If you've been looking forward to playing as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's newest fighter, Pyra/Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2, you won't have long to wait: the pair arrive later today for those in North America, and tomorrow for players in Europe.
The news was delivered by series director Masahiro Sakurai, who today delivered a deep-dive on the new character duo in a 'Mr. Sakurai Presents' video. The showcase also revealed the existence of new Mii Fighter costumes based on Monster Hunter and Ghosts 'N Goblins.
Pyra and Mythra are technically one fighter on the selection screen, but players can alternate between them at any time during battle. Pyra specialises in power, while Mythra excels in speed. By changing between the two fighters, players can juggle attacking with powerful abilities using Pyra and swiftly leaping around the battlefield with Mythra. This strategic dual dance makes Pyra/Mythra a unique fighter in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate line-up.
Pyra/Mythra is the fourth fighter from the game's Fighters Pass Vol. 2, following the arrivals of Min Min, Steve/Alex, and Sephiroth. Two more fighters are still yet to be revealed for the pass.
Will you be giving Pyra/Mythra a whirl in Smash? Are you happy with this fighter choice? Let us know in the comments below.
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I know what I'll be playing this evening!
Woohoo!!! Also, it looks like that concert leak was wrong cause Monster Hunter mii costumes
Rip Monster Hunter.
I missed the presentation...
Well, two for the price of one
very cool! i probably won't try them out until tomorrow the servers are destined to crash today. XD
Sorry to Monster Hunter fans. It's funny the Paid DLC Mii Costumes sections is the part we dread the most, even though they're supposed to be fun inclusions.
I like how the character seems to play. I'll be dl-ing later today, or tomorrow. Same for Authur, and Felyne mii costumes.
I called monster hunter btw. I now what i'm going to do today. (Now I'm going to bed tired AF)
RIP Monster Hunter. But Zagreus is still on the table
Not for all players. It depends on your region. We don't all live in America.
Arthur Mii costume for Ghosts 'n' Goblins music alone is worth it... even if it is only 1 track (EDIT: Not so sure if this is true now. Will need to research). Not too fussed about the character (or any of the characters in the season pass so far), but eh, at least we get good music.
A shame that Monster Hunter is only getting Mii costumes, but it's better than nothing.
Nice I would be trying them later tonight.
I liked the emphasis on them basically being Power and Speed modes of each other.
I'm particularly interested to see how this works at the competitive level, where speed is usually the deciding factor in how well a fighter performs competitively, but such fighters also tend to lack kill moves.
Testing will reveal if Mythra lacks kill moves or not, which will decide if there is merit in switching to Pyra to land KOs or not.
@Nerdtendowastaken you cared enough to comment??
Did they announce Amiibo? Heheeehehehe
@mcdreamer Don't keep us in suspense, what are you playing this evening?
Is it normal to not have amibo revealed at the same time?
@jump He/she's going to play Animal Crossing: New Leaf on the Nintendo 3DS
@Nerdtendowastaken I care a whole lot, really looking forward to play as them
@Balta666 yeah. We didn't see Joker and Hero amiibos until the Min-Min presentation
@eltomo
No amiibo announcements.
And no surprise third party Mii fighter costumes, either.
No tiddies, no money
Pretty sure it's actually tomorrow for UK/Ireland.
So excited, their specials don't look, well... special (or useful I should say) but then I main Ridley so I am used to slightly crap specials, as long as they're fun I don't mind.
@Kirbo100 oh . I don't play smash but I love XC2 and really want an amibo of it.
Best DLC character yet! Absolutely cannot wait to play them!
I know they said the second fighter pass would extend through 2021, but there's only two fighters left, and we're just in March. It'll be really interesting to see how the rest of it pans out.
I'm guessing another fighter will come in June or July and then the final one in October or November.
“If I had to choose, I’d say I like Pyra better...”
“Of course, we’re talking strictly about combat ability.”
“Yes, I think it would be Pyra...”
“As a fighter, of course.”
Sakurai, 2021.
I knew it, looks like i shell be playing Smash later.
I'm surprised that Monster Hunter is only getting costumes (as far as we know) considering how big of a franchise it is, especially in Japan.
@TheLightSpirit just checked his profile, mf is a conspiracy theorist that spams garbage on a NINTENDO focused website
Welp, bye bye to concert leak, unless they just magically decide to put crash, and the hunter from rise in( jokes on Nintendo I thought of a move set for the hunter). But it’s not looking very likely. Still crossing fingers for crash, cause if he’s next, it would make sense, because he would be released at the same time of year banjo and Steve were, two big characters.
@JokerCK Arlo was so close
Pyra's final smash is pretty cool but according to sakurai it's better for K.O's rather than damage and because I normally unlock final smash when my brother and cousin are on low health percentage I'll probably be sticking with Mythra because Sakurai said her final smash is better for damage but I might swap on random times just because Sakurai said you're invincible for like a whole split second doing it which might come in handy when I'm too slow or lazy to doge,shield,or reflect.
The 2nd DLC pack is super disappointing imo.
@eltomo sadly, no, probably not until a month or two
@thaimbomb Hey we still got Sephiroth and Steve and those 2 are pretty dang impressive and hey we still got 2 more spots so don't give up hope. #Even though he got Mii'd Travis for Smash all the way baby
@Blooper987 We could get a monster or something weird like a Palamute
all we need now is doomslayer to rip and tear his way in till its done.
Cant say I'm excited as I never cared for the Xeno series, but since I love smash I'll give the character a try anyways, might as well learn the matchups too.
I just hope the higher ups at Nintendo didnt only focus on JRPG reps for the remaining DLCs, and I say that as someone who primarily enjoys JRPGs.
@RiasGremory Nintendo is too worried about their image for that.
Pyra and Bayo are exceptions since they're essentially promotions for their newer exclusive games.
@Muh-ario thats bs man doomslayer would fit right in.
a) looks like it's arriving tomorrow: https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1367494502718521346?s=20
b) do many mii fighter costumes come with music? That's annoying!
Have yet to play a Xenoblade game, but these characters seem pretty interesting. If I like the characters I might even try out those games.
@TryToBeHopeful Some do but not all of them.
@WallyWest Just looked into it, I think it's just sans and cuphead.
Looks good. I'll be picking this character up.
What time does the dlc go live?
"Smash is for good boys and girls"(I know that the Japanese quote was about keeping the current rating for the game) I feel like that kind of went out the window pretty fast. Not that I really care either way but I feel the interpretation hasn't been very consistently applied.
@Sephiroth51142 It was out of the window before they even said it Sadly rating boards has these doublestandards, comsidering Shulk can be topless, they should not have had problems using Mai as a background character.
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