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The tentatively titled '''''Super Smash Bros.''''' is an upcoming fighting game for the [[Nintendo Switch]]. It was first announced on March 8th, 2018 at the end of the [[Nintendo Direct]] released the same day. It will be the fifth installment in the ''{{b|Super Smash Bros.|series}}'' series (sixth if both versions of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' are counted as two games). The game is scheduled to release in 2018.

==Trailer==
The [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Gt42kVgCw first teaser trailer] was revealed at the end of the [[Nintendo Direct]] on March 8th, 2018. It suggests that [[Inkling]]s are the first revealed newcomer to the game (although this has not yet been explicitly confirmed).

==Confirmed elements==
[[File:Smash 5 Silhouettes.png|thumb|200px|Silhouettes of characters found in the Direct.]]
===Veterans===
* [[Mario]]
* [[Link]], with his design from ''{{s|zeldawiki|The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild}}''
Other characters appear to be silhouetted, but they are less clear; [[Bowser]]'s horns and hair, [[Donkey Kong]]'s hair, and [[Samus]]'s shoulders are clearly visible.<!--Do not edit this any further. With no pun intended, the lineup of characters is an inkblot test; people will see what they want to see. Anything beyond Bowser, Donkey Kong, and Samus is speculation. It cannot be established whether they are all strictly veterans either because of this, yet this is likely.-->

===Other confirmed new elements===
*[[Inkling]], with Boy and Girl designs from the original ''{{s|inkipedia|Splatoon}}'', has been confirmed to appear in the game.<!--
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==Development==
Towards the end of ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'''s post-launch development, [[Masahiro Sakurai]] announced that his next project had been decided and that he would be taking a small vacation following the end of development.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourcegaming.info/2016/01/06/famitsu-news-sakurai-catching-a-breather/|title="Famitsu News — “Sakurai Catching a Breather”" - Source Gaming}}</ref> Prior to leaving Bandai Namco, presumably sometime in 2016, Tiago Sonobe, then a software engineer and graphics programmer for the company, [[Leak#Rendering engine leak|started development]] on the game's rendering engine. On November 12th, 2017, [[Nintendo]] filed a number of trademarks, notably including a [[:File:JapaneseSmashTrademark.jpg|Japanese ''Super Smash Bros.'' logo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.japanesenintendo.com/post/167397863114|title=“Nintendo Apply for a Number of Trademarks” - Japanese Nintendo}}</ref>

A ''Super Smash Bros.'' title for Nintendo Switch was later officially revealed on March 8th, 2018 via a [[Nintendo Direct]]. Shortly after, Sakurai confirmed in a tweet that he had been working on the game "in silence, day after day".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Sora_Sakurai/status/971885028245307392|title=Sakurai announces that he has been working on ''Smash for Switch''}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/AllSourceGaming/status/971901365826940928|title=Translation of Sakurai's ''Smash for Switch'' tweet}}</ref> On March 22nd, 2018, Nintendo announced the {{Trn|Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018}}, a tournament taking place on June 12th where invited professional players will play the upcoming game. This will likely be the first glimpse of actual gameplay, alongside other footage that will be taken at Nintendo's [[E3]] event. In volume 542 of his Famitsu article, Sakurai revealed that his work schedule had been cut down significantly, citing strict regulations regarding work hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sourcegaming.info/2018/05/02/compliance-and-labor-vol-542/|title="“Compliance and Labor” – Sakurai’s Famitsu Column, Vol. 542" - Source Gaming}}</ref> On April 18th, 2018, Nintendo again filed a number of trademarks for several game logos, including the [[:File:SmashTrademark.jpg|''Super Smash Bros.'' logo]]. Most of these game logos originate from games with some relationship to the Smash series, including {{uv|Pikmin}}, {{uv|Star Fox}}, and {{uv|F-Zero}}. These trademarks were approved on May 14th, 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/trademark_bot/status/996151177099333637/|title=Several trademarks from Nintendo are approved for use}}</ref>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
JapaneseSmashSwitch.svg|Japanese logo
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==Trivia==
*This is the first ''Super Smash Bros.'' game since the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' to not be announced alongside new hardware. ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' was revealed alongside the final retail version of the Nintendo GameCube at E3 2001, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' was announced alongside the Wii itself, then-codenamed Revolution at E3 2005, and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' was announced alongside the Wii U at E3 2011. Moreover, unlike the latter two games, this is the first time since ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' that a ''Smash Bros.'' game is not announced years in advance, as ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' was announced in 2005 and revealed a year later, and ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' was announced in 2011 and revealed two years later, with both released in 2008 and 2014 respectively. 
*The [[:File:Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch.svg|revealed logo]] includes a slim cross going through the word 'SUPER' and the letter 'A'. This is the only ''Smash'' logo to do this.
*This is the first ''Super Smash Bros.'' game to not feature the involvement of [[Satoru Iwata]], the former president of Nintendo, who passed away in July 2015.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.smashbros.com/en_US/index.html/ Official ''Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch'' website]
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