I apologize for the one-week delay. The earthquake in Hokkaido led to a delay in the Nintendo Direct broadcast, so I had no choice but to hold off on publishing the article I had written.

Anyway, Isabelle has joined the fray in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate! More than anything, I'm sure you noticed just how cute her movements were in the trailer. The more motion, the better.

...That said, if you were thinking that we'd just be dropping a bunch of newcomer trailers all the way up until release, you'd be sorely mistaken. We may have gone a little bit overboard up until now, so we're going to slow our pace from here on out.

For those who speak Japanese, you'll notice that Isabelle appears in Ultimate without her -san honorific. Dedede and Bowser both lack their "Great King" epithets, much like Zelda and Peach are referred to without the title "Princess." As a rule, we remove all honorifics in Smash and just refer to a character by their unique name. Of course, if players want to refer to her as Shizue-san in Japanese, I won't stop them. In fact, I encourage it.
Isabelle is based off of Villager. She pockets items and rides on a balloon swing. However, she is not an Echo Fighter.

This is because Isabelle and Villager have fundamentally different body types and personalities, so we couldn't have made her an Echo. All of her animations are different; not a single one is the same.
Isabelle first appeared in 2012's Animal Cros...