Earlier this week, Masahiro Sakurai revealed in a Nintendo Dream interview that the decision to include every Smash Bros. fighter in history was pitched in the original business proposal for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Besides this fact, the director revealed all 74 characters appearing as fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate were decided from the very beginning. Hence it was impossible to add new characters in the middle of development. Sakurai reiterated that the timing of ARMS and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was unfortunate, so no characters from those games were considered.

Once again, Sakurai notes that ARMs and Xenoblade 2 had unfortunate timing. All the characters were decided at the start of the project plan, and it wasn't possible to add more in the middle of development. pic.twitter.com/Y9ovwGyslj

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