A new leak has allegedly revealed the upcoming DLC fighters for massively popular Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Nintendo Switch. An unconfirmed rumor from Japanese online forum 5Channel claims that the four remaining DLC fighters coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are Erdrick from the Dragon Quest series, Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden, Steve from Minecraft, and The Marine, also known as Doomguy, from the Doom series. The rumor was actually posted in early December, but it has recently started gaining more attention because the same source referenced Persona 5 R. Atlus later rolled out a trailer for the game, promising more information by March. Persona 5 R, according to the rumor, will be released within the first half of 2019. The same leaker previously claimed that Joker from Persona 5 will be added to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. This turned out to be true, as the leader of the Phantom Thieves of Hearts was announced as the game’s first DLC fighter at The Game Awards 2018. Erdrick, who is said to have Anlucia from Dragon Quest X and the Dragon Quest XI main character as alternate skins, is believed to be the next addition to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after Joker. This is supported by the discovery of data miner jam1garner that the code names of the game’s next three fighters are Packun, Jack, and Brave. Packun refers to Piranha Plant, whose Japanese name is Packun Flower, a free download for early buyers of the game. Jack likely refers to Joker, while Brave is believed to be Erdrick, as the Hero class in Dragon Quest directly translates to Brave in English. Ryu from Ninja Gaiden, meanwhile, is reportedly being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to coincide with the 30th anniversary for the series. The leaker suggested that a new or re-released Ninja Gaiden may come this year. Steve from Minecraft is said to include Alex and Halo‘s Master Chief as alternate skins. The Master Chief skin is available in the Nintendo Switch version of Minecraft, which increases the possibility that the Halo protagonist will appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The leak claimed that Steve was supposed to be unlockable from the start, but was moved to DLC fighter status to promote the upcoming Minecraft Dungeons. Lastly, Doomguy is rumored to be announced as a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter in June at E3 2019, with his Doom 64 version expected as an alternate skin. The Doom protagonist’s addition to the game will support the launch of Doom Eternal, which is coming to the Nintendo Switch. Editors' Recommendations<doc-sep>Data-miners are digging into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s source code and pulling out what they say are hints about the game’s upcoming new fighters. Among details about characters’ speed and weight values — important info for the competitive scene — there appears to be a codename for an unannounced character in the mix, dataminers say. One dataminer posted a shot of in-game files, highlighting several lines of code; one of those is for “fighter_kind_brave.” The text suggests that this is a kind of fighter internally referred to as Brave (obviously), which may seem too vague to speculate on. But Smash players theorize that the file for “Brave” could be a Dragon Quest hero, and they say there’s evidence to support their claims. Ok so since the secret's out, here's confirmation. Params in Ultimate confirm the code names of 2 future characters, "jack" and "brave". The labels for these characters: fighter_kind_jack fighter_kind_brave fighter_kind_packu (piranha plant) pic.twitter.com/rCRRg8KR3W — jam1garner (@jam1garner) January 3, 2019 In December, a member of the Japanese image board 5channel (formerly known as 2chan) posted what they said was leaked info about Ultimate’s DLC characters, including the recently confirmed Joker. The Persona 5 hero’s stage would be called Mementos, the user said; but they had more to share about a fighter named Erdrick. Erdrick starred in Dragon Quest 3 and has been a recurring figure throughout the series, making him a good representative for one of Japan’s biggest gaming franchises. Erdrick belongs to Dragon Quest’s hero class, which is called Yuusha in Japanese. Yuusha not only stands for hero; it also can mean brave. Hence, the codename. All of this is based on anonymous sourcing, of course, but the data-mine does pointedly include “brave” among the other two fighter names. Those are “Packu,” likely short for Piranha Plant’s Japanese name of Pakkun Flower; and Jack, which could refer to the mascot of Atlus’ Shin Megami Tensei series, Jack Frost. These correspond to the first two DLC characters announced, Super Mario’s Piranha Plant and Joker, and have purportedly been part of the game’s files since launch. And the 5channel post also suggested that something known as P5R was in the works for the Persona series — which Atlus later announced via a brief teaser, confirming at least that bit of the rumor. The data-mine also shows Piranha Plant is heavier than some of the game’s heaviest fighters, including the gigantic Ridley; and Joker has an arsenal of jabbing attacks, and is surprisingly light. (He is a pretty svelte teen, I guess.) Whatever Brave means — whether it’s a Dragon Quest rep or not, although that wouldn’t be the most surprising inclusion — it refers to a mid-weight fighter with a sword. Weights: Plant- 112 Joker- 89 Brave- 101 Pichu is 62 and bowser is 135 — Mizumi (@_Mizumi) January 3, 2019 Piranha Plant won’t be available in-game until February, and we don’t yet know when Joker will arrive Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It may be a while before we find out who this “Brave” fighter is, but if you buy into the speculation and want to get familiar with Erdrick, Dragon Quest 11 is said to be a good entry point in the series — and with both Dragon Quest Builders 2 recently released on Switch in Japan and the upcoming release of Dragon Quest 11 on the console, there’s even more reason to believe that Nintendo and Square Enix want to give the series a Smash rep.<doc-sep>
The last four characters of the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC have reportedly been revealed, so head on through if you don’t give a fig about potential spoilers. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s most recent roster additions include the free Piranha Plant – due for release next month – and Persona 5’s Joker, who’s one of five characters that make up the paid Fighter’s Pass DLC, but dataminers and leakers claim to have uncovered the remaining four: Dragon Quest’s Erdrick, Ninja Gaiden’s Ryu Hayabusa, Minecraft’s Steve, and Doom’s Marine. Dataminer jam1garner has ferreted out files suggesting that a Dragon Quest hero would be one of the fighters, which appeared alongside files for Joker and Piranha Plant (via ResetEra). An anonymous 5Channel user also claimed that Joker would be making an appearance in the game, and went on to share details of the other characters included in the Fighter’s Pass (via Gearnuke). The post was made last month, before the recent datamine posted on ResetEra. According to the 5Channel leaker, the Dragon Quest hero is Erdrick, which the dataminer also speculated, based on the character’s code name, Brave. Erdrick’s vocation in the series is Hero, referred to as Yusha in Japan, which translates directly to Brave. Alternate skins for the character will reportedly include Dragon Quest 10’s Anlucia, and Dragon Quest 11’s protagonist. The leaker claims that a number of Dragon Quest titles are coming to the Switch this year, as well as the Dragon Quest 11 Switch port, Dragon Quest 11 S. Ryu Hayabusa’s addition will mark Ninja Gaiden’s 30th anniversary, which coincides with a new anniversary project that’s supposedly in the works, that may be a remaster of an older game in the series, or a brand new title. Steve and Doomguy are expected to be announced at this year’s E3 to promote their respective titles – Minecraft Dungeons, and Doom Eternal, which has been confirmed for the Switch. According to the leak, Steve was initially going to be a part of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s base roster, but was changed to a DLC character to promote the upcoming Minecraft game. Steve’s alternate skins will include Alex and Master Chief, while Doomguy’s will be the Doom 64 skin. Rayman and Tekken’s Heihachi have also been named as possible candidates for the Fighter’s Pass, although Steve and Erdrick have popped up numerous times. As always, stay sceptical and take this news with a pinch or two of salt. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players can look forward to Piranha Plant dropping in February 2019. If you bought the game digitally, you’ll receive a code for the fighter via email. If you picked up a physical copy, you’ll need to redeem your points to prompt the email to send.