Super Smash Bros News (Page 7)
PSA Don't Forget To Claim The Latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Online Freebie
New Spirit Board Battle Set now up for grabs
The excitement surrounding Sephiroth's arrival in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate may well have you all hot and bothered, but don't forget that you can now claim the latest Spirit Board freebie, too. That's right, a new Spirit Board Battle Set, 'For Powerful Enemies', is now available to download at no extra...
Random Smash Bros. Fans React To Geno's Return As A Mii Fighter Costume
"pour one out for my star boy geno"
After ongoing requests from fans, Masahiro Sakurai and his team have finally added Geno from Super Mario RPG to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate...as a costume. Yep, he's made it into the latest entry as an outfit, not an actual fighter. As you might recall, this technically isn't Geno's first time appearing in the...
Take on the Sephiroth Challenge mode today!
During the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate broadcast, Masahiro Sakurai announced Sephiroth would be joining the roster next week on 22nd December for $5.99 USD. Else you can pick up the Fighters Pass Vol. 2. If you can't wait for the one-winged angel to arrive though, there's a special way to unlock him...
News Geno, Barret, Tifa And Aerith Join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate As Mii Fighter Costumes
And there's a Chocobo hat, too
During the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation, the game's director Masahiro Sakurai revealed multiple new Mii Fighter costumes coming to the game (there's even a Chocobo hat). These are the eighth lot to be added to the game! We've got the Final Fantasy VII crew joining Cloud and Sephiroth, a returning...
Gallery This Is What Kirby Looks Like When He Transforms Into Sephiroth
Another smashing new look
A new update has been released for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and you know what that means, right? It's time to see what the pink puffball Kirby looks like when he uses his copy ability on the latest DLC fighter, Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth. Here's a full round-up of each screenshot Nintendo has shared so far. Of...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 10.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today!
Nintendo's latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which includes Sephiroth, is now available. Version 10.0.0 adds a special Sephiroth Challenge mode, which is accessible as long as you've purchased Sephiroth Challenger Pack or the Fighter Pass Vol. 2. If you manage to defeat Sephiroth, you'll unlock him right away...
Watch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Sakurai Presents Sephiroth, Live!
Release date and moveset revealed
Here we go then, folks, it's time to see Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth in action in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In today's 35-minute presentation, series director Masahiro Sakurai will reveal the new character's release date and show off his abilities in battle. It all kicks off at 2pm PT / 5pm ET / 10pm GMT / 11pm...
Reminder We're Getting Our First Look At Sephiroth In Smash Bros. Ultimate Today
Here's how and when to watch the show
The wait is almost over, as today, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans will be treated to a lengthy demonstration of Sephiroth, the next character to join the game's legendary roster. Announced during The Game Awards last week, Sephiroth will soon be taking the next spot in the game's second Fighters Pass. The...
News Sakurai's Smash Bros. Sephiroth Broadcast Will Run For About 35 Minutes
Presenting the next DLC fighter
This week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game director Masahiro Sakurai is hosting a special presentation for the upcoming DLC fighter Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. He was first revealed to the world at last week's Game Awards show. The broadcast itself will take place on 17th December (2 PM PT / 5 PM ET) and during...
Random Banjo-Kazooie Creator Reacts To Duo's Bittersweet Cameo In The Latest Smash Trailer
"It's a wonderful thing, tinged with a little sadness"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has got to the point where most players can't believe what they're seeing on the battlefield. It has gone from the addition of Sonic the Hedgehog and Pac-Man to Steve and Alex from Minecraft, and now the latest reveal is Final
News Final Fantasy VII's Sephiroth Gets Added To The Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural
Right next to Cloud
As you might already know, the latest DLC character joining the roster in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII. Whenever a new fighter is revealed, part of the experience is seeing them added to the ever-expanding Smash Bros. mural. Sephiroth has fittingly found a spot right next to his old pal Cloud on...
Gallery A Closer Look At The One-Winged Angel Sephiroth In Smash Bros. Ultimate
Arriving later this month
It's official - Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Now that the word is well and truly out, Nintendo has updated the official game page with a bunch of photos of the new fighter. We've got a topless Sephiroth, what appears to be the character's ultimate and an epic shot of him facing...
News Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth And Terry Bogard Smash Bros. amiibo Launching In March 2021
Three DLC fighters join the line
Update: Nintendo of America has confirmed this trio of amiibo will also be arriving in the US on the same date. At the end of Masahiro Sakurai's Smash broadcast, fans got a first-look at the Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) and Terry Bogard (
News Sephiroth From Final Fantasy VII Joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate This Month
Watch out, Cloud
Straight up at this year's Game Awards, Sephiroth - the main antagonist of Final Fantasy VII - was revealed as the new DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The well-known Final Fantasy character will be arriving later this month. Before then, on 17th December, Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai will be hosting a special...
News The Next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighter Will Be Revealed During The Game Awards
It's time!
Nintendo has revealed that the next DLC fighter coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be revealed in today's The Game Awards presentation. Here's the tease from Nintendo – of course, there's no indication of who the fighter might be just yet: The Game Awards starts at 3:30pm PT / 6:30pm ET / 11:30pm GMT today, 10th December...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Mushroom Tournament Starts Later This Week
Power-up
Nintendo's weekly events in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate continue. This time, it's a celebration of the mushroom items. Starting later this week on 11th December, there'll be a special tournament where only three types of mushrooms appear for 3 days. Super Mushroom, Ramblin’ Evil Mushroom and Poison Mushroom. All of these mushrooms will...
News Nintendo Cancels Splatoon 2 NA Open Livestream, "Free Melee" Believed To Have Played A Part
"This is damage control and an outright spit in the face"
This weekend, Nintendo held its Splatoon 2 North American Open. Although a livestream was planned for the finals, it ended up getting cancelled due to "unexpected executional challenges". There were no further details, but some fans seem to think they might know what's going on... In a post...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Celebrates Second Anniversary With New Spirit Board Event
Starts later this week
Early next week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate celebrates its second anniversary. Yep, the game was originally released on 7th December and since then it's received new content, fighters and events. Ahead of the game's second birthday, Nintendo is hosting a spirit board event in the game where fighters can triple the experience...
Soapbox If The Smash Community Wants To #SaveSmash, It Needs To Start From Within
The community needs to deal with the abuse scandals of 2020 first
Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on hot topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, Alan Lopez discusses the recent online campaign to "save" Super Smash Bros., and why it's papering over a far more...
Random Smash Bros. Director Masahiro Sakurai Shares His Thoughts About The PlayStation 5
Highly recommends Astro's Playroom
Even the legendary video game director Masahiro Sakurai needs a break every once and a while, so what does he do when he's not working on new fighters and content for the Nintendo Switch title Super Smash Bros. Ultimate? He plays other games and systems on his insane gaming setup, of course. In his latest...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Hosting Headwear Tournament This Weekend
Hats, helmets and caps!
This week Nintendo is hosting a special headwear tournament in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Eligible fighters will need to be wearing either a hat, helmet or cap. So that's characters like Mario, Link, Samus, Captain Falcon and even Min Min from ARMS. This tournament will run for a total of three days and during this time...
News Paper Mario And Octopath Traveler Smash Bros. Spirits No Longer Limited-Time
Add them to your collection
Nintendo has done some fantastic cross-over spirit events in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, but one downside is they're often limited-time events, where you only get a handful of days to acquire them all. If you happened to miss out on the Octopath Traveler and Paper Mario: The Origami King ones, the good news is they've...
Nintendo says it had "no choice but to step in"
Update: The #FreeMelee hashtag has evolved into #SaveSmash, and has, at the time of writing, picked up 21.7K tweets – enough for it to begin trending around the world on Twitter.
