Smash Bros. Ultimate Sold 1.2 Million Copies In Japan During Launch Week

"Smash Bros Ultimate is just a Wii U port - nobody will buy it."
"Everyone who wants Smash Bros already has a Switch."
"Smash Bros didn't sell any Wii Us, so it wont sell any Switches."

Lol

That's great but I do NOT like how some people are using these news to somehow pretend Lets Go did poorly... Complete nonsense. 1 games success doesn't negate anothers games success.

@Rika_Yoshitake - I've seen more with comparisons of how poorly Smash did compared to MHW on it's opening weekend.

1-2 punch of let’s go and smash is a knockout!

@Paraka What a weird comparison. MHW was multiplatform, for one. It also had many times the install base to work with.

I was expecting more console sales.
It seems that Ninty will reach their target.

I love this game. Adventure mode is great

Game is garbage. It’s meant for people who have been playing for years. Newcomers like me get nothing in terms of a tutorial. I’ve tried over and over and it all just comes down to pressing buttons for nothing. I hate this game. There is no help online unless you’re already at an expert level. I don’t understand the months of hype. Why are people so in love with this game? It’s a miserable experience.

@BensonUii
He (Sligeach eire) might be screaming " IT CANNOT BE !"

And then he might say " Great sales, but still looks like Wii U ports with additional characters. I hate ports. I still love my Wii U. Smash Bros Ultimate is a cash grab games with lazy developments. I feel pity to peoples who bought that lazy development games. Nintendo should focus on AAA games every months. "

@Likethepear Start with a two-player match where you can take your time and learn the controls without getting attacked by the cpu. You have two attack buttons, which do different attacks depending on the direction of the joystick. Then there's shield and grab. Once you know the controls, just practice until you can beat the cpu with the easiest settings. Just try again and again when you fail. Good luck!
Edit: Of course, you should use the training mode instead. Just press + while in training and you can adjust the opponents' behaviour and all sorts of other stuff. That should contain everything you ask for, honestly.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, this will be the best-selling game in the Smash series--and it will be well deserved, too!

@Likethepear Have you tried How to Play in the Movies Section in the Vault? It does a decent job at explaining the mechanics. It doesn’t use specific button commands, but you can map the controls however you want it.

@Mrtoad ya I’ve read so much stuff I think my brain is melting. All this talk about side tilt and up smash, etc. WTH IS THAT? There’s no explanation of terminology. I go into the practice mode and mess around and I think ok I’ve got this, this is good, ok so this does that and when I do this and this then this will happen. Then I go into an actual fight and BOOM! DEAD! I give up. Thanks though.

Great!
Hope the sales will keep this up

@Likethepear Well, I'm also new and I don't have any trouble with figuring it out.

@Likethepear
There is a training mode. There are tutorials. Start a smash battle and lower the difficulty level of the CPU opponent to 1, then raise it gradually. And even if it looks like it: random button pressing and controlstick flicking wonˋt bring you far. The game is not garbage, maybe you're just extremely bad?

@Likethepear I actually think that's the whole point. When i went into Breath Of The Wild I was as blind as a bat (before that I was used to games like Skyrim, where everything is self-explanatory and extremely streamlined) and I kept dying over and over again (especially when I left the starting Plateau) with no clue how to fight multiple monsters at the same time. But I preservered and found out the hard way how to survive in the world of Hyrule. The same principle applies to Smash Bros. - of course I kept losing at first but now I've learnt the basic mechanics and ready to go forward! So, good luck to you, this game is actually worth it.

@hoopderscotch Not really true, since MH:W (PC version) launched way later in Japan (and the other parts of the world).

In that case we only have PS4 and xBoxOne left. Even though it is multiplatform, it's safe to say that most people in Japan bought the game for PS4 at launch. In my opinion the sales comparison between Smash and MH:W isn't that weird then.

@Likethepear So.. you think the game is bad just because you suck at it and have difficult to understand? There is a video, when you don't skip the start screen, explaining literally every move your character has and how to execute.

@Likethepear There's a huge tutorial if you don't press anything upon seeing the "Super Smash Bros. Ultimate" logo start screen. If you don't press anything for around 5 to 10 seconds (perhaps a bit longer), the screen reverts to a tutorial video. If you don't want that tutorial, just look one up on YouTube, there are plenty up already. I understand the feeling like pressing buttons doesn't do anything, my friend is a semi-pro for Smash 4 and soon to be for Ultimate and I get so frustrated sometimes because he seamlessly whoops my butt and I can do little to nothing about it. It takes practice in the training room and a couple videos on character combos and such to get better. I've started trying to take my gameplay to the next level with this method and I'm seeing visible results: my friend now just barely wins instead of 2 or 3 stocking me.

@hoopderscotch My bad, forgot to mention I was talking about the PC version that launched way later.

1.2 million... only counting physical sales in Japan alone.

Oh the numbers for the sales in North America and Europe, being right smack in the Christmas season, are gonna be fun!

