For weeks now, Nintendo has been rumored to be hosting a Nintendo Direct presentation on January 16. However, it’s now been revealed that the rumored Nintendo presentation on January 16 isn’t a Nintendo Direct, but rather aSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatepresentation that will spend 35 minutes going in-depth with the game’s next DLC fighter. The presentation will be hosted bySuper Smash Bros. Ultimategame director Masahiro Sakurai, and it will go live at 6am PT on January 16.
While some fans may be disappointed that Nintendo isn’t hosting a standard Nintendo Direct on January 16, others will be relieved to finally have theSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC 5 character revealed. Rumors have been swirling for months about theSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC 5 character, and it will be nice to finally have some clarification come January 16.
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As for who the nextSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC character is, that’s hard to say. There have been so many rumors that it’s really difficult to even determine who the most likely possibility would be. However, there’s one rumor in particular that stands out and could very well point in the direction of the ambitious fighting crossover fighting game’s next DLC fighter.
Last week, a Capcom producer teased thatDevil May Cryfans would have something to look forward to on January 16. Since the rumors had already been out aboutJanuary 16 being a Nintendo Direct day, many fans connected the dots and came to the conclusion that this meant Dante would be coming toSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. While that may seem like an outlandish pick given the adult content in theDevil May Cryseries, it’s really not that implausible.
For one, Dante wouldn’t even be the first character from an M-rated video game to have some representation inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. Characters like Bayonetta andSolid Snakeare already in the game, so seeing Dante added wouldn’t be that big of a stretch. Not to mention Capcom already has multiple characters on theSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateroster, including Mega Man and Ryu fromStreet Fighter. There’s clearly a working relationship between Capcom and Nintendo, so it wouldn’t be all that surprising to see Dante added to the game’s roster.
Then again, we’ve been swerved bySakuraibefore, and so theSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC 5 character could end up being someone completely unexpected. Fans will just have to tune in to the presentation on January 16 at 6am PT to find out for sure.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
