Believe it or not, but there's now just one slot left to fill in the second Fighters Pass for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The game's director Masahiro Sakurai has also reiterated how this really will be the last character to join the battle.
While it's still unclear who exactly the final fighter will be, there are obviously a lot of players out there hoping to see a Waluigi reveal. While there's absolutely no guarantee something like this would necessarily happen, it hasn't stopped fans from imagining what Waluigi's addition to the game's roster might look like.
We've even seen mods such as Project M (based on Super Smash Bros. Brawl) go as far as adding Waluigi as a playable character, and now the YouTube channel King Bob Gaming has taken it one step further with a rather emotional reveal trailer for Waluigi, who in the end decides to invite himself to the battle...
Back in 2018, the president of Nintendo of America at the time, Reggie Fils-Aimé, mentioned how Sakurai was well aware of the support for Waluigi and noted how the decision-making was up to him. Although, in more recent times, we've heard from Sakurai himself how Nintendo has a "larger" say in this process, and his own "preferences" don't really play a role in the selection process.
And then there's the theory that Waluigi will never join the battle as a playable fighter, simply because he's already an assist trophy in the game. Still, that didn't stop Min Min, who was a spirit prior to her fighter debut in Ultimate - so unwritten rules like this can always change.
We've had so many different characters and series join Smash over the years from Steve and Alex from Minecraft to Kazuya from Tekken. Could you see Smash Bros. Ultimate going out with a bang by adding Waluigi as a playable character? Anyone else you would like to see? Leave your own thoughts and theories in the comments below.
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That was very well done and quite believable that Nintendo would have done that.
I can appreciate the love people have for a character they like. But man, tired of the Waluigi in Smash thing. Seems like a running gag that ran into a wall 10 years ago.
People should let it go. Waluigi is not super popular in Japan and besides that, he was only created to give Wario a partner for third party games.
If Nintendo hasn't invested in the character after all these decades they sure aren't going to now.
Waluigi needs a stealth burglary game or a casino management sim more than he needs a slot in the Smash roster.
I really like this, even if Waluigi is a dead/ annoying meme, I just in joy having something to Laugh at.
Edit: I Love how his face was "Helll no!"
Wait, people still think wanting Waluigi in Smash is a meme? It's not, the memes came from wanting Waluigi - not the other way around.
@Vexx234 A majority of the Smash cast were created for absurd reasons - Diddy Kong? glorified life bar. Kirby? Placeholder graphic. Banjo? NPC turned protagonist. At least Waluigi's creation was for an in-universe reason.
@Noid It’s a weird one. I’ve wanted Waluigi in Smash since the Brawl days. The jokes are a relatively recent thing.
@Noid That may be true, but that's it. The only time he was a featured villain was in a dance game...It's been 20 years since his creation and in all those years he's been in nothing but party games.
During those years Wario has had his own series, as well as a spinoff. Meanwhile Waluigi...nothing. So Nintendo doesn't have much use for him and they never will.
It's actually criminal that all the main characters in the mario franchise are in Smash except one.
And it's the best one!!
Waluigi is an abomination, which is exactly why I love him.
Toad should have been a playable fighter in Smash since Melee or Brawl.
He's been playable in main series Mario games, appeared in most of the Mario spin-offs, and had his own spin-off games.
Toad deserves to be in Smash more then Waluigi.
Which is why it's kinda heartbreaking to see his invite he worked so hard to earn stolen from him.
I don't mind to Waluigi, but I liked the idea of him stealing the invitation from another character.
Now I'm imagining Dante (or Hyabusa, or Doomguy, Master Cheaf...) receiving the invitation and when everyone think it's the one (even showing gameplay), Waluigi steal it! And when everyone is thinking it's done (with gameplay too)... Sakurai himself take it and become a fighter! But in the end of the present Sakurai (the character) sit in his desk and make more two and the third-party one, Waluigi and Sakurai become fighters in a 3 character presentation when everybody would be ready for one
I just want to play Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC where I can play as Wario and ride the bike.
