Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Feature A Single-Player Classic Mode

A Story Mode like Subspace Emissary is all I ask for.

@rushiosan Yep.

These modes are what I have been waiting to see since the announcement. Really hoping for either Subspace Emissary port or sequel, or at the very least, Adventure mode from Melee. The co-op from Subspace Emissary is one of my favorite modes in Smash.

@rushiosan Likewise!

Give me something to do as I don't have any friends!

I wonder what the new unknown mode will be?... 🤔 Im placing bets on Subspace Emisarry! YAS!
I also hope a type of Smash Run from the 3DS is added into this game, and being able to encounter each other in the overworld map!
Just hyped and excited!

Hopefully we'll get an 'ultimate' treatment in the single player modes too.

I want another subspace but don't mind if the videos are axed in favor to Sakurai having a life and Nintendo not going broke ( until, of course, the game sells 5 copies per human in the world).

Bring back story mode. :/

Looks like it's gonna be more straightforward again, unlike in Smash 4 Wii U. Hopefully there won't be any 8-player matches in Classic Mode, because those are a little too chaotic for me

I hope that blurred out mode was a bigger, better Smash Run with more mazes and online multiplayer. Who's with me?

It looks like they removed that atrocious game board. Good.

Yes! None of that smash4wiiu crap.

I can't understand how the bloody hell is it possible to be excited by a the announcement of a single player mode ?

Like it's abnormal to have one in a fighting game ... LMAO

This is news? They all have a classic mode!

@Cobalt it’s not really abnormal for a fighting game to have a single player mode. Pretty much any fighter has a single player mode. Usually in the form of an arcade/ladder mode or actual single player story mode. Examples of this are pretty much any mortal Kombat, soul caliber series as far as I kno, street fighter series and most recently dragonball fighter z has a single player story mode. So I’d say there’s definitely a community that looks forward to a single player mode.

It's expected, so I'm not too surprised. One thing I'm hoping for this Classic Mode is going back to the Arcade-style direction in the pre-3DS games. I want the settings for Lives and Difficulty instead of the Intensity Gauge.

@rushiosan And hopefully a better Adventure Mode. Subspace was fine, but it felt dull and generic in a lot of places for me and the whole mode was just tedious and repetitive. The only thing I liked about it was The Great Maze.

@Draxa

Yeah but my point was more like : it is fortunate to have a single player mode. Like do we have to be grateful for that ? o_O

I hope we see some Master Hand and Crazy Hand to wrap things up. Could do without the weird goop shadow creature from wii u though that came out of them.

*yaaaawn

Hearing that the fighter lists for classic mode are tailored personally for each character harken back to being in middle school, manufacturing some weird story mode for each character in my brain (most of which revolved around ness proving his worth).

This sounds like a nice addition but for me to buy this Subspace Emissary is needed. Clearly, they still have cards under their sleeve!

I wish folks wouldn't get their hopes up for a Subspace 2. If Sakurai maintains the same mentality he did back during Wii U/3DS's development, these character reveal trailers are the most you're gonna get in regards to cinematic character interactions.

I mean, anything's possible with this being the Ultimate Smash Bros. But I feel that Adventure Mode and/or Smash Run likely has a better chance of making a return than a new Story Mode.

Hopefully single player is how u unlock the roster. If its all unlocked from the get go it will take all the fun out the game. Its all about the grind but nintendo dobt understand this based on mario kart dx and tennis

So, this won't be like Melee ? where you had a stage to complete

@Djgoa I agree, I remember how exciting it was unlocking characters and trophies via classic mode.

@Djgoa

They said during the presentation that the roaster will be totally unlocked from the start ! :/

Classic mode in Smash. No sh...

@Djgoa from what I heard the starting roster is the original 8 from 64 and it unlocks from there!

@DTFaux Well, the reveal trailers so far (not counting those of Smash 4) could very well be part of a story mode. All of them had them fighting against enemies in their game.

@Bensei I had a similar thought, especially with the Belmonts and the Dracula boss battle but then they showed those enemies as just interactive map hazards, so I can't tell if that means much or is just a trailer.

@DTFaux The game really needs some kind of story mode. It's 2018, the only fighting game without a story mode is SFV. DB:FZ, Tekken 7, DoA5, Injustice1/2, MK X, BB:CTB (albeit short), MvC....everything but Smash 4 and SFV have story modes. I'm not sure about SC6 but I presume it will.