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next In-Game Event Celebrates Sleeveless Spirits
Show some skin
Following on from last week's "all mouth" Smash Bros. Ultimate event, this week Nintendo is hosting a sleeveless spirit one. It'll start later this week on 20th November, and will run for a total of three days. It's filled with sleeveless fighters and the reward is additional gold. If you haven't already, be sure to download...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.2 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
More fixes
Nintendo's latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which was announced earlier this week, is now live. As expected, it's a minor update - bumping the game up to version 9.0.2. As small as it might be, there are still a lot of interesting character fixes. There are also "various gameplay fixes" to look forward to. Below are the...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next In-Game Event Is Making Us Seriously Hungry
A new three-day tourney appears
We're pretty sure our eyes do this too when there's a pizza around... Nintendo has announced the latest tourney event to take place inside Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and we're suddenly feeling ridiculously peckish. Starting this Friday, 13th November, Smash players will be able to jump into a new 'All Mouth'...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.2 Is Arriving Soon
Get ready!
Nintendo has revealed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Switch will soon be updated to Version 9.0.2. Given the number, this isn't expected to be much other than a minor update with a few bug fixes and fighter adjustments here and there, but if there is anything notable - we're sure the patch will reveal all. The previous update...
News Sakurai Wanted To Import Minecraft Stages Into Smash, But Gave Up Because It Was "Impossible"
At least he tried
Minecraft is all about creating and crafting things, so it's no surprise Masahiro Sakurai wanted to incorporate this in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate when he was working on the Steve and Alex fighter DLC. A fan-made mod recently demonstrated how it's possible to import skins from Minecraft into the game, and it seems Sakurai had...
Random Here's How Microsoft's Phil Spencer Reacted To Minecraft Steve's Smash Bros. Meat
"[long pause] Yeah. Who did that?"
You probably know the story by now, but when Minecraft's Steve joined the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster earlier this month, fans quickly discovered that his victory screen contained a very unfortunate bit of meat placement. It quickly did the rounds on social media and became one of the biggest gaming stories...
News Minecraft Steve's Meat Gets The Chop In Smash Bros.
Nintendo must have had some 'meat-ings'...
It's official - Steve's win screen in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been slightly adjusted as of update 9.0.1. Last week, the internet couldn't help but notice how the Minecraft character's steak looked like something else...and well, it seems Nintendo has decided to adjust this animation in the latest...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Fixes, fixes and more fixes
Nintendo's latest update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which was announced yesterday, is now live. This minor update bumps the game up to version 9.0.1 and fixes multiple issues linked to the new DLC fighters from Minecraft. Opponents will no longer fall through the stage when these characters create a block in a...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's Delayed Tournament Is Back On Track Thanks To New Patch
Time to win that eShop grand prize!
Update: And just like that, the European Tournament has been rescheduled. Original Article: At the end of last week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players in Europe should have enjoyed the very first tournament of the new European Online Challenge series. The event was delayed due to "technical issue
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.1 Arrives This Week
Fighter adjustments incoming
Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be updated to Version 9.0.1 this week. This follows on from last week's major update which added the new Minecraft character DLC and Mii Outfits. It
Random New Smash Bros. Mod Allows You To Download And Install Skins Directly From Minecraft
Give Steve and co an alt look
In Minecraft, players have the ability to change their avatar's skin. There are even special packs featuring characters like Banjo-Kazooie, Joanna Dark, Master Chief and Super Mario. Unfortunately, in Nintendo's all-star fighting game Smash Bros. Ultimate, there are only so many alternate costumes for Steve. To make up...
News Nintendo Delays Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament Due To Version 9.0.0 Technical Issues
Something's not right
Nintendo has announced that the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate European Online Challenge tournament has been delayed thanks to "technical issues" brought about by the game's latest patch. Tomorrow was supposed to play host to the very first European Online Challenge. Called 'Throwback Throwdown', the event was to be inspired by...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Steve Glitch Makes Your Opponents Fall Through The Stage
Bye bye, Samus!
A number of small glitches have been discovered since Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's latest character, Steve, joined the ranks earlier this week, but this one is perhaps the most game-breaking of all. Spotted and shared online by Reddit user, -BunsenBurn-, the glitch occurs when Steve – or any one of his alt costumes – creates two...
News Minecraft's Steve Was Codenamed "Pickel" During Smash Bros. Fighter Development
No, not that one
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has to be ultra-careful whenever he's working on a new DLC fighter in order to avoid giving away any hints ahead of the character's official reveal. It's also why each character in development has a special codename. As you might recall, Joker was "Jack" and Hero was "Brave"...