Try watching the "Infinity Wah" series on YouTube. It's an "Avengers: Infinity War" parody using the "Super Smash Bros." cast (in live action) where Waluigi gets fed up at being passed over for Smash Bros. and finds a magical Power Glove which he can use to get his revenge...
He doesn't have a game! He has paid no dues! What... A few sports games and Mario Kart? He has no story. Stay out Waluigi.
Dang, that was kinda sad to watch. Now I kinda wish he was in the game after watching that. Well, he is in the game but I mean playable.
@Aurumonado Who, Toad?
People said Cloud, Bayonetta, Ridley, Simon, K. Rool, Hero, Banjo, Terry, Steve, Sephiroth and many others were all impossible and were never going to be in Smash for many reasons like "Cloud has nothing to do with Nintendo", "Bayonetta is too violent and too sexy", "Ridley is too big", "Konami doesn't even make games anymore", "K. Rool is missing for 10 years", "Dragon Quest is only popular in Japan", "Banjo is dead and irrelevant", "No one knows who is Terry", "Minecraft is zoomer trash, Steve is a meme" and even "Sephiroth's sword is too big", yet people still insist in doing this with more characters like Waluigi.
And even though it's true that Waluigi is just a spin-off character, he doesn't appear in the mainline games, he only appears in games like Mario Kart and Mario Tennis, and even in these games he doesn't have a big role, and yes, he was created just to be the tennis partner for Wario, people forget that these games sell dozens of millions, more than the mainline games, Mario Kart 8 alone sold over 40 million copies and Waluigi is in that game.
Idk man, I really want Waluigi more then toad, All that guy has ever told me was that the Princesses was in another castle.
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@victordamazio Spot on. Any character is possible, we know Nintendo always break the unwritten so-called rules. I personally am not a big fan of having another Mario character but if the last character to be announced was Waluigi, it's guaranteed that Smash Bros Ultimate/DLC will end in a bang and I'd like to see that instead of them revealing some character that most people have never heard of.
@victordamazio Sorry , but Waluigi is not going to be the final smash character.
@victordamazio I sadly remember seeing the majority of these with the list continuing to expand. There's even someone spreading around that this will be the "last Smash Bros. ever."
@dinosaregarbage Silly people. Like Nintendo is going to let one of their top sellers vanish. Even if Sakurai doesn't return, the series won't die off. It will just be under new management.
@victordamazio


well, this one↓ was partly right
terry was quickly mistaken for being a muscular pokemon trainer among the kids...
@Caryslan I'd love Toad to be in it with Toadsworth and Toadette skins!
I feel like we'll get a couple free echoes and one free new character after or around the same time as the last DLC, and Waluigi could be one of them.
I hate Smash, think it’s the worst fighting game ever, with the most needy professionals in the business, but I’ll be damned they need to make their final character Waluigi to give these people some happiness LOL
I used to be quite fond of Waluigi, until the internet went overboard with him. But I swear, if Waluigi is the final Smash character, I’m done.
Waluigi don’t even deserve to a WarioWare guess character, let alone a playable Smash fighter.
Nintendo should stop spending so much time taking down fan games, and start taking down videos that get their IP's characterization so wrong like this.
Waluigi would NEVER be sad that he's not in Smash Bros. He would say "WAH. SMASH BROS IS STUPID"
@Fangleman32 There's no official rule that just because Waluigi is already an Assist Trophy, he can't get a promotion to playable in the same game with DLC, they said the same thing about the Trophies and Spirits and we got Lucas, Mewtwo, Min Min, Pyra and Mythra, if this time that's true for Assists, it was still never officially stated.
And even then, I'm not just talking about the final DLC, there are always more Smash games.
I enjoyed this. I thought it would be great if WaLuigi made his own way to to Smash for ages.