@Cobalt That's not true, they said they will REVEAL every character before the game releases - so leaks like with Smash 4 (where everyone knew Duck Hunt Duo was in prior to the game's release because of an ESRB leak) won't be possible.

As said on E3, the original Smashers will be unlocked, the rest is unlockable (though I don't remember if this meant theoriginal 8 or original 12, thus including the unlockables).

@NEStalgia Who says he can't be both? A boss in Story-Mode AND a stage hazard (which due to the wording might only appear at certain times like midnight, I think).

Also: SC5 didn't have an outfleshed Story Mode but two character films for each fighter in their form of "Classic" Mode and some kind of Adventure Mode that was more like "Event-Mode" (talking in Smash-Terms) with a text narrative (so no videos).

I’m only in it for solo player and it needs to be deeper and better thought out than Mario Tennis. Which was very lacking in that department....

@Bensei

My bad, it's the stages, not the characters ! ^^

Never doubted there’d be a Classic Mode. Still holding out for Melee-style Adventure Mode, which to me still feels like the best alternative single player mode. Subspace and Smash Run were great at first but ended up being chores, and the least said about the Wii U board game thingy the better.

@Djgoa They already announced during the E3 presentation that you will start with barely any characters having to unlock the rest.

@Cobalt thats rediculas!! Nothing to play for then. Nintendo wont learn will they. Why give everything straight away.

I hope they keep 8 player Smash away from this mode, unlike Smash 4 Wii U.

This sounds better than the Smash Wii U Classic Mode. I'm also expecting an Adventure/Subspace Emissary Mode - how else would Rathalos be a boss?

@Bensei Well, they said Rathalos is the first ever to be both a boss and hazard, so I presume that means Dracula isn't. But that does beg in what capacity Rathalos will be.

I'm still thinking SC6 will have something since it seems to be the trend in fighters. Even Tekken 7's arcade mode feels kind of story-campaign-ish, and that's the original arcade release mode before the console version with the story mode (that has waaaay too many cutscenes.) The bare bones Street Fighter 2 "here's a menu, play versus or play a ladder" kind of went out of style I think.

@Cobalt No they didn't. They said you start with the original 8 from the N64 and more fighters appear at different times.

If there's a story/adventure mode, then I'll buy it.

@rushiosan yah same here, Brawl is still my series fave ... This has no story, very dissapoint

@Stocksy oh god don't make me worry! ...aces was utter garbage ... My opinion lol

@NEStalgia While I definitely wouldn't sneeze at a Story Mode if they found the time to put one in, I still don't think Smash really needs it.

Story Modes in fighting games can be a mixed bag as well. Most everyone loved the cinematics of Space Emissary, but you'll get mixed opinions about the playing side of the full experience. Same with MvCI and DBFZ. Conversely, Injustice seemed to have done both the story and gameplay justice.

If it really just comes down to wanting to see characters interact with each other, I think time and money would be better spent making more random shorts (not unlike the Kid Icarus Uprising shorts), or just make a grand movie without the gameplay.

"with each fighter having their own set of stages and opponents that she or he will face"

Yes! Halleluya!

I always loved adventure modes in Smash games, but that was mostly because they added diversity over the classic modes, which were often either randomized, or incredibly formulaic in nature, and considering the cast size, that would've gotten old really quick. Since this will inevitably take up most of my time with it, I'm now officially interested in this game.

@DTFaux I agree that Injustice and MK X did the best job of integrating story and play. Tekken 7 has 20 minutes of movie for ever 3 minutes of play....but it's arcade mode is a quasi story mode on its own (built for the arcade...that's probably the difference, it was designed to make you compelled to pump quarters in) MvCI has a fine story mode, the problems with that game are a lot deeper than the story mode. But MvC3 had a great single player campaign, not much of a "story" but a great metagame of map traversal and RPG aspects much like DB:FZ's story mode. It's not really the story that matters as much as some kind of meta experience rather than just endless 1v1 matches non-stop. The board game was not it though.

BB:CTB has a story mode but it's very very short and has little gameplay. And the game feels empty for it. After I'm done the 3 hour story, what is there to the game? Versus matches, various training modes, and online...which is a mixed bag of lag and trolls. I still feel like fighters just plain suck online. The lag doesn't work with the game, so if you don't have someone to play 1v1 local against like an arcade, single player is the next best thing.

