With the announcement that the secondSuper Smash Bros. UltimateFighters Pass will be its last, it looks like only six more DLC characters will be coming to the popular fighting game. Thanks to a poll from the Japanese publication Inside Games, fans now have a good indication which characters are the most popular.
According to the poll, the most requested character forSuper Smash Brothers Ultimateis Sora from theKingdom Heartsseries. Sora got a whopping 290 votes, with the second most voted for character getting only 91. TheKingdom Heartsgames have long been popular, especially in Japan, and players have been calling for Sora’s inclusion in theSmashseries since SuperSmash Brothers Brawl., so it’s unsurprising that he took the top spot in this poll.
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After Sora comes another regular on the most requestedSmashDLC characters list: Dante, the hero of theDevil May Crygames. Players have long been calling for the inclusion of the white-haired pistol-wielding character inUltimate. Now thata Devil May Cry game is on the switch, Dante’s seems a bit more likely, and clearly fans are excited at the prospect.
After that, the poll gets a little bit whacky. In third place comes Monster Hunter from theMonster Huntergames, followed by Rex fromXenoblade Chronicles 2and then 74 and 2B fromNieR: Automata. Moving down the list is Crash, Waddle Dee, Sephiroth, Arle (Puyo Puyo), Steve (Minecraft), Saber (Fate), and Goku, among others. While the inclusion of some of these characters may seem unlikely, considering that the firstDLC character was Piranha Plant, no character should be counted out.
It’s worth noting that this is a Japanese poll, and as a result, it is skewed towards Japanese taste. This is most likely why characters who are very popular in the west are underrepresented. For example, while manyAmerican players long for Master Chief, he doesn’t even show up in this poll.
While DLC has keptSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatefresh, the characters have not arrived without controversy. The characters are sometimes overpowered upon release, likeByleth’s guaranteed kill against donkey kong. But still, most players are looking forward to the next Fighter’s Pass and are eagerly awaiting the newest characters to graceSmash Ultimate’sroster.
