Super Smash Bros. Ultimate News
April2019
News Nintendo Removes Inappropriate Custom Stages From Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Well, most of them...
One of the best features in Version 3.0 of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the Stage Builder mode. It allows users to create and then share their own custom stages online. Of course, shortly after the update went live yesterday, a small minority of players began uploading a variety of lewd levels. Nintendo has now reportedly...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Stage Builder Is Already Home To Some Inappropriate Content
Because of course it is
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 3.0 has only been live for a matter of hours, but players are already misusing one of the update's biggest features. The Stage Builder, which returns to the series after initially being left out of Ultimate, allows players to create their own custom stages and share them with the world...
News Full Patch Notes And All Fighter Adjustments In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 3.0
Here's everything that has changed
As you'll no doubt be aware by now, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has now been updated to Version 3.0. If you managed to update your game despite Nintendo's servers buckling under the pressure (things should be fine now), you'll notice a few new additions. You probably already know about Stage Builder coming back and...
Reminder You Can Now Play As Joker In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Version 3.0 has arrived!
Update: Nintendo's servers appear to be experiencing some technical difficulties. After months of rumours, speculation and teasers, Version 3.0 of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has finally arrived. What does this mean? Most of all it means you can play as Joker from Persona 5 if you've purchased the first Challenger Pack or...
News A Full Rundown Of Joker's Smash Bros. Ultimate Moveset And Final Smash
And how to use Arsene
If you missed the news, Persona 5's Joker is making his way into Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Nintendo Switch today. Frankly, we'd be amazed if you have missed the news because we've been prattling on about it all day (you can check out more Joker content at the bottom of this article) but now it's time to really get stuck...
News Europe Will Get The Pichu, Isabelle And Pokémon Trainer amiibo Before North America
All dates now confirmed
Alongside the Joker and Version 3.0 shenanigans earlier today was the announcement of the next wave of amiibo, all from the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate series. The effortlessly cool Pokémon Trainer will be joining the effortlessly adorable Pichu and Isabelle for a new batch of figures releasing this summer. Originally, we...
News Here's A Closer Look At Joker's Mementos Stage In Smash Ultimate, All 11 Music Tracks Listed
Change colours with the music
One of the more interesting parts of today's full Joker reveal for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, in our eyes at least, was his stage. Called Mementos, this new stage has a few tricks up its sleeve and is arguably one of the most eye-catching designs in the game. So, let's take a look shall we? In Joker's reveal video, it...
Gallery All Of Joker's Smash Ultimate Alternate Costumes, Kirby Hat And Mii Outfits
Stealing the show
The day is finally here, folks! Joker is arriving in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a playable character today. A star of Persona 5, Joker is arguably one of the flashiest fighters on the Smash scene. We're completely down for the red and black theme presented in his main costume and stage, but there are plenty more costumes...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Celebrates All Things Castlevania This Weekend
'Castlevania: Spirit Nocturne'
We may well have finally been given a release date for Joker's arrival in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, as well as the lovely sounding Version 3.0 update, but the excitement doesn't end there. Nintendo has also revealed details for the next Spirit Board event. This time, Smash is celebrating all things Castlevania, with...
News Pichu, Isabelle And Pokémon Trainer amiibo Arrive In North America This July
Collect 'em all
If you're still collecting Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo and happen to be located in North America, you'll be interested to hear Pichu, Isabelle and Pokémon Trainer will be arriving on 26th July. This announcement was made over on the Nintendo of America Twitter account: New Super Smash Bros. series #amiibo are on the way!...
News Joker Steals The Show In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate This Week
Releasing alongside Version 3.0
Following on from the render spotted within the source code on the European Nintendo website, Nintendo has now revealed Version 3.0 of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will arrive in the US today on 17th April and tomorrow in the UK on 18th April. Alongside this update is the release of Joker, the first paid DLC fighter...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (April 13th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Here we are at the end of yet another week, finally winding down and getting ready to enjoy some of those video game thingies we seem to talk about so much. As always, team Nintendo Life has gathered around to discuss our gaming plans for the weekend, and we'd love for you to get involved in the comments and...