@victordamazio He's already in the game though as a assist trophy, he's never coming purely because of that. Not only that Sakurai hates the character.
@victordamazio There is no official rule, but we have to be realistic here. Unless Nintendo hands over the brawl series to a director whose a hardcore Waluigi fanatic, the chances are slim to none. Only a small fanbase wants him which doesn't warrant the dev time to include him.
I have a gut feeling that there'll be two more fighters, which is why it's taking so long to get to the last one. It'll be the intended last character, and Waluigi.
Just my personal gut feeling of course, I'll probably be super wrong!
Toad-Toadsworth-Toadette-Captain Toad would work. I think those and Waluigi are better shouts than Daisy, who is literally a clone with no personality.
Looking back though, I think we take for granted just how excellent the Smash roster is, even if people are nitpicky.
Great video. Credit to the creator. Enjoyed it
@Caryslan That is so true. And just like that it would have been absolutely genius and unforgettable.
I think the video is so well made, Nintendo could barely top it now - IF they chose Waluigi.
Nice to know Project M is still active and going.
Good video! Ha.
Still my most wanted character in Smash. Impa would be nice as well. Though Ninty won't go for it imo because of Sheik already being there instead
Nintendo should have just add waluigi to smash common we got isabel from animal crossing how waluigi still isn't added.
Got a feeling it will be the long awaited unveiling of WaPeach.
Yeah, I saw this video last week.
It's cute and it's amazing that Project M is still going so strong.
I highly doubt anything like this would happen in Ultimate, but it's a good moveset idea for the next Smash title, if they finally want to upgrade him from Assist to Player Character like they did to Little Mac.
@BloodNinja you musta not have played a lot of fighting games, you can do much much worse
@Vexx234 I agree, there should be a new character that’s projectile based, from a long running franchise with amazing soundtrack.
@NImH
That’s like saying King K. Roll can’t get in because you never play as him Waluigi has been the villain in Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix which had a whole storyline
Edit: You can also say the same for Daisy
I think by now Nintendo knows it needs a projectile based character, and this could go two ways. A) there might be a reason why they put so much effort into bringing Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal over in such a great shape- it’s the oldest FPS franchise-with an iconic character with a great soundtrack and perfect move set totally fit for smash- with the triple jump, meat hook, BFG as final smash…. No need to comment-this is the best game to be represented in Smash-since it has it all! Option B) Metroid is getting a lot of attention too-this would be less favorable and it wouldn’t bring so many more players in and hyped as Doom Guy, but bringing a Chozo into Smash might be cool- we have Dark Samus, Ridley, and Dark Chozo/Normal Chozo, could fit well- but I don’t think the move set could be quite as diverse-also same soundtrack that’s already in the game, but it would be a cool addition for projectile Characters. On a side note: Resident evil is well represented on Switch- so having Leon Kennedy or Whesker- summing zombies, having many weapons-this might work too. What do you guys think-which of these three would you prefer?
@Znake
Due to when Sakurai said Smash is only for good boys and girls because that one girl from terry’s game was to sexy to appear on the stage summoning zombies is a no
@swoose
He could do whatever he wants since (in the smash universe?not sure how it fits in any series) Mario,Luigi,Peach,Daisy, and like almost everyone else is gone
I have a feeling that after they have revealed the last DLC fighter they will then announce Waluigi as an extra free character.
It's unbelievable that Waluigi is not part of SSB yet!
@Silly_G Waluigi Saves the Day. An ominous force takes over the mushroom kingdom trapping Mario luigi peach bowser and all the denzians of mushroom kingdom in a dark twisted mirror land of shadow. Only one man can stop them with his tennis racket in hand and trusty sand wedge on his back he sets out to enter the mirror realm and set things right. And they can use the fact that hes never had his own game before and at the end of the game nobody will know it was him that saved them. Each of the bosses will be twisted versions of Mario, luigi, peach browser, Browser junior, toad.
