List of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character trailers
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Several playable fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have been announced via promotional trailers. Continuing the trend from the character trailers for Super Smash Bros. 4, most trailers consist of original animation, done mainly with CGI, as well as gameplay clips that demonstrate a character's moveset. Each trailer begins with the animation of two geometric slashes forming the same cross used for the Smash logo, then the camera zooming into the cross. At some point in most trailers, the relevant character(s) strike(s) a pose on a splash screen alongside their name and an introductory catchphrase, pun, or statement (e.g., "Ridley Hits the Big Time!" or "Joker Steals the Show!").
Below is a list of all the character trailers for the confirmed newcomers.
Animated trailers
Inkling
Inkling wasn't given a specific trailer, but made her debut along with the game's reveal on its teaser trailer, simply titled "Super Smash Bros. is coming to Nintendo Switch!", at the conclusion of the March 8th Nintendo Direct. The beginning of this trailer has a pair of male and female Inklings fighting each other, heavily based on the debut trailer for Splatoon at E3 2014. After a few seconds of fighting, the Inkling girl comes to a halt as the white void fades to black. She turns around to look at the large, fiery object as the only source of light in the room. As she watches in dismay, the object is revealed to be the Super Smash Bros. logo, with its image being reflected in her eye. The camera pans to the logo with multiple unidentifiable veterans shown standing in front of it. Close-ups of Mario and Link (wearing the Champion's Tunic from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) are shown. The camera cuts back to both Inklings staring towards the logo and veterans, while the screen fades to white, followed by a provisional logo, title and release date of 2018 for the game.
Inkling was only officially announced as a newcomer in the "Everyone is here!" trailer, shown in Nintendo's E3 2018 presentation on June 12th, with both female and male variants being playable.
Ridley
Ridley's trailer, titled "A Piercing Screech", was first shown at the conclusion of Nintendo's E3 2018 video presentation on June 12th. The trailer opens with a portion of a white Super Smash Bros. logo marking as the camera zooms in and then showcases a dark room. In this room, Samus, Mega Man and Mario are seen walking cautiously on a narrow bridge. Mega Man is grabbed off-screen and then pierced by a tail (and his "lost a life" sound is played), then Mario is snatched and smashed by a claw. Samus turns around, seemingly shocked, but regains her composure and readies her arm cannon, only to find Mario's hat laying on the ground. After a loud stomp, a creature bursts out of the ground in front of Samus, revealed to be Ridley. Ridley lets out a screech as the tagline "Ridley Hits the Big Time!" appears on screen, twirling Mario's hat as the trailer moves to in-game footage. After Ridley's Final Smash, the Ultimate logo is shown on screen, and cuts back to CGI. As Ridley looks over the destruction, he growls. Samus ejects from her suit, becoming Zero Suit Samus, as she leaps out from an explosive fire and prepares to kick Ridley before the trailer concludes.
The pose Samus takes before Ridley is revealed is heavily similar to her pose in the final shot of the Metroid segment of the Melee opening movie, where she was seen fighting against Ridley.
Simon and Richter
Simon and Richter's trailer, titled "Vampire Killer", opens to a rainy night outside of Dracula's Castle. Someone is seen approaching the building, wearing a cloak, then Luigi is heard screaming. The trailer cuts to Luigi inside the castle attempting to use his Poltergust to fight off a pair of mummies to no avail, then fleeing. He pauses in a chapel, only to resume running from a Medusa statue that is coming to life. Luigi's flight is brought to an end when he finally trips and lands face-to-face with Death. As Death prepares his scythe, Luigi faints and is then struck, separating his spirit from his body. Death then holds a blue flame in his hand. However, the cloaked person arrives and smashes Death's face with his whip. He throws off his cloak to reveal himself to be Simon and the tagline "Simon Lashes Out!" appears as he throws a cross, destroying Death. Gameplay footage of him is shown, demonstrating his moves.
Simon is then seen walking on the stage version of Dracula's Castle as Dracula himself appears. Simon is damaged by one of Dracula's attacks as it cuts back to CGI, showing Dracula attempt to land the killing blow on a downed Simon, only for it to be stopped by another whip, this one belonging to Richter, who shouts that Dracula does not belong in this world as his tagline, "Richter Crosses Over!" appears. Richter's moves are then demonstrated through gameplay footage, as well as Alucard briefly as an Assist Trophy.
