Super Smash Bros News (Page 8)
PSA Use A Wired Connection When Playing Smash Bros. Ultimate Online
Sakurai insists
At the very end of the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate broadcast, Masahiro Sakurai briefly touched on the game's 8.1 update and mentioned how the team made improvements to the online multiplayer. In addition to this, he also advised players to use a wired connection when playing Smash online - rather than a wireless one: "
News Full Smash Bros. Ultimate Minecraft Song List Revealed - Seven Tracks In Total
But there's no original Minecraft music
As always, with a new Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter comes a new song list - and alongside Steve and co there'll be a total of seven new tracks added to Nintendo's all-star brawler. Unfortunately, the team wasn't able to include original Minecraft tracks. Here's Sakurai's full explanation: "we unfortunately...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate's New Stage Minecraft World Will Feature Six Different Biomes
Break some blocks
Alongside Steve and Alex, Sakurai and his team are bringing an all-new level to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Introducing Minecraft World - featuring six different biomes. Here is what each biome looks like: Plains:: Birch Forest:: Savanna:: Taiga::
News Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth And Terry Bogard Smash Bros. amiibo Release Planned For 2021
Here's your first look!
At the very end of the latest Smash broadcast, Masahiro Sakurai showed fans a first-look at the Banjo-Kazooie, Byleth (Fire Emblem: Three Houses) and Terry Board (Fatal Fury / King of Fighters) amiibo. Unfortunately, you'll have to hold out until 2021 for each one. Sakurai hopes ev
News This Is What Kirby's Minecraft Form Looks Like In Smash Bros. Ultimate
From puffball to puffblock
Earlier this week when Steve and Alex were announced as the new reps in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, there was a fake image doing the rounds on the internet of Kirby when he apparently used his copy ability on the Minecraft characters. Fortunately, we've now got a look at the real Minecraft x Smash Bros. version of Kirby...
Everyone is here!
During the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation, the game's director Masahiro Sakurai revealed the new Mii Fighter costumes coming to the game. These are the seventh lot. We've got Minecraft themed ones, Travis from No More Heroes, the one and only Bomberman, and Gil from
News Minecraft's Steve And Alex Are Coming To Smash Bros. Ultimate On October 13th
Zombie and Enderman, too
Following on from the official reveal earlier this week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate game director Masahiro Sakurai has now locked in the release date for the newest DLC fighter in his latest live stream. The Minecraft reps Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman will all be arriving in Smash Bros. Ultimate on 13th October (that's...
Watch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Sakurai Presents Minecraft's Steve And Alex, Live!
Info and release date to be revealed
Earlier this week, Minecraft's Steve and Alex were revealed as the next character to join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC fighter, but we weren't treated to the usual deep dive from series director, Masahiro Sakurai. Thankfully, that will be corrected today, as Sakurai presents a roughly 45-minute-long live...
Video Here's Minecraft Steve Getting Added To The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Mural
Welcome to the party, Steve!
As we're sure you've seen by now, the latest character to be revealed for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is none other than Minecraft's Steve. As is tradition at this point, the character has been added to the legendary Super Smash Bros. mural, settling down in a nice little spot between Sonic, Daisy, and Pokémon's...
News Mojang: Bringing Minecraft To Smash Is The Result Of An "Amazing Collaboration" With Nintendo
"we couldn’t be more excited"
Nintendo has maintained rosy relations with Microsoft for a number of years now, and obviously, this extends to the Xbox Game Studio, Mojang (aka the team behind Minecraft and more recently Minecraft Dungeons). We've just seen more proof of this with the announcement that Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman will all be...
News Talks About Minecraft In Smash Bros. Began "At Least" Five Years Ago
A long time coming
In Masahiro Sakurai's words - Minecraft, the best-selling game in the world, is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This wasn't a decision made overnight, though. Daniel 'Kappische' Kaplan - a former business developer for Mojang - recently revealed "talks" about bringing Steve and co to Nintendo's all-star fighting series...
News Every Smash Bros. Ultimate Stage Has To Be Reworked For Minecraft Steve's Inclusion
"It's a massive challenge"
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next addition, Steve from Minecraft, already appears to be one of the most intriguing and different characters in the game so far. Indeed, the work needed to implement the character into the game sounds like quite the challenge as a result of his potential moveset and universe. Speaking...
Gallery Minecraft Steve's Alt Costumes And Screenshots
A closer look
Want a closer look at Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's latest roster addition? Of course you do. Yes, as you've probably heard by now, Steve from Minecraft will be the next fighter to join Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It's an interesting pick, and one that will definitely bring something different to the game's already hugely varied list...
