Sephiroth Joins Cast Of Smash Bros Ultimate
Last weekend during the Game Awards, Nintendo revealed the third of the six new Super Smash Bros Ultimate fighters. So far there’s been Min Min from Arms, Steve from Minecraft, and now, Sephiroth from Final Fantasy 7.
The archenemy of Cloud (who is already in the game), Sephiroth is Final Fantasy’s most memorable villain, being the instigator of one of the most shocking and iconic scenes in all of gaming history (you probably already know what he does, but for the three who don’t, we won’t mention it here). Working with the space organism Jenova, his plan is to crash a meteor into the planet, absorb all the energy of the Lifestream and become a god.
He is also known for sprouting a single wing in his Ultimate Form — completely useless for flight, it is just there for the Rule of Cool. His big attack destroys the entire solar system (again, just to be cool and no other reason) and you have to just sit there and watch while all the planets explode. Then he does it again, the big showoff (and no, we don’t understand how you can blow up the solar system repeatedly).
Smash has no shortage of sword fighters right now, but Seppy will set some kind of record for the length of his Masamune blade. The extra range might be offset by reduced attack power, but Sakurai hasn’t explained how the character fits into Smash yet. We’ll find out more in the follow-up video that should arrive close to this character’s release date…which hasn’t been revealed either, but Nintendo is promising we’ll get to play as him before 2020 ends.