Hero from the Dragon Quest series is now officially available as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
If you want to be able to play as this character, you'll need to update your game software to Version 4.0.0 and either purchase or already own the Fighters Pass (£22.49 / $24.99) or Hero Challenger Pack (£5.39 / $5.99).
The Hero comes with the Yggdrasil's Altar stage and several orchestrated music tracks from the Dragon Quest series. There are also alternate character designs representing the main characters from several of the Dragon Quest games:
He can take the form of the protagonists from DRAGON QUEST XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition, the latest DRAGON QUEST title coming to Nintendo Switch on 27th September; DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation; DRAGON QUEST IV: Chapters of the Chosen; and DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. This is the first time ever that all four heroes from these DRAGON QUEST games are fighting together.
New Dragon Quest-themed Mii Fighter outfits are now also available. Each outfit is available for £0.70 / $0.75 each and is not included with the Fighters Pass. Take a look at each one below:
Apart from the Hero, Version 4.0.0 of Ultimate adds an in-game online tourney mode, a "Very Easy" setting in the single-player Adventure mode and the ability to predict the winner in Spectate mode. You can read more about the patch notes here.
Have you downloaded Version 4.0.0? Have you played as the Hero yet? Leave a comment below.
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Shame that there’s no new Dragon Quest music remixes.
He's out and he's glorious.
Version 4.0 here I come!
It doesn't let me purchase it. An error occurs every time I tried to purchase it.
This stage is AMAZING....I love fly by stages and this one is just beautiful...especially when soar high above the clouds and that Whale passes by.
Just downloaded it. I’m messing around with the Hero character but unfortunately he’s not someone I will be using often. I do like the Dragon Quest stage, real nice looking.
Dont forget the patch notes too folks. They are on the website.
And...... the eShop is broken again.
I didn't have any problems with the eShop, but it was 3am so I guess it was just me and a handful of other night owls and everyone else will have to deal with the overload tomorrow. Haven't played Hero yet, just messed around with the new spirits a bit.
There's also a free spirit board item pack for NSO subscribers.
@Dev893 The things about Hero is that he is an incredibly OP character, but what balances him out is his randomness. Not to mention that players will only have a small amount of time to look at the Magic Menu before the other player starts to attack, so Hero players will hardly have any time to look over the spells, let alone decide which ones to activate.
I will be using snooze whenever it pops up. Any support skills like acceleratle or psych up will be used if I'm in the lead. The spells will be used to supplement your situation at that moment.
So glad this launch wasn’t an awful disaster like Joker’s was.
Downloaded this evening, and played through Classic Mode. There were twists I wasn't even anticipating. Also, had fun playing as Hero.
Downloaded the update, from 3.1 to 4.0, from the +Option menu no problem, game cart wasn't even in the system, but it updated after downloading, at about 9:50PM in New York.
I was too lazy to get up and put the cart in but it all seemed ok.
"Each outfit is available for $0.75 each and is not included with the Fighters Pass."
Thanks for inlcuding that in the arcile. Seems really nickel an ddiming their base at those 75 cent prices, this isn't a free game, it's a $60 game and a $25 season pass and most people pay $20 for online. I'm ok w/ selling them for 75c each for people who don't want or need the $25 season pass, but come on. At least let the 3 Mii amiibo unlock them, let the bloody $15 amiibo do something to earn their keep, those Mii amiibo aren't exactly lookers.
Can we buy those 75c costumes with gold coins? May have to buy Veronica just b/c, don't think we use our sword fighter.
Speaking of amiibo, have we seen Hero yet? I'm assuming just 1 model dressed as the Luminary, just wondering if they've shown it yet? Or Joker for that matter. His amiibo needs his persona, though I have no idea how.
Here's a nice mock-up. And I repeat MOCK-UP.
Maybe it's because I'm used to the old characters and there's more attention on it now, but seems like the movesets are getting ever more convoluted.
New character is great but very very op, so fun to play though!
Just had a couple of hours of the best Smash I’ve played since Melee. Hero vs Hero with my brother made us end up rolling about laughing at the ridiculousness of it all. I ended up Kamikazee-ing on my last life like an absolute idiot about 4 times but it was brilliant. He’s a bad match up for basically everyone though once they inevitably put down his ridiculous critical rate.
@Franklin
Kirby always had copy, Zelda had transform originally, pokemon trainer and samus got a more complicated transform in brawl, Mac had the KO punch in 4, Ryu and Bayonetta have alternate hadouken inputs in 4 dlc, Inkling has his ink tank in ultimate, and Hero has MP and an array of spells in Utimate dlc.
They are certainly getting more complicated, but there were also some characters with crazier movesets than others. Pirahna Plant is as basic as it gets.
Just played as Hero for a bit. He has a solid moveset, my favorite move is the neutral special (the one where you charge/shoot the fireball). His side special is pretty good too. Not a fan of his down special though, it's a bit too complicated and luck-based for my liking. It does have its uses, though.
@rjejr Yes, you can get the DLC costumes with the gold coins. Same applies with anything with a price tag on the Switch eShop.
Just retried and was able to download it this time. Perhaps I couldn't earlier because of downloading traffic?
I played against Hero a little. Didn't try playing them though. I actually still have never played as Joker. Now if the Doom Marine got added...I'd play him in a heartbeat.
@Galarian_Lassie
Actually I think that Ultimate has less new remixes than smash4
I am also upset there are no new tracks from FF - we have only two tracks available...
And also there is no Xenoblade Chronicles X music at all
Does anyone know how big the update file is? I am away with work so stuck to hotspotting to my mobile data
@MarioLover92 Thanks. I knew I could spend gold coins on the eShop, wasn't sure if those 745 costumes would only be available "in game", b/c really, if you don't have the game, why would you buy a costume you can't use on the eShop? Though I suppose the same can be said for most DLC. All right, Veronica it is.
I want to thanks Nintendo for killing Smas bros. with new Hero...I was playing stamnia battle,and I lost on 200% with one punch...that is for sure fair battle...tnx Nintendo...and please stop updating anything...you manage to ruin perfectly good game.
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