Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

@AlternateButtons Well, I finally finished playing through Classic the last few times to unlock the final characters. My total losses to character unlocks were 3:
1. Died to the summoning thing on the FF stage that showed up. Had no idea that was a thing (didn't get the Smash 4 DLC)
2. Accidentally started with Inciniroar after never having played him (exiting from WoL after changing character) and dived off the edge with his up B.
3. Actually got beat up by Wolf as one of my normal characters.

But yeah, I didn't find them that hard? They were actually challenging occasionally at least, I didn't feel like it was instant wins for unlocks like usual. I unlocked about 10-20 through WoL near the start before I took a break there, got the final ~20 in a row through Classic mode (going off of how many little shield things I have on that page). Unlocked the middle set through mostly Spirit Board + normal brawls + Mob Smash.

Here's some NG+ info for those wanting to try it out:

• Seems identical to the base WoL but you have access to all the fighters, adventure skills and activities you had before you started NG+.
• You can save your NG+ file in a separate slot (you don't have to overwrite your old file).
• Think of NG+ as a way to get the all Adventure Skills challenge completed if you don't want to use a hammer.

...Okay yeah, I really hope Sakurai fixes this, I had like...a super long 4 vs. 4 fight, one of my chaotic battles and all that. Pit decided to target me with final smash...EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. I was constantly running out of my last life towards the end because he kept going after me no matter what. What's the deal with the CPUs and reticule Final Smashes? Zero Suit Samus is the same way and so is Bowser, makes me not want to fight against them with Finals because of this. Puts me in a crappy mood, they were only level 4s, too.

Young Link just joined my roster. Seems to be a great character to use, at least for me.

And Pikachu is truly great in this game. And I think Ness and Lucas are pretty great too.

But I’m far from unlocking all the characters. Just missed out on the Wii Fit Trainer.

Oh! And I like Bowser!

So enjoying Spirit Board more than I do WoL, it's basically a Pick-n-choose your challenges. And read up on that "event" for getting extra gold for fighting spirits with glasses on, got me thinking.

Do you think they'll hold events similar to this to add more spirits? Seems like an open-ended system that there isn't much of an effort to make more for the sake of having some more single player content to do in the midst of things.

Thanks for all yoru answers guys! Food to here most of you have settled down with some awesome mains.

That was an extremely irritating fight. I'm almost certain one of my spirits were Assist Killer and I butt smashed it once with bowser to get rid of it. After that it was still annoying, but not nearly as much

I think you can only have tracks play on courses that strictly relate to the series in question. So Guile's theme could only be played on the Street Fighter themed stage.

@subpopz Damn, I had way more trouble with Dr. Wily than 9-Volt. I had to come back with better Spirits for him since I didn't think to use Ness/Lucas, while 9-Volt went down when I already had the right Spirits to kill Sheriff instantly.

In fact 9-Volt being one of the "harder ones" surprised me because I took him down fairly easily.

@bixente The joke is that Guile's theme goes with everything. The guy wasn't being serious.

Has anyone tried to see if this game has a Black Hole glitch yet? I miss those, they were fun. lol

@subpopz Hilariously, one of the best spirits to use against the Sheriff is the Sheriff. Luckily, there are a few other spirits with the same ability. But yeah, I struggled way more against Wily, he's one of only two Spirits I came back to clear later (the other being Geno... who is still uncleared)

That Pauline battle was so frustrating. Trying to catch up with Peach on that stage while also dealing with Mario and DK within the time limit was annoying. I got lucky on one of my attempts where Peach somehow killed herself.

I've done about 300 of the spirit battles in World of Light and so far the only other one I had troubles with was the Funky Kong fight. The enemies could aim the Bullet Bills perfectly and I never had the opportunity to dodge or get a Bullet Bill of my own because of it being 3 vs 1. Managed to beat it but it was a huge pain.

I do loathe going into fights that have the Galaga or Beetle items, though. I haven't had too hard of a time with them so far but that might change with later fights.

@Cynas I totally cheesed the Funky Kong fight by equipping a Franklin Badge Spirit (Anna I think) and... well you can imagine how fast they died.

@subpopz Pffft well, poor timing I guess? But hey, at least you beat it.

Yeah, I haven’t passed that Pauline one yet haha. I’m still having so much fun. I like just popping into the spirit board, too.

Agreed, Pauline was a load of crap. That wasn't really a fun battle at all.

Nintendo finally heard our cries. They finally patched quick play. I hope they keep fixing it in future patches.

@link3710 Really wish I had that when I fought them! I probably should have left to get better Spirits but once I start one of the battles I feel the need to finish it.

They're nerfing CPU challengers :^[

Probably a good thing overall though. Newcomers need their characters somehow, and World of Light takes a LOT of time to get through and still can be pretty challenging, even on Easy for newbies.

@AlternateButtons Holy **** that video was hilarious! Pauline was a real mean one to get.

It's been a week and the store still only tells me they're "working on it", which I'm pretty sure means "we didn't have enough copies and skipped you but we won't tell you you're not going to get it". By the time I cave and buy the regular edition, the game is probably fully patched.