Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

[Dragon Lord]

Not until they released it on the Switch, which was just a port of the version they slapped on the PS4.

Also I'm not sure how I'd feel if they added a character from FF4 or FF6 instead (both originally released on SNES). I feel like in general there's just better characters to choose from than Final Fantasy characters. Nintendo has Fire Emblem to pull magical sword fighters from (which they have done plenty of in Smash, as we know), so I don't feel there's a need to go out and pick characters from Final Fantasy. Instead, they could use those spots to either a) feature more characters that people would like to see (my examples of Geno and Isaac above) or b) bring in some more characters from Fire Emblem, but expand the selection to more than just the sword fighters. Fire Emblem has a large expanse of classes and weapon types they could play around with in Smash. One FE character I always wanted to see in Smash was Lyn from FE7, because she uses Swords and Bows. I know people would say that's basically Link, but the thing they could have done with Lyn is make it possible to combo her sword and bow together, so you're not just dong one or the other like Link. You could slash once with your sword, quickly pull the bow and shoot, and then do like a special charged quickdraw attack with the sword afterwards. Could have been really cool to see in Smash.

I don't mean to rant on, but I just personally feel disappointed when they keep adding these characters that aren't what Smash was about. I know I'm stepping on boomer territory here with the "back in my day!" shit, but I just personally liked Smash better when it was about repping Nintendo and bringing a wide variety of Nintendo characters together.