History Fridge / SuperSmashBrosUltimate

* While Ganondorf and Kirby are the exceptions due to ''Breath of the Wild 2'' due to come out within 2022 and Kirby being able to fly out, three of the people shown being thrown off the cliff (Captain Falcon, Pit, Min Min) are those who haven't had a new game or sequel in years.

** Link had appeared in ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries SoulCalibur II]]'' for the Nintendo [=GameCube=] version, which dooms the ''Soul'' series characters, but guess who also showed up in that game for the other versions? Heihachi of ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'' fame (''Street Fighter'', ''Fatal Fury'', and ''Final Fantasy'' are already in hot water thanks to appearances in Smash but thanks to Negan showing up in ''VideoGame/Tekken7'' alongside these guests, that also means the world of ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' is screwed) and ComicBook/{{Spawn}}. Spawn just recently had a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/MortalKombat11'', and if Sonic didn't already get them in trouble thanks to his varied cameos described below (Kano himself notably showed up in ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'' alongside him), then Link's shared appearance with Spawn guaranteed that the ''Mortal Kombat'' realms would not escape notice. Mortal Kombat itself has also featured the likes of [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]] (who previously showed up in a Soul game like Link, Heihachi, and Spawn), [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Krueger]], [[Franchise/FridayThe13th Jason Voorhees]], [[Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre Leatherface]], the Franchise/{{Predator}} ''and'' the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph]] (both of whom already have a number of crossovers under their belts as well), the Franchise/{{Terminator}}, Franchise/RoboCop, and Franchise/{{Rambo}}; that's all of these real world-based universes gone in the blink of an eye. Even without counting the ''Franchise/{{Injustice}}'' universe, [[VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse the MK crossover with DC]] also erases Franchise/TheDCU, and accounting for it also deletes ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'', and ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' as well as anything ''they've'' crossed over with, such as ''Franchise/PowerRangers'', ''Franchise/StarTrek'', and ''Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse''. Link having ties to the ''Soul'' series means that Galeem would also get access to all other guest fighters that showed in these games (from ''Franchise/StarWars'' to ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' to ''VideoGame/TheWitcher'', to ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', and the list can go on). ''Mortal Kombat'' shares a few horror guests with ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight'', which also drags in ''Franchise/{{Halloween}}'', ''VideoGame/Left4Dead'', ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'', ''Film/{{Scream}}'', ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''Series/StrangerThings'', and ''Franchise/SilentHill''. And if that isn't enough, Johnny Cage's presence as a GuestFighter in NRS's mobile game ''Wrestling/{{WWE}} Immortals'' also gives Galeem ''another'' entrance into ''the real world''... by way of the aforementioned WWE!

* The reveal of ''Ultimate'' makes a big deal about the number of fighters that had been in the series, eventually revealing that everyone who had been a fighter in Smash would be returning for this game. However, note the number given to the most recent fighter that had been announced for ''Smash'' prior to the proper reveal of ''Ultimate'', Inkling. Inkling is given the number [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo64 64]] as the 64th fighter to be in Smash as per Nintendo's official count. In terms of fighters, ''Smash'' had reached the most significant number in Nintendo's history... and then with the reveal of Ridley as the ''65th'' fighter in ''Smash'', ''surpassed'' it and kept going.

** Even the Inklings represent this in a way. The Inklings and most of the ''Splatoon''-related content are based on the first game. Now, what console was the first game released on? The UsefulNotes/WiiU. Because ''Splatoon'' is the only franchise with a playable character in ''Smash Bros.'' that debuted on the Wii U exclusively, the Inklings are representing the lowest-selling Nintendo home console that the company has abandoned now.

* While Kazuya's path isn't as extreme as Sephiroth and Ridley's, it's not any better either as we're talking about a BloodKnight seeking any opponent. It gets worse as of ''Tekken 8'' as Kazuya announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament to make fighters prove themselves worthy and if they fail, their country or homeland will cease to exist. Now imagine that horror inflicted on the Mushroom Kingdom & New Donk City, Hyrule, Tazmily Village, South Island, the Destiny Islands, Kongo Bongo Island, Popstar, the Lylat System, Mute City, Spiral Mountain, Eagleland, Skyworld, PNF-404, Inkadia, Altea,Ylisse, etc....

* When discussing why Kazuya was chosen and not Heihachi for their Tekken character, Sakurai had stated that Kazuya's devil powers had given him an edge as it allows Kazuya to have more access to abilities more fitting to a platform based fighter that Smash is. But of course that begs the question, why not Jin? He also possesses the same devil gene powers as Kazuya, what gave the father the edge that the son didn't? Quite frankly it comes down to preference, not of Sakurai's preference, but Kazuya and Jin's. Jin rebels against his heritage and despises his devil gene. Hell, the boy enacted World War III in the Tekken universe just to eliminate it. No more is this obvious than the fact that Jin and Devil Jin are always considered separate characters with their own moveset (Devil Jin's moveset is based on Jin from Tekken 3 after Jin unlearned the Mishima style in Tekken 4 to rebel against his bloodline). While he can use it when he needs to, he would rather not have to use it given the choice although by the time of ''Tekken 8'', he's becoming less reluctant. Kazuya on the other hand has no qualms against using it, if he needs that extra edge to defeat his opponent, he won't hesitate to use his devil gene if it gives him the victory he seeks.

* It was surprising to see, out of all people, Richter Belmont as the second ''Castlevania'' representative by nature of being an Echo of Simon. This was in light of there being more popular protagonists in the series than him, like Alucard (who was relegated to being an Assist Trophy) or Trevor (arguably behind Simon in terms of mainstream recognition, helped by being the main protagonist of the [[WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania}} Netflix show]]). However, Richter's ties to Simon within the context of ''Smash'' are surprisingly strong:

* While Kazuya's path isn't as extreme as Sephiroth and Ridley's, it's not any better either as we're talking about a BloodKnight seeking any opponent. It gets worse as of ''Tekken 8'' as Kazuya announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament to make fighters prove themselves worthy and if they fail, their country or homeland will cease to exist. Imagine that horror inflicted on the Mushroom Kingdom & New Donk City, Hyrule, Tazmily Village, South Island, the Destiny Islands, Kongo Bongo Island, Popstar, the Lylat System, Mute City, Spiral Mountain, Eagleland, Skyworld, PNF-404, Inkadia, Altea,Ylisse, etc....

* While Kazuya's path isn't as extreme as Sephiroth and Ridley's, it's not any better either as we're talking about a BloodKnight seeking any opponent. It gets worse as of ''Tekken 8'' as Kazuya announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament to make fighters prove themselves worthy and if they fail, their country or homeland will cease to exist. Imagine that horror inflicted on the Mushroom Kingdom, Hyrule, Tazmily Village, South Island, the Destiny Islands, Kongo Bongo Island, Popstar, the Lylat System, Mute City, Spiral Mountain, Eagleland, Skyworld, PNF-404, Inkadia, Altea,Ylisse, etc....

* While Kazuya's path isn't as extreme as Sephiroth and Ridley's, it's not any better either as we're talking about a BloodKnight seeking any opponent. It gets worse as of ''Tekken 8'' as Kazuya announced the King of Iron Fist Tournament to make fighters prove themselves worthy and if they fail, their country or homeworld will cease to exist. Imagine that horror inflicted on the Mushroom Kingdom, Hyrule, Tazmily Village, South Island, the Destiny Islands, Kongo Bongo Island, Popstar, the Lylat System, Mute City, Spiral Mountain, Eagleland, Skyworld, PNF-404, Inkadia, Altea,Ylisse, etc....