"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate × Castlevania" then appears on the screen (with the × being a Cross). After it disappears, Luigi's spirit is seen approaching his body and preparing to merge back with it when Carmilla appears at the window, causing him to scream in terror again.
King K. Rool
As Sakurai wraps up the Nintendo Direct, the screen starts to shake along with a stomping noise. It then shows King K. Rool's trailer, titled "The Rivals", which starts out with art showing various Nintendo heroes and their respective arch-nemeses or rivals of Super Smash Bros. facing off: Mario trying to save Peach from Bowser, Link protecting Zelda from Ganondorf, Kirby facing Meta Knight, Fox and Falco facing Wolf, and finally Samus facing Ridley. It is then revealed that it was a TV show being watched by Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong who are lounging lazily in their treehouse when they are interrupted by the ground shaking. They run to the window to see the source as a giant shadow looms overhead. A silhouette of what appears to be King K. Rool is seen, but it is promptly revealed to actually be King Dedede in disguise. Dedede laughs at the surprised Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong, not noticing the real King K. Rool looming behind him, who proceeds to send him flying with a claw strike. King K. Rool's tagline, "King K. Rool Comes Aboard!", appears and King K. Rool grins at the Kongs, whose eyes pop out so far they break the glass of the window.
King K. Rool roars and is then seen in actual gameplay. After he uses his Final Smash, it cuts back to a cinematic style as Donkey Kong slides across DK Island before recovering and charging towards King K. Rool alongside Diddy Kong. King K. Rool is then shown to be doing the same. The three leap into the air and their punches meet in a massive explosion, followed by the Ultimate logo. It then cuts back to gameplay showing Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong taunting next to a downed King K. Rool, who rolls away. A giant King K. Rool walks up and stomps on the Kongs, burying them, then taunts. This last scene is a reference to the final boss fight in Donkey Kong Country, where K. Rool feigns his defeat as the Kongs celebrate and fake credits scroll by the screen, only to suddenly spring back into action to attack the Kongs.
Isabelle
At the end of the September Nintendo Direct, a trailer, titled "All In A Day's Work" (NTSC)/"A hard worker's dream" (PAL), was played. Isabelle is shown doing some tidying around the office, when the option to tell her to take a break shows up, but she insists she enjoys working. She wishes "the mayor wasn't so busy with the campsite and Smash", and thinks about becoming the mayor instead, but quickly dismisses the idea. She then gets a letter from Pete, saying how she's wanted in Smash, which causes her tagline of "Isabelle Turns Over A New Leaf!" to appear, followed by gameplay of her moveset and the Ultimate logo. The trailer finishes with Isabelle in Onett saying "I hope you'll cheer me on!"
Directly after Isabelle’s trailer was a teaser trailer for the then-unnamed Animal Crossing: New Horizons. At the beginning of that trailer, Tom Nook congratulates Isabelle for joining Smash.
Ken and Incineroar
Ken and Incineroar's trailer, titled "Clash of Flames" (NTSC)/"Fighting Fire with Fire" (PAL), features Little Mac fighting in Boxing Ring against an unseen opponent, who, after hitting Little Mac with a left hook, is revealed to be Ken, with his tagline stating "Ken Turns Up the Heat!" The trailer then transitions into gameplay of him. Later, the background of the Boxing Ring shows a pair of eyes glowing, before returning to Little Mac against Ken. Ken manages to knock Little Mac into the arena's screen, which, despite being damaged, still manages to say "K.O.".
After celebrating, the camera cuts to the background character, who is now running up to the ring to attack Ken. Ken gets out of the way, and then it is revealed that this character is Incineroar, with its tagline stating "Incineroar Enters the Ring!" Ken says "So, you want to fight fire with fire, huh?", the two collide and then the trailer transitions into gameplay of Incineroar. After using its Max Malicious Moonsault on Ken, he is sent flying into the screen, which then says KO, and Incineroar does a victory laugh and pose. The trailer ends with King K. Rool, Bowser Jr., and Villager (each armed with boxing gloves) preparing to fight, with Incineroar sighing in exasperation.
