A brand new picture of what seems to be the complete character roster for upcoming fighter Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 has seemingly leaked on-line, giving gamers an enormous have a look at who else will probably be combating alongside Garfield and SpongeBob SquarePants.
Introduced on July 27, All-Star Brawl 2 is the follow-up to the unique Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl launched again in 2021. That recreation constructed up plenty of hype earlier than launch, however as soon as out it garnered combined reactions. Many beloved its tight, Smash Bros.-like gameplay, nevertheless it additionally received criticized for feeling low-budget. One other downside gamers had with it was the truth that some well-liked Nickelodeon characters have been lacking. The newly leaked artwork for All-Star Brawl 2 appears to point a few of these fan favorites are exhibiting up for spherical two, but in addition that some previous fighters received’t be returning.
On August 1, a picture of what seems to be the complete splash artwork for All-Star Brawl 2 started spreading throughout Reddit, Twitter, and the ResetEra discussion board. The origins of the picture appear to hint again to an Amazon itemizing that was shortly deleted, however not quick sufficient apparently.
Kotaku has reached out to Sport Mill and Truthful Play Labs in regards to the leaked picture, however acquired no remark.
All-Star Brawl 2’s potential new characters
Wanting on the paintings, we will spot 9 new characters who weren’t seen in the sport’s first trailer and who’re but to be confirmed by the sport’s builders or writer.
- Azula from Avatar: The Final Airbender
- Gerald from Hey Arnold
- Plankton from SpongeBob SquarePants
- Grandma Gertie from Hey Arnold
- Ember from Danny Phantom
- Norbert and Daggett from Offended Beavers
- El Tigre from El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
The supposedly leaked paintings—which keep in mind, hasn’t been confirmed by the devs but—additionally consists of 5 characters we noticed within the recreation’s first trailer and screenshots:
- Donatello from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Jimmy Neutron from Jimmy Neutron
- Squidward from SpongeBob SquarePants
- Vlad Plasmius from Danny Phantom
Lastly, the paintings reveals 14 characters who first appeared within the unique All-Star Brawl and who seem like returning for the upcoming sequel.
- Aang from Avatar: The Final Airbender
- April O’Neil from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Danny Phantom from Danny Phantom
- Garfield from Garfield
- Jenny from My Life as a Teenage Robotic
- Korra from The Legend of Korra
- Lucy Loud from The Loud Home
- Nigel Thornberry from The Wild Thornberrys
- Patrick from SpongeBob SquarePants
- Ren and Stimpy from The Ren & Stimpy Present
- Reptar from Rugrats
- Rocko from Rocko’s Trendy Life
- SpongeBob from SpongeBob SquarePants
- Zim from Invader Zim
The All-Star Brawl characters who might need been minimize
If you happen to’ve performed the primary recreation, this may be the purpose the place you begin going “Wait a minute, does that imply [Insert Character Here] has been minimize from the sequel?” And the reply is…perhaps!
In line with Truthful Play Labs studio director Diego Rodriguez in an interview with Polygon, not everyone seems to be coming again for All-Star Brawl 2. Rodriguez known as the choice on who will and who received’t return “in all probability one of many hardest” the staff needed to make.
“Plenty of thought got here into it,” stated Rodriguez. “We appeared loads on the response on the roster of the primary recreation, what have been the extra requested characters by the neighborhood, and likewise what we will obtain with the huge listing of fantastic Nick characters, and naturally, we had Nick enter as effectively. Simply wait a bit and you’ll know who made it and who didn’t!”
Based mostly on the leaked picture, these are the characters who presumably haven’t made the minimize for the sequel:
- CatDog from CatDog
- Helga from Hey Arnold!
- Hugh Neutron from Jimmy Neutron
- Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Michelangelo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Oblina from Aaahh!!! Actual Monsters
- Powdered Toast Man from The Ren & Stimpy Present
- Sandy from SpongeBob SquarePants
- Shredder from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Toph from Avatar: The Final Airbender
- Lincoln Loud from The Loud Home
However wait, earlier than you get out your pitchforks and begin yelling at folks on Twitter or no matter Elon Musk is looking it this week, let’s hold just a few issues in thoughts. One, it’s doable the leaked paintings doesn’t present each character within the recreation. When an identical piece of splash artwork leaked forward of the primary recreation’s launch, it didn’t embody Nigel, who was added later. Secondly, devoted followers have combed by all of the screenshots and launched movies and found some proof that a few of these characters (or at the least their levels) will return within the sequel.
Actually, till the builders verify who’s within the recreation and who isn’t, we received’t know for positive. However all you CatDog followers on the market, be ready for some heartache when Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 launches later this yr.