History HilariousInHindsight / SuperSmashBrosUltimate

* Out of every third-party IP to be included in the base game, ''VideoGame/GetsuFumaDen'' was often considered to be the most obscure, only having a single song picked from ''VideoGame/CastlevaniaHarmonyOfDespair'', in which it did a fuller and no less random guest appearance. Three years later, the game actually wound up having ''Undying Moon'', a Switch-bound sequel announced during the Indie World stream on April 14, 2021.

* Whilst the infamous "Grinch" leak for ''Ultimate'' turned out to be fake, two of the characters implicated in said leak were Banjo and Kazooie. Come [=E3=] 2019, and the duo have been announced as DLC.

* Pyra/Mythra joins Pokémon Trainer as the second transforming character in the ''Ultimate'' roster. Both composite fighters can roughly be linked through a character from Pyra/Mythra's [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles2 game of origin]] - Poppi, a RobotGirl who goes through a three-stage "evolution" similar to a Pokémon (which is represented through the Pokémon Trainer's party), and whose final form is directly modeled after Mythra in-universe.

* Sothis' "too many swordsmen, are there?" line, seemingly addressing the fan perception of the roster having too many swordfighters, became funnier after the back-to-back additions of Steve/Alex, who can upgrade their swords along with the rest of their arsenal, Sephiroth, whom had the memetic reputation from his home game of weilding [[{{BFS}} too]] ''[[{{BFS}} much]]'' [[{{BFS}} sword]], and Pyra and Mythra, who are as much swordsmen as they are [[LivingWeapon sword-people]].

** More of a bittersweet laugh but for the second time, Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{SNK}} get to face off in something that ''isn't'' a proper ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK]]'' game (the first being ''VideoGame/Tekken7''). To take it further, both had Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment on the development team.

** More of a bittersweet laugh but for the second time, Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{SNK}} get to face off in something that ''isn't'' a proper ''[[VideoGame/SNKVsCapcom Capcom vs. SNK]]'' game (the first being ''VideoGame/Tekken7'').

* One installment in the ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' series was called ''Fatal Fury Special''. Said game is an update to ''Fatal Fury 2'' that brings back veterans not present in the original release, although not all of them, and refines its gameplay. Things eventually went full-circle with the inclusion of its lead Terry Bogard in this game, which has ''Special'' as its subtitle in the Japanese version, brings back every ''Smash'' veteran, and improves on ''Smash 4''[='=]s gameplay.

* Sothis' "too many swordsmen, are there?" line, seemingly addressing the fan perception of the roster having too many swordfighters, became funnier after the back-to-back additions of Steve/Alex, who can upgrade their swords along with the rest of their arsenal, Sephiroth, whom had the memetic reputation from his home game of weilding [[{{BFS}} too]] ''[[{{BFS}} much]]'' [[{{BFS}} sword]], and Pyra and Mythra, who ''[[LivingWeapon are]]'' swords.

* Sothis' "too many swordsmen, are there" line, seemingly addressing there being too many swordfighters became funnier after the back-to-back addition of Sephiroth, whom had the memetic reputation from his home game of weilding [[{{BFS}} too]] ''[[{{BFS}} much]]'' [[{{BFS}} sword]], and Pyra and Mythra, who ''[[LivingWeapon are]]'' swords and to a much lesser extent, Steve/Alex, who, guess what, also use swords.

* The "too many swords" jokes become funnier after the back-to-back addition of Sephiroth, whom had the memetic reputation from his home game of weilding [[{{BFS}} too]] ''[[{{BFS}} much]]'' [[{{BFS}} sword]], and Pyra and Mythra, who ''[[LivingWeapon are]]'' swords.

* Back in April 25, 2019, [[WebVideo/WhatIfXWasInSmash BrawlFan1]] [[https://youtu.be/waGy2WwofSE created a speculative move-set for Steve]] in ''Smash Bros'', with the general theming being a [[MechanicallyUnusualFigher very complex]] move-set that revolves around "crafting it" with the various materials to be obtained. Certain aspects of the move-set, such as leaving Steve with a weak punch if left without any tools and requiring materials for it to work, end up part of the official depiction of Steve in ''Smash Bros'', [[https://youtu.be/RTJoK8XATpw as BrawlFan1 himself noted]] [[https://youtu.be/AUChkQnaaCAthe in his reaction video]].