Joker
First trailer
In the middle of The Game Awards 2018, the entire arena blacked out, interrupting the show, and a trailer, titled "Take Your Heart", began to play, starting with a static screen. The screen then turns red, showing the Phantom Thieves of Hearts logo, with Joker stating, "This is Joker. I've infiltrated the theater." While Joker runs across the screen, several off-screen characters comment on the situation. Morgana later clarifies that Joker was "invited" to The Game Awards and was there to steal "the greatest treasure of all". Joker then grabs a card and tosses it, and it transforms into a Smash Bros. invitation. Ryuji Sakamoto and Ann Takamaki then react to Joker's inclusion with surprise. Smoke-styled art of the Smash characters appear (specifically Mario, Donkey Kong, Samus, Link, Fox, Kirby and Ness) then fly across the screen. The screen then transitions to black, before light shines on Joker, and he takes off his mask and unleashes Arsène, who says, "I am thou, thou art I. Show the strength of thy will, and rage against all challengers!", before fading away from Arsène's flaming face. The trailer, in text, then announces "Challenger Pack 1: JOKER from Persona 5!", fading to red when "from Persona 5!" appears on-screen. The Ultimate logo then appears in front of the red background, before appearing alongside "× Persona 5", using the Persona 5 logo.
The dialogue for the official reveal of the trailer from Nintendo's YouTube channel changes to remove references to the Game Awards; Joker begins with, "This is Joker. The mission is go.", and Ryuji's and Ann's first lines are changed; the rest of the dialogue, however, remains unchanged.
Second trailer
In April, a second trailer for Joker, entitled "The Masked Rebel", was uploaded to Nintendo's YouTube channel, itself the beginning of a 15 minute video detailing version 3.0.0 of the game. It begins similarly to the "Take Your Heart" trailer, showing Joker burst in, run off, and grab the Smash invitation, after which he faces the screen and a tagline appears stating "Joker Steals the Show!". The trailer cuts to showing Joker in game, and then continuously cuts to multiple clips of combat while facing off against multiple characters such as Mario, Link, Sonic, etc while some members of The Phantom Thieves make comments on the situation. Joker is then shown building his Rebellion Gauge. Joker then removes his mask and shouts "Persona!", summoning Arsène. Gameplay footage is then shown, presenting Joker's Persona boosted attacks and specials, such as Wings of Rebellion, Eigaon, Tetrakarn and Makarakarn.
The trailer then cuts to show combat on the Mementos stage. Various features of the stage are then shown off, such as the subway train hazard, randomly appearing walls and platforms, and other Phantom Thieves appearing in the background. Morgana then hints that Mementos has a "little secret". The music then changes to "Mass Destruction" from Persona 3 and Mementos is shown is to be blue. The stage's main gimmick is then revealed: The base color of the stage will change depending on the music. After a Smash Ball appears, Joker grabs it and activates his Final Smash, and initiates an All-Out Attack. As Joker's unique victory screen is shown, Morgana says "Smash is looking cool, eh Joker?". The trailer then cuts to the Phantom Thieves logo, before showing the Ultimate logo alongside the Persona 5 logo just as the previous trailer did.
Afterward, Joker is shown "stealing" King K. Rool's crown and Wario's bike.
Hero
The trailer, titled Heroic Encounter, opens with Dharkon commanding puppets of Marth and Meta Knight to battle Link in a dark forest. The Hero from Dragon Quest XI is seen on a white horse, arriving just in time to save Link, who has been cornered by his enemies, leaping off his horse and taking both out with one sword swing in midair and sending both flying away. The Hero lands, with light shining on him, and his tagline, "The Hero Draws Near!", appears. Footage of the Hero in-game is then shown, culminating in him being surrounded by various puppet fighters and launched by a puppet Ganondorf. After he is KO'd, it cuts back to the cinematic animation, showing the Hero slamming into a pillar as various Slimes watch, shocked. As he starts to rise back to his feet, an immense horde of puppet fighters approach, but he is suddenly joined by the heroes from Dragon Quest VIII and IV, as well as Erdrick from Dragon Quest III. The four heroes charge the horde together and the trailer switches back to gameplay, showing each of the other heroes as alternate costumes and ending with their Final Smash, which shows multiple heroes from different Dragon Quest games attacking together. The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo then appears, followed by "× Dragon Quest", using the Dragon Quest XI S logo.
