Super Smash Bros. Ultimate News
July2019
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Video Presentation On 30th July Will Reveal The Hero's Release Date
Featuring Masahiro Sakurai
Update: It appears that Nintendo of Europe may have accidentally leaked the release date ahead of time. Original Article: Nintendo has announced a special Super Smash Bros. Ultimate video presentation featuring Masahiro Sakurai will be taking place on 30th July for the next DLC fighter, Hero from the
News Creating Smash Ultimate's Fighter Reveals Takes "A Great Number Of People", Says Sakurai
Other Nintendo departments drafted in
It might sound a little bit silly to say, but one of favourite parts of any new Super Smash Bros. game release is the build-up to its launch, mostly because of the internet-breaking character reveal trailers. In a new column in Japanese publication, Famitsu, series director Masahiro Sakurai has shared several...
News This Week's Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Event Celebrates Mother's 30th Annivesary
Starts this Friday
The Mother (EarthBound) series is currently celebrating its 30th anniversary. As part of the celebration, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be hosting an appropriately-themed spirit event later this week. This event will begin on 26th July and will run for the entire weekend. During this time, you'll be able to get your hands on...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (July 20th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
What a week it's been! Nintendo revealed a Switch revision with improved battery life, locked in the release date for Luigi's Mansion 3 and announced two new sets of Joy-Con. On the third-party front, we found
News Train Up In This Weekend's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Event
Starts this Friday
Later this week on 19th July, Nintendo is hosting a summer training spirit event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The event will run for a total of three days and during this period you'll be able to get triple the number of spirit points. As you can see, you'll be able to get hold of spirits such as Miles "Tails" Prower from Sonic...
UK Charts Super Mario Maker 2 Holds Off Crash Team Racing To Stay In First Place
Dragon Quest Builders 2 debuts in fifth
UK chart data is now available for the week ending 13th July. Super Mario Maker 2 has managed to stay in the top spot after three weeks and a 38% drop in sales week-on-week. Right behind it for the third week in a row is the multi-platform Activision release, Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled. The retro racer...
News Banjo-Kazooie Composer Grant Kirkhope Doesn't Know If There's A Market For A New Game
"I just don't know"
Around the time of E3 2019, when it was revealed Banjo-Kazooie would be added as a playable fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the composer of the bear and bird's original Nintendo 64 outing spoke with VGC about the possibility of a new entry in the series. In a more recent interview with the same website, the one and only...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Splatoon-Themed Spirit Event Starts This Friday
Celebrate the final Splatfest
In the lead up to the final Splatfest for Splatoon 2, a few other Nintendo games are running Splatoon-themed events this weekend. One of these titles is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It's hosting a Splatoon spirit board event, which starts later this week on 12th July and runs until 14th July. You'll be able to obtain...
Random Was Shantae The Half-Genie Hero Just Teased For Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Trigger's animation fuels speculation
Immediately after WayForward revealed Studio Trigger's opening cinematic for Shantae 5, fans of the half-genie hero began commenting about how a window at the start of the 30-second clip looked similar to the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate logo. Is it a sign? Who knows, but there's still plenty of reason to...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate 'Everyone Is Here' Mural Artist Explains How It Was Made
"The idea came from Sakurai-san"
The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate mural featuring all of the game's playable characters will likely stick in our minds as one of the best pieces of gaming artwork of all time. Used in Nintendo Directs (who could forget the moments when new characters would appear alongside old favourites?) and to promote the game at...
News Spike-Themed Spirit Event Begins This Friday In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Ouch!
This week, the spirit event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is focused on spike-themed characters. Starting this Friday, players will encounter more spike spirits than usual. These include good and bad characters such as Dry Bowser, Zinger from the Donkey Kong series, the Able Sisters from Animal Crossing and Super Sonic. Spirits with sharp...
News Diddy Kong Racing Artist Responsible For Banjo-Kazooie's Faithful Smash Ultimate Design
Rare gives shout out to artist Paul Cunningham
Banjo and Kazooie are coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Ah, we'll never get tired of saying that. Thankfully, it seems the same goes for the talented folks at Rare who have shared a blog post detailing their hectic E3 schedule and giving us more details on the big Banjo reveal. We think it's safe...
