Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s “Everyone Is Here” theme has proven to be a powerful tagline. Every character that has ever been playable in a previous Super Smash Bros. entry was able to return in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Due to this (and other factors), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been able to achieve 36.24 million sales since its launch, marking it as the third best-selling game on the Switch and the overall most popular game in the entire franchise.
Of course, the game also included numerous newcomers in the base game and then added even more with DLC. In total, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a roster of 86 characters ending with Kingdom Hearts’ Sora.
Previously, Masahiro Sakurai was adamant that the “Everyone Is Here” theme was something that could only happen just this once. As a result, even Sakurai isn’t entirely sure where to take the series next.
However, it’s unlikely to think that Nintendo forecasted the success that was achieved by Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Notably, it’s been a while since Sakurai last declared that the next game wouldn’t feature the “Everyone Is Here” theme.
With all of this in mind, Nintendo is likely to grant Sakurai a substantially larger budget for the next iteration in the Super Smash Bros. series, whenever development for that is set to begin. For the time being, Sakurai is busy overseeing the development of Kirby Air Riders, but we imagine it will probably be his next project for the Switch 2.
In a recent video uploaded by Luminosity Smash, professional players Tweek, Maister, Sonix and Marss are asked to weigh in on a discussion regarding whether or not we’ll get every character from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in the next game.
First, players are asked to stand in specific positions of the room related to their answers to the given question. Two of the players stand near the “disagree” response, while the remaining three are either “agree” or “strongly agree.”
On one hand, Marss makes the argument that there are already too many recycled fighters and playstyles within Super Smash Bros. Ultimate due to how inflated the roster is. As such, he believes cuts to the roster are almost inevitable.
Tweek, however, doesn’t see how Nintendo will be able to ramp things up after Super Smash Bros. Ultimate without a repeat of the “Everyone Is Here” theme. He then argues that the next Super Smash Bros. can advertise a roster of 100 or more characters.
Check it all out below: