Ten years after Nintendo released its first online Smash game, it still hasn’t gotten the online experience right.
Starting with Super Smash Brothers: Brawl, if characters fell into bodies of water on certain stages, they had a few…
Back when Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS was launched, players quickly pointed out that the inside of Princess…
After last night’s announcement that Persona 5’s Joker is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, I finally decided I…
Today is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s big release day. People in Japan are definitely keen to get the game.…
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PERSONA 5'S MAIN CHARACTER, JOKER, IS COMING TO SUPER SMASH BROTHERS ULTIMATE AS A DLC CHARACTER. JESUS FUCK.
Super Smash Brothers Ultimate doesn’t come out until tomorrow, but Kotaku’s own Cecilia D’Anastasio and Paul Tamayo are providing an early peek at the 76 fighters right now. The pair has settled in for a long stream of the game, and also invited along some friends from other Gizmodo Media Group sites, who may or may…
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I used mathematics to determine which characters took the longest between their video game debut and their arrival…
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the very best of the Smash Bros. series.
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Nintendo games don’t ship with paper manuals any more. Bad news for anyone who likes to learn from their lap on the…
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With Smash Bros. Ultimate right on the horizon, I am experiencing my usual case of wondering if it’s way too late…
Leaked copies of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are circulating two weeks ahead of its highly-anticipated release. Over…
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Over the weekend, Nintendo released a new commercial for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate without any background music.…
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,… Read more
In pre-release marketing materials for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, set to release on December 7, the character Mr.…
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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… Read more
So, Piranha Plant is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ready yourself for a barrage of jokes.