News Fans Create Website With Descriptions For All Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirits
Doing what Nintendon't
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the series' trophies were entirely scrapped, replaced instead with Spirits. Collecting all of these Spirits is one heck of a challenge, and there are plenty of characters featured that many will be discovering for the first time, but the descriptions of each character - which used to be...
News The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Event Will Have You Searching For 'The Right Staff'
Kicks off this weekend
Nintendo has revealed the next themed event coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and this time it's all centred around staff-wielding spirits. The event is called 'The Right Staff' and will kick off this Friday, 12th April. As always, the event will last for three days, giving you the chance to pick up any of these...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Commercial Confirms The Return Of Stage Builder
Put on your hard hat
Remember the rumour last month about the stage builder and home run contest mode being added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate in a future update? Well, it looks like one of these modes has been confirmed. After dataminers found files within the 'How To Play' section of Ultimate referencing the two modes, a new commercial for Smash...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Wins Famitsu Game Of The Year Award
Alongside Monster Hunter: World
If Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hasn't already received enough praise, it's now taken out Famitsu's 2018 Game of the Year Award alongside Monster Hunter: World. It's a similar situation to the previous year when The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Dragon Quest XI both won. The game's creator Masahiro Sakurai...
Soapbox I Don't 'Get' Smash Bros. And I Just Don't Know Why
Confessions of an apathetic Smasher
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on various topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, staff writer Gavin looks back on his history with the Smash Bros. series and tells us why he's weary of the latest iteration on Switch...
News Get Ready For Some Intense Smash Ultimate Action In The European Championship Final
Watch it live next month
If you're a fan of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and want to see the game be played at a ridiculously furious skill level, you might want to tune in to the European finals next month. Teams from all over Europe have been splatting and smashing their way to victory recently; the Splatoon 2 European champions have already been...
Random Halo's Twitter Account Wants Master Chief To Finish The Fight In Smash Bros. Ultimate
Spartan-117 reporting for duty
In case you missed it, Twitter has a verified account to talk about video games. Yesterday, it asked users of the platform what character they would invite to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate if they could pick anyone. While it's hard not to chuckle at the requests for Goku, Shrek and Spider-Man, some users took it a little...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 2.0.2 Adds Support For Daisy, Ken And Young Link amiibo
The next update has arrived
Nintendo has released a new patch for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch. Version 2.0.2 adds support for the Daisy, Ken and Young Link amiibo. Below are the compatibility notes: The latest software version is required to enter Online mode Local wireless play is not compatible with version 2.0.1 and earlier There...
March2019
News Did Best Buy Leak Joker's Render For Smash Bros. Ultimate Ahead Of Schedule?
This might not be a joke
Sure, it's April Fools tomorrow, but this is a case where we're not joking. It looks like the deals page over on the Best Buy website has just leaked the render for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter Joker. The Persona 5 character is expected to arrive in Ultimate before the end of April as a part of the
News Nintendo's Global Championships For Splatoon 2 And Smash Bros. Ultimate Take Place This June
Right before E3
Nintendo will be hosting the global championships for both Splatoon 2 and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on 8th June in lead-up to this year's E3. The Los Angeles-based finals will include players from North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia/New Zealand. Below is the announcement from the Nintendo Versus Twitter account: Here's...
Japanese Charts Smash Bros. Ultimate Overtakes Splatoon 2 As The Best-Selling Switch Game
Super Robot Wars T debuts in 3rd
Japanese chart figures are now in for 18th - 24th March revealing that, as we predicted last week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has now overtaken Splatoon 2 as the best-selling game on Nintendo Switch in the region. The game sold another 21,008 copies this week, taking its total physical sales in Japan to 2,974,153.
News Take To The Skies In The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Event
Spread your wings and fly
The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate spirit event "Kings & Queens of the Sky" starts this Friday and runs for a total of three days. If it wasn't already clear, this event is all about flying spirits. During this event, you'll encounter more winged spirits than usual. You can expect to see flying-type Pokémon, Squawks...
News Buy Smash Bros. Ultimate At Nintendo's UK Store And Get A Second Copy For Half Price
Smashing
We love Super Smash Bros. Ultimate here at Nintendo Life, but one thing's for certain: there is definitely more fun to be had when playing the game with a friend. If you're wanting to play the game with one of your friends online, this new deal from the Nintendo Official UK Store might be just the perfect thing. While stocks last, buying a...
