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Remaining Four Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Characters May Have Just Been Leaked

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The immensely popular party brawler on the Nintendo Switch, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, already has a massive roster of playable characters. With the largest selection of characters in the series, there’s still a handful of new characters arriving via future DLC.

So far, we have seen who two of the total six DLC characters who are joining in on the cross-over fighter. The Piranha Plant from the Super Mario series was the first add-on character announced coming as a gifted pre-order bonus. The second character, Joker from Persona 5, was revealed at the Game Awards 2018, leaving four unannounced playable characters left on the DLC list.

In a report from Gearnuke, the Japanese gaming news site, 5Channel, has allegedly leaked the remaining future SSBU characters, backed up by a small grasp of credibility. The same leak foreshadowed the recent Persona 5 R reveal which also states the new Persona title will release somewhere in the first half of 2019.

Along with Piranha Plant and Joker, the leak highlights some interesting new characters joining the Ultimate roster. Ryu Hayabusa, from the iconic Ninja Gaiden series, is said to join in on the Super Smash mayhem in hopes of releasing around the series’ 30th anniversary, which would have celebrated the original arcade release this past October. Unless, of course, we’re talking about the first console release in the series, which released in December of 1988 in Japan, but in March of 1989 in the west. Either way, the leak states a new Ninja Gaiden title to release sometime this year.

The second of the four characters is supposedly Steve, the protagonist from the Minecraft series. Rumored by the leak to be revealed at this year’s E3 event, Steve will also have the option of two alternating costumes: Alex (Minecraft) and Master Chief (Halo). The later announcement is scheduled to help promote the upcoming Minecraft DLC, Minecraft Dungeons.

With the latest Dragon Quest title, Dragon Quest XI, heading to the Switch the third leak points at Erdrick from Dragon Quest III joining the roster. Costume changes of Anlucia from Dragon Quest X and the hero from Dragon Quest XI are also said to be available.

And finally, the fourth leak is said to include Doomguy from the FPS series, Doom. With the upcoming Doom Eternal gearing up to release in 2019 with the Switch as one of its platforms, Doomguy is also rumored to be announced at the E3 2019 event.

All of these rumors are exactly that: rumors. None of them have officially been confirmed, but are in fact coming through somewhat reputable sources. While we still have some time to ponder over who’s still to come in Ultimate, it sure is exciting to think on all of the possibilities.

Stay tuned for more on the possible DLC character leak for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Source: Gearnuke, 5Channel

Writer and avid gamer, Chris will put together an article to keep the reader engaged, informed and moderately happy for a solid 4 minutes. That my friend, is no easy feat.

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Sony Has a “Monopoly” on the High-End Japanese Gaming Market, According to a US Senator

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The never-ending saga surrounding Microsoft’s proposed $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard has a new participant.  Today, Senator Maria Cantwell, a Democrat from the state of Washington, said some things about the subject that were hard to understand.

The senator, whose remarks were reported on by ResetEra, spoke at a Senate finance committee hearing on “the president’s 2023 Trade Policy Plan,” which we are sure was quite interesting.

Senator Cantwell said that she had been told that Sony “controls a monopoly of 98% of the high-end game market” despite the fact that “Japan’s government has allowed Sony to engage in blatant anti-competitive conduct through exclusive deals and payments to game publishers, establishing games that are among the most popular in Japan.”

This 98% statistic is highly deceptive because it ignores PC, Nintendo, and mobile games and instead refers to Sony’s adoption rate over Microsoft in Sony’s native country of Japan, a fact that shouldn’t surprise anyone who is even somewhat familiar with the video game business.

What can we do to rectify these problems and create a level playing field, she said of US Trade Representative Katherine Tai after charging Japan’s Federal Trade Commission with improperly failing to look into this purported “exclusionary conduct”?

It is absurd to claim that Sony has a monopoly on the Japanese video game market, as Luke Plunkett of Kotaku correctly points out, “because Sony doesn’t even have a 98% share of the market for the God of War series, a title they own, as Steam is getting 30% of every sale on PC.”

It goes without saying that we can’t expect elected officials to be experts in every field, but this is a visible step at a time when the ongoing attempt to buy the company is at a very important point.

Is it significant that Microsoft, along with Nintendo, maintains its headquarters in Redmond, Washington—Senator Cantwell’s district—or that Microsoft has given Cantwell more than $500,000 over the past two decades?  Let us leave that up to you.

 

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Eating trash, Pizza Possum destroys the PS5

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Pizza Possum is an arcade action game in which you, a possum, attempt to consume as much trash as you can without being discovered.  It is a web-based sequel to the anarchy simulator Untitled Goose Game.It will eventually be available on the PS5.

We couldn’t help but notice that the possum in the title doesn’t look like the cute Australian possum that comes out at night to visit people.On the other hand, it looks like the horrible North American opossums are the ones that will attack trash cans and cause general chaos.Even though we think the second choice was better in terms of theme, we prefer the first one and are happy to explain why.

Your thoughts on Pizza Possum?  Does it possess the necessary mass appeal to successfully skitter along the back fenceline while setting the dog off in the process?

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The Mercenaries, a free piece of DLC for Resident Evil 4 Remake, launches on April 7

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Resident Evil 4 is now out, and the excellent remake can be bought right away.Even though you probably plan to play it all this weekend, you can take comfort in the fact that The Mercenaries, Resident Evil’s almost-required challenge mode, will be available as free DLC on April 7.

The mode’s exact details are still unknown, but if it’s anything like previous versions, you can expect some pretty hard tasks to test your skills.

You’re stumped about something? If you are still debating whether to purchase Resident Evil 4 Remake, be sure to look at our exhaustive guide for the answer or our in-depth review. Are you spending this weekend playing Resident Evil 4? Are you anticipating The Mercenaries?

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