Banjo & Kazooie
This trailer, titled Best Friends, opens nearly identically to The Rivals, re-using the illustrations of various heroes and arch-nemeses/rivals fighting, but with the addition of Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong facing King K. Rool as well. The TV turns off and the trailer cuts to Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong's treehouse also as in King K. Rool's trailer, but they are now joined by a sleeping King K. Rool himself. A Jiggy flies into the treehouse, startling the two Kongs, and Diddy Kong wakes up King K. Rool before the three jump to the window. Looking outside, they witness a silhouette appear resembling Banjo & Kazooie, but this is soon revealed to be Duck Hunt in disguise. The dog begins laughing about the prank, only to be knocked out of the way by Banjo himself as he and Kazooie descend down from above. The bear and bird then pose as their tagline, "Banjo-Kazooie are Raring to Go!", appears, while Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and King K. Rool enthusiastically cheer for their appearance. They are then shown in-game battling various opponents, finally using their Final Smash on King K. Rool. Another cinematic then plays, in which King K. Rool is seen plummeting down the side of a cliff. He falls into the ground below, and a large rock covers the hole he creates. Banjo & Kazooie jump off the rock and land nearby; they then pose as various fighters pose behind them. The trailer cuts with a Jiggy-filled screen to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo, which is joined by "× Banjo-Kazooie". Banjo is then seen eating pancakes near a sleeping giant Ivysaur, who promptly wakes up and chases him and Kazooie off-screen.
The similarities between this trailer and King K. Rool's, as well as Banjo & Kazooie's general interactions with the three Donkey Kong characters, are references to their shared creator, Rare Ltd., and their shared universe; Rare is also referenced through the duo's tagline. The scene at the end of the trailer in which King K. Rool is buried in the ground and covered by a rock is a reference to the end of the first Banjo-Kazooie game, where the same thing happens to Gruntilda after she is defeated. The Jiggy-filled screen cut is a reference to the loading screens of Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, which also use Jiggies filling the screen.
Terry
This trailer, titled –Breaking News– The Challenger, starts with a list of Nintendo consoles of many generations, going from Nintendo Switch to Color TV-Game game systems, before going back to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, which was released in 1990. The screen then turns right and highlights the Neo Geo AES, a game system created by SNK, where it transitions to the Neo Geo AES startup screen. The next cutscene shows a Smash Bros. invitation letter rotating around while messages appear, saying "- 2019 - YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO SMASH. DON'T BE LATE. [S]". After the message, the cutscene shows the right hand of Kyo Kusanagi, the protagonist of The King of Fighters series, trying to grab the invitation letter but failing to do so, trembling in frustration. Ryo Sakazaki, the protagonist of the Art of Fighting series, appears and rushes toward the letter, but he also fails to grab it, with his hand shaking in frustration. Andy Bogard, Terry Bogard's brother, and Joe Higashi, a companion of Terry and Andy, also rush in to grab the letter; they fail to grab it as well. The cutscene transitions itself on top of a tower, where Geese Howard, the main antagonist of the Fatal Fury series, is standing. As the letter flies by, he smiles, and rushes toward the letter, but, like other fighters, he fails and falls into the bottom of the tower. The cutscene transitions once again, showing Nakoruru from Samurai Shodown and her hawk Mamahaha trying to grab the letter but failing as well. The next cutscene shows Iori Yagami, the rival of Kyo, where he, with his burning hand, tries to grab the letter; it slips through his hand just as he was about to grab it. After failing to grab the letter, Iori laughs maniacally. The unclaimed letter slowly falls onto the ground, only to get picked up by fighter in the form of a silhouette with a star on his back; that fighter, being rendered in 3D, reveals himself as Terry Bogard. He turns around, says “Hey, come on!”, and a tagline reads "Terry Faces the Fury!". The trailer ends with the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo, with an "× Fatal Fury" appearing next to it.