Random Sakurai Didn't Appreciate The "Rough" Comments During TGS, So He Decided To Turn Them Off
"I couldn't stand it"
This year, like every other convention, the Tokyo Game Show was transformed into an online-only event. Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai appeared during one segment and gave out an award to the indie title Baba is You, while briefly showcasing it. When he wasn't busy helping out with the show, like everyone else,...
Random Steve's Smash Bros. Side Special Is Super Cheap
Minecraft's Minecart
We're always cautious not to label characters as "Overpowered" when they've been with us for less than 24 hours. That's not what we're doing. Steve has been a well-rounded technical fighter and is an utter blast to play around with...but his side special can be positively deadly. On paper it isn't too different to Bowser Jr's,...
Random Minecraft Steve's Smash Ultimate Win Screen Is, Erm, Unfortunate
How did this get approved?
The latest kid on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate block has arrived in the form of Minecraft's Steve, the seventh fighter to be added in one of the game's Fighters Pass expansion packs. He's got a pretty unique moveset and a strikingly different visual style, but it's something else that's caught the eye of players. Should...
News Listen Up, Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Hosting A "Big Ears" Spirit Board Event Later This Week
And it starts this Friday!
Alongside the Minecraft-themed Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update, Nintendo has also announced another Spirit Board Event. This time around it's focused on "big ears" and will feature a range of characters such as Rouge the Bat from the Sonic the Hedgehog series, the Nintendo Badge Arcade bunny, Meowth from the Pokémon...
News Minecraft's Steve And Alex Join The Smash Bros. Ultimate Roster Today
Zombie and Enderman, too
Following on from the surprise reveal not long ago, Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman from Minecraft are now all available in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This second character in the Fighters Pass 2 comes with a new stage known as Minecraft World and adds seven additional songs to the game. If you have already purchased the...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Minecraft DLC, Mii Fighter Costumes and more
Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman from Minecraft are now all available as playable fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Of course, to access these characters, their stage - Minecraft World - and the new music, you'll need to have purchased Fighters Pass Vol. 2. In addition to this, Nintendo has made...
Video Here's How Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Looks Running At 4K, 60FPS
Mario's dungarees have never looked so good
Earlier this month, we shared a YouTube video from site user SnazzyAI which showed off the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild 2's reveal trailer in glorious 4K. Now, they're back with a similar look at the fighting beast that is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Just like before, this video aims to replicate...
News Select Your Minecraft Biome In Smash Bros. Ultimate With Specific Button Inputs
No more surprises
As we get closer to update 9.0.0 for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo has been sharing more information about the new Minecraft DLC coming to the game. Alongside Steve and Alex, there'll also be a brand new stage known as Minecraft World. It features six different biomes, but if you would rather play on a specific
News Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth And Terry Bogard Smash Bros. amiibo Box Art Revealed
Arriving in 2021
Last weekend, Nintendo gave Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans a first look at the Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) and SNK's Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury) amiibo. A week on and we've n
"this could be amazing"
Like pretty much any other developer, Moon Studios would "love" to see its own character make a cameo in Nintendo's all-star brawler, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. We're referring here to Ori from Ori and the Blind Forest and more recently Ori and the Will of the Wisps
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 9.0.0 Arrives Next Week
Save those replays!
Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be updated to Version 9.0.0 next week. The update perhaps unsurprisingly arrives alongside the new Minecraft characters on 14th October (or 13th for those of you in North America). It'll primarily add support for the new fighters, stage, and
News Nintendo Deletes Tweet Possibly Revealing Release Period For Next Round Of Smash Bros. amiibo
"Available Fall 2021"
Last weekend, Nintendo gave us our first glimpse of Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) and Terry Bogard (Fatal Fury) in amiibo form. All of them look absolutely stunning and are currently scheduled to arrive at some point in 2021. When exactly might we get our hands on them, though? Apparently, it could be...
News A Look At Minecraft Steve's Smash Ultimate Moveset, Stage And Final Smash
One of Smash's more unique characters
Over the weekend, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai hosted a presentation which explored everything you need to know about the game's newest inclusion, Steve and Alex from Minecraft. The video showed off the new character's moves, stage and more, and we've gathered up a written account of all
