Ancient Dorudon

O ne of the glaring omissions from Smash Ultimate, for me, was the lack of a new retro fighter. Some may argue that the Belmonts or K. Rool were the retro picks for Smash Ultimate, but I disagree. While they were older, arguably obscure, characters, neither the Belmonts or K. Rool are retro in the same way fighters like Duck Hunt and ROB are retro. Here is a list of 8 retro fighters that would’ve been awesome in Smash, with a few ideas on how they could work in the games. I also threw in some of as assist trophies I would have enjoyed seeing as well. Assist Trophies: Stanley the Bugman – from Donkey Kong 3. Leaps around spraying bug repellant, which pushes players around with a windbox. He can shoot sideways, up or down. Bubbles – from Clu Clu Land. She spawns “top down” along with a bunch of glowing posts. She will dash in a straight line until hitting a pole, which causes her to spin around and switch directions. Being hit by her at any time deals damage. If she’s ab

T his was a challenge going around on social media that I felt like diving into. The basics of the challenge is to come up with one new character from each series in Smash Bros. Ultimate already represented with a playable fighter, plus 1 freebie "dream" character from a new franchise. I'm going to bend the rules I adhere to a bit just to be interesting, which you'll see below: Choose 1 new fighter from EACH series Each series can also receive an Echo fighter in addition to  it's new fighter The original challenge lumped the retro series into one large "Retro" category, made "Wii Fit" part of a larger "Wii" category, and the Miis were included as part of a "Smash Bros. Original" category. In the interest of switching up my options, however, I am going to instead have each individual retro series be its own category and select characters from "sister" or similar titles. Likewise, the "Mii" category wi