@Banjosbiggestfan Great taste, my friend.
@Banjosbiggestfan sure, and bayonetta and Zero Suit are ok, lol. Since when is Nintendo against Zombies with all the RE games. Also Sepiroth is in- which is one of the most evil vilains- So Leon Kennedy is a school boy compared to him. So killers and destroyers of the universe are fine, but Sakurai is just against big cleavage, haha- thats the most evil thing:)))
oh, i almost cried when he turned down Wario's offer to give him his invitation. Its a well made trailer. Sakurai should just take some ideas from it and introduce 2 final characters!
@CammyUnofficial The quantity of fighting games I have played has nothing to do with the conclusion.
That was so professional it looks official and makes it sadder that it's not real. lol. There are characters I'd personally like to see over Waluigi, but the vast majority of the Smash DLC has been so unexciting, that I'd be excited to see him.
@Vexx234 A shame that Nintendo won't invest and him and make him his own character outside of an addition in Mario spin-offs.
Although Daisy is a clone, it is still very very bizarre to have her in the game. Although her origin is in Super Mario Land, she disappeared fom many years only to return as a spin-off character for the last two decades. She's treated much like Waluigi by Nintendo, yet somehow she gets in Smash but not Waluigi?
And then there's Piranha Plant. I still can't even with that one.
@Banjosbiggestfan nope. Daisy and K Rule are characters in legit games not sports, dancing and racing party games. Still weak. Waluigi's most admired contribution is memes 👎
I almost teared up when he looked at the "everyone is here" billboard
@YinYangYoshi You took the words right out of my mouth. This meme has been beat to death. And I feel like people only even like the character because of the memes anyway.
They should have added waluigi and toad as well as paper mario instead of cloud, sephiroph kazua ryu terry these guys font belong in this game no one asked for them and waist of spots.
@Grembarfer I hope your joking.
@NImH
No Daisy’s only story appearance is in Mario land
@NImH
And piranha plant got in
@BlueOcean
Same to you
@Shadowmoon522 In some examples, what they said was completely right, it's just that the character joined anyway.
People said that Banjo is dead and irrelevant, he is missing for over 10 years, his franchise is gone, and he was never that much of a big seller to begin with, and you can't really say this is a lie, I love Banjo-Kazooie, but the franchise really is dead, it's just that Smash Bros. has a history of bringing back characters that are missing from a new game for years and never sold very well in the first place.
@Banjosbiggestfan and she's in an actual mainline Super Mario game that evolved into the Wario Land series.
But Piranha Plant is a good point. That makes it the only logic or actual reason I've heard on the subject. The rest is meme weebs wanting a reason to LSTM (laugh silently to myself.)
@NImH In the official Super Mario Encyclopedia there is a section in the initial pages called "Meet the Mario Family" which also mentions "here are all the main characters, without whom it wouldn't be a Super Mario game" which then proceeds to list the characters. Pirahna Plant is included in this section right next to Mario, Luigi, Peach, The Toads (Red, Yellow, and Blue), Goomba, Koopa Troopas, Hammer Bro and the continuing page continues with Bowser, Bowser Jr., The Koopalings, Daisy, Wario, Birdo, Rosalina & Luma, Yoshi. Meanwhile Waluigi isn't listed.
Edit: Daisy also appears in Super Mario Run which is also considered a main Super Mario game.
Such a spot-on video! WAAAAAhnderful!
Nintendo, give Waluigi that last slot and I will buy the Fighters Pass that instant, no questions asked.
Sadly, I don’t dare hope the purple prince will win out over this streak of commercial picks though 😔
@weirdregalia facts.
This is still a thing? This whole meme is so dumb smh
@Meteoroid Exactly, out of the entire Maro lineup, Waluigi was created for one purpose, but outside of that there is nothing else to his character.
