E3 2018 - EVERY character, assist trophy, stage, and item coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

| Jun 12, 2018

Characters, stages, gameplay changes, items, oh my!

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So you've just watched the Nintendo Direct at E3 and thought, wow, that was a lot of stuff about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! Maybe a little too much, even...

Don't fret! We here at Pocket Gamer have combed through the entire presentation, and you can check out literally everything that has been announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate right here in this article.

That's every single character, stage, item, assist trophy, and new technique of gameplay change coming to the game. Aren't we good?

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1
Characters

Every single character from the Super Smash Bros. series is making a return to the game - yes, including DLC characters.

There's over 60 in total, and you can check them all out below:

Mario
Samus
Kirby
Bowser
Link
Donkey Kong
Fox
Falco
Marth
Zelda
Sheik
Villager
Meta Knight
Mewtwo
Sonic
Peach
Pikachu
Ice Climbers
Inkling
Captain Falcon
Zero Suit Samus
Wii Fit Trainer
Squirtle
Charizard
Ivysaur
Lucas
Ness
Ryu
Ganondorf
Ike
Cloud
Snake
Jigglypuff
Pichu
Roy
Olimar
Diddy Kong
Lucario
Lucina
Robin
Bayonetta
Mr Game and Watch
Greninja
Dr Mario
ROB
Duck Hunt
Pit
Dark Pit
Palutena
Corrin
Bowser Jr
Toon Link
Young Link
King Dedede
Rosalina
The Mii Fighters
Wario
Little Mac
Pac-Man
Shulk
Wolf
Mega Man
Luigi
Yoshi
Daisy
Ridley

2
Stages

Old and new stages are included in the game, and all of them have received a graphical boost to match up to the Switch's power.

You can also play all of them in Battlefield or Omega modes, removing any distractions and stage effects and giving you the classic competitive experience on every single background.

Below are the named stages and the franchise they come from:

Prism Tower - Pokemon
Green Greens - Kirby
Spear Pillar - Pokemon
Mario Galaxy - Super Mario Galaxy
Midgar - Final Fantasy
Kongo Falls - Donkey Kong
Lylat Cruise - Star Fox
Princess Peach's Castle - Mario
Spirit Train - The Legend of Zelda
Frigate Orpheon - Metroid
Green Hill Zone - Sonic
New Pork City - Earthbound/Mother
Wrecking Crew - Wrecking Crew
Tortimer Island - Animal Crossing
Moray Towers - Splatoon
Great Plateau Tower - The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

3
Assist Trophies

There's going to be over 50 Assist Trophies in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and this time around you can K.O. some of them, earning you a point (if you're the kind of person who plays with points and not stocks).

Nintendo only showed off a few of them, but you can be excited for:

Squid Sisters
Knuckle Joe
Metroid
Ghosts
Lyn
Waluigi
Andross
Nintendogs
Riki
Bomberman
Starfy
Burrowring Snarget
Midna
Sukapon

4
Items and Pokemon

Items are a key feature of any Smash Bros. entry, and there's a bunch of new ones being included this time around, including:

Fake Smash Ball
Black Hole
Launch Star
Healing Field

There's also new Pokemon being added to the Pokeballs, though we only saw two in action. Those were:

Bewear
Solgaleo

5
Techniques

Nintendo has made a few tweaks to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to make the competitive game that bit more interesting for hardcore players - which could also indicate a renewed interest in esports from the developer.

Among the techniques confirmed to be in the game, both new and old, there are:

Holding the basic attack button for an endless flurry of attacks
Smash attacking to cancel out of a dash
Ladder attacks
A directional air dodge, which will help when recovering from off-stage - though overusing the dodge will now increase your recovery frames during a dodge, making you more vulnerable
Short hop attacks
Smash attack by pressing A+B
Perfect Shield is now only triggered when you release the shield button at the right time
Damage has been increased in 1-on-1 battles to improve the speed of the game
Timed battles now sees the player in the lead emitting a flash on occasion to signify that they are in the lead