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Yeah, anti-climactic end. The August Direct, with the Belmonts, Chrom, Dark Samus and the 'one more thing' reveal of K Rool was by far the best pitched Direct for this game. The other two have been poorly paced and this one in particular suffered from poor communication - why not clearly communicate how World of Light and Spirits mode work? I understand the Spirits concept, but it wasn't clear how World of Light fits into it.

It also sounds like Sakurai and the development team already have decided who the five DLC fighters are - no mention of a fighter ballot, and the reasoning behind Rex not appearing and only being a Mii costume was that the roster was decided on during the planning stages of Smash development, which must have been 2017 or potentially earlier.

Personally, I'm still holding out hope Skull Kid is going to make his way into the game - no glimpse of him during the Assist section, which did show both Isaac and Shadow are returning as Assist trophies.