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Leaked Super Smash Bros. on 3DS copies point to new characters

Some retailers in Japan have broken the street date for Super Smash Bros. on 3DS and some buyers are confirming some of the game's unrevealed characters. Don't click if you don't want the new names spoiled for you.

Ozzie Mejia

September 11, 2014 12:05 AM

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Super Smash Bros. on Nintendo 3DS arrives in North America on October 3, but it's set to hit Japan on Friday. Meanwhile, a few people in Japan have broken the street date and have begun revealing some of the game's as-yet-unconfirmed characters.

NeoGAF is on top of this, revealing new images and linking to some Twitch streams of the new game. New characters include Earthbound's Ness (a surprising omission to this point) and StarFox's Falco. The latest reveal is for Dark Pit, whose inclusion was teased at the end of the Palutena trailer. New stages are also being revealed, including a 16-bit F-Zero stage set in Mute City, complete with authentic Super NES graphics.

The latest update is that, yes, as previously-rumored, the Duck Hunt Dog is indeed an actual playable character. And as it turns out, it appears that he and his aviary foes have banded together to take out their mutual enemy: everybody else! Even more characters were unveiled throughout the evening, including some returning fighters like Wario, Ganondorf, Dr. Mario (who was absent from Brawl), Jigglypuff, and Mr. Game & Watch. Bowser Jr. in his clown car can also be seen making his Smash Bros. debut, with the Koopa kids available as alternate palette swaps. The final unlockable character appears to be R.O.B., making his return from Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

In more official news, today's Smash Bros Miiverse post revealed a palette swap for Olimar in the form of Pikmin 3's Alph. Both characters will essentially be the same, right down to their inability to use Rock Pikmin.

More characters are expected to be revealed soon and we will update this post when we get the information.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?