Just a few days removed from revealing Steve fromMinecraftas the nextSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC fighter, game director Masahiro Sakurai has revealed even more for fans to look forward to. In 2021,Super Smash Bros. Ultimatewill be able to collect three more amiibo for their collection, all based on characters from the game’s first Fighters Pass.
WhilePersona 5’s Joker andDragon Quest’s Hero are already available as amiibo, fans have been waiting for the other characters from the Fighters Pass Vol. 1 lineup to get their own amiibo figures. Sakurai has confirmed that Banjo-Kazooie, Terry, andBylethamiibo figures are in the works and will release at some point in 2021. Unfortunately, Sakurai was unable to share more specific release date information for these new amiibo, but more details should come to light next year.
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Since this presentation was a part of theMinecraftDLCshowcase, Sakurai also mentioned the possibility of aMinecraftSteve amiibo forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate. Sakurai didn’t confirm that a Steve amiibo is in the works, but remarked that if one did materialize that it would likely be easier to make than the other amiibo available for the game. This is likely due toMinecraftSteve’s lack of detail compared to the other characters on theSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateroster.
IfMinecraft’s Steve does get an amiibo, then one has to imagine that aMin Min fromARMSamiibo would be in the works as well. As some may recall, Min Min was the first of six characters revealed and released for Fighters Pass Vol. 2. Since Nintendo is just now getting around to releasing amiibo based on all of the Fighters Pass Vol. 1 characters, it stands to reason that it may have similar plans for Fighters Pass Vol. 2 characters for some point down the line. Maybe they’ll launch in late 2020, or maybe fans have to wait all the way until 2022 to get their hands on them.
In the meantime, it will be interesting to see the otherSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC characters that make up the rest ofFighters Pass Vol. 2. Now that Min Min and Steve have been confirmed, there are still four more slots left to fill.Super Smash Bros. Ultimatedevelopment has been hampered by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and so it’s possible fans will have to wait longer than usual for a reveal, but hopefully they find out sooner rather than later.
TheSuper Smash Bros. UltimateMinecraftDLC release date is October 13, so fans shouldn’t expect to learn about the next new fighter until some point after that’s released. In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising if thenextSuper Smash Bros. UltimateDLC fighterisn’t revealed until 2021, so fans should prepare for a long wait.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis out now, exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
