Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Character Seems Ruled Out

A rumor Super Smash Bros. Ultimate The DLC character has apparently been excluded by the creator of said character. There are still a handful of DLC character slots left to fill in Fighters Pass Volume 2, but if you were hoping Yakuza Protagonist Kazuma Kiryu was going to fill one of those vacancies, well, bad news: it looks like it’s not happening. In fact, it looks like the character will never come to a Super Smash Bros. Game.

Speaking to Redbull France, Toshihiro Nagoshi was asked about all fan requests for various fighting games – including Super Smash Bros. – on the addition of Kiryu. In response to this investigation, Nagoshi confirmed that he and his team got a lot of requests, but personally he didn’t want to see Kiryu in a fighting game with female characters because he didn’t want to see Kiryu hit women, which not only excludes Super Smash Bros., But Tekken, Mortal combat, Soulcalibur, street fighter, and many other fighting games.

“We get a lot of requests for this,” Nagoshi said. “Of course, there are exceptions, but fighting games usually have female characters, and I personally don’t really want to see Kiryu hit women.”

Nagoshi isn’t bluntly saying that Kiryu will never come to these games, but it seems that as long as he has some agency in the decision, the Yakuza the protagonist remains in place.

It’s possible we could see another character in the franchise, but that seems unlikely. Kiryu is the face of Yakuza and if you are going to add Yakuza representation to your fighting game, you’re going to want it to be Kiryu.

As for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it is not known if Nintendo has ever asked questions about the Yakuza protagonist. If he did join, Kiryu wouldn’t be the least recognizable character, but you’d assume there are plenty of other guest DLC characters that Nintendo would use first. After all, there are some great, iconic characters that Nintendo can still add.

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