Decently early. No release window yet.
Directed by Munehiro Koyanagi, produced by Sakurai.
Sakurai stepped down as director but still oversees most stuff.
Same dev team as Ultimate (Bandai Namco Studio S + Sora Ltd).
Not a port but definitely built off Ultimate, plays very similar

Lots of roster cuts. Echoes are staying. They're avoiding cutting entire IPs.

Planned cuts (there will be more than this. also, may be readded as DLC):
Ice Climbers, ZSS, Ike, Pokémon Trainer (Squirtle/Ivysaur), Lucas, Toon Link, Young Link (sort of), Wii Fit, Rosalina, Little Mac, Greninja, Corrin, Piranha Plant, Min Min.

Characters getting full/partial reworks:
Mario – FLUDD is Up-B. Long Jump, Dive, Cappy, Galaxy Spin added.
DK – Barrel Launch (Up-B), Barrel Toss (Down-B).
Link – More BOTW/TOTK tools. Glider is Up-B.
Ganondorf – No more Falcon clone. Just smashes + Side-B remain.
Sonic – Reworked using Frontiers, Battle, Advance, etc.
Diddy, Wario, Luigi, Kirby, Cloud, Yoshi, Bowser also changed.
Some echoes tweaked (e.g. Richter’s fire hits once + pops upward).

Custom Movesets are in. Not like Smash 4, these are full alternate kits for people who prefer the current iterations of fighters(ex: you can play falcon-clone ganon if you don't like his new moveset).
Young Link is cut, but his moveset is available to Link this way.

Proper Story Mode. Made possible by the cuts.
Only known detail regarding the premise: newcomers are invited to Smash, but everything’s in ruin.

Newcomers (base roster, confirmed):
– Dixie & Diddy (tag team)
– Gen 9 Pokémon (TBD)
– Bomberman
– Toad
– Dr. Eggman
– Crash
– Phoenix Wright
– Parappa
– Chibi-Robo
– Sami (Advance Wars)
– Frisk (Undertale)

DLC confirmed: Doom Slayer.
Take it or leave it.

smash bros....

Someone typed this out

its going to be an unbalanced pay2win clusterfuck with laggy online again.

this is lowkey more believable than the dumbass leak that said geno and waluigi would be added and that we'd get a new subspace with 0 roster cuts, why did so many people fall for that one

>>713500735 (OP)
>Bomberman
>Toad
>Crash
>Phoenix Wright
>Parappa
Not even their parent companies care for them.
Was Geno too unrealistic?

>Frisk (Undertale)
I doubt we will see Cuphead and Sans Underarmor again.

>DLC confirmed: Doom Slayer.
I WANT TO BELIEVE
>But it is the Dark Ages suit
Oh nevermind then.

>>713501227
>Bomberman
>Parappa
>Chibi-Robo
>realistic
what year do you think it is?

>>713501385
>>Bomberman
>>Toad
>>Crash
>>Phoenix Wright
>>Parappa
>Not even their parent companies care for them.

nah honestly thats only really true about parappa, if nintendos going to add a rhythm character while itd be sick if it was him they would prolly take from rhythm heaven since they alr own the ip but shit if parappa wasnt third party itd definitely be likely

toad would prolly be the piranha plant of this game

>>713500773
Nah I bet OP asked ChatGPT to make him a smash leak post. I'm convinced these posts are straight up AI.

>>713500735 (OP)
>Removes Lucas
>Doesn't add Porky
Yeah, this is a shit fake leak

I think Smash Ultimate really will be the last Smash game in its current form. If they want to keep doing Smash it needs to be completely fresh. It needs a new genre entirely. They should add the third dimension and switch to an isometric view. While this would appear to be a RADICAL change at first, remember that Kirby made the transition in Forgotten Land just fine. However, this would also result in a massive roster refresh, not only justifying how many character wouldn't make it back but redoing the kits of existing characters to fit the new style. It would be exactly what the IP needs to reinvent itself without losing too much of its original identity.

Fake leakers are just the "my dad works at Nintendo" kids all grown up. They never stopped lying for attention, they just changed their methods.

>>713500735 (OP)
– Gen 9 Pokémon (TBD)
It'll be a Gen 10 mon

Laugh at Bombermanfags
>has 100+ games
>one of the most copied games of all time
>revolutionized multi-player in gaming
>had the first HD game ever
>launched the successful B-Daman toyline
>good Nintendo history and had a crossover with Wario and Mario Party 2 unused content
>has other crossovers with Pac-Man, Transformers, Yatterman and Lilo & Stich
>still gets BTFO in SSB and became a complete laughtingstock by everyone
>series gets overshadowed by waifufags and coomers beacuse of Bombergirl despite them never playing the game
>R got outsold by the new Momotetsu, a fellow Hudson IP that was only released in Japan.
>no console game for 5 years
>No games on NSO
>40th anniversary came and went with no fanfare or events. R2 flopped hard
What a fucking loser. Imagine being a Bombercuck in 2024

>>713500735 (OP)
>– Frisk (Undertale)
You just couldn't help yourself trannytale faggot.

>>713500735 (OP)
shit fanfic

>>713500735 (OP)
>avoiding cutting entire ips
>lists wii fit, mac, min min with no replacement
Stopped reading there. Kill yourself OP, attention whore.

I actually don't think they will cut any characters. I think most of the 3rd party companies wouldn't mind characters returning

>Mario loses his SJP and Link, his SA for absolute trash
fuck off faggot

>>713500773
I really fucking hope not.
How grim.

>>713504251
>Nintendo still reprints the Smash amiibo line in 2025
>the Smash amiibo line consists of characters Nintendo doesn't own
>the amiibo box design no longer specifies specific consoles or games
>most of the Smash amiibo line are only compatible with a game released over six years ago
Roster cuts aren't happening, we're either getting Ultimate 2 or a Switch 2 DLC upgrade for Ultimate.

>>713504897
>Switch 2 DLC upgrade for Ultimate.
This is what I'm expecting.
>Voice lines for Palutena's Guidance added for DLC pack 2 characters
>4 Characters that were "highly requested, but didn't quite make the cut before."
>Added modes that were missing, like Smash Run.

>>713506789
This is what I'm expecting
>Fix the Miis
>Add something to the phone app
>Better graphics

>– Gen 9 Pokémon (TBD)
Stopped reading here.
Nigga Gen 10 is coming out next year. Don't be retarded.

>smash
more like trash