lineup - including a fated reunion with fellow Final Fantasy VII combatant Cloud Strife - eagle-eyed S.O.L.D.I.E.R. Descending from the skies and cleaving Ultimate’s godlike villain Galeem with a single stroke of his sword, Sephiroth, Final Fantasy VII’s silver-streaked genocidal supersoldier, surprised and delighted players across the medium.Īs the outstanding trailer played out, depicting Sephiroth's arrival and onslaught on the Smash Bros. Although talk of Crash Bandicoot and Fortnite characters circulated on social media earlier that day, no one could've ever anticipated that the seventy-eighth fighter would instead be one of the most well-known villains in video games.
On December 10, right as The Game Awards were getting started, gamers were introduced to the newest member of Super Smash Bros.