Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Projected release date	December 7, 2018
Genre(s)	Fighting

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL) is an upcoming fighting game for the Nintendo Switch. It was first announced on March 8th, 2018 at the end of the Nintendo Direct released the same day. It will be the fifth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series (sixth if both versions of Super Smash Bros. 4 are counted as two games). The game is scheduled to release on December 7, 2018.

Trailer

The first teaser trailer was revealed at the end of the Nintendo Direct on March 8th, 2018. It suggested that Inklings were newcomers to the game (although this had not yet been explicitly confirmed at the time).

Confirmed elements

All 63 characters from all four Smash Bros. games return as playable characters. Inkling, with Boy and Girl designs from the original Splatoon, has been confirmed to appear in the game. Ridley is confirmed to be a playable character with Meta Ridley as an alternate costume. Daisy is confirmed to be a playable clone character (or Echo Fighter (ϵ)) of Peach.

Veterans (65)
Mario		Luigi		Peach		Bowser		Dr. Mario		Rosalina & Luma		Bowser Jr.		Yoshi
Donkey Kong		Diddy Kong		Link		Zelda		Sheik		Ganondorf		Young Link		Toon Link
Samus		Zero Suit Samus		Kirby		Meta Knight		King Dedede		Fox		Falco		Wolf
Pikachu		Jigglypuff		Mewtwo		Pichu		Pokémon Trainer (Squirtle, Ivysaur, Charizard)
Lucario		Greninja		Captain Falcon		Ness		Lucas		Ice Climbers		Marth		Roy
Ike		Robin		Lucinaε		Corrin		Mr. Game & Watch		Pit		Palutena		Dark Pitε
Wario		Olimar		R.O.B.		Villager		Wii Fit Trainer		Little Mac		Shulk		Duck Hunt
	Snake		Sonic		Mega Man		Pac-Man		Ryu		Cloud		Bayonetta
					Mii Brawler		Mii Swordfighter		Mii Gunner
Newcomers (24)
Daisyε		Piranha Plant (DLC)		King K. Rool		Ridley		Dark Samusε		Incineroar		Chromε		Byleth (DLC)
Isabelle		Pyra/Mythra (DLC)				Inkling		Min Min (DLC)		Kenε		Sephiroth (DLC)		Simon
Richterε		Joker (DLC)		Hero (DLC)		Banjo & Kazooie (DLC)		Terry (DLC)		Steve (DLC)		Kazuya (DLC)		Sora (DLC)

Bold denotes starter characters.
^"ε" denotes Echo Fighters.

Stages

New stages (19)
Battlefield		Final Destination		Big Battlefield		Small Battlefield (8.1.0)		New Donk City Hall		Great Plateau Tower
Garreg Mach Monastery (DLC)		Cloud Sea of Alrest (DLC)		Moray Towers		Spring Stadium (DLC)		Northern Cave (DLC)		Dracula's Castle
		Mementos (DLC)		Yggdrasil's Altar (DLC)		Spiral Mountain (DLC)		King of Fighters Stadium (DLC)
			Minecraft World (DLC)		Mishima Dojo (DLC)		Hollow Bastion (DLC)
Returning stages (96)
Peach's Castle		Mushroom Kingdom		Princess Peach's Castle		Rainbow Cruise		Mushroom Kingdom II		Delfino Plaza
Mushroomy Kingdom		Figure-8 Circuit		Luigi's Mansion		Mario Bros.		3D Land		Golden Plains
Paper Mario		Mushroom Kingdom U		Mario Galaxy		Mario Circuit		Super Mario Maker		Super Happy Tree
Yoshi's Story		Yoshi's Island (Melee)		Yoshi's Island		Kongo Jungle		Kongo Falls		Jungle Japes
75m		Hyrule Castle		Great Bay		Temple		Bridge of Eldin		Pirate Ship
Gerudo Valley		Spirit Train		Skyloft		Brinstar		Brinstar Depths		Norfair
Frigate Orpheon		Dream Land		Fountain of Dreams		Green Greens		Halberd		Dream Land GB
The Great Cave Offensive		Corneria		Venom		Lylat Cruise		Saffron City		Pokémon Stadium
Pokémon Stadium 2		Spear Pillar		Unova Pokémon League		Prism Tower		Kalos Pokémon League		Big Blue
Port Town Aero Dive		Mute City SNES		Onett		Fourside		New Pork City		Magicant
Summit		Castle Siege		Arena Ferox		Coliseum		Flat Zone X		Skyworld
Reset Bomb Forest		Palutena's Temple		WarioWare, Inc.		Gamer		Distant Planet		Garden of Hope
Smashville		Tortimer Island		Town and City		Wii Fit Studio		Boxing Ring		Gaur Plain
Duck Hunt		Shadow Moses Island		Green Hill Zone		Windy Hill Zone		Wily Castle		Pac-Land
Suzaku Castle		Midgar		Umbra Clock Tower		Hanenbow		PictoChat 2		Balloon Fight
Living Room		Find Mii		Tomodachi Life		Wrecking Crew		Pilotwings		Wuhu Island

