn't say 'no Nintendo characters', he said it was a character very few knew beforehand

Jamotello said:

different weapons is new, i think.

Dark-Luigi said:

I'm so...happy...!!!

ImagineerNik said:

This is a very boring trailer

Dark-Luigi said:

YES!!!

Another fire emblem character? like the character, but I'm getting tired of it

rjejr said:

Didnt' SAkuari say NO NINTEDO CHARACTERS?

SheldonRandoms said:

THEY'RE AWARE OF THE MEMES

ThatGiloFella said:

And the other two, I guess

Jamotello said:

haven't played the new fe. this girl looks like tiki.

TophatDragoneye said:

Lol

ImagineerNik said:

Super Fire Emblem Bros.

Discipledoctor said:

This is the kind of thing we joke about, not actually do

StormtheFrontier said:

Byleth is pretty cool

Dark-Luigi said:

YES!!!

Discipledoctor said:

Ok what

Dark-Luigi said:

YES!!!!!!

rjejr said:

Super Sword Bros confirmed.

SheldonRandoms said:

DORCAS WAS ROBBED!

Grumblevolcano said:

Byleth

Dark-Luigi said:

BYLETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AlexOlney said:

I wish.

Jamotello said:

olney knew all along i bet.

Dark-Luigi said:

AAAAAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!

StormtheFrontier said:

Edelgard, Dimitri, Claude

StormtheFrontier said:

3 charcters

yeah

Dark-Luigi said:

YES YES YESS!!!!!!!!!!

Grumblevolcano said:

Fire Emblem Three Houses

Gasarakii said:

lol, I knew it!

StormtheFrontier said:

Fire Emblem

Jamotello said:

oh dear.

Dark-Luigi said:

FIRE EMBLEM!!!!!!!!!!

Jamotello said:

does this guy canned laughter?

SheldonRandoms said:

SHREK!

TophatDragoneye said:

OK, so the new character won't be released today then

Jamotello said:

four controllers. hrmmm...

rjejr said:

"Please understand"!!!

Jamotello said:

straight to the juice!

SheldonRandoms said:

TOAST

StormtheFrontier said:

Here we go, final prediction everyone

Jamotello said:

no presquirt!

Jacob1092 said:

MY BODY IS REGGIE

Grumblevolcano said:

Started!

rjejr said:

Mine start3ed

RetroWarrior said:

HERE WE GO!

Jamotello said:

click!!!!

StormtheFrontier said:

If it is Dante I think it won't be long before DMC3 comes to Switch

SheldonRandoms said:

Can't wait until Mr. Krabs becomes playable

Jamotello said:

he said characters, not fighters.

yeah shadow is now a figter

Jamotello said:

PST is pronounced 'pissed'

Prepare for a Dante VS Bayonetta

StormtheFrontier said:

1 minute

Jamotello said:

there might be supplementary shadows, olney. so it might be more than three. one playable, then related spirits.

rjejr said:

3 new characters is the only thing that does make sense

Knighty_IX said:

"Together now" "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

or aiai form monkey ball

Bosstoneman said:

As long as it isn't Ball Guy from Pokemon I will be happy. He kinda scares me. . .

or a charter from streets of rage

SheldonRandoms said:

The next fighter will be RISTAR

rjejr said:

I already made space between my Bayonetta and Cloud amiibo for Dante

and fortnight would be removed form the switch it needs to be cleansed

StormtheFrontier said:

I hope whoever the fighter is they release soon.

Grumblevolcano said:

I hope there's surprise extras like Mute City (Melee)

Jamotello said:

i'm brushing my teeth for a min.

rjejr said:

3 fingers x 3 ? = 9 Illuminati confirmed, Sakurai is in the Illuminati

no no waluigi or i need sage

@Jacob1092 I would do anything for a Sakurai character!

StormtheFrontier said:

I'm stil hoping for Elite Beat Agents

Jamotello said:

i don't know enough abou the chorus kids to form proper outrage.

