Following on from last week's Cuphead spirit event, this weekend Nintendo is hosting a 1990s tournament in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As you might have guessed, it celebrates iconic video game characters and games from this era.
This includes Sonic the Hedgehog, the Pokémon series, Final Fantasy VII, Yoshi, the pink puffball Kirby and even The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. You'll also see many fighters and stages from this particular decade.
The event starts this Friday on 21st February and will run for a total of three days. Will you be participating in this upcoming event? Leave a comment below.
[source japanesenintendo.com]
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Was gonna say something about there not being any Dragon Quest, but I don't think any of the games represented are actually from the 90's in Japan? 4 was 1989 at the latest I think.
@Borngis I think they haven't shown the full roster quite yet - Marth, for example, had his game in 1990 and he's not there either.
Cool it might actually make me pop the game in after a long break
Do things like these really make people come back to the spirit modes? I for one was done with spirits after like 5 hours and I haven't touched them since.
@J-Plap I don't think this has anything to do with spirits, I don't see any new spirits here. It's just a special limited time tourney in the Online Tourney mode.
@J-Plap This isn't a Spirit thing, this is a themed online tournament. As a massive Cuphead fan, I did go back for that Spirit event, though.
I love these little graphics they do to promote it, beautiful each time
Fat 90s Pikachu confirmed for Fighter Pass 2.
@Kevember Goodness, if only!
Joker should TECHNICALLY be there but we'll see.
That's neat! At first though, I thought it was going to be another spirit event, which also would have been neat.
Sounds good - wouldn't mind them celebrating it with some additions to the online snes/nes library!
Have put it in my calendar as I really enjoyed the last tournament, they're not too long so it's good fun.
@J-Plap I'm a sucker for the spirits; anything shiny and collectible like this in games and I instantly gravitate towards it.
Pretty bummed out that I missed a few of the events, but the Tetris spirits recently returned so i'm hoping the rest follow suit soon.
@J-Plap Oh, and I don't believe this is a spirit even per se either...
@BlueBlur101 They're referring to characters who have DEBUTED in the 90's, not series.
Joker didn't make his first appearance until 2016 with Persona 5, so he wouldn't count.
@Borngis The same would apply to Hero, as he just made his first appearance in Dragon Quest XI back in 2017.
@kenyowa Marth is in. Here's the full list of this tournament, by the way:
https://www-aaaba-lp1-hac.cdn.nintendo.net/en-GB/d2c07c76/index.html
@SpaceCrystal I guess, but I was thinking of specific alts that might be from the 90s. But there aren't any.
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