Almost a couple of weeks ago, Nintendo announced that Sora from Kingdom Hearts would be the final DLC character coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and it would be released on October 18th. They also confirmed that a new update for the game would be releasing simultaneously with the launch of the DLC.
Well, as promised, Nintendo has released the DLC, as well as the new update. When you update the game, you should be at version 13.0.0. This update doesn’t just add in Mii Costumes, spirits, and paves the way for Sora’s arrival, but there is also a bunch of character roster re-balancing. You can see the patch notes in full down below.
- Offline
- The following spirits from the KINGDOM HEARTS series will appear in the Shop on the Vault menu:
- Riku
- Kairi
- Roxas
- Axel
- Xion
- Terra
- Ventus
- Aqua
- The following spirits will appear on the Spirit Board and Shop:
- Razewing Ratha
- The following spirits from the KINGDOM HEARTS series will appear in the Shop on the Vault menu:
- General
- The following downloadable content will be usable after purchase:
- Sora Challenger Pack
- Judd Hat
- Octoling Wig
- Doom Slayer Helmet + ArmorNote: You cannot make videos of replays that contain DLC you have not purchased (fighters, stages, music, Mii Fighter costumes, etc.).
- Game-balance adjustments have been made.
- The following downloadable content will be usable after purchase:
| Fighter | Move | Change |
|---|---|---|
| All Fighters | etc. | Made it so opponents that fall down in place due to Kazuya’s side special cannot be stepped on when jumping. |
| Jigglypuff | Neutral Attack 2 | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Jigglypuff | Back Air Attack | Reduced vulnerability. Reduced vulnerability when landing. |
| Jigglypuff | Downward Throw | Shortened the launch distance. Reduced vulnerability. |
| Dr. Mario | Neutral Air Attack | Extended launch distance for the high-damage window. |
| Dr. Mario | Up Air Attack | Increased attack power and maintained launch distance. |
| Dr. Mario | Down Air Attack | Increased attack speed. |
| Dr. Mario | Side Special | Increased the amount of time hit detection lasts. |
| Dr. Mario | Down Special | Increased the speed that super armor activates when using the move on the ground. |
| Zelda | Neutral Attack 1 | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Zelda | Flurry Attack | Increased power. |
| Zelda | Up Smash Attack | Extended launch distance. |
| Zelda | Down Smash Attack | Extended launch distance. |
| Zelda | Down Air Attack | Increased the high-damage range. |
| Lucario | Dash Attack | Extended the duration of the high-damage part of the attack. Increased the high-damage range. |
| Lucario | Side Tilt Attack | Extended launch distance of the second attack. |
| Lucario | Down Tilt Attack | Increased attack speed. |
| Rosalina & Luma | Down Smash Attack | Luma will appear in front of Rosalina when using the move and turning around. Extended launch distance for Luma’s attack. |
| Rosalina & Luma | Side Special | Luma will follow you when using the move in the air. |
| Little Mac | Up Tilt Attack | Extended the duration of an opponent’s animation when they are struck by this attack. |
| Little Mac | Side Smash Attack | Increased power against shields when using the move with down input. |
| Little Mac | Neutral Special | Extended launch distance. Reduced vulnerability when using the move on the ground. Increased speed so it will be faster to use the move. Made so the second button press can be input in advance. |
| Little Mac | Up Special | Extended launch distance of the last attack. |
| Little Mac | Down Special | Increased the amount that attack power will increase. |
| Ridley | Side Special | Shortened the time between the slamming/dragging animations and when another jump can be input. |
| King K. Rool | Up Tilt Attack | Increased power. Extended launch distance. |
| King K. Rool | Side Smash Attack | Increased the amount of time hit detection lasts. Increased the range at the beginning of the move. |
| King K. Rool | Forward Air Attack | Reduced vulnerability. |
| King K. Rool | Up Throw | Extended launch distance. |
| Isabelle | Down Tilt Attack | Reduced vulnerability. |
| Isabelle | Side Smash Attack | Extended the duration of the high-damage part of the attack. |
| Isabelle | Down Smash Attack | Extended launch distance. Increased attack range. |
| Isabelle | Forward Throw | Extended launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Down Smash Attack | Increased power. Extended launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Up Air Attack | Increased attack power and maintained launch distance. |
| Incineroar | Up Special | Increased attack power and maintained launch distance of the high-damage window while descending. Increased attack power and maintained launch distance of the high-damage window for the explosion. |
| Joker | Final Smash | Shortened the downtime after finishing the Final Smash. |
| Hero | Final Smash | Shortened the downtime after finishing the Final Smash. |
- Several issues have been fixed to improve gameplay experience.
