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Smash Bros. fans reckon Nintendo killing Luigi was a sneaky hint
At Ultimate's blurred-out secret mode.
Last week, Nintendo stunned the world by killing off Luigi during its Super Smash Bros. Direct. Now, some fans think the shock death of Mario's brother was actually a clue pointing to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's under-wraps secret mode.
Nintendo confirms Castlevania crossover, King K.Rool and plenty more for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Simon Belmont coming as new fighter - plus more from today's Direct.
Nintendo just wrapped up a Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct where it went into more detail on its big fighter, confirming the Castlevania crossover that introduces Simon Belmont as a new fighter plus plenty more.
Belmont, who made his debut on Nintendo hardware back in 1987, will wield his whip as a signature item and the Grand Cross forming his Final Smash, and his echo fighter - a character with a similar moveset but a different skin - will be none other than Richter Belmont, from Rondo of Blood amongst other Castlevania games.
Belmont will also have his own stage, Dracula's Castle, which features cameos from the vampire himself. It'll be one of 103 stages in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which is an all-in bundle of everything that's ever featured in the series and plenty more besides.
There's a Smash-based Nintendo Direct coming this week
Birdo reveal inbound?
Nintendo's just announced that a new Direct will air later this week, with the focus firmly on Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as new information on the forthcoming Switch title is revealed.
First off, the GameCube controller is the best controller Nintendo's ever made (sorry, N64!). Mine put up with hundreds of hours of SoulCalibur 2 button-mashing and it never broke sweat. And while I never played Smash Bros., I know one of the reasons Melee is still so popular today is because of the GameCube controller.
Here's where you can watch the Nintendo UK VS Super Smash Bros Ultimate Invitational later today
Show starts at 6pm BST.
Nintendo UK's Versus (VS) event is now live, showcasing Nintendo's range of competitive games.
German game boxes have long been blighted by the USK - the country's local game rating board - and its ginormous logo.
Nintendo appears to have pulled Solid Snake's arse from Smash Bros. - and the person behind Snake's iconic voice isn't happy.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo's biggest game of 2018, will be playable for the first time in the UK next month.
Bomberman is the star of today's Super Smash Bros. blog post, which shows off more of how the explosive Assist Trophy will work.
It's hard to imagine Super Smash Bros. Ultimate being the final entry in Nintendo's ridiculously popular fighting series, but it's also hard to imagine what else Nintendo could now do to better it. Without any need to reinvent itself, what else can Smash do but simply get bigger?
Following the earth-rending megaton that was Ridley's reveal as a playable character in the upcoming Super Smash Bros Ultimate for Switch, Nintendo has announced that he'll be getting his own amiibo too.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for Nintendo Switch includes every character from the series so far
And yes, GameCube controller support.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the name of the game's new series entry for Nintendo Switch. It contains fan-favourite request Ridley, from Metroid, for the first time. And it will include support for the fan-favourite GameCube controller.
Nintendo E3 2018 conference live report
I hope you like Smash! All the news as it happened.
I hope you like Smash! All the news as it happened.
Nintendo's annual E3 presentation will be broadcast at 5pm UK time on Tuesday 12th June and centre on the upcoming Super Smash Bros. game for Nintendo Switch.
Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch playable at E3
Challengers approach.
Nintendo's newly-confirmed Super Smash Bros. for Switch will be playable at E3 in June. That's just three months away!