June2019
Reminder Piranha Plant Codes For Smash Bros. Ultimate Expire At The End Of June
Redeem this fighter for free
If you've got a copy of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and still have a code for the DLC fighter Piranha Plant, you should probably redeem it right now. After 30th June, Piranha Plant download codes – sent out to players who registered their copy of Ultimate before the end of January – can no longer be redeemed. So, if...
Reminder Now Is Your Last Chance To Register For The Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open
Fight your way to EVO 2019
Earlier this month, Nintendo of America's president Doug Bowser announced Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players located in the United States, Canada and Mexico would be able to keep on smashing following the World Championship, in the Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open. Registration is closing soon, so if you would like to...
News Sakurai Says Getting Banjo-Kazooie In Smash Bros. Ultimate Came "Quite Easily"
Was nervous to work with Dragon Quest
Super Smash Bros. series director Masahiro Sakurai has explained that securing Banjo and Kazooie as playable characters for Ultimate came "quite easily", despite the IP now being owned by Microsoft. The information comes from Sakurai's latest column in Japanese magazine Famitsu. In the column (which has been...
News "Metroidmania" Spirit Event Starts Later This Week In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Celebrate Samus
Metroid Prime 4 might have been delayed, but that won't stop Nintendo from spotlighting Samus in the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit event. Here are the details: The three-day #SmashBrosUltimate spirit event "Metroidmania" starts on 28/06! Check your Spirit Board, because #Metroid characters are coming out of the walls!...
News Banjo-Kazooie's Smash Bros. Reveal Was One Of The "Biggest" Moments In Grant Kirkhope's Career
Up there with Mario + Rabbids
In a recent interview with the YouTube channel Shesez, Banjo-Kazooie composer Grant Kirkhope was asked about how he felt when he heard his music in the character reveal trailer for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and how it compared to his other career highlights. According to the living legend himself, it’s on par with...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's Cape-Themed Spirit Board Event Starts Later This Week
Become a caped crusader
This week's spirit board event is all about caped-themed spirits. Expect to see Wario's alter-ego (Wario-Man), Ghirahim from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and many other classic video game characters who wear capes. This event starts on Friday and runs for the entire weekend. If you play Smash during this period you'll...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 15th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
What a busy, busy week it's been in the Nintendo world. E3 has now come to an end, and a good 90% of the Nintendo Life team is feeling ready to retire to our beds for long, well-deserved naps. Before that, though, it's time once again to share with you our weekend gaming plans. As always, we invite you to join...
News Phil Spencer Says Microsoft Had No Problem With Banjo-Kazooie Appearing In Smash Bros. Ultimate
The two companies are on "great" terms
Following the official reveal of Banjo-Kazooie as a DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Head of Xbox Phil Spencer caught up with Kotaku to discuss how exactly the Microsoft and Rare-owned character was able to make an appearance in the popular Nintendo fighter. According to Spencer, the story isn't as...
Video Banjo's Smash Reveal Made For Some Crazy Scenes At Nintendo NYC
A pretty popular choice, then?
One of the best moments of Nintendo's E3 Direct for many of us was the reveal of Banjo-Kazooie as an upcoming character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Indeed, just this morning we had to buy a load of replacement equipment for the office after our excitement caused us to throw drinks, desks, and pretty much everything...
Japanese Charts Smash Ultimate Gets Knocked Off Top Spot By Rage 2
But Switch still dominates
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 3rd - 9th June, revealing that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been booted off top spot. That particular honour goes to newcomer Rage 2 this time around, which sold an estimated 12,146 copies to get there. Another PS4 title, Everybody's Golf VR is the only other newcomer,...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Spirit Board Event Is Zelda: Link's Awakening-Themed
"Let's go to that island again!"
Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next Spirit Board event with be themed on The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, which is coming to Switch in remastered form later this year. The event is called "Let's go to that island again!" and it commences on Friday. Koholint island-related Spirits will...
Feature The Big Nintendo Summary From E3 2019 - Day One
Zelda, Animal Crossing, Witcher 3, No More Heroes III, Banjo and much more
And they're off! E3 2019 is officially one day old and all the big presentations have given way to Treehouse broadcasts and demos on the show floor. Yesterday's Nintendo Direct and following Treehouse livestream gave as a proper look at several games we already knew about,...
