It's almost Nintendo Direct time, and that of course means that the entire online Nintendo community is going absolutely bonkers. It's perhaps wise, then, that Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai has reminded fans that they shouldn't take any hints from his social media posts.
As those who follow him on Twitter will know, Sakurai makes a point of posting a brand new screenshot from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate every single day. The posts are almost always of great quality, showing off particular characters in interesting poses that sometimes make reference to particular games or franchises.
After confirming that Smash news will be present in today's Direct, Sakurai posted his usual screenshot of the day: this awesome snap of Wii Fit Trainers performing leapfrog exercises. The message that follows warns fans that 'there is no hint in my tweet'. So, Ring Fit Adventure reveal confirmed, then?
Interestingly, in a later post, Sakurai mentions that he's looking forward to seeing which non-Smash titles will be shown during the presentation, mentioning that he doesn't know what else will be featured in the Direct.
Any last minute guesses for potential Smash reveals in today's show? Fire away in the comments below, and make sure to head back to our homepage at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm GMT / 11pm CET to watch tit with us live!
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Nice try, you're not fooling me.
Actually, wait, this looks like he's hiding something...
Solid Snake hides....
New Metal Gear character?!?
Wii Fit Board CONFIRMED!!
To be fair, his recent tweet with a zoomed out view of Boxing Ring had a time of 02:21, a KO stat of 1 in binary, and a damage total of 7 in binary, and the Direct is on...2/17/21...but that would've been a teaser for a date and not a character
Eggman says ho ho in sonic rivals 2 script
EGGMAN CONFIRMED
I don't know... kind of looks like Crash Bandicoot's jumping pose
I’ll never understand how people can find a new smash character anything more than mildly interesting lol
Sakurai is like the binary version of Tom Holland. Observe.
@henrysbloggin
Nice try.
Frogger confirmed! Finally!
It’s gonna be Phoenix Wright, and once I’m right all of you will come back here and be like “wow man! How did you know? I love you so much!” So I’m just waiting for that...
@Blooper987 Been predicting Phoenix for a while now, hopefully you didn't just jinx it 😛
Let's be careful with the hype... ....... ............ F-ZERO IS COMING!!!!! vpaiuhmm hiaxhviqeug chiuvcvqinwr cr gqr gq`rg93gv9`grvq please kill me
@Kalmaro Nope he's hiding like a ninja and that ninja points to Ryu Hayabusa.
@henrysbloggin
It isn't quite the same as it used to be, as there are so many now, but after melee, any new character offered a world of new possibilities and options.
It definitely used to be super exciting.
Now, with so many characters, each one gets buried under the weight of the whole.
Crash 4 is coming soon. Crash for Smash.
The greatness about Nintendo is that you never know what they'll pull from their sleeve. I've not a clue to who's going to be revealed. And, frankly, as long as they're fun to play, I could care less about who it is.
Also, that chat is going to be super toxic today. Prepare your hazmat suits...
Sakurai tweets are like rorschach blots. You're going to see the character reveal you wants to see.
Me, you ask? All signs point to Shrek as far as I can tell.
@Blooper987 I already love you though!
It's staring us in the face!
The giant mirror.
It's the bird from Mirror's Edge.
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Has this man ever hidden a detail in a video or a Twitter for it to become reality?
I remember back for Brawl people jokes about Ridley being in the clouds for a trailer.
Seemed like he’s gotten a reputation for being playful, but nothing like that
@AlexSora89 Funny, I was thinking Sakurai was the Tom Holland of Nintendo. There's no way they tell him in advance what's in the Direct. Sakurai probably knows who all the remaining characters are, but they wouldn't tell him in advance when they are announcing them, just when his 20 minute shows will run.
Though if he has already made 1 for the next character he can probably guess it will be revealed today in the Direct, that's just math.
@BadlyDrawnDedede yeah at the 2020 game awards we were expecting crash. But we got sephiroth. We though he killed mario. But he didn't because sephiroth liked odyessy.
The chat is gonna be like hiroshima
@ryancraddock
"...to watch tit with us live!"
Gosh, Ryan... sounds like it's going to be quite a show!!! 😆
@Kalmaro RULES OF NATURE
Master Kohga or Sooga please! Oh lawd!
Obviously the way he's pulling that slinky can only be representative of how Doom guy pulls demons apart. Doom guy 100% confirmed.
There was green in the picture, Master chief confirmed
Wasn't there a purple chair in one of his screenshots, that supposedly confirmed Waluigi lol.
After his Byleth binary pose, whatever hint he's hiding, is way too obscure to guess.
@AlexSora89 @PikaPhantom is that why Sakurai was teaching us binary the other day?
Personally, that huge mirror in the background all but confirms that Simirror (the mirror mage baddie from Kirby) is the next character. I can't be swayed out of this
My dream reveal is a duck hunt-esque trio of the Palamute, Paluco, and Wirebug from Monster Hunter Rise. Capcom and Nintendo have a good relatuonship, and there are two MH games coming out this year
Ir if you prefer, they're doing leapfrogs. Monster Hunter has a frog monster called Tetsucabra. Monster Hunter confirmed for Smasg
It's not gonna be Crash. It's not gonna be Master Chief. It's not gonna be Doomguy. And if it is, then I'll ... idk what I'll do, any ideas?
Its going to be frogger.
So this pretty much confirms half life 3 for Nintendo Switch then
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GIVE ME SORA NOW!!!! (or Dante from devil may cry )
I'm telling the truth: I always lie.
@NEStalgia Ah, the Epimenides paradox.
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