Two of the six downloadable characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have already been announced, but recent leaks claim to have revealed the remaining four.

Though most definitely unconfirmed, these rumors could prove to spoil the identities of the unannounced fighters.

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Ok so since the secret's out, here's confirmation. Params in Ultimate confirm the code names of 2 future characters, "jack" and "brave". The labels for these characters:



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fighter_kind_packu (piranha plant) pic.twitter.com/rCRRg8KR3W



— jam1garner (@jam1garner) January 3, 2019

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As reported by Gearnuke , this unconfirmed rumor comes from Japanese forum site 5Channel user Mr. Anonymous Desperate [automatically translated from its native Japanese]. This user claims the four remaining fighters coming to SSBU are Erdrick from the Dragon Quest series, Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden, Steve the default player character in Minecraft, and Doomguy, aka The Marine from the Doom series.This leak originally came back on December 9, but has since become somewhat substantiated, as the leak referenced the existence of Persona 5 R - a title that was later revealed to be real on December 30. This leak also claims Persona 5 R will be released in the first half of 2019, a piece of information Atlus has yet to disclose.Furthermore, the same user previously leaked details pertaining to Joker coming to SSBU, specifying that his stage will be Mementos from Persona 5 and that the character Jack Frost is somehow involved as a technique. This leak gained traction due to it referencing Persona 5 U, an alleged fighting game, being delayed due to the release of Arc System Works’ Granblue Fantasy Versus, a fighting game that was announced a few days after the leak was posted. As reported by Polygon , the leak of Dragon Quest’s Erdrick has gained even more credibility following a datamine leak of SSBU’s source code. The source code references three future characters by codename: Jack, Packu and Brave. Jack is believed to be Joker while Packu is likely in reference to Pakkun Flower, the Japanese name for the pre-order DLC character Piranha Plant. Brave translates to Yuusha in Japanese, a word that can also mean “Hero” - the vocation that Erdrick assumes in Dragon Quest III.The leak from 5Channel also suggests Dragon Quest X’s Anlucia and Dragon Quest XI’s hero character will be available as alternate Erdrick skins. The rumor also claims unspecified Dragon Quest games are coming to Switch this year in addition to the confirmed Dragon Quest XI S As for Ryu from Ninja Gaiden, the user claims this is set to coincide with a 30th anniversary for the series, as the original was released in Japan in 1989 following a western release. The user also suggests this could potentially involve a new or re-released Ninja Gaiden game coming this year.Steve from Minecraft is said to include Alex (the other Minecraft player character) and Master Chief alternate skins. While Master Chief’s involvement in a Nintendo game feels implausible even to this minor degree, the Master Chief skin is already available in the Switch version of Minecraft . The leak suggests that Steve was at one point intended to launch with the game, but was later scheduled as DLC to promote Minecraft Dungeons coming in 2019. Lastly, Marine/Doomguy is rumored to be revealed at E3 2019 to help promote Doom Eternal, which is also coming to Switch . A pallet swap of the Doom 64 version of Doomguy is expected to be included.Per Gearnuke , the same 5Channel user reportedly claimed in a separate post that Rayman and Heihachi Mishima from Tekken would be DLC fighters instead of Ryu and Doomguy - Erdrick and Steve, however, remain consistent in both lists. All of these rumors, of course, should be taken with a grain of salt.Piranha Plant was the first DLC fighter to be revealed for SSBU, and will be free for everyone who preordered the game. Those who purchased physical copies will have to redeem a My Nintendo Rewards code that came with the game. During The Game Awards 2019, Joker from Persona 5 was revealed as the first of five paid DLC characters coming to SSBU.

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