it looks like the next SSBU DLC has been or may be delayed. Well here's some information on why

from GameXplain which I found earlier

and the other is in this related article

Fighter #6 is an ARMS rep as revealed in today's direct, with more information + the release to come in June. Personally I think we'll get multiple ARMS characters instead of a single fighter.

Very underwhelming start to FP #2 imo.

Oh wow, surprise direct!

Tbh I'm excited for the new fighter! Many people wanted them in from the beginning, and were surprised we didn't get them as a playable fighter. So we'll see how it turns out.

As for the rest of the Direct... Not much to comment on.

I'm fine with Arms if it means Rex can now get in because spirits officially don't deconfirm. Even better for me if it's Springman because Waluigi would once again have a shot.

We would be getting new spirits from arms other than those we have currently. It's hard to tell who's gonna be the arms candidate other than spring man, min min, ribbon girl, twintelle, and ninjara. I wouldn't count on spring man being a fighter if he's already an assist trophy character. it's like in SSBB when little mac was a assist trophy character was converted into a fighter since 3DS & wii-u.

NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:

As of today, we now have confirmation: SPIRITS DO NOT DECONFIRM.

I REPEAT. SPIRITS DO NOT DECONFIRM!!

yeah i can see that. it's most likely that we may be getting new spirits in that process.

These fighters are quite a mystery, but who knows what candidate will it be.

Is it me, or is Min Min really awful? I was cool with an ARMS rep, but they made her so bad. And the stage is pretty annoying as well. Easily the worst DLC from Ultimate so far.

well some DLC fighters have their own pros and cons, but if i may ask, what's so awful or bad about min min? any cons about her?

Her controls, her move set. Just everything.

It may take some time to get used to new fighters. all it takes is some training and practicing against that specific fighter.

I haven't played a lot of Min Min but she does have some very glaring weakness. Terrible recovery, terrible air-speed, and very poor defensive approaches against fighters approaching from above. I can't see her taking tournament wins anytime soon (not that there are any what with Covid-19 cancelling every major tournament since March lol).

^FINALLY SOMEONE AGREES WITH ME!!

People just keep telling me to "get good".

"get good" is never too easy in online matches in terms of lag and server stability. Each fighter have their pros and cons and have countermeasures against that fighter.

So whats yalls favorite type of battles in SSBU mine is a tourney of Mii fighters. My favorite battle has to be AI Lemony Snicket dukeing it out with Tartarus [yes the brute from Halo 2] it was close but Lemony won

I just play solo against a lv 9 CPU with a 3-stock battle, but mostly on wolf and byleth. if my nephews are around, we normally play team battle against 3 level 4 CPUs, but they still got a lot to learn though. they just can't keep using special moves and final smash. there's more to it than what they're doing. they wanted to do lv 9 CPU, 3-stock battle, no items, no FS, and no spirits, but i told them that it's not gonna be easy for them even as a team and the settings on. when i play with my nephews in a team battle, we normally play for 5min match in terms of their time and how much they need to learn.

I did tell them before that a friend of mine and my brother's told me this before back in SSB64 days that most people that are new to the game or need practice should start in a timed matches rather than doing matches in a stock battle although i have to make this as a timed match to them in terms of their time played as well so i can't make them play too long and/or too much approx 1-2hrs is how they can go far for them to match the time on their switch's parental controls and timer.

DLC Fighter #7 is Steve from Minecraft!

Crazy how Steve was actually leaked all the way back in mid-2018 during the Vergeben era when there were rumblings of an Enderdragon being in the game but when Steve never showed up in FP#1, it was assumed it was a hoax. My crackpot theory is that they were originally meant to close out the first fighter pass but due to their complicated moveset they moved Byleth ahead.

Personally I'm not a big fan of the series but the trailer was awesome and I'm looking forward to some of the insane stuff they can pull off.

Sakurai said that these new fighters can be hard and challenging to work with so it's not that easy to get the fighters to make it to SSBU when it comes to hard and challenging stuff like that so it take a lot of time to work around with these fighters so apparently it's not guaranteed, but a miracle and anything can happen.

I'm on the same page as pikminsatellite here. I'm not a big fan of minecraft, but i prefer someone from terraria as a fighter than steve from minecraft as a fighter.

Wow, never thought they'd actually put him in! I know a lot of fans really wanted him, so good to see they listened to fans. Also his moveset and stage does look really awesome.

I don’t mind Minecraft being in Smash Bros. I’m half and half about it but I’m just surprised that Sakurai pulled it off.

I heard that Sakurai didn’t want Minecraft in Smash Bros but Nintendo suggested it and Sakurai didn’t want to say no to it so he went with it.

tbh when i saw steve in smash i was super confused, i liked it being a meme at first but then it wasnt.. i dont know how i feel about it. im still reallllllly confused as to why its a thing but his moveset seems pretty cool but the map and endermen look odd.

Good on Nintendo for adding Steve and making him faithful to the series. Good on Microsoft for allowing another one of their IPs to be featured in Smash.

Am I a big Minecraft fan? Absolutely not. Do I care about Steve? Absolutely not. But I did care greatly about Smashville in Brawl, Villager in Wii U, and Banjo in Ultimate. It was my childhood favorites being represented in a game I was already excited about / enjoyed. There is a whole new generation of fans who love Minecraft and love Smash, many of whom are half my age (ouch!), and they are absolutely excited. In another decade or two, I'm sure they'll be disappointed by some future character, but that's just the circle of life. For now, they're thrilled, and I remember how thrilled I was when I got my picks. So from that perspective, I'm really glad Nintendo did this.

And yeah, he doesn't fit Smash's art style, but neither does Game & Watch. And he isn't Sakurai's first choice, but keep in mind Sakurai actually rejected Villager for Brawl, and then after NL's popularity, Villager got added -- I assume Nintendo insisted on it so they could put Villager on the games' box arts, promotional material, and so forth. There is no precedent being broken with Steve's inclusion, that's just how Smash goes.

We have to keep an eye out for any bugs & glitches whenever these new fighters gets released. we won't know what will happen though once they get released.

Man, his moveset seems wild! And we thought Hero had the complicated moveset... they had to re-code the entire game for Steve! I wonder if he'll be difficult to use.

He's definitely going to be one of the most complex. His resource management is like Banjo's wonderwing turned up to 11. Even though his moveset is really good, and props to Sakurai for just the sheer amount of effort for his implementation, my concern is Steve being really bad on small stages where he won't get chances to run away and Mine/Craft from good players, and then insanely good on larger stages where he can easily camp offstage with his blocks.