As much as I like Classic Mode, Subspace Emissary will always have a special place. Hopefully there's still a chance.

Classic Mode been in every Smash game, so good to know they took time out to confirm the obvious...

It's a start. I'm curious what each character's line-up will be, but that will be novel for one run and then I'll be out of single-player action. Hope there's an Adventure Mode and Boss Rush mode.

@Cobalt it's the return of what Brawl, Melee and 64 had as a classic mode. here hoping for the return of break the targets and maybe... board the platforms!?

@NEStalgia It sounds like you've had more time and experience with those games than I've had, so I'll have to concede on that front. :V

But I can definitely see where you're coming from if online isnt a viable option for you or anyone else looking for some extra single player content.

Thinking about it, there's probably a high chance Mission Mode will find its way back as well. And with how content-packed Ultimate already is, the potential amount of missions will probably keep folks busy for a good while.

@Cobalt Street Fighter V and its lack of Arcade Mode up until 2 years after release say hi.

Also, this seems a nice incarnation of Classic Mode, but I can’t help queuing up eith those asking for a Subspace Emissary-like experience.
I loved it back then on the Wii, and always felt it could have easily made its own spin-off title.

Aa others have said, it needs some sort of subspace/adventure mode for me to consider it a must buy. If it really is going to be the ultimate Smash Bros then it needs that mode to complete it imo

@clvr

How many fighting games since the beginning of the history of gaming has no solo mode ? Goodbye dude !

@DTFaux Mission mode could be pretty cool! Though it still serves as a tutorial for advanced competitive play more than anything else. 4 WiiU was just so lacking in single player content. It was like SFV except without patches to make it unsuck.

Smash is probably less demanding of internet precision than the combo-heavy/counter-heavy fighters. My internet can handle it as well as it can be, it's just that the genre as a whole just isn't meant for internet lag. Some games do better than others. Tekken 7 and BB handles lag horribly. It's like Mario Tennis Aces (which I consider to be a fighting game, not a tennis game ) . Smash isn't reliant on countering precisely so it gets away with a bit more internet slop. ARMS actually handles lag exceedingly well, though it uses that same prediction based system Splatoon does to make it seem like it's handling it better than it does. Pokken makes me want to hit things. Then again it's the Tekken team so that shouldn't be surprising.

Fighters and internet just seem like such a mismatch. Racers can make it work. Shooters were designed for it. Fighters....it's janky without both players having stellar connections. Fighters are need that 60fps smoothness which internet play looves to deny.

@Cobalt why are you asking me a question that has an answer in the very comment you’re replying to?

@clvr

Because you don't understand my point...

I'm very excited about classic mode. I'll probably play that mode a ton. I always felt a sense of satisfaction from beating that on the N64. I don't think Smash 4 had classic did it? If it did it didn't feel as good because I never played it. I felt like Smash 4 had really lousy single player content. Which sucked because I'm in my 30s and all my friends from high school decided to shun me when I came out in college. (Literally kicking their asses in Smash is the only thing I miss about them.)

Classic mode is all I really need.

@DavidMac I'm sorry that happened to you. Hopefully your current social circle is more accepting.

@Cobalt no they didnt they said the roaster will look like super smash bros 64 that means you will have to unlock every single character

@NinjaWaddleDee what are you talking about? smash bros ultimate does have 8 player smash

@Cobalt Your point: no fighting game has ever shipped without a single player mode.

My reply: SFV did exactly that, to the point where it had no Arcade Mode (which is considered to be the most basic mode a fighting game could have) until two years after launch.

What exactly is unclear to you?
I agree that a basic mode is nothing worth celebrating, but check your facts before telling people they don’t understand what you’re saying.

its definitely a story mood. make note that Nintendo mentioned that they will include everything from every smash ever. So without a doubt its a story mood. Plus in the direct, they mentioned boss fights it could either be from the classic mood or the story mood. So pretty much when they said " Ultimate " they meant it .

@Rikimaru

I copy the answer I already gave here :

My bad, it's the stages, not the characters ! ^^

@rushiosan - I mean, I too would want them to tell a deep story only worth playing once.

Not really, Melee-level of Adventure Mode is sufficient enough for me.

@clvr

You need to read again I suppose, because this is my initial message :
"I can't understand how the bloody hell is it possible to be excited by a the announcement of a single player mode ?

