Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: all you need to know about DLC, Fighter Pass

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS received quite a lot of additional content as paid DLC: new fighters, stages, Mii Fighter costumes, and more. Of course, it was all but guaranteed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate would get some, and that’s precisely what was announced during the Nintendo Direct presentation on November 1st 2018.

On this page, you will find all there is to know about the DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: the DLC sets, the Fighter Pass, the early purchase bonus, and more!

Important note: make sure you download the latest Software update for the game, as it’s required to access the latest DLC: click here for more details!

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – What’s in a DLC set? What’s the Fighter Pass?

The DLC for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be released as sets including the following:

• 1 new fighter
• 1 new stage
• several music tracks

Each set costs $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.55 / £5.39. If you want, you can buy the Fighter Pass, which includes all 5 sets of DLC for $24.99 / 24.99€ / CA$31.49 / £22.49 (allowing you to save a few bucks). The Fighter Pass also includes a little bonus: an in-game outfit based on Rex from Xenoblade Chronicles 2.

If you decide to buy the game on the Nintendo eShop, you can buy a bundle including both the main game and the Fighter Pass. It does not offer any additional discount or bonus, but it’s one pretty convenient purchase option!

There’s also additional characters to be released once all the characters from the Fighter Pass are available. Finally, there’s some additional Mii costumes available, with more details to be found below.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – DLC line-up and schedule

Free DLC

Some free DLC is available for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, though only for Nintendo Switch Online subscribers. New sets are made available on a regular basis: check out the Nintendo eShop for the latest set!

Early purchase bonus (Piranha Plant)

If you purchased the game before January 31st, you could get an extra fighter: Piranha Plant. To get it, you had to buy the game and claim your points on My Nintendo (read below to find out how to do that) before January 31st. If you didn’t, no need to worry: Piranha Plant was also be released as paid DLC at a later date (NB: it’s NOT part of the 5 sets!).

Contents

• Fighter: Piranha Plant
• Stage: N/A
• Music: N/A
• Price: Free as early purchase bonus. Regular price: $4.99 / CA$6.29 / 4.99€ / £4.49
• Availability: now available for everyone
• Requires: Ver. 2.0.0 or more recent

To redeem your My Nintendo coins for the game, and become eligible for the early purchase bonus, here’s what you have to do:

• digital version: nothing to do, simply buying the game automatically redeems the coins without you having to do anything
• physical version: select the game icon in the Home Menu of your Nintendo Switch, then press + or – to head to the Options page. Then, select My Nintendo Rewards Programme, then Earn Points (game card version only).

Also, you need to make sure that your Nintendo Account is set to receive emails from Nintendo: check out on this page! After all, the DLC code will be sent to you via email, at the address you used for your Nintendo Account. You will then have until June 30th 2019 to redeem your code via the Nintendo eShop.

Fighter Pass

This is basically the first Expansion Pass for the game. It includes the first 5 DLC sets for the game.

Contents

• Contents: all 5 DLC sets listed below + in-game outfit based on Rex from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 for your Mii Fighter (complete with music and Spirits from the Xenoblade Chronicles series)
• Price: $24.99 / 24.99€ / CA$31.49 / £22.49
• Availability: now (Rex’s outfit will be available from launch, on December 7th)

DLC Set 1

• Fighter: Joker (from Persona 5) [more details]
• Stage: Mementos [more details]
• Music: “Last Surprise” (Persona 5), “Beneath the Mask” (New Arrangement) (Persona 5), “Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There” (Persona 5), “Rivers in the Desert” (Persona 5), “Our Beginning” (Persona 5), “Reach Out To The Truth” (Persona 4), “I’ll Face Myself” (New Arrangement) (Persona 4), “Time To Make History” (Persona 4), “Mass Destruction” (Persona 3), “Battle Hyman of the Soul” (Persona 3), “Aria of the Soul” (New Arrangement)
• Other Contents: new set of Spirits based on Persona series, new route for Classic Mode (Joker)
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.55 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: April 17th/18th 2019
• Requires: Ver. 3.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 2

• Fighter: Hero from Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age (+ Heroes from Dragon Quest III, IV, and VIII as alt-costumes)
• Stage: Yggdrasil’s Altar
• Music: Adventure (Dragon Quest III), Fighting Spirits (Dragon Quest III), Battle for the Glory (Dragon Quest IV), Wagon Wheel’s March, War Cry, Marching through the Fields, The Hero Goes Forth with a Determination, Unflinchable Courage
• Other Contents: new set of Spirits based on the Dragon Quest series, new Route for Classic Mode (Hero)
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: July 30th/31st 2019
• Requires: Ver. 4.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 3

