The latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now available. Outside of the main patches, this is quite possibly one of the most exciting updates the game has received so far. Version 3.1.0 allows you to view and battle in a brand-new VR mode, provided you have access to the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con Goggles.
To play this single-player offline mode, all you have to do is visit the 'Games & More' section in the Ultimate menu and then click on the VR Goggles icon. In this mode, you can also view CPU fights – which is great if you would prefer to take in the sights and sounds of each stage.
Offline
- You can use the Toy-Con VR Goggles to enjoy Smash in VR mode via the Games & More menu.
- VR mode is a single-player experience only.
Surprisingly, this isn't the only feature added to Ultimate in Version 3.1.0. You can now send your amiibo out on an adventure to train it up. To do this, you'll need to be online and keep a close eye on the game to ensure the Switch doesn't go to sleep and end the session.
Online
- FPs can be used in Battle Arenas.
- An option to send amiibo out on journeys has been added, through which FPs go on a journey to train via the internet. You can find it via Games & More → amiibo → Send on a Journey.
- Some of the preferred rules for Quickplay battles have been adjusted.
General
- Game balance adjustments have been made.
- Several issues have been fixed to improve gameplay experience.
Click here for the full fighter patch notes
As usual, there is a weekly spirit event taking place. Here are the details and the promotional artwork:
Heroines are taking their place in the spotlight on the Spirit Board with the #SmashBrosUltimate Spirits Event: Super Smash Sisters! The new spirit Peachette will make an appearance, so don't miss out!
Have you tried out this free update yet? What do you think? Tell us below.
[source en-americas-support.nintendo.com]
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This really shows off how much effort they put into the stages for this game.
For a free update, it's a neat gimmick.
Hopefully, Nintendo does something cool from the ground up with VR.
This looks great! Can't wait to try
Im happy they seem to be continuing to support labo vr with more games, and hope more are added in the future
"Spirit Event: Super Smash Sisters!"
Bash! BASH!! Missed opportunity!!! Lol
Well... It's free, can't really complain, and it looks great.
Can't wait for Yoshi to wrack me on the head with a hammer.
Actually looks pretty cool. Im suprised
3DS does it and everyone says the system needs to die. But when Smash Ultimate does it, all of a sudden its a party.
@patbacknitro18
Smash Bros 3DS had a free VR update?
it's cool to look around the stages in VR.
It's
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Actually really neat, and free too! Great for people that have the Labo VR.
I don't think Mementos is available in VR, Which is a shame. All these free updates are making me consider getting Labo Vr
Yeah, VR is DEFINITELY not going to be tournament-legal.
@patbacknitro18 No, Smash on 3DS wasn’t like this. There’s no straw to grasp here.
Anyway; It’s a fun little thing, and it got me to spend some more time in Smash again. And then I found all the Mother related Shared Content and chuckled.
Im actually looking forward to 20 years in the future when people are going crazy trying to work this part with emulation
Hey mostly buffs, little Mac and Bayonetta got some love. Awesome.
But they forgot about Sheik
This trailer is so cool that I actually finally put together my Labo VR
I played one match in it and it’s fun! A lot better than Mario and Zelda’s VR offerings (by which I mean I’m going to play it more than once). It’s a bit disorienting at first, but I had fun readjusting the camera and whipping my head side to side! 😂
It looks and feels a lot better than you’d imagine. I really enjoyed it, and it’s a nice, gimmicky bonus for Labo VR owners.
It looks nice for looking around the stage, it might also help keeping an eye on your character if things get hectic.
Seems like it will be better for enjoying the stages rather than the fights.
All these good opinions make me want to delist it, because I was selling it as I've not even unsealed it yet and the things I read about VR Mario and Zelda were too bad for keeping the Labo. So time to reconsider it.
I like it. It’s free
It's free but I hate holding the Toy-Con VR Goggle so I'm not going to use it.
@Moroboshi876 Mario is the only good one. This doesn't give anyone motion sickness, but it's not GOOD either. Can't see anything you couldn't see with the camera normally and it's incredibly blurry with no way to zoom in any more than usual to at least look at the models or something.
@PBandSmelly TBH people have an easy time getting Gamecube roms VR-ready. I could easily see this being doable wheN Switch emulation is possible.
So let me get this straight: you can send an amiibo into a journey, but if you take your Switch away the journey will be interrupted the moment you lose connection? So you can't play another game anyway either, right? It's a bummer, because my Switch comes with me every workday and I play multiple games.
Peachette, eh? OK then.
@Moroboshi876 yeah Switch is technically a great handheld device and an ok console. But portability outside the home is an issue with no online and a weak battery (unless you pay for one of Nintendo’s endless accessories).
But I’m not sure Id want to play VR on the go, let alone Nintendo’s version of VR.
@WOLF13 I have no complaints about on-the-go, and if I need it I can (and I do) use the cellphone data to play online or upload highscores.
I wasn't meaning portable VR, I meant the amiibo journey feature, that requires the console to be connected through all the process, or else the journey is interrupted. That doesn't fit well with home-away-home and game switching.
Can someone explain the adventure for amiibo bit more than the article did?
Lucario buffs? Welcome back to the stable Luci!
The depth of stage design is amazing, that's the most intriguing part to me.
Am I the only one in the planet that thinks this is very stupid?..
@Totaldude911 I know Wii is possible. I don't know about Wii U, but there are Wii U emulators, so I imagine Switch won't be that long.
I think it would have been a bit better if it was first person view of the characters
Well... Google should not feel bad about giving up on Google Cardboard.
If some of the top IP in gaming history not manage to Build any excitement for LABO VR. They had no chance in hell.
Nintendo is still implementing Amiibo stuff! Why don't they implement them in Mario Maker 2?
Was anyone assuming the VR mode would be 3D? It certainly looks like it isn't. Comparing the two images in the screenshots shows they are pretty much identical. I would think creating a 3D view would be a lot more than a free update could provide. Still nice, though.
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