ThatGiloFella said:

Genuinely hope it's Waluigi though, no matter how unlikely it is. ^_^

LArachelDisciple said:

Arle Nadja would be a pleasant surprise. And a Tetris stage for more puzzle game inclusion.

StormtheFrontier said:

Sakurai is staring into my soul

Gasarakii said:

BOOM

Jacob1092 said:

Sakurai definitely just blinked, I'm sure

SheldonRandoms said:

Just had some Krusty Krab food before it revs up

is he the master hand and crazy hand

rjejr said:

Wait is that the official trailer front end - Sakuari and the 3 ???

Jamotello said:

i haven't seen or know of chris, but i've been known to kill a room's mood pretty well.

Jacob1092 said:

I think Sakurai owes it to himself to put himself in the game at this point

ThatGiloFella said:

Personally, I'm hoping the new character will be Masahiro Sakurai himself.

i for kos-mos or puyo-puyo fighter

rjejr said:

Has anyone seen that person - Chris? - who kept spoiling he Pokemon Direct by a minute?

who should have been in smash 64 or that game i do not want to get acctacked by them

Jamotello said:

hello olney.

AlexOlney said:

Thank you for the welcomes

StormtheFrontier said:

I'm predicting Dante, along with half the internet.

Jamotello said:

so, who wants to take bets on what screws up in this this chat? the feed? people getting punted out?

Discipledoctor said:

I'm not expecting any characters for the second pass but hopefully we get details, like when it'll start, how many characters, the scope of the roster (like is it no echos again)

the best part was banjo

everyone go to the bathroom before it starts

Welcome Alex!

Jacob1092 said:

Good afternoon Alex

i just found out about Gundam vs Hellp Kitty. bothing can top that

@andrew20 if it's just a mii costume, then danemord may cry

Grumblevolcano said:

The one thing I'm most confident about being the case is release of the announced fighter being today

Discipledoctor said:

Wrightbros, unite up

also a minecraft stage or a boss rush mode

new stages do you think we get yoshi wolly world

Dark-Luigi said:

Ha. Watch it be somebody totally out of the blue.

also gunvolt and copen

dante could be a mii outfit

StormtheFrontier said:

Hi everyone

mii figter costumes

Giygas_95 said:

I'm sure it's Dante, but I want THE DOOMSLAYER!

a no walaigi i rather have shadow or geno

We all know that the "Untitled Goose game" goose i going to join the battle...... *HONK!*

Jacob1092 said:

Halo would be a dream

or better yet halo or something crazy

we could have monster hunter fighter

Grumblevolcano said:

I think it'll be Dante but it would be a really cool twist if we ended up with Jena who's surprisingly absent from the Astral Chain spirit event

or the ring fit charter with male and female alt skins

it's Dragonmaster Alex and Lunar Silver Star Harmony will be on the eshop tomorrow

LArachelDisciple said:

Character suggestions have been solid so far. Especially jpeg Reggie.

no it is kos mos or rayman

LArachelDisciple said:

Ah, thank you.

Grumblevolcano said:

It hasn't been confirmed there's a second pass. That's just a prediction based on the more fighters announcement.

LArachelDisciple said:

Has it been confirmed whether the second pack will also have 5 fighters?

maybe they'll cut this one off early like the Pokemon one

Bomberman64 said:

It's Reggie. Just a prerendered jpeg of Reggie.

LArachelDisciple said:

Ring Fit Girl is my favorite option from those.

or just the Ring Fit Girl

??? = Dante, Ryu Haybusa,WALUIGI!

SheldonRandoms said:

Is this the Krusty Krab?

Zeldafan79 said:

It's dante. It's totally Dante!

hi

Googie said:

Pokemon last week. Smash this week. Either a whole direct or Animal Crossing specific direct next week?

Grumblevolcano said:

Prefer the 10pm UK Direct time

Grumblevolcano said:

I do wish it was a normal Direct this week with this at the end. Can't stay for the whole stream.

Knighty_IX said:

Hello everyone