Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has finally had its newest character reveal with Steve from Minecraft joining the game’s massive roster. The announcement came from a recent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter reveal live stream hosted by the game’s director, Masahiro Sakurai.
Another livestream was hosted that showed off Steve’s entire move set and announced the next wave of amiibo figures including Banjo and Kazooie, Terry Bogard, and Byleth. Unfortunately for Fire Emblem: Three Houses fans, it seems that only the male version of Byleth is getting an official Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo.
For those who aren’t familiar with Byleth as a character, they are the player-controlled character from the hit Switch title Fire Emblem: Three Houses. In Three Houses, players can choose to control either a male or female version of Byleth throughout the game. As such, Sakurai made it so that players could choose a male or female Byleth in Smash Ultimate as well. Though some Smash fans weren’t happy with Byleth’s inclusion in Smash Ultimate, there’s no denying that Three Houses performed incredibly well for Nintendo.
Now, it seems that Fire Emblem fans may have a reason to be upset, as the game’s director has confirmed that only the male version of Byleth will receive an amiibo. It’s an interesting case, as there are two other Fire Emblem avatar protagonists representatives in Ultimate in Robin and Corrin. Both of these characters allow players to pick female versions, however only Corrin was given a female amiibo alongside the male version. Only the male amiibo version of Robin was released, similar to Byleth now.
As mentioned above, more Smash Ultimate amiibo figures were confirmed alongside Byleth. Terry Bogard from the Fatal Fury series is getting an official amiibo alongside Rare’s Banjo and Kazooie. As Sakurai noted, it’s incredible to see Nintendo manufacture an official piece of Banjo-Kazooie merchandise. Those three amiibo are currently slated for release in 2021. Additionally, the previously announced Joker and Hero amiibo are now available for players to purchase.
While it’s great to see a high-quality figure for the male version of Byleth, it’s still fairly disappointing that female Byleth won’t be getting an amiibo. Smash Ultimate has gotten plenty of complaints in the past about skewed female representation in the game. Whether or not one personally agrees with that sentiment, a male-only amiibo variation of Byleth certainly doesn’t help the argument. Still, those who are looking forward to the male Byleth amiibo can expect him to release sometime next year.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available now, exclusively on Nintendo Switch.
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