Super Smash Bros 64 Mod Adds Sonic the Hedgehog to Fighter Roster
Super Smash Bros. is one of the biggest fighting game franchises in history. With several different characters and series represented across the Nintendo multiverse, including some third party guests, the series has accumulated a large fan following. Smash’s unique take on the fighting game genre has also inspired other fighting games in the similar vein, such as Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and the upcoming Warner Bros. crossover brawler MultiVersus.
The original Super Smash Bros. launched on Nintendo 64 in January 1999, and original only had a roster of 12 characters from Nintendo’s elite franchises, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Pokemon, and Metroid. With the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in 2018, and its various DLC added in the years following, the franchise has now seen an expanded roster of 89 characters from franchises like Minecraft, Persona, Street Fighter, and Kingdom Hearts, whose protagonist Sora was the most requested character to join the series.
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However, mods for the original Super Smash Bros. seek to bring fighters from future installments to the original game. The YouTube channel Smash Remix has been hard at work since 2019 to bring characters from later games, such as Ganondorf, Wario, and Bowser back to the first title in the series. Now, the newest character to be added in the most recent patch is none other than Sonic the Hedgehog.
Sonic originally debuted in Smash with Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii, and has since become a staple of the series’ roster. This isn’t the first time Sonic has crossed over with other video game titles, with the character appearing in titles like Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania, Angry
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