Tekken's Kazuya joins the battle in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate!

Nintendo starts off their E3 Nintendo Direct by showing a mysterious person carrying a knocked-out Ganondorf. They approach the edge of a cliff, where the man tosses Ganon off into the lava below. The camera then pans up to the mysterious person, revealing that he is Kazuya, the 81st fighter who is joining the battle!

Kazuya is a major character throughout the series, and the son of another well-known Tekken character Heihachi Mishima. In his debut from the first installment, Kazuya gave off an impression of being a hero who's trying to stop his somewhat abusive dad, though there were a few hints that implied Kazuya was a more sinister character than what he was showing. Those hints were revealed to be true by Tekken 2, where he became an antagonist. Following that, he's flipped-flopped between the roles of Hero and Villain ever since.

From what's been show, he operates similar to Ryu and Ken from Street Fighter, and Terry from Fatal Fury; In one-on-one matches, Kazuya will always face his opponent, mirroring how fighting works in the Tekken series. He also has many of his moves from the series, such as Tsunami Kick, Searing Edge, and Tombstone Crusher. Additionally, he'll sometimes transform into his frightening Devil Gene form when performing certain attacks, as well as his Final Smash.

While his home stage is currently unnamed, his father Heihachi can be seen as one of the background characters. Whether anyone else from Tekken will show up is currently unknown.

A special illustration was also made and posted by the official Tekken Twitter Account, celebrating Kazuya making it into Super Smash Bros.

Masahiro Sakurai will go into more detail about Kazuya on June 28th of this month at 7:00 a.m. PT / 10:00 a.m. ET.

Kazuya is part of the Fighter Pass Vol. 2 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and will be available to purchase for $5.99 (in the US) or $7.55 (in Canada). One can also purchase the full Fighter Pass Vol. 2 for $29.99 (US) or $37.79 (Canada), which, in addition to coming with Kazuya, also comes with the previous four DLC Fighters:
Pyra & Mythra (from Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
Sephiroth (from Final Fantasy VII)
Min Min (from ARMS)
Steve (from Minecraft)
as well as one more future DLC fighter who will be revealed later on. In addition, purchasing the full Fighter Pass Vol. 2 will also give you a costume for your Mii Swordfighter, the Ancient Soldier Gear from "The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild."

Watch Kazuya's Reveal Trailer here!