On April 1, 2015, a ballot was launched on the official "Smash Bros" website, which allowed players to nominate video game characters to be added as playable characters. The ballot's deadline was on October 3, 2015. On December 15, 2015, a special "Smash Bros." broadcast was shown. Cloud Strife was released after the broadcast. Corrin from "Fire Emblem Fates" and Bayonetta from the series of the same name were announced as the last downloadable characters. They were released on February 3, 2016. Bayonetta was chosen as the winner of the "Smash Bros." ballot. She ranked first in Europe and was among the top five in North America among "realizable" characters.