Smash Direct: Ken, Incineroar revealed as new fighters, Piranha Plant for preorders

The Smash Bros Direct is over and we now know the full roster of the game, at least the ones that will be there in the game on day one.

Fighters

Both Street Fighter’s Ken and the Pokemon Incineroar were revealed in the Direct bringing the roster total to 74. That wasn’t the final fighter to be revealed with a surprise inclusion of Pirahna Plant who will be added to the game as DLC at a later date. If you preorder the game however you’ll get him for free.

Sakurai also revealed DLC plans for the game but stressed these could take a while as they have to build this from scratch. The characters DLC will be sold either as a “Fighters Pass”, or you can buy them individually. Each of these unannounced fighters will come with a corresponding stage and items.

Pricing was announced for other regions, each fighter will be AU$7.80 / NZ$10.20, and the pass for all 5 characters and the Rex Mii Swordfighter is AU$32.50 / NZ$42.50.

amiibo

All the new fighters, including the ones announced today, will also be getting amiibo, they’ll be out at various stages. All dates below are the Australian release dates.

assists

A whole bunch of new assists were also confirmed, which meant a lot of characters people wanted as fighters obviously missed the cut. Here’s a selection from the ones confirmed in the Direct.

There will be a total of 59 different assist trophies.

If you missed the Direct, here it is in all its glory.