Topic: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

@Silly_G it uses Unreal Engine. Go back to my last post.

@Snaplocket : Seriously, learn to enjoy your hobby, man. People are taking this way too personally. This isn't just a matter of reusing assets. The game appears to contain ALL of the content from the Wii U version plus whatever else is being added or modified.

I don't particularly care if this is a port or a new game altogether, particularly as a huge amount of work seems to have gone into the game to make it look & feel fresh. Plus if I remember my episodes of Boundary Break, some assets can get moved across from older versions of Smash despite engine changes. Who knows what tinkering has gone under the hood... no need to fight about it now, do it online with a GC controller in your hand.

Personally can't wait, even if I have to.

I'm not normally super big on Smash, but with how loaded this game is and the new characters being fighters I've wanted to see, I'm actually a little excited for this.

Anyway, they said not to expect a lot of newcomers but do you think we might see a lot of Echo Fighters? I can think of several good candidates:

Dark Samus
Shadow the Hedgehog
Ravio
Hilda
Yuga
Octolings

@DanteSolablood : I'm happy with what I've seen, but it seems a lot of people are getting upset about it.

@Harmonie : That doesn't prove anything. The credits accounts for everything that appeared in the Direct. Fortnite and Octopath Traveller were developed with the Unreal engine (in fact, Epic Games, the developers of Fortnite are the ones who curated the Unreal engine in the first place).

Any rumours about Smash Ultimate being developed with the Unreal engine are completely unsubstantiated. I can't imagine that Nintendo would want to pay royalties to use another engine (when the one they have now is perfectly fine) and then recode the game only to reuse 90% of the content from the last game. It makes no sense.

@Snaplocket : There's still time. I suspect that there will be a few more characters announced in the coming months, as there were for Smash 4 in the build up to its release.

@Silly_G Yes it does. They wont need to keep developing on a custom engine and reworking it for each system code base. Epic ports UE4, their existing games in UE4 go with it to the next system.

As such, the tasking of reworking custom code and assets for UE4 ensures more work NOW for reusing assets, but less in the future.

@Snaplocket : Plus the fewer new amiibo I'll have to collect, the better.

@Bolt_Strike They said not to expect a lot of new fighters, but I'm expecting Nintendo to be holding onto a good few to drip-feed us up until release... likely the majority of them echo-fighters. Speculation is always fun, anyone think we might see Spring-man or Ribbon-Girl enter the stage?

I'd love to add Steve? from Minecraft... but I think Microsoft's charity only goes so far.

I would LOVE to see Jimmy T (from the WarioWare games) make his debut. I think the WarioWare series deserves a secondary character on the roster.

I could have lived without the return of the generic why-are-they-there avatar characters from the Fire Emblem series (Robin and Corrin). If they were at least customisable (a la the Mii characters) as they were in the 3DS games, I wouldn't feel so bitter about their inclusion. The Fire Emblem series has such a rich cast of diverse and colourful characters, so I don't understand why the blandest of the bland have been chosen for inclusion in the Smash roster.

If Isaac is announced, I will be completely 100% happy. No complaints on anyone else missing (Though Sora or Geno from Squeenix would be the icing on the cake if they happened) Anyways, anyone make up a list of available stages revealed so far yet? Or I guess I could be patient and wait for the site to update with them...

I'm in love with the visual style of this game.

Who owns the rights for Captain N the Gamesmaster? Surely Nintendo could buy those rights back, add him to Smash & give an "embarrassed" animation to Megaman and Pitt(icus)?

I have to admit, I'm surprised they went with Super Smash Bros. Megamix. I guess that is a way to make it both a port and a new game, like I kinda thought it would, but going that crazy with it is kinda gonna make the next Smash either take an eternity to release (unless they do the Splatoon thing like they SHOULD) or disappoint people. Huh.

I'm mostly sad that no one will get why I said Megamix or what that's referencing on the NINTENDO website.

Does anyone know if there'll be a mode where two people on the same Switch can play online against others?

@Silly_G Okay Bayonetta I get, but Ridley was in Smash 4 (and Brawl, and Melee, and 64), even if he wasn't playable.

@kkslider5552000 Sonic Megamix?

Bayo is trending on Twitter because of the tournament lol

Random thought, this is the perfect game for this moment in time.

Smash turns 20 next year. Let's celebrate with EVERYONE