As harsh as it is, there is is just nothing there besides him being evil Luigi. Even in the trailer you can see the best moves they could come up with, is from his party game appearances.
Luigi started as a palette swap but evolved into his character with his own set of moves as well as his own series.
Wario started off as an evil Mario, but evolved into an anti-hero with his own series. Both characters have distinct traits that make them, them.
@Silly_G I think Wario and Waluigi have potential as characters for a "twisted" version of a Mario game, kinda like the original WarioLand games. Similar premise when the players need to work together to finish the level, but only one of them can get the bonus at the end, encouraging a last minute backstabbing. Or maybe simply used as minor villains in the Mario or Donkey Kong franchise (taking notes from Mario being the bad guy in Donkey Kong Jr).
@YinYangYoshi right? Im so tired of the whole waluigi thing.
I voted for him in Smash 4
You know guys, some people actually want him in the game, and the meme came from people, well you know, actually wanting him in the game.
The only reason I'd want Waluigi in the next Smash game is just to never see the dreadful "racket-club-pan" rotation in Peach's side Smash attack again. Just let one character be devoted to the sport games so that Peach can properly reference Super Mario RPG all the time.
Think he'd be too disappointing now as the final dlc character. Like as would any nee mario character or a character whose series is already represented.
I'd like it to go out with a bang which waluigi just isn't for me.
@Silly_G I always imagined a slapstick-noir detective adventure with obscure Mario characters.
@Aurumonado Waluigi is not a main character.
@JJ_64 The last character is going to be a big one, just like last time.
Especially if it's going to be revealed at TGA, again.
@victordamazio There is a fine line between taking an existing JPEG and creating a specific Smash ruleset for it versus modelling and animating an NPC.
No, wait, it's a Rio Grande.
Are we sure this is fan made?
This is so well done, congratulations to whoever made it!!
This is funny and so on-point!
I'm assuming the announcement is for a real mod as well, so we can actually get him in October.
The video is obvious fanfic, which is to say pretty unrealistic.
Wario would laugh in Waluigi's face and only offer the invitation as a prank gotcha. Similarly, if offered, Waluigi would snag that invitation without a second thought.
With that being said, I would take another Link or a Piranha-Plant echo over Waluigi.
@PtM It's always like this, people say something will never happen, we will never get this character or that character, that rule is true, it will never be broken, and when presented with evidence in the form of what already happened in the past Smash reveal trailers, they claim that no, this is different, this is false equivalency.
Then, that happens as well, the character is revealed, that rule is broken, and the reveal joins the list of evidence, but everything that didn't happen yet, is still impossible and shouldn't be compared with past reveals including the newest one.
The guys who made this.. wow talented people over there.
I love these fan made videos, high quality.
@victordamazio Yes, the fact that some people ruled out characters because of JPEGs (smh) should not be held against me ruling out assists.
Though the Mewtwo trophy is actually a good point, cannot deny.
Even if I personally see Waluigi's likelihood below Sora's, it could happen with a few twists of fate.
He's really bottom of the barrel, still.
If Nintendo will add playstation only characters, they really need to add waluigi.
@Silly_G Not-Waluigi's Mansion, sounds like something I'd actually really enjoy.
@Shambo : Maybe a game in which Waluigi invades other games by jumping into portals in order to affect the course of history?
One level could have Waluigi diving into Breath of the Wild's Hyrule to cause mischief and in another, he could jump into Super Mario Odyssey and sabotage Bowser's wedding plans.
Seems a tad too ambitious for a glorified side character though.
Showing Waluigi as an assist trophy even before the game released was Sakurai's way of saying "Forget it!"
Waluigi would be a disappointing final character, in terms of new stage, music, and spirit board. I mean, that fan trailer was great - until he was actually shown in the game having nothing but himself. He's honestly better suited for base game in the next entry.
And even then he'd once again be fighting over that spot in the roster with other beloved Mario characters such as Pauline, Toad, and Geno.
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