Editing Rumble

Controllers for the [[Nintendo Switch]] were created with a new feature called '''HD Rumble'''. This feature has the ability to change the way the controller vibrates in real time depending on context. Aside from all uses of rumble from previously games, ''Ultimate'' uses HD Rumble in a few unique ways. The main way is that whiffed attacks cause a weak vibration while an attack that connects causes a much stronger vibration. This mechanic is mainly used as tactile confirmation of the attack connecting in case of ambiguous situations. The rumble feature is also used for many other minor interactions, such as landing from a jump, each step taken while on the ground, blocking attacks while holding shield, and during the splash animation of a [[Victory pose]]. {{SSBU|Kazuya}} has a specific effect where the controllers will vibrate to simulate a heartbeat while he is in his [[Rage Drive#Rage|Rage]] mode.

''Melee'', ''Brawl'', ''Smash Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'' have a "Rumble" settings in the Options menu, where the player can select whether or not they want their controllers to vibrate or not. Individual names also can have Rumble features on or off; in these cases, selecting the name overrides what the player's controller port is set to. The Wii, Wii U and Nintendo Switch have their own Rumble setting in the menu; turning this feature on is required to make Wii Remotes, the Wii U GamePad, Joycons and Wii U/Switch Pro Controllers (alongside GameCube controllers in ''Ultimate'') rumble in the respective ''Super Smash Bros'' games.

In ''Smash Wii U'' and ''Ultimate'', it is not possible to disable rumble to specific ports, potentially due to how the game handles them on the character selection screen. Instead, the functionality is handled entirely by the [[Controls]] menu, where a single button will disable rumble completely for all compatible controllers tied to a [[name]]. Similar to ''Melee'' and ''Brawl'', names which have rumble enabled will override this option during gameplay.

As the Rumble Pak can simply be removed from the Nintendo 64 controller, there is no Rumble menu in the original game while rumble is not present in the Wii Virtual Console version. In ''Ultimate'', the ability to turn rumble on or off has been folded into the button settings screen in the Controls menu.

 

While Rumble is enabled by default in all games in the ''Smash'' series, players in tournaments can choose whether or not to enable the feature on their controllers. Some players disable Rumble, as they find the effect to be distracting, and some [[controller mod]]s even focus on removing the rumble motor from controllers as to prevent the need to manually disable the feature before matches. Other players leave Rumble on, as it can potentially act as a stimulus for [[Smash DI]], or simply because they do not find the feature distracting.

*In ''Ultimate'', the Joy-Con will rumble as soon as the game determines that a hit has occurred. Due to the [[Frame delay|delay]] of 6 frames present always present on top of [[display lag]] and potentially [[Wi-Fi lag]] if playing online, the Joy-Con will rumble perceptibly earlier than the hit will be displayed on screen, and for fast enough attacks, even before the attack animation begins.

*''Ultimate'' introduced some rumble-related errors in version 7.0.0 that persist to this day. {{SSBU|Toon Link}}'s [[back aerial]] and {{SSBU|Cloud}}'s [[up smash]], which both received balance changes in this update, no longer trigger the stronger "attack connect" HD rumble.