The beginning of the trailer parodies the opening scene of The King of Fighters '94, where it shows an invitation letter from Rugal Bernstein, a recurring antagonist in The King of Fighters series (according to the letter "R" on the back of the envelope), and a right hand of Kyo Kusanagi burning the letter after grabbing it. The message accompanying it also appears in the original scene, only slightly altered to fit the atmosphere of Smash Bros., and the scenes in which other SNK characters are featured are also parodied from opening scenes of their respective games.
An extended version of this trailer, titled The Legendary Wolf, features gameplay of Terry after his tagline, while the background for this tagline has changed to red from the initial trailer's blue. The list of Nintendo consoles is also omitted from the extended version.
Byleth
This trailer, titled The Ashen Demon, takes place at the end of Chapter 10 of Fire Emblem: Three Houses. It begins with an animated cutscene showing Solon (previously under the guise of Tomas) summoning dark energy that engulfs around Byleth. This ends up sending Byleth the void with Sothis, who scolds him for falling for Solon's trap. Sothis then asks Byleth if he is "prepared to die", to which he shakes his head in response. Sothis responds that she also does not want to die either, and states "And yet... There is no other choice...". After some confusion from Byleth, Sothis clarifies her statement and tells Byleth that he needs to join Smash. After brandishing a Smash Bros. invitation, Byleth is sent out of the void, with two slashes of light crossing together in the sky; Byleth comes flying out, and the screen declares, "Byleth Joins Smash House!" Solon is shown expressing disbelief at Byleth's return (with a statement spoofing his return from the actual game), and the trailer then switches to gameplay of Byleth, showing his moves with the Sword of the Creator, before he is beaten up by the other sword users. Byleth then returns to the void, this time, majorly damaged. Sothis then asks what Byleth plans to do after getting beaten by the swordsmen, and after a quick screen transition, the female version of Byleth is shown. Sothis, amused at Byleth's "cleverness" sends down Failnaught, Areadbhar and Amyr, three different signature weapons wielded by Claude, Dimitri, and Edelgard respectively. Light then circles around the two previous slashes (forming the whole Smash symbol), and female Byleth comes flying out with the weapons, and the screen declares, "Byleth Recruits ...Byleth!" The trailer then transitions to gameplay once more, with Sothis commenting on each one of the Hero's Relics' abilities: Areadbhar's long reach, Amyr's overwhelming power, and the speed of Failnaught. Byleth then grabs the Smash Ball, and performs the Final Smash, Progenitor God Ruptured Heaven. The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo then appears, followed by "× Fire Emblem: Three Houses".
Min Min
This trailer, titled Ramen time!, begins with Captain Falcon and Kirby eating ramen at the Mintendo Noodle House while a waitress smiles in the background. In a nearby arena, a tournament match between Spring Man and Byte & Barq is being held. After knocking out his opponent, Spring Man raises his arms in celebration when he notices a Smash invitation behind him. He grabs it and gleefully holds it up, but is immediately punched by Ribbon Girl, who attempts to take the letter. Ninjara quickly steals it from her, and several of the other fighters immediately attack him as a fight starts out over the letter. Back at the noodle house, the waitress catches sight of the tournament and leaves just as Captain Falcon finishes his ramen. The scene shifts back to the match, where everyone but Kid Cobra and Twintelle has been knocked out. The waitress snags the invitation and reveals herself as Min Min before punching the other two fighters and knocking them out with Dragon. Min Min poses, says “我愛拉麺!” in Mandarin Chinese (“I love ramen!”), and the tagline "Min Min Arms Herself!" appears. A gameplay montage follows which shows off Min Min's moves. During this, Min Min deflects Wii Fit Trainer's soccer ball on Wuhu Island, a reference to the volleyball-like V-Ball mode in ARMS. The montage ends with the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo followed by "× ARMS". In the epilogue, Min Min is seen enjoying ramen alongside Kirby while Captain Falcon - having replaced Min Min as the waiter - smiles in the background.
