Last week’s Nintendo Direct finally gave fans the announcement ofSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s latest DLC character, following the release ofFinal Fantasy 7’s Sephiroth last December. The opening of the Direct revealed thatXenoblade Chronicles 2’s Pyra and Mythra will be joining the game in March. Since then,Super Smash Bros.series creator Masahiro Sakurai has released a screenshot teasing the characters' in-game appearance. Now, Nintendo has announced that Sakurai will return to host a stream revealing Pyra and Mythra’s move-sets on June 01, 2025.
Pyra, who can switch to Mythra as part of her move-set similar to Zelda and Sheik or Pokemon Trainer, is the fourth character to be included inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s second Fighter Pass, which previously included Sephiroth fromFinal Fantasy 7, Steve fromMinecraft, and MinMin fromARMS. The charactermade her debut inXenoblade Chronicles 2, which released on Nintendo Switch in December 2017 and was developed by internal Nintendo studio Monolith Soft, which has developed theXenobladeseries since the original title in 2010, as well as assisting development ofThe Legend of Zeldaseries, including titles likeBreath of the Wild.
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The in-depth look at Pyra and Mythra inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatewill be streamed on March 4, and will be hosted by series creator Masahiro Sakurai, who has hosted previous events for all of the DLC characters so far. The presentation will be roughly 35 minutes long and won’t include any announcements for future fighters. Previous showcases havefeatured Sakurai strictly showcasing the characters' movesets, while also revealing their accompanying stage and music tracks joiningSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. In recent events, surprising Mii costume announcements have also been part of these showcases, including Sans fromUndertale, Travis Touchdown fromNo More Heroes, and Vault Boy fromFallout. The events also usually reveal information about upcoming amiibo figures.
Pyra was first teased forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateall the way back in 2018, when Sakurai said that he wanted to include the character from the game, so he included Rex, the game’s protagonist, as a Mii costume included with the first Fighters Pass. While fans considered that this meant that noXenoblade Chronicles 2character would come to the game as DLC, especially with Pyra and Mythra being included inSmash Bros.as Spirits, it seems that didn’t count the two out. Sakurai has been outspoken about his appreciation for the game in the past, as he is a fan of Japanese role-playing games (hence the inclusion of characters such asPersona 5’s Joker andFinal Fantasy’s Cloud inSuper Smash Bros.)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis available now exclusively for Nintendo Switch.
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