News Original Banjo-Kazooie Team "Pleased" About Duo's Return, But Unsure A New Game "Would Sell"
Also doubts about Rare's interest
In the same VGC interview featuring the former Rare composer Grant Kirkhope, Steve Mayles and Chris Sunderland shared their own thoughts about Banjo-Kazooie being added as a DLC fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Steven Mayles, the original character designer of the bird and bear, said he was "pleased" to see...
News Grant Kirkhope Explains How He Got To Compose Banjo-Kazooie Music For Smash Bros. Ultimate
The Mario + Rabbids creative director got in contact
Not long after Banjo-Kazooie was revealed for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during Nintendo's E3 2019 Direct presentation, VGC reached out to the composer, Grant Kirkhope, to hear his side of the story and find out what it was like create music for Nintendo's all-star fighting game. It all started...
Video Nintendo's E3 Direct Went From Pedestrian To Perfection
Getting Jiggy with it
When things first kicked off with Nintendo's Direct this year, I personally wasn't bubbling with excitement. For my sins, Dragon Quest isn't a series that has really gripped me in the past, and feeling that that was the big announcement for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate took the wind out of my sails. Oh how naïve I was. The last...
News Nintendo Details Several Future Smash Bros. amiibo Releases
Eight release dates revealed
As well as the reveal of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening's utterly adorable Link amiibo set to release this September, Nintendo has shared details surrounding some more of the Smash Bros. amiibo line. Release dates have now been provided for Snake, Ivysaur, Squirtle, Incineroar, Simon, Chrom, Dark Samus and...
News Banjo-Kazooie Confirmed For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate This Fall
Straight from the Nintendo Direct! The bear and bird join the fight!
No you’re not dreaming – it really happened. Nintendo has confirmed that Banjo the bear and his sarcastic breegull pal Kazooie are joining the fight in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate this autumn. The duo from Rare's classic N64 platformer Banjo-Kazooie were teased with a troll...
News Dragon Quest's 'The Hero' Revealed As The Next Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC Character
In multiple forms
In today's Nintendo Direct presentation at E3, it was revealed that The Hero from Dragon Quest will be the next DLC character available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Introduced simply as 'The Hero', the character will actually be available in several different forms. In the flashy trailer shown in the Direct, multiple heroes were...
Soapbox The Nintendo World Championships Is Tired, And So Am I
Alan Lopez reports from the event
I just went to the Nintendo World Championships and I am tired. This ballyhooed Nintendo game extravaganza, typically hosted on the same week as the gaming industry’s flagship Electronic Gaming Expo, originated from a fandom-fueled 1990 tournament of the same name. Way back then, the Nintendo World Championships...
News The Nintendo Direct Presentation For E3 2019 Will Be About 40 Minutes
Focusing on this year
With Nintendo's World Championship Tournaments done and dusted, the focus is now on the big Direct presentation for E3 2019. In case you're wondering what to expect, the company's social media accounts have issued an update. It'll apparently be around 40 minutes and will discuss the Switch games releasing this year. Here's the...
News North America's Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open Starts Later This Month
Smash your way into EVO 2019
During the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championship, Nintendo of America's newly-appointed President Doug Bowser announced players located in the United States, Canada and Mexico would be able to keep on smashing in the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Open. The event starts in June (aka. this month) and...
News The Next DLC Fighter For Smash Ultimate Will Be Revealed At Nintendo's E3 Direct
In case you were wondering...
At major fighting game tournaments nowadays, developers and publishers tend to reveal new content once a winner has been crowned. While Nintendo fans were hoping this would happen at the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championship, unfortunately, it didn't. Instead, we got a brief message from the game's director...
Watch The Nintendo 2019 World Championship Tournaments - Live!
Duke it out!