News Minecraft Steve's Smash Bros. Release Date And Further Details Will Be Revealed This Weekend
Stay tuned!
So, there we have it. Steve from Minecraft is the next fighter set to join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster. Well, Steve and Alex, Zombie and Enderman! Today's quick presentation stopped short of giving us the usual excruciating detail for the character, or even a release date. Thankfully, though all of that info will be arriving...
News Minecraft's Steve Revealed As Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next DLC Fighter
And Alex, Zombie and Enderman!
Minecraft's Steve has been revealed as the next fighter to join the roster in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The news comes straight from today's short Super Smash Bros. presentation, which revealed the new character before a quick message from series director Masahiro Sakurai. Alongside Steve, Alex, Zombie and Enderman...
Watch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 7th DLC Character Revealed - Live!
Who will it be?
The next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate DLC fighter is moments away from being revealed, and the hype is reaching its usually high and near-unbearable levels. The reveal will be broadcast live from 7am PT / 10am ET / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST; Nintendo says the presentation will be roughly three minutes long and followed by a brief message...
Feature So, Who's Next For Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?
Join our poll of contenders for Fighters Pass Vol. 2
Since launch we've seen a steady drip feed of DLC fighters landing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The five brawlers of the Challenger Pack (plus Piranha Plant) have given the game a periodic injection of fresh blood, not to mention the excitement generated by the reveals. Byleth from Fire Emblem:...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next DLC Fighter To Be Revealed Tomorrow, 1st October
Who will it be?
Nintendo has announced that the next DLC fighter set to be released in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be revealed tomorrow, 1st October. The character will be revealed in a video presentation which will be followed by "a brief message from Director Masahiro Sakurai," suggesting that we might not get the usual half-an-hour...
News The Hard-To-Find Cloud amiibo Are Back In Stock At The Nintendo UK Store
Act fast!
One of the hardest amiibo to hunt down is back at the Nintendo Official UK Store, and we imagine stock will disappear again extremely quickly. Yes, you can currently get your hands on the Cloud and Cloud (Player 2) amiibo at the old RRP of £10.99. Both of these sold out very quickly after launching the first time around and have been...
News Joker And Hero amiibo Launch Today In Europe, Stock Still Available At Nintendo UK Store
Get them while you can!
The first two amiibo figures for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's DLC roster have finally been released into the wild today, and stock is still available! Both Joker and Hero are available from the Nintendo Official UK Store for their usual £12.99 RRP. If you can remember the old days of amiibo when stock would sell out within...
Random Travis Touchdown For Smash? That's A Big "No Comment" From Suda51
Could he be added as a DLC fighter?
One guy who arguably deserves a spot in Smash Ultimate's Fighters Pass Vol. 2 is Travis Touchdown from the No More Heroes series. The first two titles were originally exclusive to the Wii and next year the third game will be arriving on the Switch. With this in mind, Suda51 has now got the Smash
News Smash Bros. Ultimate Hosting Game Boy Spirit Event - Featuring Shantae, Pokémon, Zelda And More
Stick it in your pocket
The Game Boy - where would handheld gaming be without it? With this in mind, this week Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is paying its respect to this past Nintendo generation with a special Spirit Board event. This event will start on 25th September (this Friday) and will run for a total of three days. During this time you'll...
Rumour Advert Suggests Smash Ultimate's Next DLC Fighter Could Be Revealed By Early October
And possibly playable, too?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans believe that the game's next DLC fighter could be revealed as early as 4th October thanks to a newly-spotted advertisement. Twitter user @OnuaUlt has shared a photograph of a current advertisement seen in a Japanese 7-Eleven store. The advert is for Smash Ultimate's Fighters Pass Vol. 2,...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Latest Event Celebrates Long-Haired Spirits
Starts this Friday
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is still hosting its weekly events and the latest one is focused on long-haired spirits. As you can see in the stunning artwork above, there are many Nintendo characters with long hair who can help out - including Pauline from the Super Mario series and even the Pokémon, Meloetta. This new spirit board...
Video Bowser Joins The Battle As A Playable Fighter In This Smash Bros. 64 Mod
Remixing the past
While the majority of Super Smash Bros. fans may have stopped playing the original Nintendo 64 entry many years ago, there's still a passionate community out there showing plenty of love for it via a mod called Smash Remix. It updates the game with new characters, levels, and more, and in the latest patch, it's added Bowser - a...
