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Along with the two Pokémon-focused livestreams airing this month, Nintendo has announced another livestream focused on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Airing on June 22nd at 7am PT/10am ET, and lasting approximately 35 minutes, it will give an in-depth look at the new fighter from the ARMS franchise that will be joining as DLC. In a follow-up Tweet, Nintendo confirmed that there will be no new fighter announcements during the stream. They did not mention, however, if there may be more details regarding upcoming amiibo figures, as some of the previous DLC fighter livestreams have featured.

Join Super #SmashBrosUltimate Director Masahiro Sakurai on 6/22 at 7am PT for a roughly 35-minute video livestream featuring an in-depth look at the upcoming DLC fighter from #ARMS! pic.twitter.com/tHasbb4QL5

— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) June 19, 2020

 

[MarkDarkness]

everyone: MARIO 3D COLLECTION! NEW GAMES! A DIRECT! PLEASE NINTENDO, P L E A S E !
nintendo: huh? what's that? you want our abandoned game's character in smash?

For real. +1111111111

 

[SecureBoot]

I will join. Twintelle or bust!

Very poor choice of words

 

[banjo2]

I hope this one has some good gimmicks!

 

[Bimmel]

Let me put my ARMS around you, while you cry over this Direct.

 

[Imparasite]

really nintendo 35mins for a lame dlc fighter news?? can we just move on and give us a good news like an updates for metroid prime or some juicy new games?? or a remastered mario games??

 

[Silent_Gunner]

Finally we can get this over and done with and move on to more interesting DLC fighters.

Hopefully...but then again, the reason the leakers weren't leaking information about characters ahead of time with both Byleth and whichever ARMS character we're getting here is because the characters were first party.

 

[DuoForce]

do we really need to waste sakurais time for this?

all the man wants is an out. let him do something he actually likes

Maybe he loves making smash content, ever thought of that?

 

[Bladexdsl]

Arms must be bigger in Japan than the US - no one ever talks about this game here

they love their gimmicks over there

 

[AmandaRose]

Arms must be bigger in Japan than the US - no one ever talks about this game here

Can't find a by region breakdown of sales. What I did find out is apparently its the 20th highest selling game on the Switch. It also appears it sold rather high numbers in Australia and the United Kingdom

 

[LightBeam]

Hope it's ribbon girl, but I still think it will be Spring Man, wouldn't make that much sense otherwise. I can see Spring Man and Ribbon Girl as a costume.

I don't think it will be a "lame" character as some say, but it's still weird that they are finally releasing an ARMS character just now, it's been a while since they have abandoned the game. It's a bummer cuz the game is really damn good. It's not about gimmicks, you can have fun with motion controls if you want cuz it's fluid enough and playable, but playing it with a regular controller is better and the game is still technical. It's just that I think that vsf players don't really like things that are TOO different + the marketing that emphasized too much on the motion controls, even forcing the motion controls in some tournaments, which wasn't a great idea imo.
Anyway, it's a great game

 

[Magnus87]

Biff for Smash!!

 

[Clydefrosch]

Maybe he loves making smash content, ever thought of that?

he literally made ultimate the way it is so he wouldn't have to do another smash ever again

 

[RichardTheKing]

I can't; too busy with a university exam on Monday. Bleh.
...Unless this appears on Tuesday for me, since time zones exist...

 

[DarkCoffe64]

Prepare for a shitshow

 

[Deleted member 512337]

Boring punchout ripoff gets a rep, cool.

 

[UltraDolphinRevolution]

Before the implementation of Ryu i always compared characters and moves to the Street Fighter series.
So we finally get Dhalsim.

 

[MikaDubbz]

You think we might get another premium Mii costume? You know like Sans or Cuphead, looking like the genuine character and comes coupled with it's own song. It's an interesting question to consider that I don't see much speculation about at all. If it were to happen, you have to keep in mind that the proportions of the character would need to be in line with a Mii fighter. To that end, I think that this could be how Steve from Minecraft might appear in Smash, not as his own fighter, but instead as one of those premium Mii costumes. He's got the right proportions, and while I'm not interested in him as his own fighter, I do think he'd be a great fit as a Mii Sword Fighter.

 

[Xzi]

Hopefully...but then again, the reason the leakers weren't leaking information about characters ahead of time with both Byleth and whichever ARMS character we're getting here is because the characters were first party.

Well, there are plenty of great (and popular) first-party characters to pick from who still aren't in Smash, such as Geno. Heck, I would've gladly taken even Waddle Dee over an ARMS character.

 

[SG854]

Sora!

 

[Bladexdsl]

I'll be keeping this DLC at ARMS length