Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Summary

Legendary game worlds and fighters collide in the ultimate showdown—a new entry in the Super Smash Bros. series for the Nintendo Switch system! New fighters, like Inkling from the Splatoon series and Ridley from the Metroid series, make their Super Smash Bros. series debut alongside every Super Smash Bros. fighter in the series…EVER! Faster combat, new items, new attacks, new defensive options, and more will keep the battle raging whether you’re at home or on the go.

Genres

Fighting, Platform

Platforms

Nintendo Switch

Developers

Sora, Bandai Namco Studios

Release Date

December 6, 2018 (6 years and 7 months ago)

Publishers

Nintendo

Content Rating

E10 Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief, Suggestive Themes

Franchises

Metroid, Kirby, The Legend of Zelda, Splatoon, Mario, Donkey Kong, F-Zero, Star Fox, Fire Emblem, Sonic The Hedgehog, Pokémon, Yoshi, Pikmin, Pac-Man, Final Fantasy, Xenoblade, Mega Man, Metal Gear Solid, Bayonetta, Street Fighter, Earthbound, Animal Crossing, Punch-Out!!, Castlevania, Wario, Super Smash Bros., Kid Icarus

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Esports

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Ethan Gach

PublishedDecember 14, 2018

12/14/18

Smash Ultimate patched the game last night to make its crappy online experience significantly less crappy. After some time with the game post-patch, it appears that Smash made players’ preferred online play rules “more highly prioritized.” We have updated our article on Smash online to reflect that change.

Cecilia D'Anastasio

PublishedDecember 14, 2018

12/13/18

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate just got updated to 1.2.0., and there are some fixes there for two of the bigger complaints currently going around: challenger difficulty and online rule preferences. You can read the full notes here.

Luke Plunkett

PublishedDecember 13, 2018

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