The Latest 'Smash' Fighter Is Freakin' Sephiroth
When Nintendo announced they'd reveal the next fighter for Super Smash Brothers Ultimate, fans began guessing which one of the long-rumored fighters it would be. Crash Bandicoot? Sora? Well, it turns out that this time around, Nintendo had no time for those schmucks and announced the next fighter is freakin' Sephiroth.
For those unaware, Sephiroth is the antagonist of Final Fantasy VII and one of the most notorious villains in gaming history, thanks in part to his infamous murking of Aerith. The dude's also pure evil; putting Sephiroth in a game alongside cartoony villains like Bowser and King K. Rool is akin to putting Sephiroth in a game alongside Jafar and Captain Hook (okay, bad example).
The reveal trailer sufficiently hypes up Sephiroth's badassery, but that also makes it unintentionally hilarious--this destroyer of worlds will soon be made a fool of by Isabelle's toy slingshot, and Smashers were quick to joke about how bizarre it was to see Sephiroth among the colorful cast of Nintendo mascots.
I can't get over how funny it is seeing fucking PICHU next to Sephiroth #SmashBrosUltimate #Sephiroth pic.twitter.com/sbfrwXNexx
— It's Nick Time (@A_Living_Toon) December 11, 2020
-one winged angel intensifies- pic.twitter.com/L06NRIVWbB
— Flamingo (Working on commissions) (@flamingopunch) December 11, 2020
Kirby after swallowing Sephiroth pic.twitter.com/LKCqkZXmBQ
— Kuya Adriel (@aglestiler) December 11, 2020
Others made fun of the moment in the reveal trailer where it looks like Sephiroth straight-up impales Mario.
SEPHIROTH FUCKING MURDERS MARIO pic.twitter.com/fWn7tFNtl0
— ✨ Storm Yorha ✨ (@StormYorha) December 11, 2020
Mario Got Kicked in the Bucket by Sephiroth. pic.twitter.com/IVwZGGeLPx
— BastyArts Christmas Spectacular (Stay Home!) (@BastyArts) December 11, 2020
Who would win: Xenmas chokeslamming Mickey or Sephiroth skewering Mario? pic.twitter.com/kqvEExpSg3
— Audrey’s making masks 😷🪡💜 (@Turbocrit) December 11, 2020
While Mario has been getting beaten up in many Smash character reveal trailers, him getting seemingly impaled by Sephiroth wasn't random; one Twitter user pointed out the moment, along with much of Sephiroth's reveal, was a reference to his fight with Cloud in the Final Fantsy VII: Advent Children film.
Made a comparison video of:FF7 Advent Children movie Sephiroth's fightVS.#SuperSmash #Sephiroth reveal trailer!I AM SO HYPED FOR SEPHIROTH IN SMASH!!!!! pic.twitter.com/q4rbVmwi4w
— ☆オードリーAudrey☆ (@aitaikimochi) December 11, 2020
Masahiro Sakurai will give his customary overview of the new fighter and his mechanics on Thursday, December 17th.
Sephiroth From the FINAL FANTASY Series Slices His Way Into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a Playable DLC Fighter https://t.co/PHtTVZzWdU
NintendoAmerica</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/FinalFantasy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">FinalFantasy #SuperSmashBros pic.twitter.com/mdJI5Ne231— Pastrami Nation (@PastramiNation) December 11, 2020
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ed
one of these days they will actually impale Mario instead of faking out like this
AppleAndAria
Ru~de.
ZiggyZig
Whoa, he has a very big, um, sword… Definitely no innuendo in this character
HumbleWaterFilterMerchant
Holy freakin crap lois another anime swordsman is in smash!
Why include freakin in the front page headline it makes you look dumb.
Brandon
I think it's because it's the first time that a character came out that had ZERO rumors about it. It's just so… out of nowhere
vyhox
Yeah, there are way too many sword characters in Smash. Byleth, Joker, this guy, the DLC have way too many.
ObadiahtheSlim
Steve is another sword character. The DLC characters certainly have been rather sword user heavy. I mean the Byleth reveal was already parodying it and Sephiroth is the second sword user they've added since it.
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