Nintendo recently hosted Nintendo Direct live stream during the Electronic Entertainment Expo, revealing several video games coming to the company’s popular video game console.
Among the announcements, the company revealed the character Kazuya of “Tekken” fame is the latest brawler to step into battle as a new character in the fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. However, Nintendo didn’t specify when Kazuya would make its Smash Bros. debut.
In honor of the announcement, we asked USA TODAY staffers to give us their favorite Smash Bros. character main. Here are the top picks:
‘Super Smash Bros.’ brings the fighting game to the Switch
Death by a thousand cuts sums up my best-loved Smash Bros. main: Young Link. He’s from my favorite Legend of Zelda franchise game: “Ocarina of Time,” and made his Smash debut in Super Smash Brothers Melee.
Young Link is cute, light, fast and annoying to play against. YL’s my go-to in one-on-one matches because he can control the space and tempo. Toss on your favorite tunic and rain down the pain with his trusty bombs, arrows and boomerang to keep adversaries at bay.
Nothing is more satisfying than bombarding projectiles at your opponent, giving them the old one-two hyah-hyah smash attack, and ending with a long swig of Lon Lon Milk. What’s not to love about the pot smashing, young Hero of Time? He’s pure fun, if you’re the one playing him.
— Lindley Taylor, motion graphics artist
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