Super Smash Bros. Ultimate News
January2020
News DOOM Director Says The Team Has "Bantered" With Nintendo Asking For Doomguy In Smash Bros.
"We’re open-minded"
It's only been a handful of days since Fire Emblem's Byleth was revealed as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's fifth DLC challenger, but discussion surrounding the next set of fighters has already begun. We've already had our first rumour doing the rounds earlier today, and now it's time for a spot of wishful thinking. We don't mean
Rumour Crash Bandicoot Is Smash Ultimate DLC Fighter 6, According To Byleth Leaker
Here we go again...
The rumours are already starting to circulate around Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next set of DLC fighters (do they ever stop?), and this time Crash Bandicoot is the talk of the town. This supposed 'leak' comes from a Twitter user going by the name @MandyCanNot, a seemingly
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Hosts Kunio-kun Event Later This Week, Four New Spirits Up For Grabs
Get ready to brawl
One iconic series that doesn't always get the recognition it probably deserves is Kunio-kun (also known as River City and Street Gangs here in the west). Thankfully, though, this week Nintendo is celebrating it in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Starting this Friday, on 24th January, there'll be a new event all about this long-time...
Video Let's Talk About Byleth In Smash Bros. And The Fourth House In Fire Emblem: Three Houses
A big week for Fire Emblem fans
So, the secret is out and we now know the fifth paid DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Byleth from Fire Emblem: Three Houses. Obviously, not everyone is happy that yet another character from this long-running tactical role-playing series will be represented and that's why our American-based video producer...
News New Challenger Byleth Gets Added To The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural
Spot the Fire Emblem character
Yesterday's announcement and reveal of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Challenger #5 rounded out the first round of DLC fighters added to Nintendo's crossover brawler. While opinion on Fire Emblem: Three Houses' Byleth seems to be
News Cuphead Dev Thanks Sakurai And Nintendo For The "Unbelievable Opportunity"
Indies represent!
One of the highlights of Masahiro Sakurai's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate broadcast yesterday was the reveal of the new Mii Fighter costumes coming to the game. This time around there's a lot of third-party and indie representation. We've got another Mega Man alt, Altair from Assassin's Creed, the Rabbids, and
News NPD Shares US Software Sales For Last Month, 2019 And The Decade
Luigi's Mansion 3 was Nintendo's best-seller in December
Following on from hardware sales, let's now take a look at the software sales within the US last year. For starters, Nintendo had half of the top 20 best-selling video games in December. The best-selling game of December 2019 was Activision's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, and further down the...
News Fire Emblem's Byleth Will Be Voiced By Zack Aguilar In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
"a childhood dream come true"
A few months after Fire Emblem: Three Houses had been released on the Switch, Nintendo had to replace the voice of the male version of Blyeth, after the character's voice actor revealed he had abused and mistreated both friends and partners over the past decade. The
Poll Are You Happy With Smash Bros. Ultimate Challenger 5?
Chin up, plenty more DLC in the sea
"Too many swordsmen, are there?" Challenger #5 - the final DLC fighter in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's (first) Fighters Pass - has been revealed. Yes, feeling that the Fire Emblem series was under represented in its flagship crossover fighting game, Nintendo will be adding Byleth - the protagonist of F
Random Did Geoff Keighley Really Just Hint That A Death Stranding Character Is Coming To Smash?
"Ludens Fan will be checking the mail!"
With the news that we're getting six (count 'em) new fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the inevitable speculation is going to occur. Now that the entire cast of the Fire Emblem series is in the game (it sure feels like it, at least), what
News Cuphead, Rabbids And Assassin's Creed's Altair Join Smash Bros. Ultimate As Mii Costumes
And two versions of Mega Man!
In addition to the reveal of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's fifth DLC fighter and the second Fighters Pass DLC, series director Masahiro Sakurai today revealed the latest bunch of Mii Fighter costumes to launch in the game. From the 28th January, you'll be able to purchase all of the costumes shown below. Let's go...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass Volume 2 Will Add Another Six Fighters
Monstrous
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's roster is already larger than anything we could have imagined before the game was released, but even more fighters are on the way. We already knew that a second Fighters Pass was coming, but today, series director Masahiro Sakurai revealed that it will contain six additional fighters. The new pass will be...
Watch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 5th DLC Character Revealed - Live!