Steve
This trailer, titled A New Seed!, opens with Mario fighting Peach, Mega Man, and Terry on Battlefield. Mario back throws Terry and jumps into Ω form Temple, where he fights Cloud and Pikachu before being KO'd by Sonic. As Mario flies off the screen, he breaks through the stage into a dark and blocky cave. Around him, sound effects of various Minecraft mobs can be heard while Spiders and Endermen stare at him from the darkness. Mario then looks towards a nearby wall as Steve mines into the cave, cuing his tagline "Steve Rocks the Block!" The two stare at each other for a short time before Steve eats a piece of steak, notices a Creeper coming up behind Mario, jumps in alarm, and backs out, sealing the cave before the Creeper detonates. The trailer then showcases gameplay of Steve as well as alternate costumes for Alex, a Zombie, and an Enderman. The montage ends with the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo followed by "× Minecraft". The trailer then ends with Steve building a house in a victory animation.
Sephiroth
This trailer, titled The One-Winged Angel!, opens with Hero, Samus, and Richter being defeated by Galeem's forces. As several other defeated fighters look towards it, Galeem prepares to fire off a beam before suddenly being sliced in half from behind. Galeem's core turns to black as it falls apart, with the Master Hands crumbling to dust. In the distance, a figure can be seen, which Cloud immediately recognizes as Sephiroth. It then cuts to his tagline, "Sephiroth Descends to Battle!" Sephiroth declares his intentions to wreak havoc on the Smash universe, which then transitions to a montage of his gameplay. Following it, Bayonetta and Greninja prepare a surprise attack on Sephiroth, only to get defeated by him. He then lunges towards Mario, nearly impaling him with his sword, though it is revealed that Mario is hanging by his overall. Cloud then ambushes Sephiroth and performs Omnislash Ver. 5, seemingly defeating Sephiroth as the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo appears, followed by "× Final Fantasy VII" (or simply x Final Fantasy in the initial reveal). However, Sephiroth, having survived Cloud's attack, ends the video with his own Final Smash.
Several references to the original games are shown in the trailer. Sephiroth nearly striking Zelda on Fountain of Dreams directly references his murder of Aerith Gainsborough. His near-impalement of Mario references his actual impalement of Cloud in the Advent Children film. His ending dialogue with Cloud is a word-for-word reference to their dialogue at the end of Advent Children, in addition to Cloud having used Omnislash Ver. 5 on him moments prior.
Other character reveals
Veterans
Uniquely, all of the returning characters in Ultimate were revealed simultaneously in the "Everyone is here!" (PAL)/"Challenger Approaching Intro Video" (NTSC) trailer, as well as the formal reveal of Inkling. Every character is given a number corresponding to their debut in the Super Smash Bros. series. The trailer opens up with a shot of Battlefield before showing fighter number one, Mario, emerging from a Warp Pipe before demonstrating gameplay footage of him, then moving on to Samus; Kirby; Bowser; Link; Donkey Kong; Fox and Falco; Marth; Zelda and Sheik, Villager; Meta Knight and Mewtwo; Sonic; Peach; then Pikachu. The Ice Climbers, who were absent from Super Smash Bros. 4, are shown on Summit; followed by the first in-game footage of Inkling; then Captain Falcon, Zero Suit Samus and Wii Fit Trainer; Charizard, Ivysaur, and Squirtle returning as part of Pokémon Trainer; Ness and Lucas; Ryu and Ganondorf; Ike; then Cloud. Snake appears on Shadow Moses Island and as he stands up, the text "EVERYONE IS HERE!" appears in front of him. The trailer then proceeds to show Jigglypuff and Pichu; Roy; Olimar and Diddy Kong; Lucario; Lucina and Robin; Bayonetta; Mr. Game & Watch and Greninja; Dr. Mario, R.O.B., and Duck Hunt; Pit, Dark Pit, and Palutena; Corrin; Bowser Jr.; Toon Link and Young Link; Rosalina & Luma and King Dedede; the Mii Fighters; Wario and Little Mac; Pac-Man; Shulk; Wolf; and Mega Man. After showing the game's full logo for the first time, revealing its title as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the trailer shows Luigi and Yoshi who, despite being two of the Original 12, are notoriously often revealed to be in the game late in development, something that Masahiro Sakurai commented on when revealing Luigi for Super Smash Bros. 4.
