Super Smash Bros Ultimate Direct Livestream Announced by Nintendo
By Nicholas Barth ·
What is Nintendo Direct? Sunday, August 5th 2018 saw a Nintendo announcement that stated it will be having a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct livestream to reveal new information for the game.
Before the Grand Finals of the Super Smash Bros. Melee tournament taking place at EVO 2018, which saw William "Leffen" Peter Hjelte of Team SoloMid defeat Adam "Armada" Lindgren of Alliance, Nintendo announced that it will be holding a Nintendo Direct livestream on Wednesday, August 8th at 7 AM PST to reveal new game information regarding its highly anticipated title of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Tune in 8/8 at 7am PT for a Super #SmashBrosUltimate Direct livestream, featuring new game information delivered by director Masahiro Sakurai! pic.twitter.com/Df3xxTCTGR
— Nintendo Versus (@NintendoVS) August 5, 2018
The announcement of the Nintendo Direct livestream for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate stated that director Masahiro Sakurai will be delivering the new game information for the upcoming entry in the popular Nintendo fighting game franchise. With Ultimate containing a roster that will consist of every character that has ever appeared in a Super Smash Bros. title and the addition of the brand new character of Ridley, there has been plenty of speculation and rumors circulating through the community focused on what new characters Ultimate may introduce to the franchise.
Due to the heavy amount of speculation and rumors regarding the roster for the new Super Smash Bros title, there is a great deal of excitement that the Direct livestream taking place on August 8th at 7 AM PST will reveal at the very least one brand new character for the roster of the next title in Nintendo's successful franchise.
However, no details regarding what exact kind of new information will be revealed for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at the upcoming Nintendo Direct livestream this week, so the reveal of a new character is not guaranteed even though it is highly likely to occur with the anticipation for Ultimate at an all time high.
What character or characters are you hoping to see be revealed for the roster of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during the Nintendo Direct livestream on August, 8th 2018 at 7 AM PST? Let us know in the comments below!
(cover photo courtesy of Nintendo)