Smash Bros Ultimate Director Sakurai Says Character Reveals Will Slow Down
By TJ Denzer ·
It would appear the rapid influx of new character announcements for Super Smash Bros Ultimate is going to slow down leading up to release, according to Director Masahiro Sakurai.
As we edge closer and closer to the release of Super Smash Bros Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch, the announcement of additional characters for the already massive roster has been pleasing fans all over. That said, Smash Bros series director Masahiro Sakurai recently went on record to say that fans should expect the announcement of new characters to slow down.
According to a blog post by Ryokutya detailing a Famitsu interview with Sakurai (in Japanese), the director stated that they may have been “a little trigger-happy” in the time leading up to the announcement of Animal Crossing’s Isabelle for Smash Bros Ultimate. In the article, Sakurai states that this pace became problematic and that the team will be more modest with reveals leading up to the release.
Indeed, the characters have been coming fast and steady since Super Smash Bros Ultimate’s initial announcement at E3 2018. Between the rumor mill spinning various possible additions (like Goku) and some of the rumors coming true, including the addition of King K Rool, Dark Samus, and Simon Belmont, a lot of desired characters have made it to the roster. Still missing are the likes of Golden Sun and Rhythm Heaven characters, just to name a few, which became heavy favorites when Nintendo refiled trademarks for the franchises.
With Sakurai claiming that the push for new characters is slowing down, it’s safe to say we not be able to expect much more between now and December. Every fan has their want and demand and the rumors from above certainly stoked those fires, but Sakurai has made it very clear that expecting much more would be “a mistake”. Even so, we can still keep our fingers crossed for one or two more characters to make the cut before the release of Smash Bros Ultimate on December 7, 2018.
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