Daisy
Daisy wasn't given a specific trailer, but made her debut in Nintendo's E3 2018 presentation, after the "Everyone is here!" trailer. After noting that previous veterans Lucina and Dark Pit were marked with epsilons next to their number (which, unlike the rest of the cast, corresponded to the numbers of Marth and Pit respectively instead of their own debuts), Sakurai announced the Echo Fighter status of the former two, and that they were echo fighters of the latter two. He then promptly confirmed Daisy as another Echo Fighter, this time of Peach.
Chrom and Dark Samus
Chrom and Dark Samus both weren't given a specific trailer, but made their debut in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct. Following Richter's reveal as an Echo Fighter of Simon, Sakurai revealed Chrom and Dark Samus as two new Echo Fighters. After their short gameplay segments, it was revealed that Chrom and Dark Samus are Echo Fighters of Roy and Samus respectively. Directly after their reveal, it was revealed that players would have the option to either display echo fighters separately or together.
Piranha Plant
The trailer, titled "Piranha Plant Pipes Up!", features Luigi (next to a Green Shell) and a group of Yoshis dizzy. Mario walks across the stage, before a pot appears before him, with a Piranha Plant inside. The Piranha Plant then reveals itself, then dodges Mario's dash attack and executes its forward smash, knocking Mario out. The Piranha Plant taunts, followed by its splash art "Piranha Plant Pipes Up!", then transitions to gameplay showcasing its moveset.
ARMS character
On March 26, 2020, a Nintendo Direct Mini announced that Challenger Pack 6 would contain an ARMS character. All 15 characters of the ARMS roster as well as Biff were then shown to be possibilities, and their release date was revealed to be sometime in June 2020. These characters were: Spring Man (who is representated as an Assist Trophy, Mii Costume and spirit in the base game), Ribbon Girl (who appears as a Mii Costume and spirit in the base game), Min Min, Twintelle, Ninjara (all of them are spirits in the base game), Master Mummy, Mechanica, Byte & Barq, Kid Cobra, Helix, Max Brass, Lola Pop, Misango, Springtron and Dr. Coyle (all of them not represented with anything in the base game). Finally, on June 22, 2020, it was revealed that the ARMS character is Min Min, likely in part due to popularity and confirmed to be influenced by the request of the ARMS producer. In her Final Smash, she is joined by Spring Man, Ribbon Girl, Master Mummy, Mechanica, Twintelle, and Ninjara; Ninjara also appears as a Mii Fighter costume. Master Mummy, Mechanica, Byte & Barq, Kid Cobra, Helix, and Max Brass were added as spirits, while all fighters, including Lola Pop, Misango, Springtron, and Dr. Coyle, appear on advertisements in the background of Spring Stadium.
Trivia
- Luigi's appearance in Simon's trailer may be a reference to an easter egg in Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate; there is a letter found alongside a corpse which mentions Mario as the writer's brother, Mushrooms and Pipes.
- Luigi also notably uses the design of the Poltergust in Luigi's Mansion 3, which was, at the time, not even announced by Nintendo.
- Ironically, Simon attacks Death with his cross, but his tagline is a pun on the whip, while Richter attacks Dracula's fire with his whip, but his tagline is a pun on the cross.
- If one listens closely in the first Ultimate teaser trailer, a small, faint excerpt from "Lifelight" can be heard. This excerpt is heard in-game during the World of Light opening cutscene, as it is explained how puppet fighters are created.
- In the "Everyone is Here" trailer, the music takes on a slower tone when Zelda and Sheik are introduced. This is also true of Sheik's scene in the Melee opening.
- In the "The Rivals" trailer, the Kongs' eyes popping when they see King K. Rool reference a similar animation seen at the start of a boss encounter and during the fight with Kaptain K. Rool in Donkey Kong Country 2.
- In the "Clash of Flames" trailer, Little Mac was flung into the giant screen and breaks it. However, when the same thing happens to Ken later, there are no other signs of damage on the screen and no sign of Little Mac either.
- Isabelle's trailer is the only trailer whose splash art is shown in multiple languages other than Japanese, English, and Korean. This is likely due to her trailer being entirely text-based, thus making it necessary to translate it entirely.
- It is worth noting, however, that the French and Spanish translations of her trailer are exclusive to the European French and Spanish translations of the site; the Canadian and Latin American sites receive the English translation instead.
