Smash Ultimate Direct August 8th 2018 announced at Evo

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Well that was eventful!

New Characters:

Simon Belmont
Richter Belmont (Echo Fighter)
Chrom (Echo Fighter of Ike)
Dark Samus (Echo Fighter of Samus)
King K Rool

New Stages:

Dracula's Castle - has plenty of monsters including Dracula Himself
New Donk City Hall

New Items/Pokemon/Assist Trophies:

Alucard
Banana Gun
Killing Edge
Bomber
Death's Scythe (Instant KO)
Staff
Rmblin Evil Mushroom
Rage Blaster
Eggcecute
Abra
Solgaleo
Lunala
Mimikyou
Pyukumuku
Vulpix
Marshadow
Ditto
Zero (Awww, wish he was a fighter)
Knuckles (Awww, wish he was a fighter)
Krystal (Awww, wish she was a fighter)
Klaptrap
Kapp'n
Chef Kawasaki
Gray Fox
Nikki
Shovel Knight (Awww, wish he was a fighter)
Bomberman
Ratholos

Stats/Facts:

103 stages
800+ songs (900 if you count all the menus)
All levels can be battlefield/omega as well as 8-player smash
All levels available from the beginning
Can turn off stage hazards
Can chose 2 stages to switch between them mid-fight
Lots of updates to smash rules and preset rule sets
Squad fights pit 3v3 or 5v5 in elimination battles
Classic mode is back with each character getting their own set of enemies/obstacles.

No mention of smash run or smash tour.
No mention of subspace or adventure mode
No mention of a level creator
1 key game mode left out, blurred. (rumour has it that's where you do much of the unlocking of characters)

So overall pretty damn good!