Super Smash Bros. Ultimatehas maybe the largest roster of cross-franchise playable characters in games right now. There are 87 fighters in the game, with two more still coming as part of the Fighters Pass Vol 2. Thelatest characters to joinSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateare Pyra and MythrafromXenoblade Chronicles 2, and so far they’ve already carved out a high place within the competitive meta. But there are always new characters fans want to see in the game, and it turns out thatHadescreative director Greg Kasavin wouldn’t mind seeing Zagreus get a spot.
Hadesis an indie rogue-like action game that tells the story of Zagreus as he tries to escape from the underworld. Players take control of Zagreus to fight enemies in a procedurally generated maze of rooms, and he has an arsenal of different weapons at his disposal. Many gamers feel thatHadeshas transformed the rogue-like genrewith its exceptional storytelling, and Zagreus has become a pretty recognizable game character. However, there are characters that have been waiting much longer than Zagreus to get into aSuper Smash Bros.game, and Kasavin is well aware of that fact.
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In an interview with TheGamer, Kasavin discussesHades’success but also reveals some of his feelings about Zagreus as aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatecharacter. He says “[o]n a personal level, I think that would be amazing.Smashdoes such a great job of adapting characters so faithfully, sometimes even more faithfully from the games where those characters come from.” Kasavin goes on to say that he is a big fighting game fan and he’s confident that Nintendo could do Zagreus justice, but he also realizes that when it comes to newSmashcharacters, “I’m sure they have a very long list!”
Super Smash Bros. Ultimatedoes have a long list, but that list will be different depending on who is asked. There are severalrumors about the next twoSmashDLC characters, with some leading theories saying Crash Bandicoot or one of the many hunters from theMonster Huntergames will be next. There’s also an abundance of other opinions with supposed evidence to back them up, including Rayman from theRaymangames, Ryu Hayabusa fromNinja Gaiden, and Doomguy from theDoomseries.
If Zagreus was confirmed to be the next character in the game, there would still be much fan speculation as to his moveset. There’s already an ongoing debate in theSmashcommunity concerning the abundance of sword characters in the game, and Zagreus' first weapon is a sword. However,making a case for Zagreus inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateisn’t so farfetched, as his multiple weapons are similar to Byleth’s kit and his Olympian boons could behave similar to Shulk’s Monado Arts.
The final say on the nextSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatecharacter is always up to Nintendo and game director Masahiro Sakurai, and Sakurai never wants to spoil the surprise. The most recent additions to the game have debunked several leaker theories, so there’s really no telling who will be next.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis available now on Switch.
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