Summary
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate offers a mix of competitive gameplay and party fun with a huge roster of characters.
- The game boasts over 100 potential stages, each with unique designs and hazards for chaotic battles.
- Stage variety is a key strength of the series. Future games need to maintain the high standard set by Ultimate.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a massive roster of characters, but that's not the sole reason for the game's great amount of replay value. In a series that has established itself as both a competitive fighting game and a party game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate offers the best of both worlds. Naturally, one of the first things that many will point to is how many playable characters the game has. That is one part of its success, especially considering how many big names are on display, but another aspect of the game is nearly as important in that sense.
As an easy contender for Nintendo's best fighting game, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate checks all of the boxes that have made the series a success and then some. Most of Nintendo's biggest stars are on the roster, and the third-party selections include heavy hitters like Sephiroth, Terry Bogard, and Sora. In addition, the World of Light adventure mode not only gave players an interesting campaign to play through, it provided an excellent way to unlock every character in the base game, although some were more well-hidden than others. Overall, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be a difficult game to top for Nintendo.
Why a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sequel Probably Won't Be a Switch 2 Launch Title
There is plenty of demand a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sequel, but it is unlikely to be a launch title for Nintendo's next system.
Super Smash Bros Ultimate's Sequel Can't Slow Down With Its Stages
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Has a Huge Amount Of Stages
The wide character variety is not the only exciting aspect of playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; the game's stage selection is also one of the best in the genre. With 115 stages counting the DLC, the stage selection actually outnumbers the playable characters. In addition, each stage has its own design and gimmicks, with many stages having unique hazards and transitions that have significant impacts on the fight. There is even a Stage Morph option to let one stage turn into another mid-fight, further adding to the chaos. All of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's stages bring something to the table, either visually or mechanically.
In addition to every previous playable character, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate includes almost every stage from across the series.
Every Super Smash Bros. Stage Has Its Own Selling Point
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's stages prove an important point about the series. Whatever the next Super Smash Bros. Does regarding fighters, the game will need plenty of great stages to play on. Even if the next game cuts back on the size of its roster, it should remember the important role that the stages play. The stages are as packed with personality as the fighters themselves, from the scenic yet straightforward Final Destination to a chaotic battlefield like Kalos Pokemon League. Super Smash Bros. Stands out because of its uniquely energetic gameplay, and that includes its stages as well as its fighters.
Super Smash Bros.' Stage Variety is One Of Its Biggest Strengths
Stage design has always been a strength of the Super Smash Bros. Series. This can be seen as far back as the older Super Smash Bros.' Break the Targets levels. Of course, many of the series' iconic stages such as Hyrule Temple and Mushroom Kingdom should be first in line to be adapted to the next game, among many others. The new game should also take advantage of the series' expanded reach to make stages based on other Nintendo properties. The sky is the limit for the future of Super Smash Bros. If the stage design stays consistent with the series' high standard.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's stages were the best the series had to offer, and the next game will have to push the envelope even more. It will be tough for the next Super Smash Bros. To stand out after all that Ultimate offered, but the developers have the tools to do so. In addition to a wide array of characters, the next Super Smash Bros. Will need stages that are distinct, memorable, and fun to play. That way, Super Smash Bros. Will continue to be endlessly replayable.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
- Released
- December 7, 2018
WHERE TO PLAY
Gaming icons clash in the ultimate brawl you can play anytime, anywhere! Smash rivals off the stage as new characters Simon Belmont and King K. Rool join Inkling, Ridley, and every fighter in Super Smash Bros. History. Enjoy enhanced speed and combat at new stages based on the Castlevania series, Super Mario Odyssey, and more!
Having trouble choosing a stage? Then select the Stage Morph option to transform one stage into another while battling—a series first! Plus, new echo fighters Dark Samus, Richter Belmont, and Chrom join the battle. Whether you play locally or online, savor the faster combat, new attacks, and new defensive options, like a perfect shield. Jam out to 900 different music compositions and go 1-on-1 with a friend, hold a 4-player free-for-all, kick it up to 8-player battles and more!
- ESRB
- E for Everyone: Cartoon Violence, Comic Mischief, Suggestive Themes
- Developer(s)
- Bandai Namco Entertainment
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Multiplayer
- Online Multiplayer, Local Multiplayer
- Franchise
- Super Smash Bros.
- Platform(s)
- Switch
- Genre(s)
- Fighting