Dante? Waluigi? Fire Emblem for a change?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai is all set to reveal the game's fifth and final DLC character for the current Fighters Pass. Excited? You can catch the whole reveal right here from 6am PT / 9am ET / 2pm GMT / 3pm CET; Nintendo says it'll be "roughly 35 minutes" long and will also...
Random Sakurai's Three Finger Hand Gesture Has Sent The Internet Absolutely Bonkers
It's a meme now
At the time of writing, there are 34 hours left until Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai reveals the all-star fighting game's fifth DLC character. The show is expected to be roughly 35 minutes long and will provide an "in-depth look" at the upcoming fighter. Nothing else has been shared about the fighter, but one...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's 5th DLC Character Will Be Revealed On 16th January In Livestream
Hosted by Sakurai
Update: Watch the stream live right here! The time has finally come, folks! Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's fifth DLC character is about to be revealed. Nintendo has announced that the series' director Masahiro Sakurai will be hosting a livestream on 16th January to reveal and provide an "in-depth look" at the upcoming fighter. The...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Gets Four New Astral Chain Spirits This Week
Summon a Legion
Nintendo has held a lot of spirit events in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for its exclusive Switch titles, but one game that missed out around the time of its release was Astral Chain. To make up for this, later this week the all-star brawler will be hosting a special-themed event based on PlatinumGames hit release. This spirit event...
News Nintendo's President Explains "Embarrassing" Lack Of Financial Support For Smash Bros. eSports
"It’s not that we’re opposed to it"
Gaming isn't just about having a bit of fun for some players – those who have chosen eSports as their profession also make their livelihoods out of interactive entertainment. The only way they can do that is by attending tournaments and events which offer a pool of prize money to participants, and that's why...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Hosts amiibo Tag Tournament Later This Week
amiibo joins the battle!
For the second Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event of the year, Nintendo is hosting an amiibo tag tournament. It will start later this week on 10th January and will run for three days. As normal as it may seem, this limited-time event is actually a little different from the regular ones, as your amiibo is required to...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 6.1.1 Is Now Live, Adds Support For Dark Samus And Richter amiibo
Echo Fighters represent
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one of the many games that keeps improving with constant updates, balance adjustments, and fixes applied on a regular basis. In the latest update – Version 6.1.1 – Nintendo has implemented support for two upcoming amiibo figures. They are Dark Samus from the Metroid series and Richter from...
Gallery Masahiro Sakurai Shares The Photos He's Taken In Smash Bros. Ultimate
And they're amazing!
Have you ever taken a photo in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and then wondered what Masahiro Sakurai's in-game screenshots look like? Are they are as crazy and creative as all the other photos uploaded and shared on Nintendo's online mobile app? If anything, they're probably more impressive than the average user photo. According...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Pays Tribute To GameCube Classic Melee With Limited-Time Tournament
A blast from the past
If there's one classic Nintendo game a lot of people are still playing on a regular basis, it's the 2001 title Super Smash Bros. Melee on the GameCube. It took the series to new heights, thanks to its faster and frantic gameplay and featured more characters and modes than its predecessor. To this day, it's still a hit at major...
December2019
Feature One Year In, What do the Pros Think of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
"We need developer support. I can’t stress this enough"
Traditionally, a one year anniversary is celebrated with paper. That definitely won’t be a problem for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s own one year anniversary; with a couple of months to spare, Nintendo’s mascot fighting game is already the best selling fighting video game of all time...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's Last Event Of The Year Celebrates Characters Who Wear Shorts
Donkey Kong could learn a thing or two
On a weekly basis this year, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has hosted a special in-game event or tournament, promoting both new and existing spirits. Believe it or not, but we're now up to the final event of 2019. Going out with a bang, this new event currently taking place is all about spirits wearing shorts. It...
Talking Point What Are You Playing This Christmas? (Special Edition 2019)
Here are our picks, but what are yours?
As regular visitors will know, every weekend, we share our gaming plans for the next couple of days and read through all of your entries in the comments. This time, though, we're switching things up a bit, getting together to chat about our plans over the holidays instead. That's right, Christmas is (nearly)...
News Sakurai Discusses "Drawing Light, Not Objects" In Final Famitsu Column of 2019
In-depth thoughts on graphic development
Masahiro Sakurai's latest Famitsu column has been released, and it happens to be his last for 2019. In the article, titled "Draw light, not objects." Sakurai discusses various graphical development techniques and thoughts. We've gone ahead and translated the article for you. Please note, this is a general...