News Leaked Famitsu Column Suggests Sakurai Considered Rollback Netcode For Smash Bros. Ultimate
It didn't work out
Leaked excerpts of Masahiro Sakurai's weekly Famistu column have apparently revealed that during development of Smash Bros. Ultimate, the series creator and the team considered using a popular coding solution used in other fighting games to improve the online experience. According to PushDustin on Twitter, the column will discuss...
News Three Brand New Paper Mario Spirits Are Being Added To Smash Bros. Ultimate
Event starts this Friday
Nintendo loves cross-promoting its games nowadays and this weekend in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, it'll be hosting a Paper Mario: The Origami King event featuring three brand new spirits. These paper-thin spirits include Olivia, Origami Princess Peach, and King Olly. The fight starts this Friday on 28th August and runs for...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Hosting Royal Tournament Later This Week
A battle royale like no other
Nintendo isn't slowing down on the weekly Super Smash Bros. Ultimate events. This week it's a tournament celebrating all of the royal representatives in the game. As you can see in the lovely promotional artwork above, it'll feature fighters such as Princess Zelda, Princess Peach and Daisy, Lucina and Corrin from the...
News Smash Bros. Ultimate "Weaken Minions" Spirit Board Event Starts This Friday
Join the battle
This week's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event takes on the form of a spirit board event and is all about the item, Weaken Minions. It makes all enemy fighters take more damage and knockback. It starts this Friday on 14th August. If you win you'll not only get the item but also triple the amount of the SP: Will you be participating...
News A Closer Look At The Small Battlefield Stage In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Part of the 8.1.0 update
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has just been updated to version 8.1.0. You can view the full patch notes in our other post. The highlight, as already noted, is the new smaller-size battlefield stage. The online experience has also been improved. Although the patch notes don't really go into detail about this stage, game...
News Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 8.1.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Adds a small Battlefield stage and improves 1v1 online
A new update for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has been rolled out. Most notably it adds a small version of the Battlefield stage. You can find out more about it in our other post. You can now listen to all of the game's music on the Battlefield, Small Battlefield, Big Battlefield, and Final...
News Today Is Masahiro Sakurai's 50th Birthday
Happy birthday, Sakurai-san!
Masahiro Sakurai, creator and director of the Kirby and Super Smash Bros. series, turns 50 years old today, 3rd August. One of Sakurai's earliest career highlights came when he was just 19 years old, designing our favourite pink blob Kirby and directing the character's first ever game, Kirby's Dream Land. Since then,...
News Alt Lab's Smash Stick Kickstarter Campaign Is Now Live
Update: It's reached its goal
Update (Sat 1st Aug, 2020 13:05 BST): The $70,000 goal has been reached, stretch goals have now been unlocked. We did it! Thanks to all of you and your support, our KS campaign got fully funded in 22 hours! We couldn't have done this without all of you. This has been an incredible journey so far and this is just the...
News Top Smash Melee Player Unsure About Future Involvement In Competitive Scene
"the game does not bring me the happiness that it used to"
The top Super Smash Bros. Melee competitive player, Juan "Hungrybox" Debiedma, (who has been terrorising the scene with Jigglypuff for the past decade) is questioning his future commitment to the 2001 GameCube title. In a recently published video on his YouTube channel, Debiedma said he...
News Blue Characters Star In This Week's Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Event
Starts this Friday
This week, Nintendo is hosting a special Super Smash Bros. Ultimate event featuring all sorts of blue characters. While Sonic the Hedgehog didn't make the cut, Metal Sonic and Chaos did. So did Krystal from Star Fox Adventures, Rover from the Animal Crossing series, Dialga from the Pokémon series, and Jack Levin from the F-Zero...
Guide Where To Buy Joker And Hero Super Smash Bros. amiibo
Love that Joker
It's been a while since we've had any lovely new amiibo to buy, and now there are two new ones with us in the shape of Persona 5's Joker and Dragon Quest's Hero – the first two characters from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Fighters Pass DLC to be immortalised in plastic. Several stores have the two figures and you can order them...
News Smash Bros. Wii U And 3DS Tournament Announced For Ultimate, Starts This Friday
And Animal Crossing and Ring Fit Adventure spirits return
This week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is celebrating the 3DS and Wii U entries with a special tournament. Both of these games were released in 2014 and introduced downloadable content to the series for the first time ever. The upcoming 3DS and Wii U tournament starts this Friday on 24th July...