• Fighter: Banjo-Kazooie
• Stage: Spiral Mountain
• Music: Main Theme – Banjo-Kazooie, Mumbo’s Mountain, Treasure Trove Cove, Gobi’s Valley, Spiral Mountain, Freezeezy Peak, Mad Monster Mansion, VS. Klungo, VS. Mr. Patch, VS. Lord, Woo Fak Fak
• Other Contents: new set of Spirits based on the Banjo-Kazooie series, new Route for Classic Mode (Banjo-Kazooie)
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: September 4th 2019 (North America) / September 5th 2019 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 5.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 4

• Fighter: Terry (from Fatal Fury series)
• Stage: King of Fighters Stadium
• Music:
  • Haremar Faith Capoeira School – Song of the Fight (Believers Will Bave Saved) – Fatal Fury
  • The Sea Knows – Fatal Fury
  • Kurikinton – Fatal Fury 2
  • Kuri Kinton Flavor – KOF XIV
  • Pasta – Fatal Fury 2
  • A New Poem That The South of Thailand Wants to Tell – Fatal Fury 2
  • Tarkun and Kitapy – Fatal Fury 2
  • Let’s Go to Seoul! – Fatal Fury 2
  • The London March – Fatal Fury 2
  • The Working Matador – Fatal Fury 2
  • Duck Dub Dub (Duck, You Too) – Fatal Fury Special
  • Soy Sauce for Geese – Fatal Fury Special
  • Soy Sauce for Geese – KOF XIV
  • Big Shot! – Fatal Fury 3
  • 11th Street – Fatal Fury Wild Ambition
  • 176th Street – KOF ’99
  • Ne! – KOF ’94
  • Desert Requiem ~Operation02UM~ – KOF 2002 UM
  • ESAKA!! – KOF 2002 UM
  • Stormy Saxophone 2 – KOF ’96
  • KD-0079+ – KOF 2002 UM
  • W.W.III – KOF XIV
  • Terry115 – KOF 2000
  • Street Dancer – KOF XI
  • New Order – KOF XIV
  • Undercover – KOF 2002 UM
  • Cutting Edge – KOF 2002 UM
  • The Second Joker – KOF XIII
  • Esaka Continues… – KOF XII
  • Wild Street – KOF XIII
  • Tame a Bad Boy – KOF XIII
  • KDD-0063 – KOF XIII
  • Yappari ESAKA – KOF XIV
  • Departure from South Town – KOF XIV
  • Theme of SYD – Alpha Mission
  • Ikari – KOF XIV
  • Forest World – Athena
  • Psycho Soldier Theme
  • Psycho Soldier Theme (Overseas Version)
  • ART of Fight – Art of Fighting
  • Art of Fighting Ver.230000000.0 – FATAL FURY SPECIAL
  • Tuna – SAMURAI SHODOWN
  • Banque of Nature – SAMURAI SHODOWN
  • Gaia – SAMURAI SHODOWN
  • Main Theme from Metal Slug – METAL SLUG
  • Assault Theme – METAL SLUG 1-3
  • Final Attack – METAL SLUG 1-6
  • Judgement – METAL SLUG 2
  • Blue Water Fang (The Islands of Dr. Moreau) – METAL SLUG 3
• Other Contents: new set of Spirits based on various SNK games, new Route for Classic Mode (Terry Bogard)
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: November 6th 2019 (North America, Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 6.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 5

• Fighter: Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses
• Stage: Garreg Mach Monastery
• Music:
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses Main Theme (JP)
  • Fire Emblem: Three Houses Main Theme
  • Fodlan Winds
  • Blue Skies and a Battle
  • Tearing Through Heaven
  • Chasing Daybreak
  • Between Heaven and Earth
  • Paths That Will Never Cross
  • The Apex of the World
  • The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare) (JP)
  • The Edge of Dawn (Seasons of Warfare)
• Other Content:new Spirit Board featuring Spirits from Fire Emblem: Three Houses, new Classic Mode route (A Heroic Legacy)
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: January 28th (North America) / January 29th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 7.0.0 or more recent

Fighter Pass Vol. 2

This is basically the second Expansion Pass for the game. It includes the 6 additional DLC sets for the game. All fighters will be released by December 31st 2021.

