The Internet Reacts To Secret Super Smash Bros. Characters

A lot of the
Smash Bros. roster might’ve leaked ahead of time, but that didn’t stop anyone from getting hyped on the secret characters found last night via Japanese streams.

It makes sense: while there are a few clones and returning faces, some inclusions in the upcoming
Smash game are damned amazing. The internet has reacted to that.

If you don’t want to be spoiled on the secret characters in Smash Bros, please stop reading now!

To recap/contextualize these reactions…the characters that people have found so far are Duck Hunt Dog, Dr. Mario, Wario, Falco, Ness, Bowser Jr., Mr. Game and Watch, Dark Pit, Ganondorf, and Rob and Jigglypuff. There might still be more hidden in the game. There might not, judging from some screenshots floating around.

Regardless, reactions largely fell into the following categories:

OMG DUCK HUNT DOG

Fuck you, Dark Pit

Why are there so many clones?

Where is [insert favorite character here]?

Thank you, based Sakurai

Here’s what the internet had to say about the Smash Bros. secret characters:

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I heard Duck Hunt Dog was in Smash Bros. and I almost started crying. We're gonna be okay, everyone. All of this? We're gonna be okay.

— Mike Drucker (@MikeDrucker) September 11, 2014

Well, we know this much: The Duck Hunt Dog is going to have, bar none, the most psychologically devastating taunt of all time. #SmashBros

— Eric Bailey (@EricVBailey) September 11, 2014

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Yo….why is the Duck Hunt Dog FRIENDS with the Duck now. He supposed to be hunting the duck. THIS ISN'T CANON.

— Jiikae (@Jiikae) September 11, 2014

Girlfriend filmed that moment I saw that fake Ridley nowcomer picture. It's not a fucking joke out here SHIT IS REAL pic.twitter.com/1Nvcrvzr9u

— Etika @ 999 (@Etika) September 11, 2014

Sakurai took out Mewtwo and Snake because they're clones. #SmashBros

— steven (@supahmissile) September 11, 2014

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wario continues biting everything

— Xain (@XainZero) September 11, 2014

The award for worst SSB4 addition goes to……Dark Pit. Seriously….I feel like Pichu added more to Melee than what Dark Pit does for SSB4

— SlimKirby (@SlimKirby) September 11, 2014

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for real tho single player looks pretty fun in the new smash

— 오타 패럿 (@pikaduken) September 11, 2014

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It's a shame. Had the ESRB leak not happened, some of these streamed Smash Bros. leaks would have been INSANE to see live. Still great chars

— JWittz (@TheJWittz) September 11, 2014

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Come on, Sakurai, there is NO WAY this isn't a play off of Banjo-Kazooie.#SmashBros pic.twitter.com/yy7eBh3593

— Show Me Your News! (@showmeyournews) September 11, 2014

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There's always DLC in the future, and besides, this isn't a total loss. I only found 3 characters I won't be using all that much. #SmashBros

— TW Prime (Indie Devotee) (@theindiedevotee) September 11, 2014

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Somehow, I'm both hyped and disappointed by the Smash roster. Some amazing inclusions, and some boring as hell ones

— Patricia Hernandez (@xpatriciah) September 11, 2014

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