Pokemon Charizard and Greninja join Super Smash Bros. roster

One of the biggest changes coming to the new Smash Bros. games on 3DS and Wii U announced at today's Nintendo Direct is that all of the fighters that transformed mid-fight have been changed. That means that Samus' 

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Today's Super Smash Bros. Direct confirms a pair of Pokemon for the upcoming Wii U and 3DS games. Charizard and Greninja will be included as separate fighters, it's been announced. A trailer showed the two in action.

During last night's Nintendo Direct, series creator Masahiro Sakurai confirmed Zero Suit Samus, Sheik, Yoshi, Charizard and Pokemon X and Y's Greninja for the roster of the upcoming fighting title. Pokemon X and Y's Greninja joins the Smash Bros roster.

This week's Nintendo Direct revealed a slew of new information about the new Smash Bros games, including an announcement of two new characters to the series: Charizard and Greninja! Both come from the Pokemon series and are two of the most popular