Today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation for the reveal of Sora contained a small update on amiibo, and specifically for Steve and Alex from Minecraft. Yes, two separate figures will be produced. Both are planned for Spring 2022.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is done with its DLC fighters, but more amiibo will be released well into the future. Min Min, which we heard about previously, is due out in Spring 2022 as well.

Beyond that director Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed has also confirmed that Sephiroth, Pyra, Mythra, and Kazuya will be receiving figures. There’s no word on release timing at present.

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Kingdom Hearts games coming to Switch in cloud form

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Square Enix is bringing all of the Kingdom Hearts games to Switch as cloud titles, it’s been revealed. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai delivered today’s news in his presentation today announcing Sora for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 + 2.5 Remix Cloud Version, Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue Cloud Version, and Kingdom Hearts III + Re Mind Cloud Version will all be released. There is currently no word on launch timing.

Last September, Square Enix’s Tetsuya Nomura said that the company had considered porting the Kingdom Hearts games to Switch. However, the company found it to be technically challenging. While we won’t be seeing these titles running natively, the cloud versions will at least be an option for owners of Nintendo’s console.

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate reveals Sora from Kingdom Hearts as final DLC fighter

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Sora from Kingdom Hearts is joining Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a new DLC character, Nintendo has just announced. This will be the final participant in Fighters Pass Vol. 2. It will be going live on October 18.

Sora won’t just be a standalone character. Like all other DLC, a new stage, music, and spirits will be included.

Here’s a whole bunch of information about Sora in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from director Masahiro Sakurai:

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Smash Bros. Ultimate Mii Fighter costume reveals include Doom Slayer

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai revealed the latest set of Mii Fighter costumes during a presentation today, including Octoling (Wig) and Judd (Hat) from Splatoon and Doom Slayer (Gunner) from Doom. This will be the last batch added to the game.

Many games and franchises have been represented in Mii Fighter form over the past few years. Undertale, Cuphead, No More Heroes, Assassin’s Creed, and Super Mario RPG are among the titles that have appeared.

We have a trailer showing off Doom Slayer and the other couple of new Mii Fighter costumes in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate below.

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Switch gameplay

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First Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl gameplay has now arrived that shows off the title running on Switch. GameMill, Ludosity, and Fair Play Labs just released the title today.

We have the following overview of the title from GameMill:

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – The Final “Mr. Sakurai Presents” live stream

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The final “Mr. Sakurai Presents” presentation for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is almost here, and we have a live stream for the proceedings. You’ll be able to tune in starting at 7 AM PT / 10 AM ET / 3 PM in the UK / 4 PM in Europe.

Nintendo announced a couple of weeks ago that the last DLC fighter for the game would be revealed today. Director Masahiro Sakurai will now share the news and share an in-depth look at the character in his today’s broadcast. We should be getting a bit of other news as well, including the next wave of Mii Fighter costumes.

You can watch the final “Mr. Sakurai Presents” live stream for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as it happens below.