Playable characters
New characters are also being added. Zero Suit Samus, Wario, Pit (Kid Icarus), Meta Knight (Kirby), Solid Snake (Metal Gear Solid), Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog), and Ike (Fire Emblem). Solid Snake is the first non-Nintendo character that has been invited to fight in the Smash Bros. arena, opening up the possibility that more non-Nintendo characters will be announced. But don't worry, many fighters from previous Smash Bros. games will be returning for another round.
- Mario
- Link
- Kirby
- Pikachu
- Fox
- Samus
- Zelda
- Bowser
- Fox
- Donkey Kong
- Yoshi
- Zero Suit Samus *
- Wario *
- Pit *
- Meta Knight *
- Solid Snake *
- Ike *
- Pokemon Trainer *
- Sonic *
- Diddy Kong *
- Lucas *
- King Dedede *
- Pikmin and Olimar*
- Lucario*
- Jigglypuff
- Ness
- Wolf*
- Luigi
* indicates new to Smash Bros. See the full "Dojo" on smashbros.com
New Elements to the game
New elements to the game are the final smash, assist trophies and online. The final smash is a super devastating move which can only be performed once and only after obtaining a smash ball. Each final smash is character specific. Assist trophies are like Poke Balls except that instead of Pokemon you get a random video game character that assists you in battle. Online multiplayer will be a welcome feature to the series.
Trailer
Availability
The game is currently available for pre-order and will be released in North America on March 9th, 2008 for $49.99. It was released in Japan on January 31st, 2008 and will be available in Europe and Australia sometime in 2008 (TBD).
