Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game featuring many Nintendo and special guest characters including Dragon Quest characters. It was first unveiled at a Nintendo Direct presentation on March 8, 2018 and the game was first shown off at E3 2018 on June 12. The game released on December 7, 2018.
Dragon Quest in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate[]
Revealed as DLC on June 11, 2019 and released on July 30, 2019, the Luminary from Dragon Quest XI was added to the game’s 4.0 patch along with alternative costumes of Erdrick from Dragon Quest III, Solo from Dragon Quest IV, and Eight from Dragon Quest VIII. Each Dragon Quest fighter comes with their own unique set of gear: Luminary uses the Supreme Sword of Light and Erdwin's Shield, Erdrick uses the Sword of Light and Shield Of Heroes, Solo uses the Zenthian Sword and Shield, and Eight uses the Dragovian King Sword and Shield. They also have an MP Gauge that depletes after each spell they use.
Yggdrasil's Altar
Along with the Hero character being added, Yggdrasil's Altar is added as a stage in the game. It uses Yggdrasil's Altar that is found in Dragon Quest XI S and the altar serves as the stage as it flies around Erdrea. It also comes with 8 different soundtracks, 2 for each Hero & their respectives Dragon Quest game.
Characters[]
- Hero
- Luminary (Default costume)
- Erderick (2nd Costume)
- Solo (3rd Costume)
- Eight (4th Costume)
Stages[]
Mii Fighter Cosmetics[]
- Veronica (Outfit & Wig)
- Erdrick (Outfit & Wig)
- Martial Artist (Outfit & Wig)
- Slime Hat
Music[]
- Adventure - DRAGON QUEST III (DLC): The overworld theme of Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation, which appears in the Hero's reveal trailer. However, in-game, the song is a MIDI arrangement taken from Theatrhythm Dragon Quest.
- Fighting Spirits - DRAGON QUEST III (DLC): The main battle theme of Dragon Quest III. Sourced from Theatrhythm Dragon Quest.
- Wagon Wheel's March (DLC): The overworld theme from the last chapter of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen if the player chose Solo or Sofia on the lead. Sourced from Fortune Street.
- Battle for the Glory - DRAGON QUEST IV (DLC): The main battle theme of Dragon Quest IV. Sourced from Theatrhythm Dragon Quest.
- Marching through the Fields (DLC): One of the overworld themes of Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King. Sourced from the 3DS version of the game.
- War Cry (DLC): The main battle theme of Dragon Quest VIII. Sourced from Theatrhythm Dragon Quest.
- The Hero Goes Forth with a Determination (DLC): The main overworld theme of Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age, sourced from the original MIDI version.
- Unflinchable Courage (DLC): The main battle theme of Dragon Quest XI, sourced from the original MIDI version.
- Victory! Hero (DLC): A sequenced rearrangement of the ending phrase of Overture, the recurring main theme of the series. This arrangement, like most of the other Dragon Quest music, is sourced from Theatrhythm Dragon Quest.
- Extended orchestral versions of Overture and Adventure from the Dragon Quest III Symphonic Suite were used in the Hero's reveal trailer, but are not selectable in-game. This is likely due to licensing complications with series composer Koichi Sugiyama, who retains the rights to the orchestrated Dragon Quest soundtracks instead of Square Enix themselves.
Spirits[]
- Hero (DRAGON QUEST XI S)
- Hero (DRAGON QUEST III)
- Hero (DRAGON QUEST IV)
- Hero (DRAGON QUEST VIII)
- Hero's Comrades
- Cetacea
- Slime (Dragon Quest)
- King Slime
- Dracky
- Golem
- Great Sabrecub
- Great Sabrecat
- Liquid Metal Slime
- Tockles
Trivia[]
- Dragon Quest, EarthBound, Final Fantasy, and Persona are the only universes without playable characters from the first installment in their series in Super Smash Bros.
- Prior to Ultimate, the Dragon Quest series previously crossed over with universes represented in Smash Bros. on several occasions:
- Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy crossed over multiple times in the Itadaki Street series, starting with Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special for the PlayStation 2. The Itadaki Street series also hosted crossovers between Dragon Quest and the Mario series through Itadaki Street DS and Fortune Street for Wii.
- The Dragon Quest enemy Slime also appeared as a playable character in Mario Sports Mix, which prominently featured Final Fantasy characters.
- In the Famicom Disk System version of Zelda II, Dragon Quest was referenced through a tombstone for the legendary hero, Erdrick. The tomb was engraved with the message, "The hero Erdrick rests here." (ユウシャ ロト ココニネムル) The tombstone was removed in the internationally-released NES version of Zelda II.
- The original Final Fantasy included a grave for Link, which was replaced in localization with a grave for Erdrick.
- Dragon Quest is the only third-party universe in Ultimate to not include any arrangements created for Smash Bros., likely due to legal issues with the composer Koichi Sugiyama. Previously, fellow Square Enix series Final Fantasy also held this distinction before the addition of Northern Cave.
- The Hero's reveal trailer was the first one to take place in the game's Adventure Mode; World of Light. This was later followed by Sephiroth's reveal trailer. Coincidentally both characters are from Square Enix.
- Hero is one of the few fighters to have alternate costumes that replace the default character with a different character. The others are Olimar who has Alph, Bowser Jr. who has the Koopalings, and Steve who has Alex, Zombie and Enderman.
- Hero is the second character after Cloud to hail from Square Enix, later followed by Sephiroth, and Sora (Although Square Enix are co-developers of the Kingdom Hearts series, Disney has ownership of the IP and its original characters).
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