"Yeah it's just a fancy port" blablabla

And the mysterious mode will definitly be a story mode

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!

That secret mode NEEEEEDS to be a story mode.

Plus, it only took smash to fix the lack of messaging on the Switch lol.(there is like a small letter icon on the menu with what appears to be a messaging system)

They literally teased one tho... This smash is accepting every fan request so far and the biggest one is a story mode AND they go out their way to blur a mode on the main menu cause they "can't talk about it yet".

It's clearly a major mode and must be like what the fans are requesting.

Holy crap! That was too good. Didn't expect so many new characters and i'm hyped for actual classic mode to return.

Since we are talking yet again about Castlavania:

Given this recent push for castlevania related content (In Bomberman, its own show and now Smash) could we be seeing a new Castlevania game soon, even if its a Collection?That would be awesome.

It is one for sure, i think they teased it a little so fans relax but they don't want to talk about it 4 months before the release.

Maybe it's not as big and elaborate as SE but i'm taking everything at this point. I just loved to have every games togheter with cute cutscenes and a main boss.

based on what they said in the E3 Direct, I didn't expect to see ANY more characters, if we're being honest.  Like, sakurai said 'since we're bringing all old fighters back, I hope you don't mind that we aren't adding many new fighters.' 

I assumed that meant we got like, Ridley and Inkling and that's it. 

And considering the character roster, I would have been okay with that. 

Still more characters to come so another Smash ND or to before release. Start looking up iconic franchises because that's where the next additions are coming from.

I am quite disappointed that Shovel Knight is an assist and not an actual fighter, but we got Shovel Knight in the game, which is a great start!