Super Smash Bros. for Switch Announced

I went into yesterday's Nintendo Direct with mild curiosity and low expectations.  There didn't seem to be anything new to announce with a lot of games already announced in past directs so I was only expecting updates on those games such as Kirby Star Allies and ports like Hyrule Warriors Definitive Edition.  It's too close to E3 for them to drop any big news for a Nintendo Direct so I didn't have much to look forward to......or so I thought.  Surprisingly, the announced a decent amount of new games and ports that I'm actually interested in: new WarioWare game, Luigi's Mansion 3DS, Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story 3DS, new No More Heroes game, and Splatoon 2 expansion.  In terms of updates on previously announced games, I'm interested in Detective Pikachu, Kirby, Octopath Traveler, and Mario Tennis.  What was really surprising was seeing the newest Crash Bandicoot remake announced for the Switch.  I couldn't believe what I was seeing.  My first thought seeing it though was "Crash can be in Smash Bros. now."



After the lengthy update on Splatoon 2 and its expansion (I really liked the trailer for the expansion), the Nintendo Direct seemingly was coming to an end.  With it ending there, I was a bit disappointed but not surprised and felt that they announced a decent amount of things to look forward to.  But then, all of a sudden:



Right before the stream started at 2PM PST, this is what I typed to one of my friends:

-1:58 PM Wishful thinking, but hoping something smash related!
-1:58 PM lol, even if they did want to announce something like that, they'd leave it for E3

I am so glad I was wrong and happy that they surprised us with that teaser.  When they said that was it, I was a bit sad.  Then they raised my hopes up again with showing us one last thing.  And admittedly, I was sad to see the Splatoon paint show up when the trailer started.  "Splatoon 1 on 3DS?  Splatoon characters in Mario Odyssey?  Splatoon 1 content added to Splatoon 2?"  It did not cross my mind that they'd reveal Super Smash Bros. while simultaneously announcing the addition of Squidkids being part of the roster (but a lot of people suspected it).  It was a good lead in from talking about Splatoon 2 to announcing Squidkids being in Smash Bros.  It's such a well done trailer.  When it zoomed in on the eye and showed the reflection of the Smash Bros. logo, I flipped out and started screaming.  I was then laughing and tearing up at the sight because I really wasn't prepared for it.

But don't take my word for it, look at how other people reacted:





Now we just have to wait for more information and wait for it to actually release.