Watch Nintendo's 2019 World Championship Tournaments right here. The action starts with the Super Mario Maker 2 Invitational, continues on with the Splatoon 2 World Championship and ends with the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament. <liveblog id="nintendo world championships_2019-06-09_na" tags="#Nintendo 2019 WC" video="
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 8th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Phew, thank goodness it's the weekend! This week has brought with it all the drama of a Pokémon Direct, fresh Banjo-Kazooie rumours and even more games for the Sega Mega Drive Mini, but now we can finally calm down and talk about o
Gallery Fan Embarks On Year-Long Project To Draw Every Smash Bros. Ultimate Character
And they're all rather lovely
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been sharing galleries of fan-made art a little more frequently than usual and the response from you lovely lot has been nothing but wonderfully positive. Continuing this current trend, we've stumbled across a project encompassing every character from
Japanese Charts Smash Ultimate Fends Off The Competition For Another Week At The Top
Switch takes nine of the top ten places
Famitsu's Japanese chart figures are now in for 27th May - 2nd June, revealing that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate remains at number one. It was a pretty quiet week in the Japanese retail space this week, with no new games making a dent on the top ten. Instead, nine of the top ten spots have been taken by some of...
News Make A Splash In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Spirit Board Event
Starts later this week
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate came out in December and since then there's been an onslaught of spirit events. This week is no different, with Nintendo announcing via social media the next three-day event "Making a Splash" starts this Friday. Here are the details: The three-day spirit event "Making a Splash" starts on...
News Marvel Discusses Potential Smash Bros. Ultimate Crossover, But Don't Count On It
"Anything could happen"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a pretty big deal. Actually, it's a very big deal, and Marvel is now the latest in a string of companies which has had a representative discuss how great it would be to form an alliance (no pun intended) with the Nintendo heavy hitter. In recent months, we've seen the folks be
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (June 1st)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Well, with one thing and another it's been a busy ol' week. We had some Pokémon announcements early on followed by some hands-on time with the upcoming Super Mario Maker 2 (plus some disappointing details, too), and not to forget the
May2019
Reminder Peachette Comes To Smash Bros. Ultimate Today As An Event-Exclusive Spirit
Get her while you can!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's newest in-game event sees a brand new character arrive as an exclusive Spirit. Starting from today, you'll be able to add Peachette to your bulging collection. You may have seen the news already, tucked away inside our Smash Bros. Ultimate VR footage post, but it's worth highlighting the fact that...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 3.1.0 Introduces Lots Of Fighter Adjustments
Here's the full list
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's most recent update has turned out to be an incredibly significant one. You probably already know that Version 3.1.0 has brought with it the option to play in VR, but it's also introduced numerous changes to plenty of playable characters. All fighters have had their wall jumping ability tweaked a...
News Here's Your First Look At The VR Mode In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
And send your amiibo out on an adventure
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...
News Today's Smash Bros. Ultimate Update Adds Labo VR Support
Plus more amiibo goodness
Version 3.1.0 of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate goes live today, and will add support for the Labo Toy-Con VR Goggles. The new 'VR Mode' will give you a whole new perspective on the action, and will, of course, require you to already own the Labo VR Kit. Version 3.1.0 will also allow you to send your amiibo fighters on...
News Nintendo Trying To Attract Casual Smash Bros. Players With Its Tournaments
"We don’t want to compete with the competitive scene"
With an enthusiastic and vocal base of hardcore fans, Super Smash Bros. has a passionate tournament scene which has grown ever since the original game back on Nintendo 64. While Nintendo has been embracing that community more and more in recent times, it is trying to balance its approach...
News The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Update Will Be Released This Week
Fighter adjustments incoming!
Another update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Nintendo Switch is arriving at some point this week. Version 3.1.0 is expected to be a minor patch and will include multiple fighter adjustments. As usual, reply data from previous updates will become incompatible. Here's the announcement from the Nintendo Versus...
News The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Event Will Make Spirits Easier To Catch
Catch them while you can
If you find yourself struggling to capture certain spirits in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after you've defeated them in battle, this week's event "Spirit Shield Slowdown" should make the entire process much less frustrating. During this limited-time event, the roulette at the end of each spirit battle will rotate slower...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (May 18th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
With that lovely Super Mario Maker 2 Nintendo Direct and the surprise launch of a new Pokémon smartphone game, it's been yet another busy week for us here at Nintendo Life. Still, it's now time to sit back and relax for another weekend, and we've gathered together to speak about our gaming plans. We'd love...
Video This Fan-Made Super Smash Bros. Mini-Series Looks Incredibly Promising
Watch this 18-second sample
If the World of Light cinematic in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate left you craving a proper story set within the Smash universe, this new fan-made mini-series might be worth keeping an eye on. As Nintendo seemingly has no intentions to release its own movie or web series based on its all-star cast in the immediate future, a...
