Show "Everyone is here" in the new Super Smash Bros. release, meaning that Smash Ultimate features more characters than any other game in the series so far. Much of the hype surrounding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate concerns the huge number of characters available in the game. The team at Nintendo kicked off an advertising campaign stating that "everyone is here," and they meant it. Not only does every single fighter from past Smash Bros. releases make an appearance in the new game, nearly a dozen new characters have also been introduced. So how many characters are in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate total? Read on to find out. How many characters are in Smash Ultimate?There are a total of 74 different characters featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Of that number, 63 are fighters returning from previous games in the series, while 11 of them are totally new to the Super Smash Bros. franchise. The new characters include:
Players dropping into the latest Nintendo Switch brawler will quickly notice that the game only has eight characters available from the start. The remaining 66 characters can be unlocked by playing through the game's various modes. One of the most popular ways to unlock new characters is to go for Classic Mode unlocks, which allow players to dictate the next character that will be unlocked by completing the mode using a specific character. Nintendo has previously revealed that all-new characters will be introduced into the game as downloadable content in the coming months. The first DLC character will be Joker from Persona 5, who will mark the first of five new characters to land in Smash Ultimate as part of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass. Unlocking each of the 74 available characters is one of the most entertaining pursuits in Nintendo's latest Switch brawling release. To learn more about the new Smash Bros. entry, including the hottest news and in-depth character unlock guides, be sure to head over to Shacknews' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate walkthrough and guide.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ Special, Great Fray Smash Brothers Special), often shortened as "SSBU", "Smash Ultimate" or "Ultimate", is the sixth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, and it was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch on December 7, 2018. Intro
CharactersThe game consists of 89 characters. All 65 fighters from the previous five games have returned for this installment. In turn, the development team stated that there would not be many newcomers in the base game, with there being a total of 12 newcomers. Including the DLC characters, there is a total of 24 newcomers. Seven characters (Dark Samus, Daisy, Lucina, Chrom, Dark Pit, Richter, and Ken) are not given their own numbers among the roster due to being Echo Fighters; they instead have the number of the fighter they are based off of along with an epsilon symbol (ε) or apostrophe ('). The Pokémon Trainer counts as three characters, but only occupies one roster spot, with the selection of the starting Pokémon coming after you select him/her. Additionally, the game has 12 DLC characters, beginning with Piranha Plant (a generic enemy from the Super Mario series). The DLC characters continued with the release of Fighters Pass Volume 1, which contained Joker (the protagonist of Atlus' Persona 5), Hero (consisting of four protagonists from Square Enix's Dragon Quest series), Banjo & Kazooie (the two protagonists from Microsoft's eponymous series), Terry (the protagonist from SNK's Fatal Fury series and a major supporting fighter from The King of Fighters series), and Byleth (the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Three Houses). The DLC characters concluded with the release of Fighters Pass Volume 2 which contained Min Min (a fighter from ARMS), Steve (the protagonist of Mojang Studios' Minecraft series), Sephiroth (the antagonist of Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII), Pyra/Mythra (the two deuteragonists of Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles 2), Kazuya Mishima (the main antagonist of Bandai Namco's Tekken series), and Sora (the main protagonist of Disney's and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts series). The starting roster consists of the original 8 characters from Super Smash Bros. with the rest of the characters being unlockable or downloadable via Nintendo eShop purchase.[1]
Bold denotes starter characters
StagesThere are currently 115 stages, 103 of which are in the base game and available from the start, with the remaining 10 being released as DLC. 96 stages from previous installments have returned for this installment. Omega forms returned for all stages alongside a new Battlefield form. Alongside the base game's 103 stages there are currently 12 DLC stages, 9 of which come bundled with characters who are a part of the 2 Fighters Passes, with the twelth being added as a part of V13.0.1. Three more stages are currently in development as a part of Fighters Pass Volume 2, which will bring the total number of stages to 115.
ItemsBold denotes new item
PokémonBold denotes new Pokémon
Assist TrophiesBold denotes new trophy
New FeaturesGameplay changes
Character-specific changes
Aesthetic changes
Development
TrailersSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018 - Nintendo Switch Game Overview Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Available 12.7.2018 - Nintendo Switch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - More Fighters, More Battles, More Fun - Nintendo Switch GalleryKey Artwork First Panoramic Artwork Second Panoramic Artwork Third Panoramic Artwork Final Panoramic Artwork Panoramic Artwork with Piranha Plant Panoramic Artwork with Joker Panoramic Artwork with Hero and Banjo & Kazooie Panoramic Artwork with Terry Panoramic Artwork with Byleth Panoramic Artwork with Min Min Panoramic Artwork with Steve Panoramic Artwork with Sephiroth Panoramic Artwork with Pyra and Mythra Panoramic Artwork with Kazuya Final Panoramic Artwork with Sora English Logo Japanese Logo Traditional Chinese Logo Simplified Chinese Logo Korean Logo Differences between the Banners. Trivia
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How many fighters are in smash ultimate including DLC?The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster consists of a whopping 89 fighters in total. That number is across both the base game and DLC, with playable characters from a staggering 40 different series, including Super Mario, Pokémon and even Tekken.
How many characters are in smash Ultimate now?Super Smash Bros. Ultimate boasts 89 playable fighters.
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