Smash Bros. lead creator Masahiro Sakurai Tweeted yesterday that Smash Ultimate’s “DLC line-up is now complete,” with the characters decided by Nintendo. He also asked fans to “refrain from flooding us” with requests for other characters when the devs aren’t asking for feedback. Smash fans, we don’t call the shots,…
Nintendo Says It Will Remove Racist Native American Animation From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
In pre-release marketing materials for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, set to release on December 7, the character Mr. Game & Watch uses racist Native American imagery during one of his attacks. Nintendo now says it plans to remove that imagery from the game and has apologized to fans, saying the caricature doesn’t…
Kotaku XP Is Overwhelmed By Smash Ultimate's Roster
After this week’s Nintendo Direct, Tim and I ask on this week’s Kotaku XP: can there be too much of a good thing?
Today, Nintendo released its new GameCube-style controller for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, out on the Switch December 7. Playing Smash 4 with it today alongside my crappy $15 knockoff GameCube controller, the new official controller has a significantly longer cord and tighter trigger action. Its analog sticks are…
The Internet Reacts To Piranha Plant In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
So, Piranha Plant is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ready yourself for a barrage of jokes.
Fans Commiserate After Big Smash Bros. Leak Turns Out To Be Fake
Last week a Super Smash Bros. leak, known as the Grinch leak, sent the Smash community down a rabbit hole of rumor and speculation that ended up with fans divided into two camps, #teamreal and #teamfake, depending on whether they believed the leak would turn out to be legit. In its Direct today, Nintendo resolved the…
Smash Bros. Ultimate's First Post-Launch Fighter Will Be, Uh, Piranha Plant
There’s one more fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: the Mario series’s Piranha Plant, which will be free if you buy the game before the end of January.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 'Spirits' Mode Detailed, And It's A Whole Lot
Nintendo announced today that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting a wild, weird new system called Spirits. Players will be able to assign spirits—cameo characters from other games—to their Smash fighters that will help buff them in battle. Its mechanics are a lot to take in and it’s easy to imagine that, like Smash…
Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Two Final New Fighters, Ken And Incineroar
Nintendo has confirmed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s final starting roster will be 74 fighters, with newly announced Ken from Street Fighter and Incineroar from Pokemon being the last two additions before the game comes out.
Smash Bros. Fans Are At War Over Whether The Latest Rumors Are True
Who else will star in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, a game that’s already been announced to feature every previous Smash character along with a handful of newcomers? A brand new “leak”—one that’s completely unverified and in fact likely to be fake—is polarizing the Smash community and has led to non-stop drama over the…
Smash Bros. Fan Creates 8-Player GameCube Controller Adapter
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a little over a month away, and many die hard fans are set on playing it with a GameCube controller. The retro hardware’s hold on Smash Bros. players’ imagination is so intense Nintendo’s even started manufacturing them again. But the game features up to eight player local multiplayer, so…
B-Boy Recreates Smash Bros. & Overwatch Moves
This is Martin Cochingco, a man able to take a bunch of ridiculously exaggerated video game animations and somehow recreate them in real life.
Newly Discovered Super Smash Bros. Melee Technique Turns Link Into A Rocket
Super Smash Bros. Melee turns 17 years old next month, but that doesn’t mean the game has been completely solved. Sure, there’s an upper echelon of competitors who you can count on to win just about any tournament they enter, but there are also Melee players like Joseph “Savestate” El-Khouri grinding out new…
Controversial Smash Player Banned From Several Events Under New Code Of Conduct
Ontario Super Smash Bros. Melee player Vikram “Nightmare” Singh has been banned from attending a number of Canadian tournaments after a friend described Singh’s alleged past sexual relationship with an underage girl and a supposed criminal charge that followed. The ban comes on the heels of several tournament…
Super Smash Bros. player Raito showed the importance of never giving up in a recent friendly match with Ryu master Takera. After falling far off the stage, he made use of Duck Hunt’s own projectile to damage himself, regain use of his flight move, and reach the opposite side of the platform.
The Internet Reacts To Animal Crossing's Isabelle In Smash
Isabelle, the beloved assistant to the mayor from Animal Crossing: New Leaf, is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The internet, myself included, has lost their collective mind.
Wake Up, Sheeple: Luigi Is Still Dead
I’m Nathan Grayson, host of Nint-Infowars, coming to you live from THE BOTTOM OF A HOLE from which I’m now forced to broadcast after having been banned from all social media and also the earth’s surface. During today’s Nintendo Direct, Nintendo showed us what APPEARED to be a living, breathing Luigi, even though THE…
Isabelle Joins Smash Bros. Ultimate As Nintendo Teases New Animal Crossing
ANIMAL CROSSING IS COMING TO SWITCH, I AM CRYING.
No Thanks, Nintendo
Nintendo is releasing this limited edition controller alongside Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at the end of the year.
Decoding Smash Ultimate's Apparent New 'Spirits' Mode
In the last Nintendo Direct, which was all about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, game director Masahiro Sakurai said that there’s still one more game mode that he can’t talk about yet. Fans think they’ve figured out what it’s called, but they still don’t know what it actually is. I’ve got a few ideas.