Contents

• Contents: all 6 DLC sets listed below + in-game outfit for the Mii Swordfighter (The Ancient Soldier, from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
• Price: $24.99 / 24.99€ / CA$31.49 / £22.49
• Availability: January 28th 2020 (North America) / January 29th 2020 (Europe, Japan)

DLC Set 6

• Fighter: Min Min from ARMS
• Stage: Spring Stadium
• Music: Ramen Bowl, Scrapyard, Cinema Deux, Sparring Ring, ARMS Grand Prix Official Theme Song, Via Dolce, Spring Stadium, Ribbon Girl, Ninja College, Mausoleum, Buster Beach, Snake Park, DNA Lab, Sky Arena, Via Dolce, Temple Grounds, Sparring Ring, [NAME REDACTED], Vs. Helok, ARMS Grand Prix Final Battle
• Other Content: new Spirit Board featuring Spirits from ARMS, new Classic Mode route
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: June 29th 2020 (North America) / June 30th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 8.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 7

• Fighter: Steve and Alex (+Zombie and Enderman) from Minecraft
• Stage: Minecraft World (Plains, Birch Forest, Savanna, Taiga, Snowy Tundra, Stone Shore)
• Music: The Arch-Illager, Halland / Dalarna, Earth Clockwork Crafter, Toys on a Tear, Dance of the Blocks, Glide
• Other Content: new Spirit Board featuring Spirits from Minecraft, new Classic Mode route
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: October 13th 2020 (North America) / October 14th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 9.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 8

• Fighter: Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII
• Stage: Northern Cave
• Music: Opening – Bombing Mission, Those Who Fight (AC Version), Those Who Fight Further (AC Version), Aerith’s Theme, Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII JENOVA, Cosmo Canyon, One-Winged Angel, Advent: One-Winged Angel
• Other Content: new Spirit Board featuring Spirits from Final Fantasy, new Classic Mode route (The Chosen Ones)
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: December 22nd 2020 (North America) / December 23rd 2020 (Europe, Japan)
  • How to unlock early (between December 17th and launch day):
    • Purchase either the Fighters Pass Vol. 2 or the individual DLC for Sephiroth.
    • Download the latest Software update.
    • press the + Button in the main menu of the game to begin the Sephiroth Challenge.
    • Select your Difficulty. No matter which Difficulty you select, defeating Sephiroth will unlock the fighter.
• Requires: Ver. 10.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 9

• Fighter: Pyra and Mythra from Xenoblade Chronicles 2
• Stage: Cloud Sea of Alrest
• Music: Argentum, Gormott, Mor Ardain – Roaming the Wastes -, Counterattack (new arrangement), Driver Vs, You Will Recall Our Names, Incoming!, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Medley (new arrangement), A Ship in a Stormy Sea, Exploration, Crossing Swords, Incoming!, Tiger! Tiger! (new arrangement), Death Match with Torna, Bringer of Chaos! Ultimate, Praetor Amalthus – The Acting God -, Battle!!/Torna
• Other Content: new Spirit Board featuring Spirits from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (Jin, Malos, Lora, Amalthus, Pneuma + Rex upgradeable to his Master Driver form), new Classic Mode route
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: March 4th 2021 (North America) / March 5th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 11.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 10

• Fighter: Kazuya from the Tekken series
• Stage: Mishima Dojo
• Music: Marine Stadium, Japan (Tekken), Chicago, U.S.A. (Tekken), Kyoto, Japan (Tekken), Heihachi Mishima, the King of Iron Fist (Tekken 2), Kazuya Mishima, Devil Kazuya (Tekken 2), Kazuya Mishima, Devil Kazuya (new arrangement, Tekken 2), Emotionless Passion (Tekken 2), Attract -Embu- / Character Select (Tekken 3), Hwoarang (Tekken 3), Jin Kazama (Tekken 3), Heihachi Mishima (Tekken 3), Opening Movie (Tekken Tag Tournament), Jin Stage (Tekken Tag Tournament), Kitsch (Tekken 4), But Crusher (Tekken 4), Red Hot Fist (Tekken 5), Moonlit Wilderness (Tekken 5), Poolside (Tekken 5), Snow Castle (Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection), Into Nirvana (Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection), RESSURECTION (Tekken 5: Dark Ressurection), Ethno Evening (Tekken 6), YUKI (Tekken 6), Only One Fight (Tekken 6), Dist Thins Out (Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion), Karma (Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion), Arisa (Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion), Yodeling in Meadow Hill (Tekken 6: Bloodline Rebellion), Abyss of Time (Tekken Tag Tournament 2), Plucking Tulips (Tekken Tag Tournament 2), Landscape Under the Ghost-Kaminano (Tekken Tag Tournament 2), New World Order (Tekken Revolution), No Easy Way Out (Tekken Revolution), Heat Haze Shadow (Tekken 7), Dojo (Japanese-style mix) (Tekken 7), DUOMI DI SIRIO 1st (Tekken 7), Moonsiders 1st (Tekken 7), Desperate Struggle (Tekken 7), Aloneness (Tekken 7)
• Other Content: New Spirit Board featuring Spirits from the Tekken series, new Classic Mode route
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: June 29th 2021 (North America) / June 30th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 12.0.0 or more recent