Like it's abnormal to have one in a fighting game ... LMAO"

Where do you read that I SAID, I quote you :" no fighting game has ever shipped without a single player mode." ?

@Cobalt here: “How many fighting games since the beginning of the history of gaming has no solo mode ?“

Also,
This: "I can't understand how the bloody hell is it possible to be excited by a the announcement of a single player mode ?”

Implies this: “no fighting game has ever shipped without a single player mode."

If changing the phrasing to you means completely changing the sense of the sentence, then I’m afraid your reading comprehension is not that good.
Jeez, “no fighting game has ever shipped without a single player mode." is the exact same thing as saying “How many fighting games since the beginning of the history of gaming has no solo mode ?“, so you’re either a troll or a moron, as you clearly know English well enough to understand it.
That said, I don’t think I want to go on with this pointless conversation, if you’re not even willing/able to recognize that two sentences express the same concept.

@clvr

Absolutely not !

It means "give me a number of fighting games without a solo mode" !

It's not the same... I asked you, after you said that SF V was a case with no solo mode at launch, to give me how many other fighting game had no solo mode ! Is it difficult to understand ? o_O

@NintyNate I didn’t hate the idea of the main mode although I think it could have been done better. I just don’t know why to me the 3ds version of Mario tennis had so many more options and depth.
From the info I see today it looks like an old fashioned street fighter style solo player. Beat one fight move on and so and so on with not much else. Almost just a ladder.

I think the scope in this game for a deep single player mode is awesome but I fear we won’t get it.

I am free to work at Nintendo and make their single player experiences so much better.

(Obviously not the programming side)

Ha

@Rikimaru I meant that I hope they leave it out of Classic mode.

Good!
With games going more and more MP focused, it's a huge relief to see a nice, solid, thorough single player mode in the game.

@Cobalt no, just the stages.

@ekwcll

I know, I already reply on that ! ^^

@Stocksy haha I hated aces... I really want a subspace 2! ... Yeah I should work there, as I don't have net where I live I should be king of offline story games lol if it's just fight from start and nothing to unlock at all I won't be getting smash on day one, what's the point when smash 4 had the exact same thing

Thank you for bringing back a mode that is pretty much standard in all the games. Now how about discussing that mode that we all wanted.

@Giygas_95
Yeah! Smash run is my favorite single player mode.

I completely expected this, it has been in every Smash game as far as I know and the game wouldn't feel very Ultimate without it, if only there was an adventure mode too.

@Obitokamui64 I also wouldn't be against them just redoing subspace emissary with HD cutscenes as well as new stages and cutscenes for all the new characters. Although an all new subspace would be appreciated.

Speaking of which, it just occurred to me...the subspace emissary was probably the closest Nintendo will ever come to something like the avengers. I remember it felt so exciting and grand back in the day. Now I want them to do a Nintendo's Avengers mode for this game, haha.

Oh no completeing this with every fighter well be a pain and i wonder why this site is showcasing it as a new unexpected surprise (i know i don't have to complete it with every fighter or even play it but i am a completionist)

No Sub Space Emissary no purchase

No Sub Space Emissary no purchase.

@Giygas_95
Confession: I have no idea what subspace emissary is. I've always been a casual smash player until smash 4.

@Obitokamui64 It's the adventure mode from Brawl. It had a pretty lengthy campaign as well as a ton of pre-rendered cutscenes that were pretty cool since they showed heroes from different franchises working together. Just think Marvel's The Avengers but replace all the super heroes with Nintendo characters (plus Snake and Sonic).

Did anyone notice how Classic Mode isn't shown in main menu on the video?
I'm guessing it will be part of the secret mode we've not seen yet.

Story Mode plsss

I can't outright proclaim that "THAT ISN'T ENOUGH", because of just how much Sakurai (please excuse my horrible spelling) has poured into this gargantuan masterpiece of a video game. The question is, what has the man not given us?

Honesty is a policy I can't afford to twist though, my desire for a single player story mode stretches far beyond the outer limits of Subspace itself.

And even if a story mode doesn't make a presence, Classic Mode will suffice enough as an engaging single player campaign for me, even if I will be dissapointed. Here's to hoping though.

@NEStalgia *Boss and assist trophy. Yellow Devil, Ridley and Metalface were hazard bosses in SSB4.