Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Feature 103 Unique Stages

Was Poke Floats among them? I was having to divide my attention between this and something else.

That’s nuts. I’m sad because I don’t think I saw Pyrosphere in there. I get that Ridley can’t be part of it anymore, but I wish they took him out and kept the stage. It looks great.

I just can't even comprehend that many stages. I wonder if they'll have a 'stage playlist' like they added for the rule sets.

@Giygas_95 I believe it was!

We're gonna get a separate 'News' story for each and every one of those announcements, aren't we...

...I wonder if the next one will be more than 10 sentences long?

SMH

And I thought Smash 4 was packed!

What I would give to see Mushroom Kingdom 64 and Mario Bros return. I actually liked those stages and would be honored to buy them as DLC.

Never mind: Those two stages are back. Happy man here.

@HobbitGamer Good stuff. I was also thrilled to see Fountain of Dreams.

@ReaderRagfish What's the second stage? All I saw was a JPEG of Final Destination on the entire reel.

Really though glad we have a lot. Wonder if this will be the death of the level editor though? Not that it would be missed much, it was fun dipsticking around in it.

So pleased to see the N64 stages back and in their original forms. I know they probably aren't the most balanced or innovative or even good stages but they are what I cut my Smash teeth on back in the day.

I'm very impressed by the new stage morphing element should make for some interesting decisions and reactions at key moments. They seem to have pulled off the morph in a very smooth way where if it catches you out it's down to your skill not a cheap trick by the game.

This is incredible!

That graph is like the embodiment of franchise bloat... Over 100 stages seems a tad excessive if you ask me, but I guess they've got nothing else to hang their hat on other than the "more is more" approach with this one.

103 stages + alternate ones alongside over 900 music, Capcom couldn't even include 8 old games on a Switch cartridge. What is this madness?

can you imagine the grinding required to unlock all of this malarkey? who would have all the time for this? oh that's right! amiibo will come and save the day no doubt.

@retro_player_22 Shots fired!

@huyi all stages playable from the start. Amiibo didn't unlock a thing in the last one.

@NaviAndMii Nintendolife has always been like that. I mean what do you expect? And i like this kind of structuring because i there is a comment section for each announcement.

@whanvee well that is a huge relief, now i'm interested in playing smash.

@Ensemen It actually hasn't always been this way...but, whatever - you've gotta generate those clicks somehow, right? [grumble, grumble..]

I wasn't planning on getting this since I have smash on the Wii U but the sheer amount of content for ultimate has convinced me otherwise. Actually the music content alone is worth the price of purchase in my opinion.

My favorite announcement of the direct! There are only like, 16 stages not here, and most of them are completely not needed. Like, Flat Zone 1 and 2 are gone, but we have Flat Zone X. And we don't have Pictochat, but we do have Pictochat 2. Plus, stage morphing is beautiful.

And they're all playable from the start? Now that's gonna be interesting...and overwhelming, so I support the idea of a Smash Stage playlist.

@Giygas_95 @HobbitGamer Is it? Looking at a screenshot of all the stages I couldn't see it on there at all. I believe it's one of the only Melee stages that's been cut along with Mushroom Kingdom and Mute City.

@Markiemania95 Yeah, I don't see it either now. That's a shame. Kind of wonder why just those three stages have been cut.

@Markiemania95 @Giygas_95 Sorry, I was getting confused with stadium. It’s been a packed morning with the direct AND desk work

@Giygas_95 Possibly that they're considered too similar to Smash 64's Mushroom Kingdom and 3DS' Mute City, but that's my best guess.

@HobbitGamer No problem, I understand fully. I've been working a desk too. And sadly, I've been paying more attention to the Smash news than I have my job. XD

@Giygas_95 SAME!! And it doesn’t help with IT having folks install a generator bang smash

@HobbitGamer Good to know I'm not the only one that becomes completely unproductive when a direct roles around!

Almost doubling the amount from Smash Wii U, so awesome.

Ill admit it isnt a port!!!!.... and it deserves the ultimate name, although I really wanted Dixie, Cranky, Funky, Ken, Chun Lee, Banjo, and some Arms characters..

That's... unheard of. This is how it's done people. So many stages you'll never get tired of playing the same ones, because you'll never play the same stage twice in the same sitting!

FYI: Can't believe I'm actually reading comments from people spinning more stages as a bad thing. This community is downright unbelievable sometimes.

I honestly can not wait for this to come out! The direct only made me want it more than ever!

Bummer that PAC-MAZE (from 3DS) was cut. That was one of my favorite stages and was hoping it would be included.

I'm hoping Poke Floats is in this...only other stage I'm wanting back. I didn't catch it in the Direct. (I did see 64's Super Mario Bros. Stage, though, so that's cool. I probably missed that at E3)

@huyi Amiibo's are actually pretty interesting in this game, they are like Pokémons that you can train and they adapt to your fighting style. Not only that, they become reaaaaaaly good. I think an amiibo made it into the (half) finale of an esport competition?

@JaxonH A hazard toggle, a stage morph option a la Playstation Battle Royale, all stages available for 8 players, and fan-favorite and tourney legal stages like Fountain of dreams returns. (All of the stages unlocked being my personal bummer, kinda ruins the mysticism of who's coming.)

Do you guys LIKE playing on Town and city and Smashville on repeat? Actually, you don't have to pay attention to that if you don't want to; it's called having options.

I’m not good at this game, but the music tracks alone would almost be worth buying. If you can get a collectors edition with a cd collection, I’m in.