Feature How Super Smash Bros. Became The Ultimate Fighter
The path of a champion
What do you do if you’ve been fighting with the same people for 20 years? If you’re Nintendo, you hand out some weapons, get an announcer, and invite your friends over to watch. The Super Smash Bros. series, Nintendo’s perennial Saturday-morning-cartoon take on how fighting video games can work, turns a whopping 20...
News The Game Awards GOTY Is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
A surprising outcome
The Game Awards has just concluded for another year. So who won? Well, it wasn't Death Stranding or Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as predicted. In the end, the action-adventure game Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC took out the title. Here's a video replay of this "spectacular" win:
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Awarded Best Fighting Game Of 2019
Bowser takes to the stage
Nintendo's all-star brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might not have taken out GOTY at this year's Game Awards, but it's at least picked up the best fighting game award. Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America's president, took to the stage to receive this award on behalf of Nintendo and thanked Masahiro Sakurai and his team for...
News Celebrate '80s Gaming In This Week's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
Old school
The 1980s saw the birth of many iconic video game characters. It started off with Game & Watch and Pac-Man and a year later we got Mario and Donkey Kong. In the same decade, we saw Link, Mega Man and Samus for the first time ever. To celebrate this era, this Friday, on 13th December, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Switch will be...
News The Elusive Smash Bros. GameCube Controller Is Getting A Restock
Coming early 2020
If you're a hardcore Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player, then chances are you swear by the GameCube controller. Many fans of the series consider it to be the best interface for the game, and this has led to incredibly high levels of demand for the official option released by Nintendo itself some time ago (along with the...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Celebrates Its First Anniversary With A Special Spirit Event
And you're invited!
Later this week, Nintendo's all-star fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate celebrates its first anniversary. Depending on how much you've played the game since it was released, it might feel like its launch was just yesterday or a lifetime ago. So, how exactly is it celebrating this milestone? With a limited-time spirit board...
November2019
News NPD Reveals The Top-Selling Fighting Games On Switch In America
First place goes to Smash Bros. Ultimate, of course
NPD video game industry analyst Mat Piscatella, who regularly provides data about US gaming habits, has this week been taking questions from his followers on Twitter. Earlier on in the week, he revealed the best-selling third-party games on Nintendo platforms in the US and now he's been asked by...
News Four New Resident Evil Spirits Are Coming To Smash Bros. Ultimate Later This Week
Prepare for scares
Capcom's Resident Evil series has well and truly made itself at home during the Switch generation. Not long ago we saw the release of Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6 on the eShop, and before then we got the fourth game and the Resident Evil Origins Collection. To top it off, Nintendo's all-star fighting game Super Smash Bros...
News PlayStation Reaches The Semi-Finals Of Japanese Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
Update: Watch the tournament highlights here
Update [Mon 25th Nov, 2019 11:30 GMT]: It has been revealed that Taisho Pharmaceutical won Famitsu's corporate Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament, which secures a full-page advertisement and article in a future issue of the popular Weekly Famitsu magazine. But how did Sony Interactive Entertainment's...
News Masahiro Sakurai Reminds Us He's Still Working Hard On DLC Fighters For Smash Bros. Ultimate
No time to rest
As you might recall, this week the Japanese magazine Famitsu was hosting a special 'corporate' Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament featuring a number of local firms. One rather big surprise included Nintendo's competitor PlayStation. In the end, Taisho Pharmaceutical wo
News Sakurai On Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Becoming Best-Selling Fighting Game of All Time
His thoughts on Terry's inclusion, plus more
The latest issue of Weekly Famitsu has been released, and once again we are treated to a column written by Masahiro Sakurai. This is a summary of the column, as translated by Nintendo Life. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has exceeded the lifetime sales of Street Fighter II to become the best-selling...
News Brand New Pokémon Sword And Shield Spirits Are Being Added To Smash Bros. Ultimate
Gotta catch 'em all
Following on from last week's generic Pokémon event, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now hosting a special Pokémon Sword and Shield event. The best news is it adds brand new spirits to the game! The event itself starts this Friday on 22nd November and will run for a total of five days, so you have plenty of time to catch 'em...