* Back in April 25, 2019, [[WebVideo/WhatIfXWasInSmash BrawlFan1]] [[https://youtu.be/waGy2WwofSE created a speculative move-set for Steve]] being in ''Smash Bros'', with the general theming being a ResourcesManagementGameplay type of move-set via mining for materials, and crafting weaponry and tools for fighting. Come Steve's actual inclusion, with the exact same type of gimmicks in mind (albeit more streamlined in comparison). [[https://youtu.be/RTJoK8XATpw BrawlFan1 himself noted the]] [[https://youtu.be/AUChkQnaaCAthe similarities in the gimmick]].
** This situation is actually a repeat of Banjo and Kazooie, whom he ''also'' made a moveset for. The kicker is that both games are owned by Creator/XboxGameStudios, meaning that every single character he covered that they own[[note]]Kind of; Microsoft announced that they were buying Creator/{{Bethesda}}, meaning they own ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' which [=BrawlFan1=] also did a video on.[[/note]] is now in ''Super Smash Bros.'' Until [[VideoGame/OriAndTheBlindForest Ori]] and [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Master Chief]] got videos, anyway.

* There was a fake rumor going around after E3 2018 that claimed that Japanese fans started calling Ridley "ComicBook/CaptainAmerica", because of [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff the support he received overseas]]. Who is the next ''Metroid'' representative to join ''Ultimate''? [[VideoGame/MetroidPrimeTrilogy Dark Samus]], the first playable character created by [[Creator/RetroStudios an American developer]].

* During [[https://nintendoeverything.com/sakurai-on-smash-bros-ultimate-why-decidueye-wasnt-chosen-piranha-plant-character-changes-online-much-more/3/ one Nintendo Dream interview conducted with Sakurai]], while talking about Piranha Plant's moveset variety, he noted how difficult it is to make sword users stand out, joking about how they should use an axe sometimes. Guess what Byleth came with after they got revealed?

* Sakurai's comment that the ''Breath of the Wild'' Zelda is more into research than fighting is quite ironic when she becomes playable in ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity''.

* "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII One Winged Angel]] is the theme song of 2020" was a frequent meme on YT uploads of the song around the middle of 2020, due to 2020's reputation as a TraumaCongaLine of a year (what with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, the [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter death of George Floyd]], and a [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement really contentious]] US election). One notable variant was that the year would end with the song suddenly playing (with the implication being that Sephiroth himself would come to Earth). Near the end of 2020, Sephiroth was announced for Smash at the Game Awards, complete with his iconic theme song playing.

* "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII One Winged Angel]] is the theme song of 2020" was a frequent meme on YT uploads of the song around the middle of 2020, due to 2020's reputation as a TraumaCongaLine of a year (what with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, the [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter death of George Floyd]], and a [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement really contentious]] US election. One notable variant was that the year would end with the song suddenly playing (with the implication being that Sephiroth himself would come to Earth). Near the end of 2020, Sephiroth was announced for Smash at the Game Awards, complete with his iconic theme song playing.

* "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII One Winged Angel]] is the theme song of 2020" was a frequent meme on YT uploads of the song around the middle of 2020, due to 2020's reputation as a TraumaCongaLine of a year (what with the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, the [[UsefulNotes/BlackLivesMatter Movement death of George Floyd]], and a [[Administrivia/RuleOfCautiousEditingJudgement really contentious]] US election. One notable variant was that the year would end with the song suddenly playing (with the implication being that Sephiroth himself would come to Earth). Near the end of 2020, Sephiroth was announced for Smash at the Game Awards, complete with his iconic theme song playing.

* "[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII One Winged Angel]] is the theme song of 2020" was a frequent meme on YT uploads of the song around the middle of 2020, due to the 2020's reputation as a TraumaCongaLine of a year. One notable variant was that the year would end with the song suddenly playing (with the implication being that Sephiroth himself would come to Earth). Near the end of 2020, Sephiroth was announced for Smash at the Game Awards, complete with his iconic theme song playing.

** This situation is actually a repeat of Banjo and Kazooie, whom he ''also'' made a moveset for. The kicker is that both games are owned by Creator/XboxGameStudios, meaning that every single character he covered that they own[[note]]Kind of; Microsoft announced that they were buying Creator/{{Bethesda}}, meaning they own ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'' which [=BrawlFan1=] also did a video on.[[/note]] is now in ''Super Smash Bros.''

** More of a bittersweet laugh but for the second time, Creator/{{Capcom}} and Creator/{{SNK}} get to face off in something that ''isn't'' a proper ''Capcom vs. SNK'' game (the first being ''VideoGame/Tekken7'').

** ''VideoGame/PMEXRemix'', a massive collaborative ''Brawl'' mod that took off in late 2019, featured Sephiroth as a fighter. The kicker is that it started getting attention only a few weeks before his official ''Smash'' debut.