{"id":16076,"date":"2019-06-16T22:58:20","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T02:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=16076"},"modified":"2019-06-16T22:58:20","modified_gmt":"2019-06-17T02:58:20","slug":"e3-two-new-fighters-announced-for-super-smash-bros-ultimate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2019\/06\/e3-two-new-fighters-announced-for-super-smash-bros-ultimate\/","title":{"rendered":"E3: Two new fighters announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two new paid downloadable fighters are coming to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game.<\/p>\n<p>Hero from the DRAGON QUEST series to be available this summer, and Banjo-Kazooie for this fall. Hero represents the main character from several games in the DRAGON QUEST series. He can take the form of the protagonist from DRAGON QUEST XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, DRAGON QUEST III: The Seeds of Salvation, DRAGON QUEST IV: Chapters of the Chosen and DRAGON QUEST VIII: Journey of the Cursed King.<\/p>\n<p>Banjo the bear and his bird friend, Kazooie, star in a series of games that began on Nintendo 64. Although Banjo the bear was first introduced in Diddy Kong Racing for Nintendo 64, the kind-hearted character is best known for joining up with his wise-cracking bird sidekick Kazooie in the 1998 Nintendo 64 game Banjo-Kazooie. The beloved pair has remained inseparable since, working together using an arsenal of acrobatic and egg-shooting moves to defeat enemies, overcome obstacles and locate golden puzzle pieces.<\/p>\n<p>No word on exactly when these DLC fighters will be available.\u00a0The Fighter from Dragon Quest XI will be available in Summer 2019 with Banjo &amp; Kazooie coming Fall 2019.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pupll3ON-WA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qyJ4djjQOr0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new paid downloadable fighters are coming to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game. Hero from the DRAGON QUEST series to be available this summer, and Banjo-Kazooie for this fall. Hero represents the main character from several games in the DRAGON QUEST series. He can take the form of the protagonist from DRAGON QUEST XI: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1530],"tags":[1386,2208],"class_list":["post-16076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-switch","tag-nintendo","tag-super-smash-bros-ultimate"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/smash_dlc_hero.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-4bi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17240,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2020\/08\/the-next-mario-kart-should-be-the-ultimate-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":16076,"position":0},"title":"The next Mario Kart should be the Ultimate one","date":"August 7, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been three years since Mario Kart 8 Deluxe was released for the Nintendo Switch. 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