After the recent high-profile announcement thatMinecraftwould be represented inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate, could one of the most popular games of the last five years crossover into the fighting game too? Epic Games creative director Donald Mustard has hinted thatFortnitecould be the next game to feature inSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateon the Nintendo Switch.
There is never any shortage of suggestions from the online community for who Masahiro Sakurai should add intoSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatenext. Just hours before the announcement of the latest character to join the game, Steve fromMinecraft, there wererumors that Crash Bandicoot would join the roster.But if rumors are to believed, it looks like the battle royale game could be next to join theSmashroster.
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Mustard and Geoff Keighley of The Game Awards held a Zoom call where select fans ofFortnitewere permitted to ask questions about the game, including what Mustard and Epic had planned for the battle royale title. While Epic managed to keep the Zoom call under wraps initially, naturally some details from the call have now leaked, and it looks like players can expect the next bigFortniteannouncement on December 10 at The Game Awards.
When asked during the call ifFortnitewas going to join theSuper Smash Bros.universe, Donald Mustard simply stated that he cannot comment on the matter. Of all the recent collaborations that Epic has secured forFortnite, from the currentMarvelseason tothe recently announcedGhostbusterscrossover, getting into Nintendo’sSuper Smash Bros.would be a huge get for the game.
It should be noted that these are just rumors so far, but withSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatehaving sold just shy of 20 million copies worldwide as of June 21, 2025, and with the recent reveal of Steve fromMinecraftliterally breaking Twitter for a short time, it would make sense that Epic was interested in gettingFortniteinto the fighting game. Although that addition of Steve did create a rather unique problem, with a recent update required to patch outSteve’s questionable NSFWSmashcelebration.
With The Game Awards over a month away, attention inFortnitewill be on the annual Halloween event, Fortnitemares, for the next week. With spooky challenges includingtaking control of possessed vehiclesand riding around on witches’ brooms, the Fortnitemares event will have to keep fans occupied while they wait for any news about a possible crossover with Nintendo andSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate.
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