The Super Smash Bros. series is one of the biggest franchises made by Nintendo, and the most recent entry of the series is no different. Many fans have always gone wild in anticipation for the newest fighter announcement for the series, and it seems that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is overdue for a new one.
The game’s lastest fighter, Min-Min from 2017’s ARMS, was released back on June 26th of this year. With three months of no announcement (and several rumors), it seems as though the next big Smash Ultimate announcement might be coming sooner rather than later. So, which fighter could fans expect to come to Nintendo’s flagship series next? Here are some characters that each have a pretty decent chance.
The Monster Hunter series is arguably at the height of its popularity, with 2018’s Monster Hunter World becoming a smash-hit and even a Monster Hunter film adaptation on the way. With its massive popularity and long history with Nintendo, the series seems more possible than ever to come to Smash. In fact, it already has appeared in the game — albeit, to a lesser extent: Monster Hunter‘s Rathalos is already a boss in Smash Ultimate, and a Monster Hunter Mii fighter costume was introduced back on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. With that said, it doesn’t seem like much of a stretch for the series to receive a playable fighter next.
Two decades ago, it would have seemed insane to imagine Crash appearing in a first-party Nintendo title, not to mention the company’s flagship fighting game, Super Smash Bros. But a lot has changed since then: Crash Bandicoot is now a third-party franchise owned by Activision and is arguably more popular than ever. The character has also appeared in countless Nintendo titles, several of which have been on the Switch. And with Crash’s newest platforming adventure It’s About Time just days away from release, it seems like the perfect time for the orange marsupial to spin his way onto the mascot fighting game.
Geno is a truly odd character. He’s only appeared in one video game, Super Mario RPG, which released almost twenty-five years ago on the Super Nintendo. Since then, Smash Bros. fans have been incredibly vocal with their desires to see Geno make his way onto the fighting game.
Nintendo hasn’t exactly been silent in their response to fan outcry either, as Geno was given a Mii Fighter costume back on Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. Additionally, there have been countless rumors of the character coming to the title, with GameStop even mistakenly stating that the character was announced as DLC. While Geno certainly isn’t the most obvious choice for a fighter, the enormous amount of fan outcry might be enough to earn him a spot in the Fighter’s Pass 2.
Smash has never been short of playable Pokemon fighters, and almost every new mainline entry in the Pokemon series has coincided with a new playable pocket monster. Since the release of Smash Ultimate, Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield have made their way onto Switch, and it seems likely that one of the new Pokemon will come to Fighter’s Pass 2. The question becomes: which one?
A safe bet would be one of the new starters, as that has seemingly become the tradition with more recent Pokemon fighters. Gen 6 gave players the water-starter Greninja, and last generation gave Incineroar, the fire-starter. That would mean that Sword and Shield’s grass-starter, Rillaboom, would be next as a fighter. This seems possible, and the grass gorilla’s connection to playing drums would certainly make for an interesting and unique moveset. If players don’t end up seeing one of the new starters make their way to Smash, some other interesting picks would be Toxtricity, the new electric-poison typed monster, or Sirfetch’d, the new fan-favorite evolution of Farfetch’d.
Over the years, Ubisoft and Nintendo have become more chummy with one another. In 2017, Switch owners got the brand-new exclusive title Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, a strategy game featuring Mario and the Rabbids characters, an unlikely mash-up that was surprisingly excellent. The Rabbids characters tend to be a bit hit-or-miss with many people (and mainly appealing to younger gamers), though the new title worked as its own thing.
This partnership, therefore, would make a ton of sense to continue on into the Super Smash Bros. series. As many players know, the Rabbids have already become playable in the form of Mii Fighter costumes, but Nintendo’s partnership with Ubisoft doesn’t have to end there, necessarily. The Rabbids began as a spin-off title of Ubisoft’s platforming mascot, Rayman. Though he hasn’t been in the spotlight much in recent years, Rayman has a long history with the company and is one of the few notable platforming mascots that has yet to appear in the Smash Bros. series.
Rayman has appeared on many Nintendo consoles, including the aforementioned Rayman Raving Rabbids, as well as Rayman Legends for both Wii U and Switch, as well as other handheld titles. His inclusion would feel fitting and help round out the list of third party characters already included in Ultimate.
Waluigi has always been an extremely polarizing Nintendo character. Ever since the release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii, fans have been very vocal in their wishes to see the purple plumber make the cut for Smash. After over a decade, however, the fourth brother has still remained unplayable. But in more recent years, more and more outlandish characters like Piranha Plant, and even odd third-party characters like joker have made their way to the series. With so many odd-ball characters showing up, there seemingly is no rule for “what should make the cut” for Smash.
Over time, Sakurai has broken the rules that he had created: Ridley was too big for Smash, but he made it happen. Sonic and Snake weren’t original Nintendo IPs, but he somehow made them happen, and now third-party characters are a dime a dozen. So why shouldn’t Waluigi be able to be promoted from an assist trophy to a full-on playable fighter?
Smash is one of Nintendo’s biggest and most successful franchises, and it’s incredibly exciting to speculate what might be next for the series. With still five more fighters yet to come, Nintendo seems to have a lot still left in store for fans and will be sure to excite everyone whenever the next fight is announced later this year.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now available for Nintendo Switch.
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