This article was originally written for TheNintendoVillage.com, a website I founded and ran from 2018 to 2021.

With the first Fighters Pass now completed (or at least it will be when Byleth arrives next week), thoughts have inevitably turned to just who will be included in Fighters Pass Vol. 2. There’s a number of fans out there who have called for Doomguy’s inclusion - the slayer of Doom fame. As it turns out, developer iD Software have had similar ideas.

Speaking to Metro, Marty Stretton - the Director of Doom - revealed that they’d spoken to Nintendo about his inclusion:

What about the rumours of Doom Slayer being in Smash Bros.? Do you think it could ever happen?
I don’t know. We’ve asked them.
You asked them?
Yeah.
Well, that’s how Solid Snake got in it. Would they discount it just because of the gore and violence though?
I dunno. You would honestly have to ask them. We’ve never been approached and said, ‘Hey can Doomguy be in Smash Bros.?’ But we’re open-minded if they wanna ask. But we hear it all the time [from fans]. Who would say no? [laughs]
But you did ask them?
We’ve had… I don’t even know who talked to who, but we’ve bantered with them. We have a great relationship with them through bringing Doom 2016 to Switch and that kind of stuff. So we have great people over there but it’s one of those things where it’s like, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool?’ But it’s never gone anywhere serious, so we’ll see.

It’s great to hear iD are so keen for a character with the history that Doomguy has to make an appearance in Smash. The game has practically become a digital videogame museum after all. Unfortunately though, it sounds like nothing has actually been agreed between them and Nintendo as yet, and with Sakurai making the point that all six of the new fighters have already been decided, we can probably rule Doomguy out of Fighters Pass Vol. 2.

Maybe he’ll show up in Fighters Pass Vol. 3?

Source: Metro