Rumour New Persona 5 Trailer Connected To Recent Smash Bros. Ultimate Datamine
Another link
Persona 5 R is now officially known as Persona 5: The Royal, after a short teaser commercial for the upcoming PlayStation 4 game aired during the latest episode of the animated series. While there was no mention of the new Atlus game being released on the Nintendo Switch, there is believed to be a link between this latest trailer and...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 23rd)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Well, what a busy week we've had. There was the Nindies Showcase, which brought with it the Cuphead and Cadence of Hyrule reveals, the
News Cuphead's Creator Would Be "More Than Pleased" To Let Him Appear In Super Smash Bros.
And Mugman, too
You might think that Cuphead's surprise announcement for Switch would be more than enough good news on its own, but that hasn't stopped fans from dreaming even bigger. We've seen several comments from site readers and social media users hoping that the game's titular character might now appear in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate since the...
Japanese Charts Smash Ultimate Is Now Less Than 10,000 Copies Away From Outselling Splatoon 2
Smash could take over next week
Japanese chart figures are now in for 11th - 17th March, revealing that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is on the brink of becoming the best-selling Switch game in the region. This week saw another 20,706 copies be sold at retail (making it the best-selling Switch game this week), taking its total sales to 2,953,145...
News Eat Up In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Spirit Board Event
Food fight
It's that time of the week again when Nintendo reveals its next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board event. This one is titled "Spring Snackfest" and starts later this week on Friday. As usual, there's some fancy artwork to promote the event: During this event, you'll earn more Snack (L) after every battle and your Spirit Points...
News Kickstarter Project Makes Custom Switch Pro Controllers For Every Smash Ultimate Character
Hide your wallet immediately
If you love Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and glorious pieces of gaming hardware as much as we do, you'll probably have a pretty hard time resisting this one. A Kickstarter crowdfunding project has recently launched offering backers a custom Switch Pro Controller featuring any character design they like from the game, and...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 16th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
We've made it to yet another weekend and it's finally time to relax with some of our favourite games. After the excitement of the physical Hollow Knight release and the horror of seeing Zelda: Breath of the Wild without its cel-shading this week, team Nintendo Life has gathered to talk over our weekend gaming...
News Nintendo Labo, Pokémon, Smash Bros. And More Receive BAFTA Games Awards 2019 Nominations
Here's the full list
The BAFTA Games Awards 2019 will be taking place next month, celebrating some of the best titles to grace our screens over the past few months. There are several Nintendo games up for awards this year, so let's take look through the full list. Nintendo's recent major players are correct and present as you'd expect, with...
News "Green Is The New Black" In Smash Bros. Ultimate's Upcoming Spirit Board Event
Starts later this week
You know the drill, it's that time of the week when a new Spirit Board event is announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This latest event is titled "Green Is The New Black" and unsurprisingly focuses on green-coloured spirits. As you'll see above and below, we're talking about spirits such as Yarn Yoshi, Link from The...
Video You Can Now Play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate With A D-Pad
And it's not great
Remember the 8BitDo M30 gamepad our lovely video producer Alex Olney went hands-on with last week? Well, he's just discovered something else about this controller after taking a look at the instruction manual. The D-Pad can actually emulate left joysticks. Apparently, it's a "new thing" that can be don
News Twitch Plays Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Can the internet beat the World of Light?
Twitch Plays Pokémon is an internet phenomenon where live stream viewers are able to input commands into a chat box and play through entire Pokemon games together. Although it might seem like yesterday, this social experiment actually started out in 2014. Since then, there have been countless Twitch Plays...
Random Mod Puts Peter Griffin In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Lucky there's a family guy!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has an incredible lineup of Nintendo stars: Mario, Link, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Peter Griffin... Hang on. Yes, not content with the 70+ characters available in the game, and no doubt trying to add a little humour to proceedings, this mod has replaced King K. Rool with Peter Griffin, star of US...
News Masahiro Sakurai Comments On The Making Of The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural
A true work of art
In our eyes, one of the best things about the build-up to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's release was the beautiful mural, constantly evolving as more and more characters were announced. Not only was it a joy to look at, but it really gave a sense of just how big the game was going to be and watching new characters squeeze in every...
