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Another day, another Fire Emblem character added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. By my count, there are around 100 of them at this point. On Thursday, Smash Ultimate game director Masahiro Sakurai announced that Byleth is joining the series, with both male and female forms.
Over in the YouTube chat, fans were ... underwhelmed. Sakurai appeared to be delighted — perhaps he revels in this sort of response. The rest of the recorded presentation was similarly cheeky, with Sakurai seemingly trolling Smash players with a whole long section on the history of the Fire Emblem franchise. Here are the things I learned:
- There are 17 Fire Emblem games
- How to count with binary on my hands
- Sakurai recorded this video in November
- Seemingly the entire story of Fire Emblem: Three Houses — including plenty of spoilers!
- Sakurai calls Metroid’s Mother Brain “Mom”
- The next six Super Smash Bros. Ultimate characters have already been chosen, and Sakurai is not taking suggestions on Twitter (please don’t yell at him)
- Sakurai wonders if Smash is a fighting game
Yes, the announcement gave us another Fire Emblem character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but what we’ve really received is so much more. Over on Twitter, Sakurai is the talk of the internet, and I love it.
#SmashDirect
— The Dongerino (@TheDongerino) January 16, 2020
Smash fans: I bet the final fighters pass character will be legendary!
Sakurai: pic.twitter.com/qc3BsYQOm2
sakurai asks an important question pic.twitter.com/sswh3e0uIP
— Wario64 (@Wario64) January 16, 2020
The feel when I skipped the gym today just to see Sakurai giving me the finger and lecturing me about Fire Emblem #SmashDirect pic.twitter.com/qnhOZpJQTt
— Mr. Galacta (@EguesChalela) January 16, 2020
I'm glad Sakurai is explaining the Fire Emblem series to Smash players, a franchise they are not familiar with #SmashDirect pic.twitter.com/JC6vpF8ia3
— Jeff Ramos (@ohjefframos) January 16, 2020
Smash fans: Sakurai please, no more Fire Emblem characters I beg of you I don't think I can live with another FE rep
— Kimerson (@TheKimersonShow) January 16, 2020
Sakurai: THEN PERISH pic.twitter.com/K4swde7p2Q
Sakurai listing each Fire Emblem game and counting them in binary pic.twitter.com/wCb0vJVVq6
— Wario64 (@Wario64) January 16, 2020
Thank you, Sakurai. You are my hero.