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[[File:Min Min SSBU.png|thumb|200px|Min Min, as she appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]
[[File:Min Min SSBU.png|thumb|200px|Min Min, as she appears in ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''.]]
Prior to ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''{{'}}s launch, then-recent Nintendo titles such as ''ARMS'' and ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles (universe)|Xenoblade Chronicles 2]]'' were considered to have playable representatives in the base roster. However, they were passed over because they were announced long after planning and production of ''Ultimate'' began.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PushDustIn/status/1087124601807691776 @PushDustIn: "Xenoblade 2 and ARMs characters just had bad timing for the project plan."]</ref> A little over a year following ''Ultimate''{{'}}s launch, a [[Nintendo Direct]] Mini on March 26, 2020 announced an {{uv|ARMS}} representative announced as the first [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|DLC]] character of [[Downloadable content (SSBU)#Fighters Pass Vol. 2|Fighters Pass Vol. 2]]. Although the entire playable cast of ''ARMS'' was shown in the Direct, the identity of the playable representative would not be revealed upon their release in June.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubRf4zyEvG4 Nintendo Direct Mini 3.26.2020]</ref>
Prior to ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''{{'}}s launch, then-recent Nintendo titles such as ''ARMS'' and ''[[Xenoblade Chronicles (universe)|Xenoblade Chronicles 2]]'' were considered to have playable representatives in the base roster. However, they were passed over because they were announced long after planning and production of ''Ultimate'' began.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PushDustIn/status/1087124601807691776 @PushDustIn: "Xenoblade 2 and ARMs characters just had bad timing for the project plan."]</ref> A little over a year following ''Ultimate''{{'}}s launch, a [[Nintendo Direct]] Mini on March 26, 2020 announced an {{uv|ARMS}} representative announced as the first [[Downloadable content (SSBU)|DLC]] character of [[Downloadable content (SSBU)#Fighters Pass Vol. 2|Fighters Pass Vol. 2]]. Although the entire playable cast of ''ARMS'' was shown in the Direct, the identity of the playable representative would not be revealed until their release in June.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubRf4zyEvG4 Nintendo Direct Mini 3.26.2020]</ref>


On June 22nd, an installment of ''[[Mr. Sakurai Presents]]'' was released and ultimately revealed that Min Min was the playable ''ARMS'' representative, and that she would be released on June 29th. According to [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'']] series creator and director [[Masahiro Sakurai]], he narrowed down the choices to Min Min and [[Ninjara]], but ultimately chose the former following a request from {{s|armsinstitute|Kosuke Yabuki}}, the producer of ''ARMS''.<ref name=MinMinReveal>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NNyXaBW-I Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents "Min Min"]</ref> On a related note, Sakurai responded to the widespread notion of [[Spring Man]] being the ''ARMS'' series' main protagonist by saying that, according to Yabuki, "Everyone's the protagonist!"<ref name=MinMinReveal/>
On June 22nd, an installment of ''[[Mr. Sakurai Presents]]'' was released and ultimately revealed that Min Min was the playable ''ARMS'' representative, and that she would be released on June 29th. According to [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'']] series creator and director [[Masahiro Sakurai]], he narrowed down the choices to Min Min and [[Ninjara]], but ultimately chose the former following a request from {{s|armsinstitute|Kosuke Yabuki}}, the producer of ''ARMS''.<ref name=MinMinReveal>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_NNyXaBW-I Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Mr. Sakurai Presents "Min Min"]</ref> On a related note, Sakurai responded to the widespread notion of [[Spring Man]] being the ''ARMS'' series' main protagonist by saying that, according to Yabuki, "Everyone's the protagonist!"<ref name=MinMinReveal/>
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