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*[[Luigi]]'s appearance in Simon's trailer may be a reference to an easter egg in ''Castlevania: Mirror of Fate''; there is a letter found alongside a corpse which mentions [[Mario]], [[Super Mushroom|Mushrooms]] and [[Warp Pipe|Pipes]]. | *[[Luigi]]'s appearance in Simon's trailer may be a reference to an easter egg in ''Castlevania: Mirror of Fate''; there is a letter found alongside a corpse which mentions [[Mario]] as the writer's brother, [[Super Mushroom|Mushrooms]] and [[Warp Pipe|Pipes]]. | ||
*[[Donkey Kong]] uses his boxing gloves from ''{{iw|wikipedia|Punch-Out!!|Wii}}'' in King K. Rool's trailer, despite them never having made an appearance in ''Smash 4''. It is unknown whether they will appear in ''Ultimate''. | |||
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Several characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have been announced via promotional trailers. As with the character trailers for Super Smash Bros. 4, most trailers for the game are animated with CGI while also showing in-game footage of the characters.
Also like SSB4, some newcomers have poster artwork.
Below is a list of all the character trailers for the confirmed newcomers.
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 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 the male Inkling joining her as an alternate costume.
Veterans
Uniquely, all of the returning characters in Ultimate were revealed simultaneously in the "Everyone is here!" 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 announcing beforehand the Echo Fighter status of previous veterans Dark Pit and Lucina (Echoes of Pit and Marth respectively), Sakurai confirmed Daisy as another Echo Fighter, this time of Peach.
Ridley
Ridley's trailer, titled "A Piercing Screech", was first shown at the conclusion of Nintendo's E3 2018 video presentation. 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. 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 and readies her arm cannon as she sees Mario's hat laying on the ground. A creature comes crashing down in front of her, 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. Various moves of Ridley's are shown off through the in-game footage, including his Final Smash. After the Ultimate logo is shown on screen, CGI footage of Meta Ridley is shown off. Then, Zero Suit Samus jumps into the air 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. Simon 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 horde of mummies to no avail, then fleeing. As he flees, various other monsters come to life and continue to startle him until he finally trips and lands face-to-face with Death. As Death prepares its scythe, Luigi faints and is then struck, separating his spirit from his body. However, Simon arrives and smashes Death's face with his whip. He throws off his cloak and the tagline "Simon Lashes Out!" appears as he throws a cross, destroying Death. Gameplay footage of him is shown, demonstrating his moves. He 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 x Castlevania" then appears on the screen. 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
King K. Rool's trailer, titled "The Rivals", starts out with art showing various heroes and villains 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 then shows Donkey Kong and Diddy Kong lounging lazily in Donkey Kong's 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 is then 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. 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, showing off his moves. After he uses his Final Smash, it cuts back to a cinematic style as Donkey Kong slides across DK Island before recovering before charing King K. Rool alongside Diddy Kong. The three leap into the air and their punches meet in a massive explosion, followed by the Ultimate logo. It then shows 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.
Trivia
- Luigi's appearance in Simon's trailer may be a reference to an easter egg in Castlevania: Mirror of Fate; there is a letter found alongside a corpse which mentions Mario as the writer's brother, Mushrooms and Pipes.
- Donkey Kong uses his boxing gloves from Punch-Out!! in King K. Rool's trailer, despite them never having made an appearance in Smash 4. It is unknown whether they will appear in Ultimate.