- Isabelle's trailer is also the only trailer to have a different tagline in Japanese; all other characters use "参戦!", but Isabelle's features hiragana writing of the first kanji character ("さん戦!") to form a pun, as she is referred to as しずえさん in Animal Crossing. "さん" is also in a lighter shade of yellow than the regular "参", likely to emphasize the pun.
- Additionally, Isabelle’s trailer is the only character reveal that was paired with the trailer of a separate game.
- Possibly as a result, the Nintendo Direct version of the trailer featured no Smash-logo intro at all. A similar situation occurred with Rosalina & Luma's trailer for Super Smash Bros. 4.
- Yoshi is the only Original 8 member to not appear in any reveal trailers in CGI portions.
- Richter and Ken are the only new Echo Fighters who were revealed in a CGI trailer.
- Coincidentally, both characters are from third-party franchises.
- Piranha Plant's reveal trailer is currently the only trailer for a DLC fighter to not be animated in a cinematic, but exclusively use edited in-game footage.
- This is presumably due to time constraints, which also resulted in the Plant's DLC status.
- Interestingly, Hero's Japanese reveal trailer title, "伝説の勇者" (The Legendary Hero), is Erdrick's character title in Boxing Ring in all versions.
- Terry also shares this trait, as both his English and Japanese trailer titles ("The Legendary Wolf/伝説の狼") are the character titles in all versions.
- Banjo & Kazooie’s trailer is currently the only character reveal trailer to recycle assets from a previous trailer.
- Though most of the characters at the end of Banjo and Kazooie's trailer use their in-game models, the ones featured earlier in the trailer (Banjo and Kazooie themselves, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong, and Duck Hunt) use their higher-detail trailer models.
- Terry's trailer is the only one to feature characters from universes which do not have a playable character, as characters from Art of Fighting, The King of Fighters and Samurai Shodown make cameos in the trailer.
- There is an error present in the beginning of the non-Japanese versions of Terry's trailer. When a list of all the Nintendo consoles is shown, the release years of the NES and SNES are those of the Japanese years (1983 and 1990, respectively). However, when the camera zooms in to focus on each Nintendo console, their release years change to that of the North American release years (1985 and 1991, respectively).
- Terry's trailer is the first and so far only to feature the announcer.
- Despite making an appearance in Byleth's reveal trailer, Solon does not appear in-game in any capacity. Several similar situations occurred in Smash 4's reveal trailers, namely Rosie and Margie in Villager's, the Robot Masters in Mega Man's, and Corrin's siblings (with the exceptions of Ryoma and Xander) in his.
- Min Min appears in the beginning of her trailer without her mask and with normal human arms and eyes. This depiction differs from the ARMS universe, where fighters with the ARMS ability of extendable ARMS are always shown to have coiled arms even when constricted to normal length and a spiral pattern in their irises. Fighters are also rarely if ever depicted without a mask (barring Byte & Barq, Helix, and Springtron, as they are non-human, as well as Mechanica, who fights with a mech instead), as it is explained in ARMS to be a regulator device that prevents their ARMS from extending and contracting uncontrollably.
- The reveal trailers for King K. Rool, Banjo & Kazooie and Min Min recycle audio from the "Super Smash Bros. is coming to Nintendo Switch!" trailer, specifically from the point where a flaming Super Smash Bros. logo focuses and appears in Inkling's left eye.
- The reveal trailers for Joker, Terry and Min Min are the only ones to feature Kirby's Copy Ability.
- Steve's trailer is the first in Ultimate to begin with actual gameplay before proceeding to a CGI portion.
- The initial livestream of Steve's reveal trailer coincided with a massive surge of Tweets that caused Twitter's servers to briefly crash, likely due to the sheer volume of reactions to the reveal. Both Masahiro Sakurai and the official Minecraft account acknowledged the crash afterwards.
- Sephiroth's trailer is the first trailer to feature other downloadable characters in an animated portion (namely, Banjo & Kazooie and the Dragon Quest III Hero).
- Additionally, the version of Sephiroth's trailer than aired at The Game Awards 2020 features the generic Final Fantasy logo in the crossover graphic, whereas the version released elsewhere features specifically the Final Fantasy VII logo.