DLC Set 11

• Fighter: Sora from the Kingdom Hearts series
• Stage: Hollow Bastion
• Music: Hand in Hand, Blast Away! -Gummi Ship 2-, Fragments of Sorrow, Night of Fate, Shrouding Dark Cloud, Destiny’s Force, Hollow Bastion, Destati, Scherzo Di Notte, Dearly Beloved -Swing Version- (if you have save data from Kingdom Hearts Melody of Memory), Hand in Hand (victory fanfare)
• Other Content: New Spirit Board featuring Spirits from the Kingdom Hearts series (Kairi, Ventus, Aqua, Terra, Riku, Xion, Axel, Roxas), new Classic Mode route
• Price: $5.99 / 5.99€ / CA$7.51 / 602 Yen / £5.39
• Availability: October 18th 2021 (North America) / October 19th  2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Requires: Ver. 13.0.0 or more recent

Mii Costumes

Just like Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting some additional Mii costumes.

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 1

• Availability: April 17th/18th 2019 [more details]
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 3.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Persona 3 protagonist hat + clothes
  • Persona 4 protagonist hat + clothes
  • Teddie hat
  • Morgana hat
  • Knuckles hat + clothes
  • Tails hat + clothes

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 2

• Availability: July 30th/31st [more details]
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 4.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Veronica (Sworfdighter)
  • Erdrick (Swordfighter)
  • Martial Artist (Brawler)
  • Slime (Hat)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 3

• Availability: September 4th/5th 2019
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 5.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Goemon (Swordfighter)
  • Proto Man (Gunner)
  • Zero (Swordfighter)
  • Team Rocket (Brawler)
  • Sans (Gunner), includes music tracks

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 4

• Availability: November 6th 2019
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 6.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Nakoruru (Swordfighter)
  • Ryo Sakazaki (Brawler)
  • Iori Yagami (Brawler)
  • Akira (Brawler)
  • Jacky (Brawler)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 5

• Availability: January 28th 2020 (North America) / January 29th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 7.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Altaïr (Swordfighter)
  • Rabbids (Hat)
  • X (Gunner)
  • MegaMan.EXE (Gunner)
  • Cuphead (Gunner), comes with Floral Fury (extra song)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 6

• Availability: June 29th 2020 (North America) / June 30th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 8.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Ninjara (Brawler)
  • Heihachi (Brawler)
  • Callie (Brawler
  • Marie (Brawler)
  • Vault Boy (Gunner)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 7

• Availability: October 13th 2020 (North America) / October 14th 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 9.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Creeper (Minecraft, Brawler)
  • Pig (Minecraft, Brawler)
  • Diamond Armor (Minecraft, Swordfighter)
  • Gil (Tower of Druaga, Swordfighter)
  • Bomberman (Bomberman, Brawler)
  • Travis (No More Heroes, Swordfighter)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 8

• Availability: December 22nd 2020 (North America) / December 23rd 2020 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 10.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Barret (Gunner)
  • Tifa (Brawler)
  • Aerith (Swordfighter)
  • Chocobo (Hat)
  • Geno (Gunner)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 9

• Availability: March 4th 2021 (North America) / March 5th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 11.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Hunter Equipment (Swordfighter)
  • Rathalos Equipment (Swordfighter)
  • Felyne (Hat)
  • Arthur (Swordfighter)

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 10

• Availability: June 29th 2021 (North America) / June 30th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 12.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Lloyd (Swordfighter)
  • Dragonborn (Swordfighter)
  • Dante (Swortdfighter)
  • Shantae (Brawler), includes a new music track

Extra Mii Fighter Costumes Round 11

• Availability: October 18th 2021 (North America) / October 19th 2021 (Europe, Japan)
• Price: $0.75 / 0.80€ / 74 Yen / £0.70 each
• Requires: Ver. 13.0.0 or more recent
• Costumes included:
  • Octoling (Wig)
  • Judd (Hat)
  • Doom Slayer (Gunner)

Source: Nintendo