Sakurai to unveil 5th Smash Bros. DLC fighter this week
Live stream to take place on January 16
Nintendo will unveil Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s fifth DLC fighter on Thursday, January 16.
At 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm UK / 3pm CET the game’s director Masahiro Sakurai will appear on a 35 minute long live stream featuring “an in-depth look” at the upcoming DLC fighter.
UPDATE: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s fifth DLC fighter is Fire Emblem: Three Houses’ Byleth, game director Masahiro Sakurai announced.
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Nintendo announced in September that it will develop more DLC fighters beyond the five previously confirmed for release as part of the Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass.
Ultimate’s director Sakurai recently said he feels there’s “no way” the series will be able to have as many fighters or series represented again in future games.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has sold some 16 million units, according to Nintendo, making it Switch‘s second best-selling game behind Mario Kart 8 Deluxe.
Ultimate is also reportedly the best-selling fighting game of all time ahead of Street Fighter 2.