@MrBlacky of course I’m bad. I already said I’m new to it. I bought it assuming there would be some sort of tutorial introduction for noobs. We’re not all great at games when we start. Nintendo made this game for veterans of the series. The only thing I find is the training mode but it doesn’t tell you what anything is. It’s just a place to press buttons without getting attacked. I can’t even unlock any new characters at this point. It’s incredibly frustrating and boring for me now, so based on my experience with the game my opinion of it is not great. I can only judge it based on my experience with it. I’m glad others are having fun with it but I’ll bet it’s not their first time and that might be part of why it’s fun for them. Because they know what they’re doing!

@Iceman9009 where? In the opening scene with the awful singing? I always skip through that. Lol ok I’ll mute the TV and try it. Why would they put it there???

@Likethepear Don't sweat it too hard, we all began this way. There has never been a "tutorial" outside of the How to Play video in each game. You can find it in the vault under the Videos section or just wait on the title screen and it'll play. It will be a lot to soak in, but it'll click eventually. Just play against one CPU on the easiest difficulty and pick a simple stage to play on. You'll understand it in time.

@Likethepear
But you can try different moves and see what they do and how they effect your opponent. There isnˋt a plethora of button combinations and finger acrobatics, you basically just need to know your moves and when to perform them.

@hoopderscotch In 2017, xBox One had a marketshare of 1% in Japan (90K sales). Even if all those owners bought MH:W for their Xbone (which is very unlikely), Playstation still dominates the whole MH:W sales at launch. So to say it's 100% fair to compare those sales, no, but I still understand the comparison.

Don't forget that there are less Switch owners compared to Playstation 4 owners too, which makes it even more impressive.

@Yoshi thanks. I’ll play on baby mode for now but I’m not going back into the online bloodbath for a looooong time.

@Likethepear Oof, you went into Online? You have guts, I wouldn't have even touched that mode if I was brand new to the game. I applaud your courage! Yeah, for right now, just work on the basics in Smash mode, and then you can branch out into Classic and Adventure when you feel you have a grasp on things.

@Yoshi
But he acts like a little kid, who's getting mad and start screaming if it tries something and it just can't do it the first time around.
"I CANˋT FIGURE THIS OUT! THIS SUCKS! YOU ALL SUCK!😡😡" 🙄

@MrBlacky Looks like you're being the childish one here.

i agree with MrBlakey to be fair, comments like this game is garbage just make me laugh. You want help ask for it. Also just to be clear i hate smash its just not my thing but it is actually a very basic game to learn so just take your time and learn it.

@ritouf Eh, not really. 1.5 million sales through the month of October plus the holiday months will probably put it on par with the rest of the series. Outside of a few key titles, the Mario Party series usually doesn't sell as stellar as Smash and Pokemon. As of now, Super Mario Party will probably be considered a success for the series

If you are a fan of the Smash Bros. series (or Nintendo history), you MUST play WoL. Smash fans, you have GOT to see it to the end - so worth that Masterful finale.

@Yoshi
I (and others) gave him plentiful of advices and tips, but I am the childish one here? Okay.👍

@Likethepear not getting the game until this weekend, does online have a ranking system? i imagine as it is so new it's just full of random match ups where you can face top players straight away which even I (a veteran of 20 years of smash) would struggle!

@MrBlacky "...maybe you're just extremely bad?"

Your words, not mine. You don't extend someone an olive branch and then betray them seconds later. Your response probably would've been a lot more positive if you left out the backstabbing.

Switch sales will overtake PS4 sales in Japan next year! Incredible.

It's a blast, totally lives up to the ULTIMATE title. As a diehard fan, when my only gripe is there are Spirit Assists for every early Nintendo racer but Rad Racer... which I adored... the game has little to fear. And who knows, maybe there's a rad spirit in there I missed

@Likethepear
First of all, you must go to controller setting and quit the jump with left analogie stick up and leave it to X button.

@Yoshi
The first part of my post was showing some ways how he could improve his game. The last bit of my post was a snarky respond to his "garbage" post.

@Likethepear I'm new to the series too, and I found it hard initially, mainly because the help videos are buried in the menus a bit. but the thing is, it's actually a very simple game. There are 2 attack buttons, and pressing a direction with either button does a different attack. That's literally it for the basics. There is a lot of other technical stuff but that knowledge is enough to play the game properly. It took me a couple of hours before I started knowing what the hell I was doing, and now I love it. Just go in training mode and test out all the moves, then play classic mode on a low difficulty and it is very easy.

@hoopderscotch @Saego MHW didn't release on xbox in japan......only PS4 (and later PC)

@Likethepear dude, read the instruction manual in game! Sheesh it's not rocket science

I have been playing Smash so much. Let's Go Pokemon and Smash for the win!

@Likethepear Yet you felt the need to comment. Keep reaching while the rest of us enjoy Smash.

@Likethepear I have bought every Smash game since Melee but have played them for about 1 hour and thought the exact same as you.
Each time I fall for the hype, buy it and then realise I don't like it.
That is until now... Initially, it was the same thing again but after persevering through a learning curve I now love it.
Initially I was just trying to mash the buttons then just kept getting dumped off the side and had no idea how to get back on the stage.
I found that playing as Kirby helped a lot as he has 5 jumps, making it much easier to get back.
Stick with it for a while, you may not like it but it may suddenly click like it did for me. I now can't get enough of it, I'm about 10 hours into world of light already and beat the classic mode with a few characters.

