Could Blizzard Get Diablo In Super Smash Bros Ultimate?
By Colin Regan ·
Blizzard jokes about getting their characters into the weirdest places. But, Deckard Cain in Super Smash Bros on Nintendo Switch? Now, that's just silly. And now we want him as an assist trophy.
We were treated to one of the bigger leaks in recent memory yesterday when it was revealed that Diablo III, one of the most beloved ARPGs of the modern era, would be coming to Nintendo Switch. The Switch version will include all previously released DLC and feature a few Nintendo Exclusive goodies such as Ganondorf cosmetic armor and the game will feature 4 player co-operative play on the same console. Players can also host play cooperatively on separate Switches without an internet connection.
While it’s great to see Nintendo and Blizzard working together for the first time in 20 years, there are a few questions people would like to know regarding the re-kindling of this partnership. Game Informer sat down with Blizzard’s Senior Producer Peter Stilwell to talk about other potential crossovers with Nintendo and Blizzard IP. GI did the Lord's work and asked them the one thing we wanted to know: Will Blizzard Characters show up in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? Stilwell chuckled at first but did give an answer, "Personally, yeah, I'd love to have Diablo. That to me is the immediate one. Then if we had over time, eventually the heroes, go through all of them...or you could go really awesome and only have Deckard Cain."
Associate Producer Matt Cederquist later elaborated that Blizzard would love to incorporate Bowser as a Diablo III dungeon boss and Classic Pig Ganon if possible.
While players have been requesting their personal favorites for Super Smash games for a long time, a publisher with a direct relationship with Nintendo might carry a bit more weight than a multi-page forum thread. Some of Nintendo’s biggest partners have had their characters show up in Smash such as Cloud from Final Fantasy, Ryu from Street Fighter, Snake from Metal Gear Solid, Mega Man, Pac-Man, and many others.
While these are all characters from 3rd part publishers they all have one thing in common, they are all from Japanese companies. If Blizzard would be able to convince Nintendo to include Diablo, it would be the first time a character of American origin would appear as a playable character in Super Smash Bros.
Now feels definitely like the time for something like this to happen. Nintendo has been partnering up with American 3rd party publishers again and been on good terms with these companies, an almost night and day shift compared to how relations were back in the Wii U days. With companies like Bethesda, EA, and Telltale bringing their titles consistently to Switch; it seems only inevitable that we see a meaningful crossover of American IP into Nintendo games.
With the recent confirmation of Simon Belmont, Chrom, and King K. Rool, who knows what other fighters might be coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? We’ll certainly find out as that just out of reach release date of December 7th inches gradually closer. Be sure to follow us on Twitter for more updates regarding announcements made about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and keep it tuned to Twin Galaxies for coverage of the competitive Smash scene!