Random Fan Makes Jigglypuff Smash Bros. Montage To The Can-Can Music
And it's pretty spectacular
It’s Monday morning, it’s typically chilly and rainy (at least, it is where we are), and the thought of dealing with yet another working week is probably bumming you out. However, it just so happens that we have the perfect antidote: a Jigglypuff montage made to ‘the Can-Can song’. Shared by Reddit user...
Gallery Get A Closer Look At Young Link, Pichu, Daisy And Ken In amiibo Form
Collect them all
If you're still collecting Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo, you might be interested in this exclusive look at the next batch. During a 'Made in Asia' convention held in Belgium this weekend, YouTube channel Gaming Boulevard got up close and personal with four of the upcoming NFC figures. Here's a look at each one: Young Link...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 9th)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Another busy week has gone by, with rumours of another 2019 Zelda release and Mario game discounts popping up all over the place, but we've finally made it to the weekend and it's time to play some games. As always, team Nintendo Life has gathered together to discuss our plans and we'd love to have you...
Rumour Home Run Contest And Stage Builder Returning To Super Smash Bros.
Batter up
There's a new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate rumour suggesting the popular home run contest mode and stage builder will be added to the game in a future update. This information comes from the YouTube Channel Source Gaming, where it reveals dataminers have found files within the 'How To Play' section of Ultimate, making reference to the...
News Ken, Young Link And Daisy amiibo Now Available To Pre-Order From Nintendo UK Store
Go! Go! Go!
If you're hoping to gather a complete set of Super Smash Bros. amiibo, or perhaps you're just looking to pick up one or two of your favourites, you'll probably want to jump on these new pre-orders. Ken, Young Link, and Daisy have all appeared on the Nintendo Official UK Store for the now-usual price of £12.99 each. All three are...
Japanese Charts Smash Ultimate Returns To Number Two, Dead Or Alive 6 Takes Top Spot
Switch hardware sales as strong as ever
Japanese chart figures are now in for 25th February - 3rd March, revealing that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has managed to climb back up to number two this week. The game narrowly beats New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe to that position, with just over 1,000 sales between them, but it's Dead or Alive 6 which has...
News The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board Event Is All About Racing
Start your engines later this week
The themed spirit events in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continue, with the next event focused on racing. These spirits will pop up more frequently in the latest Spirit Board event starting this Friday. Expect to see spirits from Excitebike and the F-Zero series, as displayed in the tweet below: This ev
News Sakurai Battled Through Health Issues With An IV Drip During Smash Ultimate Development
"I just get an IV drip and go to work like normal"
The health of Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has been discussed rather heavily over the last few years, with fans often concerned about his wellbeing thanks to a seemingly overly-punishing work schedule. Various health issues have caused Sakurai to hint at rethinking his work-life...
Random Multiple Nintendo Characters Appear In Mixer Banner On Xbox One Dashboard
Not what you might expect
Earlier this week, a Twitter user spotted Marina from Splatoon 2 on the Xbox One dashboard within the Mixer section. As you may or may not be aware, Mixer is a Microsoft-owned live-streaming platform for all types of video games across multiple platforms. The timing of it was definitely odd, coming off the recent onslaught...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Weekend? (March 2nd)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
Here we are, folks! We've made it to the end of yet another week. It's been a busy one, what with all the Pokémon goodness and the Resident Evil pricing shenanigans, but now it's time to sit back and chat about which games we'll be playing over the next couple of days. As ever, we've left our entries down...
February2019
Guide Super Smash Bros. Ultimate amiibo - Where to Buy Young Link, Ken And Daisy
Shinryuken!
With a new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate comes with it a raft of new amiibo. Nintendo's pulled no punches here either, with a physical toy version of every single new fighter in the latest version of Smash. The next wave of brawlers to be made available for preorder are Young Link, Ken and Daisy, and they all look rather lovely indeed...
News The Next Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Event Puts The Pedal To The Metal
Turn it up to 11
Nintendo has revealed the theme for the next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit event, and this time it's embracing all things metal. Yes, under the name 'Hard 'n' Heavy Metal', this event will kick off this Friday and lasts for three days as usual. You'll find plenty of Spirits with metal bodies popping up on the Spirit Board, so...
