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title: "Isabelle in Smash Bros. Ultimate … and ANIMAL CROSSING!"
url: "https://www.nintendoreporters.com/en/news/nintendo-switch/isabelle-in-smash-bros-ultimate-and-animal-crossing/"
description: "Animal Crossing fans got two special treats that ended Nintendo Direct. The first announcement was that Isabelle would be playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
published at: "2018-09-16 21:44:19"
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Isabelle in Smash Bros. Ultimate ... and ANIMAL CROSSING! | Nintendo Switch News | NintendoReporters

 [![Isabelle in Smash Bros. Ultimate … and ANIMAL CROSSING!](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/isabelle-in-smash-bros.-ultimate-...-and-animal-crossing.jpeg "Isabelle in Smash Bros. Ultimate … and ANIMAL CROSSING!")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/isabelle-in-smash-bros.-ultimate-...-and-animal-crossing.jpeg)Animal Crossing fans got two special treats that ended Nintendo Direct. The first announcement was that Isabelle would be playable in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

## [](#but-the-more-important)But the more important

The second announcement, however, was the big one. A “new mainline game” in the Animal Crossing series is coming to the Switch in 2019. Tom Nook delivered the special announcement…!

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Nintendo tweeted the announcements as followed;

> Taking a break from assisting mayors and just being an all-around lovely pup, Isabelle from the Animal Crossing series is joining the roster as a playable fighter in Super [\#SmashBrosUltimate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SmashBrosUltimate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)! [pic.twitter.com/YSVoYDkHRR](https://t.co/YSVoYDkHRR)
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> — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) [September 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1040370947243442176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Shake a tree in excitement! A new mainline game in the Animal Crossing series is slated for a 2019 release exclusively on [\#NintendoSwitch](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NintendoSwitch?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). [pic.twitter.com/iVA5QSV359](https://t.co/iVA5QSV359)
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> — Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) [September 13, 2018](https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1040369834083573761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

Are you excited for a mainline Animal Crossing or just happy Isabelle is making it to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? We wonder if she will have an echo fighter (it seems very likely).

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