Random Fan Photoshops Masks Onto Every Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Character
Everyone is here! (With masks)
The Super Smash Bros. gang might enjoy throwing, kicking, and Falcon Punching each other into oblivion in their spare time, but it turns out that they also know how to look after each other, too. Twitter user @gleed_ssb has taken on the almighty task of Photoshopping masks onto each and every character in the Super...
Random Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Mod Swaps Snake For Ninja
"GGs"
With Super Smash Bros. Ultimate throwing the door open to a number of popular third-party franchise characters, it wouldn't be completely out of the question to see the ultra-popular Fortnite be represented in some way later down the line. For many, when you think of games like Fortnite, you think less about its in-game characters and more...
News Nintendo's Ace Pilots Star In This Week's Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament
Starts this Friday
This week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is hosting a tournament for all of its top pilots. The line-up includes Fox and Wolf from Star Fox, Captain Falcon from the F-Zero series, Zero Suit Samus from the Metroid series, and...Olimar from Pikmin. Eek! All of the stages featured in this upcoming tournament will include vehicles. The...
News Nintendo Locks In Release Dates For Its Joker And Hero Smash Bros. amiibo
Update: European release date also confirmed
Update: The release dates for both amiibo have now also been confirmed for Europe. Joker and Hero will both launch in Europe on 25th September, the same day as Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Original Article: One of the highlights during the most recent Super Smash Bros. Ultimate presentation was...
Random A Super Smash Bros. Fan Is Reimagining Every Fighter As A Hollow Knight Bug
And it's wonderful
We've seen plenty of fan-made takes on the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster over the past couple of years - like the time someone decided to transform John Cena into Captain Falcon, or when the art director of God of War created an incredible collection of 'realistic' Sma
News Nintendo Is Offering Real-Life Super Smash Bros. Invitations To My Nintendo Users (Japan)
Get your hands on the iconic envelope!
If you've ever dreamt of receiving your very own Super Smash Bros. invitation, or perhaps staging your own character reveal video at home, this new gift set from My Nintendo would come in super handy. As you'd expect, the items you see below are sadly exclusive to the Japanese site, but if you happen to have...
News Octopath Traveler To Be Represented In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Next Event
New spirits arrive this weekend
Nintendo has shared details of its next Spirit event coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and this time Square Enix's popular RPG Octopath Traveler will be joining in the fun. Four new Spirits will be added to the Spirit Board, all in celebration of the Octopath's second anniversary. The Spirits will split the...
Talking Point What Do Abuse Scandals Say About The Smash Bros. Community, And Its Future?
Where now for Smash, and esports as a whole?
Before we begin, we'd like to point out that this article discusses sexual coercion, sexual assault, rape, and sexual abuse of minors, and links to stories of these accounts. We appreciate this might be outside of our usual remit but we feel very strongly that this is a topic we simply could not ignore...
Random Fans Have Spotted A Mistake In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's Newest Stage
Did you notice?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's latest DLC character Min Min has been available for around a week now, along with a brand new stage, music, and more, but have you noticed the mistake that seems to have slipped through during development? We wouldn't blame you for missing it, but eagle-eyed fans have
News Nintendo Issues Statement Following Allegations Of Abuse By Former EVO CEO
"We are deeply disturbed by the allegations"
Last week, it was confirmed that the online version of fighting game event EVO – created in response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic – has been cancelled following allegations of abuse by former CEO Joey Cuellar. Cuellar has been ejected from the company and will no longer be involved "in any...
Random Have Super Smash Bros. Boxes Been Teasing Future Games All Along?
What are the chances?
Ever since Melee arrived in 2001, the Super Smash Bros. games have all been treated to a subtitle in their name, rather than following any sort of numerical sequel-style system. After the original Super Smash Bros. on N64, we had Melee on GameCube, Brawl on Wii, the less-imaginative for Wii U and
News Smash Bros. Celebrates Min Min's Arrival With An Appropriately-Themed Tournament
Starts this Friday
It's been a big week for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with the arrival of Min Min and Version 8.0.0, and now to top it off Nintendo is hosting a special tournament that's only open to fighters who are proud of their arms and fists. Do you see where this going? The main representative of this tournament is Min Min from ARMS, and...
News ARMS Dev Celebrates Min Min's Arrival In Smash Ultimate With Some New Artwork
Lovely stuff
It's another special moment for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate with today marking the release of the ARMS character Min Min. This also happens to be quite an exciting time for the development team behind ARMS and to celebrate this very special occasion, it's shared an all-star illustration. @SmashBrosJP In commemoration of the...