Now I’m very curious to see digital sales combined with physical if Smash is breaking records like this lol. In Asian regions of course. Smash flew off the shelves and was completely sold out everywhere in the states.

bring on version 1.2, I hope it's matchmaking fixes and not nerfs this early

Congrats nintendo! About the skill level...."dude" would not survive in a Killer Instinct Street Fighter world. Just pathetic. LEARN and develop skills, that's where the fun is. Fall off the horse, don't get back on again and crying to the comment section is weakness. Cowboy up and learn the game....Developing skill IS where the fun is, it's OK to lose at first...you're learning something so either way you win! Man, it's like they never learned these lessons in life.

@Likethepear Why would you hop online when you have no idea what you are doing? That seems like asking to have a bad time.

As others have said, throw the cpus on easy and smack them around for a bit. That will also unlock new characters too.

@Likethepear there is a training ground where you can test out every combi or whatever... wtf it was even shown in one of the direct

@Abaeron man there is a training ground where you can test every character out (which you already got) you can just play them against another character who doesn't move... it was even shown in one of the direct. And furthermore no fighting games EVER explain the buttons. one always has to find it out for example street fighters...

Why don’t digital copies factor into these stats like they do for music etc. The digital copies are the most Xxpen5ive! Why don’t they count?!

Love the game! Ive already clocked in over 30hours!!!

I had a friend who said smash wouldn't sell anymore switches and nintendoom was apon us.

He also blocked me on social media today.

@MysticGengar
Just ignore him / her.
Find a new friend that can enjoy your game together.
Let your ex-friend keep mumbling nonsense and realized Switch is keep selling.

@MysticGengar You can't hear it, but I'm laughing at your 'friend'.

@MisterDevil Yeah I know.. I was replying to someone else who is having a hard time with it.. I am absolutely loving this game. I can see me putting in hundreds of hours which doesn't happen with many games for me... I tend to get bored and move on.

@electrolite77 why do you think that is? Surely it would give them more to brag about? I have a mixture of download and cartridges but the novelty of changing those tiny little funny tasting things soon wore off! I know lots of people like to physically ‘have’ games. I would love to know the ratio between hard copy and download tho!

@MisterDevil I miss the glossy manuals that used to come with games... they smelt so good too!

I already figured they make a Smashing(pun) sale consider everyone can play not just a 1:1 player. BoTW has it critics but one has to remember is was something of Open world gaming where you can go anyway and do anything.

@Abaeron oh ok sorry then I missunderstood you then have fun

yeah me too I tend to play like a dozens of hours in fighting game then move on.... SSBU will take hundreds of hours I think lol

@Simonmoskovits I can understand you. But I think it also fun and challenging to find everything out by yourself it makes fun finding new things out or new combos

@TeslaChippie - Well yeah, not saying I agree, but seen them as the comparison no less.

@MisterDevil I think I just miss the smell (reaches for Argos catalogue) lol

Now just imagine the numbers for Pokémon VIII and perhaps also Animal Crossing 2019.

@quinnyboy58 I don't have hands on experience with this (waiting for Christmas) but my understanding after reading a few articles is that there IS a ranking system. And it's kind of opaquely designed so people don't totally understand what the triggers are to graduate into the "elite" category where the more competitive player clump. Anyway the online match maker has some kinks to work out, and the P2P computing results in instability and lagggggggggg. If you really want to make the experience enjoyable you'll need (1) a very fast, reliable internet connection; (2) enough luck to get an opponent who's got one too; (3) skill; and (4) patience.

It sounded to me like it would be much easier to have fun with local multiplayer.

I think @likethepear makes a good point - like many fighting games, Super Smash Bros. isn't particularly beginner-friendly, and learning to play competently can be incredibly hard for someone who has never played Smash or other fighting games before. "But," you say, "you only have 8 basic attacks, tilt attacks, smash attacks, shielding, throws, dashing, simple combos, dodges, jumps, drops, items, recoveries, and .... anyways, controls are so much easier than Street Fighter!" Maybe, but the initial learning curve can still be brutal and discouraging for many new players, and the game lacks an easy and obvious tutorial mode that gently eases beginners into the game. This is too bad, because I expect that many players who give up in frustration might actually enjoy the game if they could somehow learn how to play it!!

I like Smash Bros. and I've enjoyed playing previous versions, and I still feel like I'm climbing a steep learning curve with Ultimate.

@simonmoskovits Yeah, too bad it doesn't come with a printed manual like the previous installments of Smash Bros! At least the in-game information seems a lot better than what some other games give you.

Mario Kart is even worse - it had a nice printed and digital manual on the Wii U but the Switch version is just deficient in comparison. IIRC all 3DS and Wii U games included digital instruction manuals, and many included print manuals as well - I wish that this had continued for the Switch. It's also almost laughable when you open up a Switch game box and all it has inside is a tiny game cartridge.