A good day to be an incineroar main, so glad they buff him a bit.
No Disney character in sight. Keeping it strictly to the characters that were made for the game series. Provided nothing Disney is part of his moveset or Final Smash, the “video game only” characters rule is still intact.
I’m pretty sure no one was expecting any Disney stuff. They made that clear in the presentation.
Unfortunately, somewhere out there, some idiot was most likely freaking out that Sora’s inclusion opened the door for Mickey & other “4th” party characters. There’s always at least one.
True. Sora’s inclusion opened up a whole lot of annoying “Disney and other cartoon character requests” (more then usual anyway). Which is why I hope Nintendo will always stick to the rule of ‘VG-only characters’ in future SSB games.
Lmao yeah I searched for his comment on the post as soon as Sora was announced. His comment sure didn’t age well XD. To begin with he made no sense with the “Disney characters like mickey” have to be included otherwise it’s not a representation. Ummm, literally look at Super Smash Flash, the only disney representation is his final smash. and that’s it. Keyblades alone represent Kingdom Hearts and Disney because it’s kinda their main thing. You always have that one person who freaks out and goes to the extreme to try and prove a misguided point lol.
I’m guessing you guys are referring to SidewinderTrollingGamez?
Uh Uh. It’s Gob from the post on the most requested fighters (https://mynintendonews.com/2020/02/29/japan-sora-is-currently-the-most-wanted-smash-bros-ultimate-fighter-in-poll/).
This was his comment:
“You cant have sora and kh without the Disney aspects just like u cant have pokemon with just the human characters and no monsters. If u add just sora then you are not representing the series, just a “cool” character you want to play as, not unlike goku. If u do add the Disney stuff, then smash no longer maintains its status as a celebration of video game icons only and u are opening the flood gates that more non game media characters get added. Only way sora would make sense is a super robot wars original generation style reboot of the entire series with just the square made characters, at which point it’s not even kh anymore.
So u either get sora added as a watered down rep of the actual series he reps or u open the dilution of the series integrity by introducing non game media characters. I don’t know how people don’t get this or they just don’t care and just want smash to be anyone and everyone in media added like its mugen or something.”
This whole comment makes no sense lol.
Hold the phone, I responded to this comment back in February in 2020 and…I agreed with it? What the heck was I thinking?
Lol
How’d Hyde in Van Helsing put it? Oh yeah. We all have our little… problems. Lol
I’m referring to people in general. Human IQ has taken a nosedive since 2016. Apparently around the time that horrendous Ghostbusters movie was on the cusp of hitting theaters. Coincidence? Maybe. Lol
Well, there’s mickey’s head charm on the keyblade. That’s pretty ultimate.
I’m really going to enjoy a kick out of him.
What an era of gaming history. Don’t really care about Sora myself but I know this made a lot of fans happy.
Welp… I’m done with it. Bittersweet ending to SSBU. So many characters… not enough modes… bad online.
Cheers, Sakurai
shhhh, the sakurai defenders might come after you.
It’s going to feel weird not having any newcomer trailers anymore. Sure there was a 27 month gap between Smash 4’s last trailer and Ultimate’s announcement, but it didn’t feel like it. I wonder if the series is going to go on hiatus, if the next installment will be Ultimate Deluxe, or what?
Yeah and we all know Sakurai won’t be involved in the next installment of the series.