Entire List:

New Stages

Battlefield

Final Destination

Great Plateau Tower

Moray Towers

An unknown stage seemingly based on Super Mario Odyssey

A stage likely based on Star Fox Zero (possibly a revamped Corneria)

Returning Stages

3D Land

75m

Arena Ferox

Balloon Fight

Big Blue

Boxing Ring

Bridge of Eldin

Castle Siege

Coliseum

Distant Planet

Dream Land

Find Mii

Fourside

Frigate Orpheon

Garden of Hope

Gaur Plain

Gerudo Valley

Great Bay

Green Greens

Green Hill Zone

Halberd

Hyrule Castle

Jungle Japes

Kalos Pokémon League

Kongo Jungle

Living Room

Luigi's Mansion

Lylat Cruise

Magicant

Mario Circuit

Mario Circuit

Mario Galaxy

Midgar

Mushroom Kingdom II

Mushroom Kingdom U

Mushroomy Kingdom

New Pork City

Norfair

Onett

Pac-Land

Palutena's Temple

Pilotwings

Pokémon Stadium

Pokémon Stadium 2

Port Town Aero Dive

Prism Tower

Princess Peach's Castle

Saffron City

Shadow Moses Island

Skyloft

Skyworld

Spear Pillar

Spirit Train

Summit

Suzaku Castle

Temple

The Great Cave Offensive

Tomodachi Life

Tortimer Island

Town and City

Umbra Clock Tower

Unova Pokémon League

Venom

WarioWare, Inc.

Wii Fit Studio

Wily Castle

Wuhu Island

Wrecking Crew

Yoshi's Island

Yoshi's Island

Yoshi's Story

An unnamed stage based on New Donk City from Super Mario Odyssey has also been confirmed to appear. It has also been confirmed that either Flat Zone 2 or Flat Zone X will appear; however, it can not be determined which one it is at the moment. The same is also true for PictoChat or PictoChat 2.

Development

Towards the end of Super Smash Bros. 4's post-launch development, Masahiro Sakurai announced that his next project had been decided and that he would be taking a small vacation following the end of development. Prior to leaving Bandai Namco, presumably sometime in 2016, Tiago Sonobe, then a software engineer and graphics programmer for the company, started development on the game's rendering engine. On November 12th, 2017, Nintendo filed a number of trademarks, notably including a Japanese Super Smash Bros. logo.

A Super Smash Bros. title for Nintendo Switch was later officially revealed on March 8th, 2018 via a Nintendo Direct. Shortly after, Sakurai confirmed in a tweet that he had been working on the game "in silence, day after day". On March 22nd, 2018, Nintendo announced the Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018, a tournament taking place on June 12th where invited professional players will play the upcoming game. This will likely be the first glimpse of actual gameplay, alongside other footage that will be taken at Nintendo's E3 event. In volume 542 of his Famitsu article, Sakurai revealed that his work schedule had been cut down significantly, citing strict regulations regarding work hours. On April 18th, 2018, Nintendo again filed a number of trademarks for several game logos, including the Super Smash Bros. logo. Most of these game logos originate from games with some relationship to the Smash series, including Pikmin, Star Fox, and F-Zero. These trademarks were approved on May 14th, 2018.

