Super Smash Bros - Ultimate (Nintendo Switch)

Super Smash Bros. is, without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable and iconic games of all time. Whether you’re a casual gamer or a competitive player, this game offers something for everyone. The roster of characters is a dream come true, featuring beloved characters from Nintendo and beyond, each with unique abilities that bring a fresh twist to every battle.The gameplay is fast-paced and incredibly fun, with smooth controls that make pulling off special moves and combos feel effortless. The stages are diverse and creative, keeping the matches exciting and unpredictable. Plus, the multiplayer mode is perfect for playing with friends, making every round an adrenaline-packed experience.The visual design is vibrant, and the music score is fantastic, capturing the essence of each character and level perfectly. Super Smash Bros. has an incredible replay value, with countless unlockables, modes, and challenges that keep you coming back for more.In addition, the cover art for the game is truly amazing!Whether you’re battling solo, with friends locally, or online, Super Smash Bros. is an unforgettable experience. It’s a game that never gets old and continues to deliver hours of fun, making it an absolute must-have for any gamer!

As one of the few Wii U owners out there, I was concerned when Super Smash Bros Ultimate appeared to be an enhanced version of the previous game, with little in the way of new content, when it was revealed in March 2018. This concern slowly turned into excitement and enthusiasm as the game neared release and more content was shown off.Sure there are less newcomers than ever, but everyone from the previous games has returned, with some even feeling new after recieving asthetic and gameplay changes. The new characters that are introduced are all unique and exciting, with my favourite surprisingly being Incineroar. The echo fighters add some welcome variety and when you're playing they may as well be 'real' fighters; they also make the character select screen even more ridiculous, which I'm all for.I'm less pleased with the stage selection; there is a crazy amount of them, but lots are carried over from the Wii u version. It's worth noting that every stage has had a major visual overhaul, so some older stages may as well be new; a lot of stages were new to me (I only owned Wii U and brawl) too, but there is a distinct lack of stage representation for games released after smash Wii u, such as super Mario 3d world and Pokémon sun and moon. Its also a shame that some characters only have one stage, with mega Man and Simon/Richter being standouts - there is so much music for these series in particular but I rarely listen to it when it's only available on one stage each.Speaking of the music, this game has an incredible soundtrack (it's perfect when writing a report, for you students out there), I immediately changed the sound options to around 80% background music, 20% voice and SFX, so take that as you will.In fact, the game's presentation as a whole is way better than any previous game, it runs perfectly at 1080p 60fps, dropping to 720p 60fps in handheld, and never drops frames even in 8 player mode. This is impressive from a technical standpoint and makes the crazier options like stage morph fully enjoyable without compromise.World of light is a fun, if overly long single player mode. It takes around 40 hours to finish, I managed it in about 30 as I was rushing through. It's quite repetitive but is fun in short bursts and provides a lot of content for a side mode. Don't expect a story or subspace style cutscenes though, these are not present at all except for the introduction shown in trailers and some incredibly generic cut scenes at the end. I would recommend finishing the mode though as the finale is pretty great, and you unlock some music for doing it.Spirits add a good amount of wackiness to the proceedings, though I have yet to use them in multiplayer. The spirit board is fun for quick gameplay sessions and the challenges give some direction to single player after completing the story. Classic mode is fun for once and is worth completing with multiple characters.So. Multiplayer is the core of any Smash bros game. How does it stack up? Well as you may have noticed, this review has a 5 star rating despite the negatives I already mentioned. The multiplayer is so good that even with it's flaws, this game still deserves five stars. The game allows 1-8 players in it's main mode which can be a mix of real, CPU and amiibo participants. The number of options and the ability to save rulesets is amazing and way better than anything else that the series has ever done. For example, I created 'pokemon mode' where the only items were master balls, the stages we're randomly chosen from all the Pokemon stages and it uses stamina rules.Aside from the infinitely customisable smash mode, the squad strike mode adds a fun new twist, where you go through multiple characters in a single battle. This has most of the options from smash mode, plus additional ones to, for example, start a new battle after each character is taken out. Smashdown is another great new mode where you work your way through the roster, each character disappearing after being used until you're forced to use a character you're bad at, so pick wisely!Ultimate has the best online in the series. I never managed to play brawl online and Wii u was a slow laggy mess, so it's not hard to improve, but perfect matches 90% of the time was not something I expected, especially over WiFi. Even when there is lag, the game just pauses until it catches up rather than going into slideshow mode. I don't know how good it is for high level play as I am not a pro at smash by any means, but the frame rate is perfect and input lag is minimal so it should be ok.In conclusion, there is a few things I don't like about this game. It has the least new of any game in the series besides melee and 64, it cuts content like the home run contest and break the targets, it has a fun but repetitive single player mode. But it is clear that the focus was on quality over quantity: Stellar presentation with amazing graphics, performance, music and menus. Fantastic multiplayer with a crazy amount of customisation and the perfect infusion of chaos when required. Great new characters, with major improvements to existing ones. A ridiculously large amount of stages with every single one being their best iteration yet. This is absolutely the ultimate 'Super Smash Bros' game, and you can play it on the bus!

great game

Good game

I miss brawl, it was a good story mode gameThis game is also great, but I don't play it a lot any more most because it's all 1v1 or no items.

I CANNOT EXPLAIN HOW HAPPY I AM.If you don't want to read a long review then: the game is 8/10, falls short on some small areas but the gameplay and main part of the game is excellently designed! Some small updates could easily take this game to a 10/10 for me!This game is a huge throwback to the previous games! I've played all of them and it's one of the best series I've ever played. Nintendo really went above and beyond with the design of the game, many complaints about the NPC difficulty but 1. You can change the level from 1-9 where 1 is almost walking vegetable to 9 where they feel like a pro player and use all sorts of craaazy techniques Nintendo has programmed into them that even I can't pull off. Anyhow, it's really not as hard as people make out. If, like me, you haven't played a Smash Bros game for a good 2-3 years then you will probably be a bit rusty and it will take a few matches of practice to be able to beat a level 3 NPC (😅) but you get a lot better quickly and it's worth persevering (people have literally returned the game after about 2-3 days which just hurts my soul because I can't even call you casual gamer if you do that. You're the softest snowflake in the world.)World of Light can get VERY hard sometimes but it's very fun and rewarding. Online is great, the lobby system is a bit shabby and it's easy to get left out of a match if people have no patience for your selecting your character, and you can't spectate midway so you just have to sit there and wait, but otherwise it's very nice to play online with real skilled people rather than just NPCs.Up to 8 player local play is amazing too! One disappointment is that you can't do a 2 player on one Switch online play like you can with Mario Kart, which would be really easy to pull off but Nintendo just haven't put it in. Also only up to 4 players in a online arena.The movement by itself doesn't feel as responsive and fluid as Brawl, but you get used to it quickly.Spirits are a bit of a gimmick I don't care about that much... Also the items are a bit too OP. But the game mechanics makes it so much better to play, and the fake smash ball is actually a genius idea!There's so many things I could say about this game but to summarise, it's a wonderful game that I would recommend to anyone!

Nice game

One of the best fighting games I have ever played honestly I grew up on fighting games since the 90s and I would say this is the best one. I had so much fun playing this games and there is a on of characters to unlock