In honor of this thread's final days, I decided to chronicle some of the most important events in it's history
Smash Ultimate Discussion Thread Timeline
Page 1 A thread discussing Smash Switch is opened
Page 405 Smash Switch gets officially announced in a Nintendo Direct, basically confirming
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as a newcomer
Page 1539 Smash Ultimate is shown of at E3, announcing
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and
Page 2812 A Smash Direct take place, announcing
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![Richter Belmont :ultrichter: :ultrichter:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Chrom :ultchrom: :ultchrom:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![Dark Samus :ultdarksamus: :ultdarksamus:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
and
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gets announced at the end of A Nintendo Direct in September
Page 5963 The Grinch leak emerges, splitting the community in two, on whether it's real or fake
Page 6988 The final Smash Ultimate Direct airs, announcing
![Ken :ultken: :ultken:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
and
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, with
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announced as a limited time free dlc character. Thus, the Grinch leak was proven false
Page 8997 Joker gets announced as DLC at The Game Awards