Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

I like how the sprit battles go full on with the pretending, gives them the chance to represent a lot more characters and franchises in battle. It's gonna be fun to see all the references.

They just remind me of what they've always done for event matches. Match the in-game fighters to whatever "scenario" the event is for. Which is neat. My favorite will always be the Melee one with Giga Bowser, Mewtwo, and Ganondorf (I think also Jiggly puff?). Felt so good to finally beat that thing after weeks.

It's crazy and downright bizarre to me reading this thread and other sites that even with all the content this have appears to have, people still insist on complaining about what it doesnt. Can't please everyone I suppose but sure seems excessive with this game in particular.

Watched the direct again and will probably end up getting 2 copies so both my kids can level up characters and play at their own pace.

The event matches have always been kind of limited to the series represented by playable characters, this expands that greatly, even nindies are included.

Also love that the map has a monster hunter section.

One nice thing about the Direct is, the last two Directs took me from being mildly interested in yet another Smash to completely not caring at all. This Direct made me look forward to playing again!

The art style in the map navigation looks like a mix between Bravely Default and the world map in Baten Kaitos.

Speaking of which, one of the spirits shown was Sagi from Baten Kaitos Origins. It's nice to see the series being represented, like when we got a music track in Smash for Wii U. I still listen to plenty of tracks from that series so I hope we get even more in Ultimate.

It mostly reminds me of the classic mode from the 3DS game.

I’m digging all the involvement that Adventure appears to offer. I agree that it allows far more series representation than past modes, and just reinforces the idea that these are all toys. Kinda reminds me of the Toy Story 3 sandbox world.
I’m perfectly okay with trophies being gone. Yes, they’ve been there since the beginning, but this feels like a natural progression to make them feel like more than just collectibles. Trophy Rush was fun for awhile, but this will be more meaningful for me.

@Sahpradani In the August Direct it was announced that there's no unlockable stages (all 103 available from the start).

The fighters will likely be one of a few options (e.g. World of Light, certain number of matches, amiibo).

I was hoping they make something of the single player modes this time, but I have to agree that this story mode looks like mediocrity itself... no ambitious attempt like Brawl... again... Most of the modes in Ultimate are the same but different. The new online modes are appreciated but beside that a lot of it feels like they decided to play it safe, the result feels rehashed and kinda boring. From the looks of it this game is still just a glorious Smash Wii U. and IMO isn't really deserving of the name Ultimate.

So 3 out of the 5 DLC characters have already leaked... don't get your hopes up for anything too interesting from that season pass. I'm definitely going to be skipping it myself.

Have we seriously learned NOTHING from the Grinch leak? **** outta here with these leaks. I'm sorry if I sound harsh, but people should know by now to not trust leaks.

@ReaderRagfish @Tsurii

@link3710 Where?

EDIT: Vergeben definitely has the credibility to be making claims. I'll look into it, thanks.

@EvilLucario This is the same person who leaked Ken, Inciniroar, Simon, Isabelle, Ridley, Ice Climbers, Wolf and all Smash 4 vets would be in.

@jtmnm GameFAQs, per usual.

@link3710 Where do you see him claiming Dragon Quest specifically? From the posts I see (as recent as minutes ago), he's still passing the generalized SQ rep claim.

@link3710
Granblue Fantasy
Okay what? Am I missing the connection with Nintendo with this? I'm trying to find something with no luck.
V has credibility but really needs to stop. He is kind of a punk with his attitude. Maybe someone will feed him some "crap" to leak...

What in the hell is Granblue Fantasy?