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Undid edit by Cookies and Creme: Sorry, but Heihachi was considered in the sentence: 'That's the main reason why we didn't go with Heihachi as a fighter', which proves that Heihachi would simply just punch, kick and other blah blah blah nonsense, so Sakurai chose Kazuya instead.
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(Undid edit by Cookies and Creme: Sorry, but Heihachi was considered in the sentence: 'That's the main reason why we didn't go with Heihachi as a fighter', which proves that Heihachi would simply just punch, kick and other blah blah blah nonsense, so Sakurai chose Kazuya instead.) Tag: Undo |
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*Fighters from ''{{uv|ARMS}}'' and ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' - In an interview with Nintendo Dream, Sakurai confirms that due to all the fighters being added before the announcement of both games in January 2017, no fighters from either ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' or ''ARMS'' could be added in the final game, resulting in [[Rex]], [[Nia]], [[Spring Man]], and [[Ribbon Girl]] becoming [[Alternate costume (SSBU)/Mii Fighter|Mii Fighter Costumes]] and [[spirit]]s (with Spring Man also being present as an Assist Trophy).<ref>http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/182181277319</ref> Both games would eventually get fighters through the {{h2|Fighter Pass|Fighters Pass Vol. 2}} with {{SSBU|Min Min}} and {{SSBU|Pyra}}/{{SSBU|Mythra}}. | *Fighters from ''{{uv|ARMS}}'' and ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' - In an interview with Nintendo Dream, Sakurai confirms that due to all the fighters being added before the announcement of both games in January 2017, no fighters from either ''Xenoblade Chronicles 2'' or ''ARMS'' could be added in the final game, resulting in [[Rex]], [[Nia]], [[Spring Man]], and [[Ribbon Girl]] becoming [[Alternate costume (SSBU)/Mii Fighter|Mii Fighter Costumes]] and [[spirit]]s (with Spring Man also being present as an Assist Trophy).<ref>http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/182181277319</ref> Both games would eventually get fighters through the {{h2|Fighter Pass|Fighters Pass Vol. 2}} with {{SSBU|Min Min}} and {{SSBU|Pyra}}/{{SSBU|Mythra}}. | ||
===Considered as DLC=== | ===Considered as DLC=== | ||
*[[Slime]] - In a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGPHfQ4BBM ''Dragon Quest XI S'' livestream interview], Sakurai had said he would have dropped [[Hero]] in | *[[Slime]] - In a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGPHfQ4BBM ''Dragon Quest XI S'' livestream interview], Sakurai had said he would have dropped [[Hero]] in favour of [[Slime]] if Square Enix had not allowed him to use the Hero, which was his first choice, but because Sakurai suceeded, Hero was added to the game as a DLC fighter.<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20190928174302/https://www.siliconera.com/2019/09/26/masahiro-sakurai-and-yuji-horii-discuss-smash-ultimates-hero-dlc-director-philosophy-and-more/</ref> | ||
*Other ''Dragon Quest'' protagonists as alternative character costumes for the Hero - in the same ''Dragon Quest XI S'' livestream interview, Sakurai wanted to include eight different character alternative costumes for the Hero; however, poor development time left him with half of the alternative costumes to be re-colours of the previous four instead of fully implemented characters. | *Other ''Dragon Quest'' protagonists as alternative character costumes for the Hero - in the same ''Dragon Quest XI S'' livestream interview, Sakurai wanted to include eight different character alternative costumes for the Hero; however, poor development time left him with half of the alternative costumes to be re-colours of the previous four instead of fully implemented characters.<ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20190928174302/https://www.siliconera.com/2019/09/26/masahiro-sakurai-and-yuji-horii-discuss-smash-ultimates-hero-dlc-director-philosophy-and-more/</ref> | ||
*[[Ninjara]] - During {{SSBU|Min Min}}'s reveal on June 22nd, 2020, Sakurai mentioned that he considered either Min Min or Ninjara serving as the {{uv|ARMS}} fighter. But Min Min was ultimately picked over Ninjara for the spot on request from Kosuke Yabuki, the game's producer. | *[[Ninjara]] - During {{SSBU|Min Min}}'s reveal on June 22nd, 2020, Sakurai mentioned that he considered either Min Min or Ninjara serving as the {{uv|ARMS}} fighter. But Min Min was ultimately picked over Ninjara for the spot on request from Kosuke Yabuki, the game's producer. | ||
*[[Rex]] - At one point in development, Rex was planned to fight alongside [[Pyra]] and [[Mythra]] similar to the {{SSBU|Ice Climbers}}, but he was removed due to technical issues with the implementation of the idea, like getting both characters to move at the same time which was impossible to do, Sakurai also stated that it was not easy at all to dub Rex as the main fighter with Pyra/Mythra behind him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDBCgDSiB4&t=414s</ref> Rex ended up being delegated to a supporting character, appearing in Pyra and Mythra's up taunt, Final Smash, and victory poses. | *[[Rex]] - At one point in development, Rex was planned to fight alongside [[Pyra]] and [[Mythra]] similar to the {{SSBU|Ice Climbers}}, but he was removed due to technical issues with the implementation of the idea, like getting both characters to move at the same time which was impossible to do, Sakurai also stated that it was not easy at all to dub Rex as the main fighter with Pyra/Mythra behind him.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeDBCgDSiB4&t=414s</ref> Rex ended up being delegated to a supporting character, appearing in Pyra and Mythra's up taunt, Final Smash, and victory poses. | ||
*[[Heihachi Mishima]] - In [[Mr.%20Sakurai%20Presents|Mr. Sakurai Presents: Kazuya]], Sakurai revealed that Heihachi, who was previously considered to be playable in ''SSB4'', was almost chosen to be the ''Tekken'' fighter for ''[[Super Smash Bros. Ultimate]]'', but he chose [[Kazuya]] instead, as he thought that because Kazuya has the [[Devil Kazuya|Devil Gene]], Sakurai thought there was a better potential moveset for Kazuya than [[Heihachi Mishima|Heihachi]], because Heihachi does not have the Devil Gene, which is mostly why Sakurai rejected Heihachi as a fighter. | |||
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