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Smash Bros. Ultimate Developer’s Photo Solidifies Chances Of Dragon Quest’s Erdrick As Next DLC Fighter

If you’ve been following the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate news, you’d have probably heard about the DLC fighter codenamed Brave that many speculate to be Dragon Quest’s Erdrick.

Today Shinya Kumazaki, game supervisor for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, posted an interesting photo on his personal Instagram. Kumazaki uploaded a photo of Kirby and Erdrick’s shield. Not only that, he referred to the shield as “Brave’s Shield”.

As Erdrick’s official Japanese name is Roto, this is obviously Kumazaki referring to Erdrick’s codename in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, probably by accident:

What do you think? Let us know in the comments.

Iggy

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