SUPER SMASH BROS

[Boyobmas]

GAME THEORY TIME!!
[spoiler]
Twitter user @noctulescent has discovered that the pixilated text on the title screen (which as Sakurai stated was the mode they couldn't talk about yet.) can be deciphered frame-by-frame. They discovered that in both Japanese and English the text reads "Spirits".



Now, a weirdly common theme we've been seeing in character reveal trailers is of character being "killed".
We saw it in Ridley's trailer with both Mega Man and Mario and, more importantly, we saw Luigi literally get his ghost (or "spirit") ripped from his body in Simon's reveal trailer.



Now a small detail I noticed was the way the Reaper holds Luigi's spirit in his hand, almost to infer that he's collecting them. This almost immediately reminded me of The Subspace Emissary, where characters are also "killed"
and their Trophies are collected by the main villains.



Now could these "character trailers" actually be, at the very least, a hint that Ultimate will feature some sort of Adventure/Story mode? One where the narrative is that fighters are getting their souls stolen, rather than their trophies? This would also make sense as the Smash games seem to have been moving away from the characters being toys or trophies.

Another hint to a possible Adventure mode is Rathalos. Sakurai mentioned that along with being an Assist Trophy, Rathalos is also a boss character and even shown him being fought in a new stage. (4:00 in the video below)



But something odd is that this "stage" isn't given a proper introduction as it's clearly new. It doesn't appear in the stage select either. And looking at it, it just appears to be a flat plain. No platforms are pits. Rather than a stage boss, could Rathalos actually be a boss in this new adventure mode? We only ever see one character fighting Rathalos in this place, usually there's at least one shot of multiple characters fighting a stage boss, but their isn't here.

That's what I've put together from all of this. If anyone else has a different idea of what this could mean, please share.
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[RepentantSky]

Not gonna lie, the Luigi's Mansion reference, the Castlevania characters, the new Pokemon, the echo fighters of Dark Samus and Chrom, and King K. Rule all showing up, only made me wish we were getting new games or updates to those with current projects, instead of them just being thrown into Smash.

[gamemaster1991]

[spoiler=My reactions:]
Holy crap! Simon Belmont!
Holy Shit! Richter's there too!
Hey it's Crom. The Fire Emblem people should be happy. Oh and Dark Samus too. I'm more excited for her.
HOLY SHIT! K. ROOL! AND HE PLAYS LIKE I IMAGINED HIM TOO.

That's just the characters. My brother and I had a blast reacting to the items and Assist Trophies. We both had a filed day with Bomber, Alolan Exeggutor, Ditto, and the fucking Moon. I freaked out over Shovel Knight being an Assist Trophy, which I think fits just well. Just like Waluigi.[/spoiler]

[Berry]

bruh, it's just a lowkey Captain N reunion.

[Colossus]

It's been a hot min for me being on the forums. I am taking Smash Day off to throw SMASH NIGHT.
Basically having people over all day and playing smash with a tournament in the evening for winning money participants threw in for. I am making official invites and everything. If anyone wants a copy of the template I made on vista print, PM me since i might miss the message on this post.

[Boyobmas]

Nintendo of Japan has uploaded two direct-feed videos of Ultimate in action featuring the newly announced characters.

[Boyobmas]

According to Amazon Canada, you can unlock fighters by simply tapping their amiibo.

"Access a whole new level of fun and smash the competition with this Super Smash Bros amiibo. A former fighter in Andross’ army, Wolf now leads his own mercenary team, and he’s not one you want to cross. Simply tap the amiibo accessory to the NFC touchpoint on your game system to unlock this Space Pirate."

SOURCE

[Boyobmas]

Ultimate has an ESRB raiting of E10+ for Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief and Suggestive Themes. This was revealed by Nintendo's official listing for the game.



The rating is almost identical to the one that Smash Bros. WiiU/3DS received except those games only had "mild" suggestive themes. 
This is probably due to characters like Snake (With his slightly more realistic weapons) and Bayonetta. (Who is in the base game this time, rather than being released as DLC after Smash 4 was rated.)

[Boyobmas]

Ultimate is going to be playable at select Best Buy stores across the U.S.

Sept. 8-9 – New York City and San Jose
Sept. 15-16 – Los Angeles and Chicago
Sept. 22-23 –Dallas and Minneapolis 
Sept. 29-30 – Atlanta and Denver
Oct. 6-7 – Miami and Seattle

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[SERIOUSLY THOUGH*]

Ultimate is going to be playable at select Best Buy stores across the U.S.

Sept. 8-9 – New York City and San Jose
Sept. 15-16 – Los Angeles and Chicago
Sept. 22-23 –Dallas and Minneapolis 
Sept. 29-30 – Atlanta and Denver
Oct. 6-7 – Miami and Seattle

SOURCE

*Cries in Canadian*

[Colossus]

Anyone going to the Minneapolis one?

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ALSO: Can we update the thread title to: "SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE"?

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

ALSO: Can we update the thread title to: "SUPER SMASH BROS. ULTIMATE"?

Yes, you can! You can change the title of this thread by editing the original post.

[Colossus]

Since it seems that we are getting main villains in Smash. I wonder if we will get Dr. Robotnik as an Echo Fighter of Bower Jr.?

[ZpaceJ0ck0]

Since it seems that we are getting main villains in Smash. I wonder if we will get Dr. Robotnik as an Echo Fighter of Bower Jr.?

That wouldn't be a bad idea. I like it.

[Boyobmas]

Isabelle from Animal Crossing: New Leaf was just announced as a new fighter!


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Also, a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate console bundle is coming November 2nd!

(Though it comes with a downloadable version of the game, you won't be able to redeem it until December 7th.)