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title: "Chrom and Dark Samus announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate"
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description: "During the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct two new Echo characters were announced: Chrom and Dark Samus."
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Chrom and Dark Samus announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Chrom and Dark Samus announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/chrom-en-dark-samus-aangekondigd-voor-super-smash-bros.-ultimate.jpeg "Chrom and Dark Samus announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/chrom-en-dark-samus-aangekondigd-voor-super-smash-bros.-ultimate.jpeg)During the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct two new Echo characters were announced: Chrom and Dark Samus.

## [](#about-echo-characters)About Echo characters

Echo characters are the first official name for clones: fighters who actually have the same attacks as someone else, but with slightly different statistics, such as speed, jumping height and attack power.

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Earlier, Daisy, Lucina and Dark Pit were already announced as Echo characters.

How cool is it that Dark Samus is an addition? Sure Chrom is fun but we just have a little less of a connect with the Fire Emblem cast if we are very honest.

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