It seems like it’s actually been a long time since we last sat down and ruminated on a definitive rumor of Super Smash Bros. Probably because most of them go to the internet are completely fake nonsense, but here’s one. I could just have something in your favor.
A Reddit user named RiuBert has theorized that the game’s second batch of DLC, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Vol. 2 ‘, could be getting an additional seventh character in the six slots that have already been promised.
As RiuBert explains in its post, all games, DLCs and product packages have a unique code (known as NSUID) on Nintendo’s official website. With the first set of DLC characters, from the Piranha plant to the first final incorporation of Fighters Pass, Byleth, the DLC codes are sorted chronologically from 70050000008501 to 70050000008506. Below is the extra Rex Mii suit which is offered to those who purchase the first Fighters Pass, which ends at ‘8507’.
(As a preview, these links will take you to Nintendo’s New Zealand site, where NSUID codes are usefully displayed right on the page’s URL).
Now, things get a little more interesting when we see Fighters Pass Vol. 2. As before, fighters are shown chronologically (Min Min is 70050000018967, up to Pyra / Mythra 70050000018970, with “18971” and “18972” reserved for the two unannounced characters). This time, however, the reward for the Ancient Helm + Gear Pass Pass bonus does not appear directly afterwards, with an NSUID of 70050000018974, instead ending with “18973”. However, this mysterious “18973” “is currently unavailable”. Still with us?
It seems, then, that Nintendo has yet to announce anything after the sixth DLC fighter. Immediate and overly excited thoughts jump to potential seventh fighter, which might well be true, though it could also relate to an echo fighter, another additional disguise, or something else entirely.
What do you think? Is there anything in this? Could you see Nintendo pull out a surprise character to end things with a bang? We avoid raising hopes too much in the following comments.
Thanks to Greatsong for the advice.