Today Super Smash Bros 4 revealed a new character, Fire Emblem's Ike, who will be returning to the game after previously appearing in SSB Brawl for the Wii.

"Pic of the day. Ike, the swordsman of magnificent strength, joins the battle!! Strike your foes down with his powerful smash attacks. For this game, Ike's design is based on the hero that appears in Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn. His sword deals heavy damage in Smash Bros., so this design suits him very well! Rest assured, he can use Aether as well," wrote game developer Masahiro Sakurai in the Nintendo Miiverse.

In the two pictures released, a close up of Ike with his sword drawn is seen in the first image. The second picture shows Ike standing next to the female Animal Crossing Villager. See the pictures here.

Yesterday Sakurai showed off the new Team Battle mode color schemes for the 3DS version of the game.

"In previous games in the series, if you chose the red team in a team battle, your Mario would have been red. But now you can choose any color you want! The color outlining the characters will show their team affiliation," wrote Sakurai in the Nintendo Miiverse forum.

In the picture Donkey Kong and Mario are shown on an elevated platform donning their regular colors as a red outline shapes their bodies. The same is to be said for Link and Samus, except their outline is blue. See the picture here.

The characters confirmed for the game so far are: Mario, Luigi, Link, Samus, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Pit, Olimar, Toon Link, Princess Peach, Sonic the Hedgehog, MegaMan, Wii Fit Trainer, Rosalina, Zelda, the Villager, King Dedede, Lucario, Little Mac, Diddy Kong, Zero Suit Samus, Greninja, Charizard, Shiek, Yoshi, and now Ike.

The game will launch this summer for the 3DS and in the winter for the Wii U.