"Super Smash Bros." will have additional characters according to a tweet from Liam Robertson. The tweet is currently trending within the Smash community.
I guess we're leaking stuff, so okay, there will be some (not many) new characters in Smash Bros Switch.
— am Robertson (@Doctor_Cupcakes) December 6, 2016
First of all, it is already expected that "Super Smash Brothers" will be ported into the upcoming console. "Super Smash Brothers" has a huge fan base when it comes to professional gaming. "Super Smash Bros. Melee" alone is currently ranked 20 in the overall global tournament rankings, with 1537 tournaments and 1183 professional players, according to e-Sports earnings.
Having additional characters is going to be great to provide additional variety to the game. "Super Smash Bros" was released in 1999 for the N64 with a very limited budget since it was planned to be released in Japan only but was later released worldwide after selling a million copies in Japan, according to IGN. The very first "Super Smash Bros." contained eight characters Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, and Pikachu with four unlockable characters Luigi, Captain Falcon, Ness, and Jigglypuff.
The second installment in the "Super Smash Bros" Series which is "Super Smash Bros. Melee" became the best-selling game for the GameCube with 26 characters and 29 stages. The third installment called "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" as the first to support Wii-U's nunchuck controllers, Wii-U remote, classic controllers, and the classic Gamecube controllers, according to Smash Bros. webpage. this version has 39 playable characters which include Sonic and Solid Snake.
The latest installment of the "Super Smash Bros" Series is the one for Ninentedo 3DS and Wii-U released in 2014 with 58 playable characters which include Street Fighter's Ryu, Capcom's Bayonetta, Final Fantasy VII's Cloud Strife, Capcom's MegaMan and PacMan. The number of characters in "Super Smash Bros." keeps growing and additional characters will always be welcome into the "Super Smash Bros." universe.
