DLC characters for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate have been equally surprising and exciting in recent months, with unlikely characters such as Steve and Sephiroth coming out of nowhere and securing a spot on the ever expanding roster. It seems that the addition of these unlikely Smash characters has emboldened some fans, leading to the most recent mega poll for the next DLC character being filled with some unusual choices. Surprisingly, this mega poll saw Dr. Eggman from Sonic the Hedgehog in 15th place, with a staggering 1154 votes to his name. Even outside of this poll, a quick Twitter search for the name "Eggman" reveals that there are a ton of players requesting this character.
The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC character might be announced at tomorrow's Nintendo Direct, but this isn't guaranteed. The huge push for Dr. Eggman as a character is a somewhat recent development and likely won't affect whatever this new character is, but it's certainly amusing nonetheless. One would think Shadow, Tails, or Knuckles would earn this kind of support, but not Dr. Eggman.
In fact, many players have been asking for Shadow to appear as an echo fighter of Sonic for quite some time now, but this is unlikely for a number of reasons. The biggest reason is that fans would likely be disappointed to get an echo fighter as a paid DLC character since they are mostly the same as the character they are based on. To be fair, Tails also appeared on this poll and ranked above Dr. Eggman at 13th place with 1239 votes, but that isn't a huge margin.
Shadow and Knuckles also made it into the top 50, so there seems to be a general desire for more Sonic the Hedgehog characters in the game. On Twitter, various people are sharing their support for Dr. Eggman by trying to find hints that he'll be the next character. Others make big promises like the one seen above. Given that this tweet already has 1,244 retweets at the time of writing, he is going to be busy for quite a while if Dr. Eggman is announced at tomorrow's Nintendo Direct.
Ultimately, whatever character will be announced tomorrow has already been decided, and it's likely that this is the case for the entirety of the season pass. Nevertheless, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been giving special attention to villains with the addition of characters like King K. Rool, Sephiroth, and Ridley, so this theory about Dr. Eggman isn't too far off the mark.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is available now on Switch.