Professor at Garreg Mach Monastery Revealed as Newest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Fighter, With News of Six More Fighters in Development
REDMOND,
Wash., Jan. 16, 2020 – Combat class is in session! Byleth, the renowned
mercenary and professor from the Fire
Emblem series, is ready to teach Super
Smash Bros. Ultimate players a lesson in battle. In a video released today,
Masahiro Sakurai, the director of Super
Smash Bros. Ultimate, unveiled for the first time the battle-hardened Fire Emblem character in action, who
will enter the arena on Jan. 28 as the game’s newest fighter. Sakurai
demonstrated Byleth’s unique ranged play style, and revealed the Garreg Mach Monastery
stage and 11 new music tracks from the Fire
Emblem series, all coming to the Super
Smash Bros. Ultimate game
for the Nintendo Switch system later this month.
All of this new content will be available to players who
own the Super
Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass or purchase Challenger Pack
5 separately.* In addition to Byleth’s reveal, new details were announced about
the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters
Pass Vol. 2, which will include six more fighters currently under development. By
purchasing Fighters Pass Vol. 2 for a suggested retail price of $29.99,
players will get access to six more yet-to-be-announced Challenger Packs as
they release. Each pack includes one new fighter, one stage and multiple music
tracks. Those who purchase Fighters Pass Vol.
2 will also receive an exclusive costume for Mii
Swordfighter, the Ancient Soldier Gear from the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild game, available in-game starting Jan. 28.
“As Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate continues to inspire friendly competition and heated matches on
Nintendo Switch, the addition of Byleth from the beloved Fire Emblem series, along with the announcement of six more
upcoming fighters, represents our commitment to supporting the game with new content
that further enriches the overall experience,” said Nick Chavez, Nintendo of
America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will continue to welcome both newcomers
and veteran players alike to enjoy the thrill of battle while exploring its
unparalleled lineup of gaming icons.”
Byleth’s
accompanying stage, the Garreg Mach Monastery, also features a variety of
cameos from popular characters in the Fire
Emblem series, including Edelgard from the Black Eagles, Claude from the
Golden Deer and Dimitri from the Blue Lions.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will also receive a new Spirit Board, which features some of the
other popular characters from the Fire
Emblem series, along with a new classic mode route, “A Heroic Legacy,”
which highlights classic Fire Emblem
stages throughout the series’ storied history.
Additionally, new Mii Fighter costumes inspired by Cuphead, Rabbids, Altair and various Mega Man games will be available for purchase on Jan. 28. Players who purchase the Cuphead
Mii Fighter costume will also receive a new music track, Floral Fury, which was originally featured in the game’s classic
Cagney Carnation boss battle.
Finally, two fighters from Super
Smash Bros. Ultimate will have amiibo figures available for purchase at
select retailers beginning on Jan. 17: Samus’s mysterious doppelganger, Dark
Samus, and Simon Belmont’s whip-wielding echo fighter, Richter.
Additional new fighters, stages and music will also be
coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate through the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters
Pass Vol. 2. Players can also continue to purchase the
current Fighters Pass for a suggested retail price of $24.99 to gain access to the
first five Challenger Packs. Playable fighters Joker, Hero, Banjo & Kazooie
and Terry Bogard are all available now, with Byleth joining on Jan. 28. For
only $5.99, players can also purchase the packs individually.
For more information about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, visit https://www.smashbros.com/es_LA/index.html. And for more information about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC, visit https://smashbros.nintendo.com/buy/dlc/.
Remember that Nintendo Switch
features parental controls that let
adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about
other features, visit https://www.nintendo.com/es_LA/switch/.
*Full
version of game required to use DLC. Sold separately.
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