Six times Masahiro Sakurai has declared the end of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's roster, and six times the community has found a reason to keep hoping. This week, a single mismatched number in a months-old Nintendo Facebook post became the latest vessel for that hope — a reminder that when people want to believe, even arithmetic becomes prophecy. The final fighter has not been named, but the search for meaning in the silence continues.
Nintendo Facebook post fuels speculation about final Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter
A number that doesn't line up and a community desperate to find meaning in it
Mark
So Nintendo posted a number that doesn't match their own official count. How does that even happen?
Mimi
It's a big company with different teams managing different platforms. The Facebook team might have been working from an older internal count, or they might have been counting echo fighters differently than the website does. It happens.
Luke
But we should be clear: we don't actually know why the number is wrong. We're assuming it's a mistake, but that's an assumption.
Mark
And the fans think it's intentional—that it's a hint about a three-in-one fighter?
Mimi
Some do, yes. It's a logical theory if you're looking for one. Three fighters would make the math work. But it requires believing Nintendo left a coded message in a Facebook post.
Luke
Which is possible, but it's also possible—and probably more likely—that someone just typed the wrong number.
Mark
Why Pokemon Legends: Arceus specifically? Why Akari?
Mimi
The game comes out in January, so the timing could work for a DLC announcement. And it has three starter Pokémon, which fits the three-in-one theory. Decidueye especially has been rumored before.
Luke
But "rumored" is doing a lot of work there. We're stacking speculation on top of speculation. The only concrete thing we have is a Facebook post with a number that doesn't match.
Mark
Sakurai has said this is the last fighter multiple times, though.
Mimi
Six times, according to the reporting. But the community doesn't trust it anymore. Every time he says "last," they assume there's one more coming.
Luke
Which is fair, given that these rosters do eventually close. But we're in the realm of pure guessing now. Nobody actually knows.
Der Puls
- A Nintendo Facebook post quietly claimed 84 fighters after Pyra and Mythra's addition — a number that doesn't match any official count, no matter how you do the math.
- The Smash community erupted, treating the discrepancy not as a clerical error but as a coded message hidden in plain sight for months.
- The leading theory holds that the final DLC slot will be a three-in-one character like Pokémon Trainer, with Akari and the starters from the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Arceus as the prime suspects.
- Despite the excitement, the most likely explanation remains a mundane one — Nintendo miscounted, as it has done before on social media.
- Still, the debate has renewed speculation around fan favorites like Master Chief, Sora, and Crash Bandicoot, keeping the community locked in a vigil for any accidental clue Nintendo might drop next.
Six times Masahiro Sakurai has declared the end of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's roster, and six times the community has found a reason to keep hoping. This week, a single mismatched number in a months-old Nintendo Facebook post became the latest vessel for that hope — a reminder that when people want to believe, even arithmetic becomes prophecy. The final fighter has not been named, but the search for meaning in the silence continues.
Masahiro Sakurai has said it six times now: the next DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be the last. And yet, each declaration seems only to sharpen the community's appetite for contradiction.
The latest fuel came from a Nintendo Facebook post published back in February, only recently noticed at scale. When Pyra and Mythra joined the roster, Nintendo wrote that there would be 84 fighters total — a number that doesn't reconcile with any official tally. The game's own website lists the duo as the 79th and 80th fighters, and even accounting for echo fighters, the count should reach 86 or 87, not 84.
For much of the Smash community, this wasn't a typo — it was a clue. The most circulated theory suggests the final fighter will be a three-in-one character modeled after Pokémon Trainer. Add three to 81, and you land on 84. That logic has pointed speculation toward Akari, the protagonist of the upcoming Pokémon Legends: Arceus, whose three regional starter Pokémon — Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott — could theoretically fill the slot, with Decidueye as the fan-favorite candidate.
The honest read, though, is simpler: Nintendo likely miscounted. It wouldn't be the first time. But the error has done its unintentional work — reigniting debate over Master Chief, Sora, Crash Bandicoot, and others, and reminding everyone that in the absence of an announcement, the community will find meaning wherever the numbers don't quite add up.
Masahiro Sakurai has now said it six times: the next downloadable fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be the last one. Full stop. The roster will close. No more additions after that. And yet, every time he makes this announcement, the community finds reasons not to believe him.
This week, those reasons got sharper. Nintendo posted something on its official Facebook page back in February that has only now caught widespread attention, and the numbers don't add up. When Pyra and Mythra arrived in the game, Nintendo wrote that "with their addition, there will be 84 fighters on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster." The problem: the official Super Smash Bros. website lists Pyra and Mythra as the 79th and 80th fighters. Even if you account for echo fighters—alternate versions of existing characters that some counts include and others don't—the math still breaks. With echo fighters included, Pyra and Mythra should be the 86th and 87th additions, not part of an 84-fighter total.
That discrepancy has sent the Smash community into overdrive. The most popular theory circulating on Twitter and Reddit is that Nintendo's count wasn't a mistake at all, but a hint. Specifically, a hint that the final fighter will be a three-in-one character, similar to how Pokemon Trainer controls three separate Pokémon. If that's true, the math would work: add three fighters to 81, and you get 84. This speculation has led fans to focus on Akari, the protagonist from Pokemon Legends: Arceus, a new Pokémon game launching in January 2022. The game's three starter Pokémon—Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott—could theoretically be the three new fighters, with Decidueye (Rowlet's final evolution) being the most likely candidate since it's already been rumored in the past.
But here's the honest truth: this is almost certainly just a counting error. Nintendo has made stranger mistakes on social media before. The inconsistency could just as easily reflect a different internal method of tallying the roster that doesn't match what fans see on the official website. There's no smoking gun here, just a number that doesn't line up and a community desperate enough to find meaning in it that they will.
That said, the confusion has done something real: it's kept the conversation alive about who might claim that final spot. Master Chief, Doomguy, Crash Bandicoot, and Sora have all been floated as possibilities. The longer the debate stretches on without an official announcement, the more the community will keep digging through every post, every number, every word Sakurai and Nintendo release, looking for the next accidental clue.
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With their addition, there will be 84 fighters on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster— Nintendo official Facebook page
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