News Jeff Kaplan Answers Which Nintendo Character He'd Most Like To See In Overwatch 2
A link between franchises
In a recent quick-fire video interview with Overwatch's Game Director Jeff Kaplan, Game Informer asked the Blizzard VP not only which Overwatch character he'd love to see join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster (which
News Untitled Goose Game Dev Wins The 2019 Golden Joystick Breakthrough Award
And Smash Bros. Ultimate takes out Nintendo GotY
This week at London's Bloomsbury Big Top, the results of the 37th Golden Joystick Awards were revealed. More than 3.5 million public votes were cast to determine the winners across 19 categories. On the Switch front, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate took out the Nintendo game of the year. Perhaps more...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 6.1.0 Is Now Live, Fixes Terry Bogard Glitch
Make sure to update!
Update: As promised, the 6.1.0 update has now arrived in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The update fixes the recently discovered Terry Bogard glitch, but doesn't appear to have changed the character's attributes on the battlefield. Your game should automatically update the next time you turn it on (while connected to the...
News Konami Hasn't Completely Forgotten About Its Mystical Ninja Goemon
Is he making a return?
It has been a while since we heard from Konami's Goemon series. In fact, the last proper game he starred in dates back to 2005 during the Nintendo DS generation. Since then, the mystical ninja has resurfaced here and there, and most recently showed up in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as Mii Fighter costume in September. Now,...
News Smash Ultimate Players Rebel Against Sakurai's Comments And Put Fatal Fury's Mai Into The Game
If there's a will...
You might remember that last week, during the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation which introduced new playable character Terry Bogard, series director Masahiro Sakurai commented on the absence of Fatal Fury's Mai. In direct response to his comments, fans have decided to get Mai into the game in any way that they can...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's Pokémon Themed Tournament Starts Later This Week
Be the very best
This week is rather significant for the Pokémon series, with the launch of the next-generation games Sword and Shield on Friday. In celebration of the special occasion, Nintendo's all-star fighting game Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is hosting a Pokémon tournament. Above is promotional artwork featuring Mewtwo, Pikachu, Lucario,...
News What Sakurai Really Meant When He Said Smash Bros. "Is For Good Boys And Girls"
If it wasn't already obvious enough
If you tuned into Masahiro Sakurai's Terry Bogard video demonstration earlier this week, you'll probably remember the part when he mentioned Super Smash Bros. Ultimate "is for good boys and girls", so the team decided to exclude the Fatal Fury
Poll Come On, Tell Us If You've Been Playing As Terry Bogard In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Facing the fury
It's been an exciting week for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the arrival of the DLC fighter Terry Bogard and Version 6.0. Despite some fans not knowing who the heck he was initially, this veteran fighter is here on behalf of SNK's
Video Smash Bros. Ultimate Glitch Freezes Terry And One Of The Ice Climbers In Time
Nana is horrified
Earlier in the week, Nintendo released the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter Terry Bogard and updated the all-star game to Version 6.0. A few days on, and a glitch has now surfaced online. Fortunately, this particular one is nothing major, so you don't have to worry about your save file being corrupted or the latest update...
News Hey, Come On And Get Your Very Own Terry Bogard Hat
Just like Smash Ultimate's newest star
If you're feeling the Terry Bogard hype after yesterday's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation and the SNK star's first day in the game, why not treat yourself to a replica hat, allowing you to be just like your new favourite fighter on the big screen? This charming piece of Fatal Fury
News Kirby Transforms Into A Fatal Cutie When He Uses His Copy Ability On Terry Bogard
A smashing new look
We've seen some fatal cuties in certain other games in the past, but this one is perhaps the cutest of them all. Following the release of the DLC fighter Terry Bogard in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the Nintendo Versus Twitter account has uploaded a few screenshots to showcase what exactly the pink puffball Kirby looks like as...
News Become The King Of Fighters In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Latest Tournament
Come on, join the battle
During Masahiro Sakurai's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Terry Bogard demonstration video yesterday, it was revealed a new in-game tournament event would be starting this Friday. Of course, this is all to celebrate the SNK character's recent release. This special event, titled "The Road to Becoming Fighting King" starts on 8th...
News Sakurai Says Fatal Fury's Mai Isn't In Smash Because The Game "Is For Good Boys And Girls"
Not safe for Smash
If you watched today's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation, you'll probably be aware that Terry isn't the only SNK character being added to the game today. In the new stage released as part of Terry's DLC pack - the King of Fighters Stadium - you'll spot lots of SNK heroes cheering you on in the background. We're talking...
