The choice of the Ultimate DLC range from Smash Bros. has already been decided, says the director

By Colin Stevens

The director of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Masahiro Sakurai, confirmed that the five DLC characters not yet revealed for his expected fighting game had already been chosen.

Sakurai tweeted this information, saying that the fighters were chosen by Nintendo in conjunction with his entry. After being flooded with subsequent recommendations for fighters by fans, Sakurai wrote "It's great to dream that your favorite character joins the battle and I appreciate your passion, but try to stay on the topic when you respond to tweets and avoid overwhelming us and other users with queries."

Five more DLC fighters will be available after the launch, each with their own scene and their own tracks. To date, none of these paid DLC fighters under development has been revealed, although we now know that Nintendo knows exactly who they are. Each combat set will cost players $ US $ 6, or US $ 25 together, as part of the Fighters Pass. Each content of this pass should be released before the end of February 2020.

In the final of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Nintendo Direct from last week, Sakurai not only announced that Ken and Incineroar would be added to the list of players, but later revealed that Piranha Plant would be available after the launch of the game as a DLC character for those who reserve Digitally advance or exchange their physical code online by January 31st.

To learn more about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, check out all the new Amiibo that will come out for the game, as well as a list of all the characters included in the list of Ultimate releases.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arrives on the Nintendo Switch on December 7, 2018.

Colin Stevens is a news editor for IGN. Follow on Twitter.