Super Smash Bros Ultimate newest fighter announcement is none other than the legendary Kazuya Mishima from the beloved Tekken franchise.
The character will join the other previously released DLC characters included within the latest Fighter Pass. You will be able to watch a showcase showing more gameplay and how the characters move sets change with Mr. Sakurai on 26th June.
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When will Kauzya become available for Super Smash Bros Ultimate?
We don’t yet know when Kazuya is projected to release, but we’ll presumably learn more during the Sakurai Presents livestream set to take place June 28 at 10 a.m. Eastern.
Based on the release patterns of past Super Smash Bros. characters, we suspect Kazuya will be live any time within 10 days after that showcase premieres. A release date for Kazuya in early- or mid-July seems about right.
Kazuya is unique
The main draw for Kazuya’s inclusion in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is that this is essentially the first time a character with a more traditional fighting game moveset will be playable within Nintendo’s unique fighting game. While other similar icons like Street Fighter’s Ryu and King of Fighters’ Terry Bogard exist in Smash Ultimate, their base of attacks was reduced to match all other fighters on the roster.
Kazuya’s Tekken 7 moveset has been mostly replicated within Smash.Nintendo/Bandai Namco
That’s in contrast to Terry, for example, who has similar variations on tilt, attack, and smash like every other fighter, Kazuya features nearly three dozen moves ripped straight from the character’s Tekken 7 command list. Terry and Ryu can perform their most iconic attacks in Smash, but this mirroring of Kazuya appears far more granular.
Ironically, this detailed approach defies Sakurai’s mindset on Smash development as of 2013.
“The biggest feature we look at in Smash Bros. is, ‘What does this character bring to Smash Bros. that other characters don’t?’” Sakurai said in a GamesTM interview nearly eight years ago. “If you look at … someone from a fighting game already, and people like fighting with this character, from my point of view, it’s like ‘This guy does what this guy already does.
He fills the role that this character already has. So while you may like this character and he’s interesting, that doesn’t really merge well here.” So, Sakurai has responded by adding Kazuya in a role that’s somewhat similar to the one he currently occupies in his original series.
True to Kazuya’s devilish ways, he also has the ability to transform into a Devil for certain moves as well, such as the iconic Air Inferno. This change will likely further complicate Kazuya’s fighting possibilities.
FINAL SMASH
Kazuya’s Final Smash is a flurry of beams.Nintendo/Bandai Namco
Predictably, Kazuya’s Final Smash involves the character fully transforming into Devil while a barrage of beams flows out of his body. Those beams will send foes flying in all directions.
