Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

@link3710
You are probably right we won't get another Sonic stage. But one can hope. If they add Robotnik like I dream of, coupled with the massive resurgence brought on from Sonic Mania, I wouldn't be surprised though.

I have a reliable source that tells me there's gonna be a Sonic Mania stage.

@PokeMario I'd certainly like to see an Arms character, but I think Arms is too recent, so they won't have had time to develop an Arms character for Smash. Maybe as DLC in the future though?

Ha! Game Explain with the missing 15 levels:

Correct. 103 stages + the random button + 6 free spaces for new/locked stages.

I love the idea of a Miiverse "Best Of" stage (where characters have a number of default messages). It would take away surprises but it would be a nice clean stage now with official Miiverse-style art. I also want the missing 3DS stages (Rainbow Road and Pac-Man) back.

@SKTTR I don't think Pac-Maze can function on the Switch, it relied on the 3DS's nature of everyone having their own screen to work.

@meleebrawler Golden Plains did the same but that's in Ultimate.

They could easily adapt it.

The thing is... It's just a much better PacMan stage than that WiiU one... Even if they removed the gimmick completely, it would still be better.

So I just had an email from Nintendo about an upgrade to my order for Smash bros. Apparently the Official Smash Bros Ultimate Steelbook has been announced so they have upgraded my order to include this.
I suspect others may get the same message, and perhaps the recently announced limited edition might include this as well. Probably find amazon, and other retailers will start upgrading orders as well.
https://store.nintendo.co.uk/games/nintendo-switch/super-smas...

Whaaaat a steelbook? I hope we get it in the US

@MisterPi Hopefully it's for every region

Official email reads:
"Thank you for your recent pre-order of Super Smash Bros Ultimate for Nintendo Switch through the Nintendo Official UK Store.
We are contacting you as the Super Smash Bros Ultimate Official Steelbook has been announced for release.
We want to assure you, that as a loyal Nintendo UK Store customer, you will be receiving this with your order, so you won't miss out!
Please look forward to receiving the Official Steelbook at the same time as your receive your order of the Super Smash Bros Ultimate game."

Yeah I got that too. Placed the order back at E3

@Hyrule That's pretty awesome! Nice that it's the same price, too. Has anyone else gotten a hankering to play some games that the OG characters are in? I'm gonna nab Metroid Prime Trilogy this evening for $10

So it works out cheaper to get the Limited edition at £89.99, than the game, controller and adaptor seperately at approx £103. At least from the Nintendo store. Cancelled my first preorders and just ordered 2 of the limited editions.

@meleebrawler That's a shame. I only got the Wii U version and I was hoping to try it out in Ultimate.

From how I see it, the supposed ''Spirits'', Online, and Games & More modes are going make up at least half of the next Smash Direct.

Is this version going to have any single player? Didn't the GameCube version have single player story?

I've never really been into Smash or any other Fighting PvP type games. They all feel like boring button masher games to me (I know there is more to it than that, I just haven't been able to connect). It's the static environment, attack the enemy, win/lose, next round, repeat...that turns me off.

My favorite games of FPS and Platformers. I couldn't even go Hyrule Legends, too much button mash...

Thoughts?

@Dreamliner Single player modes in Ultimate are basically assured but we don't know yet about a story mode for Ultimate. Melee didn't really have a story but an adventure mode with some sense of progression and sequential transition. Brawl had an amazing, full-length story mode. Some people have problems with it but I had never had that much fun in a game since.

I love the addition of Richter Belmont (the only Castlevania character I really like) and King K. Rool (he looks like tons of fun) so that's two off my dream list.

Still 24 to go.

1. Chibi-Robo (New)
2. Elma (New - from Xenoblade Chronicles X)
3. Dixie Kong (New - I don't think she'll work as a Diddy Echo Fighter, maybe)
4. Peppy (Fox - Echo Fighter)
5. Slippy (Falco - Echo Fighter)
6. King Hippo (Little Mac - Echo Fighter)
7. 8 different Monster Hunter (New)
8. Ken (Ryu - Echo Fighter)
9. Shadow (Sonic - Echo Fighter) hope he's got tunes like White Jungle, Supporting Me, Throw It All Away, Radical Highway
10. Samurai Goroh (Captain Falcon - Echo Fighter) probably will be Black Shadow though, maybe?!
11. 8 different Animal Crossing characters (Villager - Echo Fighter)
12. Spring Man (New - from ARMS)
13. Flint (Lucas - Echo Fighter)
14. Ninten (Ness - Echo Fighter)
15. A second Namco character, SSB4 outfits suggest Heihachi from Tekken, but I prefer Mitsurugi, Siegfried, or Ivy from Soul Calibur
16. A second Square Enix character, SSB4 outfits suggest Geno from SMRPG, and popularity logic concludes a Dragon Quest character, but I prefer Ark, Crono, and the Mana Hero
17. Impa (New - or can she be Shiek's echo?)
18. True Midna (New - or ca she be Zelda's echo?) Echo will probably be Hilda from A Link Between Worlds though
19. Toad / Toadette (New)
20. Koopa Troopa / Dry Bones (New)
21. Travis Touchdown (New - Grasshopper rep from No More Heroes)
22. Nakoruru (New - SNK rep from Samurai Shodown)
23. Isa / Kachi (New - Treasure reps from Sin and Punishment)
24. Tetromino (New)

Shantae, a magic and hair user is cut not just because indie, but also because Bayonetta. She is also a magic and hair user.

I think it's unfortunate that Pauline and Krystal are deconfirmed.

How about Missingno. from Pokémon? His moves would include changing players' character names, normal-type attacks, and a final smash that crashes the game.