Although the first Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass has come to a close, fans are already clamoring for what's coming next to the game with the second Fighters Pass. One fan took it upon themselves to introduce a most unusual fighter into the role with a surprisingly convincing video.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's second Fighters Pass is still under development, with fans only knowing that it's promising to bring six new fighters to the game. While this man's addition isn't going to be one of them, the video is impressive enough that some might wish that it were.
Rather than introducing a new character to Super Smash Bros. who originally came from a video game, YouTube creator Thibault Charroppin went to work creating a video that brings his cat, OwlKitty, aka Lizzy, to Smash. The video uses existing footage from Super Smash Bros. and combines it with edited footage of his cat. What sounds simple is actually quite complex, as the creator details in a second video how much work went into getting OwlKitty into the right poses and then compositing that footage together with Smash in After Effects. The work clearly paid off, as OwlKitty prances through the video bouncing Mario off her paws, 1-shotting King Dedede, and even rolling around and 'taunting' after successfully stunning her opponent.
This is far from the first time that Charroppin's cat has entered into the world of media. The OwlKitty channel has made a name for itself by bringing OwlKitty into a wide variety of movies, like Jurassic World and The Avengers, but she's also had a role in a prior game video, absolutely devastating the player character in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Fans of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate can enjoy the video while they wait for further news on the second Fighters Pass. Plenty of rumors have swirled around who the actual next fighter will be, with claims that Crash Bandicoot might come to Smash next, though these rumors are currently unsubstantiated. The one thing that's known for certain is that Sakurai and Nintendo aren't taking suggestions for the fighters, and that the final fighter to join the game with the first fighter pass was the controversial Byleth.
Cats have unfortunately been the subject of concerns of animal abuse among streamers recently. Although OwlKitty won't be the next fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it's nice to see someone in the gaming community highlighting their cat in a wholesome and safe way.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available now exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
