In one of the game’s biggest character reveals yet,Super Smash Bros. Ultimateannounced Sephiroth fromFinal Fantasy 7as its next DLC fighterlast week at The Game Awards. Adding one of the most iconic video game villains of all time to the game’s all-star roster has cementedFinal Fantasy 7’s representation inSmash.
As has become customary withSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s DLC fighters, the game’s director, Masahiro Sakurai, spent some time today showcasing Sephiroth, showing off the character’s moves, accompanying music tracks, and a new stage. While Sakurai typically opts to showcase DLC fighters by using them against different CPU opponents, he decided to show off Sephiroth in the game’s Classic Mode this time, which gets a special twist when playing as the new character.
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Near the end of the presentation, Sakurai revealed that playing as Sephiroth inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Classic Mode allows players to play through a sort of boss rush. The game director mentioned that the reason for this special twist in the game mode is becauseSephiroth himself is like a boss character,so it seemed fitting to pit him against other mighty bosses from a wide range of video games.
While playing throughSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Classic Mode as Sephiroth, Sakurai showed that players will have to take down a variety of the game’s boss characters, such as Rathalos fromMonster Hunterand Dracula fromCastlevania. Displaying his own skill, the director managed to breeze through this special boss rush on the game mode’s hardest difficulty setting, all while showing off all ofSephiroth’s flashy new moves.AlthoughSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatestill doesn’t have a true boss rush mode likeSuper Smash Bros. Brawl, this unique twist on Classic Mode feels like one step closer.
Sakurai seems intent on establishing Sephiroth as a powerful villain inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, which was even seen in the character’s initial reveal trailer, which showed Sephiroth destroying the game’s World of Light villain, Galeem, with a single strike. While Sephiroth comes withhis own special gimmickslike many of the game’s DLC fighters before him, pitting the iconic villain against other boss characters seems like a great way to show off the boss of all bosses.
DespiteSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatealreadyincluding a variety of sword-wielding fighters,fans have remained excited for the new DLC character. It will be interesting to see where players end up placing Sephiroth on their competitive tier lists when he releases later this month.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis available now on Switch.
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