The game's creative director, Masahiro Sakurai, said in a recent Famitsu magazine column translated by Nintendo Everything, "Now that Ultimate is out, is the online matchmaking system not working out well? I’ve got my own suspicions, so I’m going to look into it some. I’d like to make adjustments wherever possible to fix it wherever it needs fixing."
In so many words, it sounds like more updates to the game may be coming.
But what we know for sure is that "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" is getting even more characters in its already robust roster.
Piranha Plant, of "Super Mario Bros." fame, is joining the roster — bringing the total playable character count to a whopping 75.
That's not counting the addition of Joker from the "Persona" series, who's scheduled to arrive at some point in 2019, as the first of five additional downloadable characters:
Thus far, five total fighters are being added to "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" as additional content. The grand total of playable characters will hit 80 by the the time all the extra characters are available (including Piranha Plant).
There are no set dates for new fighters just yet, but the company says they'll all be available before February 2020.
Nintendo is selling a "Fighter's Pass" that offers access to all five of the upcoming downloadable characters for $24.99. Piranha Plant is free if you buy "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" before January 31, 2019, and will otherwise cost the same $5.99 as all other individual downloadable characters.