We knew that a character from Arms would be coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Now we know that it’s Min Min, Arms’ ramen loving spring boxer.
This is the first character added as part of the second Fighters Pass. Buying the pass will get you access to six characters released throughout this year and 2021. It gives Nintendo a way to monetize the popular Switch fighting game after its 2018 release. Ultimate has sold over 18.84 million copies. That’s a lot of potential Fighters Pass buyers.
Arms was an early Switch game, released in June 2017. Like Smash Bros., it’s a fighting game, although Arms focuses on third-person battles based around long distance punching.
Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakura showed off the new character in a video recorded from his home. He showed off Min Min and a new Arms stage, along with her moveset. Like in her original game, she can attack with each of extendable, you know, arms. Sakura noted that this gives her an advantage at long-range fighting, but she struggles in closer encounters.