Changes from SSB4

Gameplay changes

• The stage selection screen now appears before the character selection menu, making players select a stage before selecting characters.
• There is a versus splash screen, which shows the combatants for each match.
• Fighters inflict more damage during one-on-one fights to increase gameplay speed.
• In timed matches, characters in the lead will occasionally flash gold.
• Screen KOs are much faster, making them once again faster than Star KOs.
• Rolling or Sidestepping often will slowly cause grounded dodges to lag and lose intangibility frames, leaving fighters more vulnerable.
• Airdodges now act as a combination of Melee and Smash 4: airdodging to the left and right grant fighters a quick momentum boost in said direction, but without making them helpless. Fighters still suffer from landing lag should they attempt this too close to the ground.
• Final Smashes are quicker, with versions granting a controllable transformation (such as Landmaster or Octopus) being removed, so players can return to fighting quickly. As a result, many fighters receive new Final Smashes or have returning Final Smashes with altered functionalities.
• Knockback functions much differently than previous games: fighters "speed up" for several moments after being hit, before losing significant momentum and returning to normal.
• Instead of Bob-ombs falling, Sudden Death consists of the screen slowing zooming in, making the blast zones gradually shrink.

Aesthetic changes

• The particle effects of the game are significantly more cartoony, with a solid-color or cel-shaded aesthetic. Compared to Smash 4, hits are signified by spark-like blows instead of colorful stars.
• Melee blows sound harder-hitting compared to the previous game.
• Fighters sent flying now leave a colorful, lingering trial of solid-colored smoke behind them.
• The game camera is presented more dramatically, slowing down time with a colorful overlay upon landing very strong hits such Falcon Punch. Similarly, potential final hits of a match will dramatically pause the camera while zooming in.
• The damage counter now displays tenths of a damage percentage (i.e. 10.5%).
• Star KO'd characters now use a tumbling animation similar to Brawl's Screen KOs, rolling away from the screen as they fly away.
• Many Assist Trophies and Final Smashes now affect the background of the stage.

Item changes

• There can now be more than one Assist Trophy active at any given time. Additionally, characters summoned by an Assist Trophy can be KO'd, granting a point to whoever KO'd said character.
• Smash Balls have a chance of spawning with Soccer Ball physics, rolling around the stage and respawning once it drops offstage. These despawn after a set time.
• Fake Smash Balls were introduced, with inverted lines as its design. When broken, these explode into a colorful X-shaped explosion, causing heavy knockback and damage to nearby fighters.
• The Boss Galaga causes a black background to cover the screen, complete with pixel stars.

Gallery

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  Key Artwork

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  English logo

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  Japanese logo

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  Traditional Chinese logo

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  Simplified Chinese logo

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  Korean logo

Trivia

• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game since the original Super Smash Bros. to not be announced alongside new hardware. Super Smash Bros. Melee was revealed alongside the final retail version of the Nintendo GameCube at E3 2001, Super Smash Bros. Brawl was announced alongside the Wii itself, then-codenamed Revolution at E3 2005, and Super Smash Bros. 4 was announced alongside the Wii U at E3 2011. Moreover, unlike the latter two games, this is the first time since Super Smash Bros. Melee that a Smash Bros. game is not announced years in advance, as Super Smash Bros. Brawl was announced in 2005 and revealed a year later, and Super Smash Bros. 4 was announced in 2011 and revealed two years later, with both released in 2008 and 2014 respectively.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to not feature the involvement of Satoru Iwata as he passed away in July 2015.
• This is the first Smash game since Melee where no veteran characters were cut. This game also brings back the greatest number of cut veterans, with the total being seven (Ice Climbers, Young Link, Pichu, Squirtle, Ivysaur, Wolf and Snake).
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to have a planned simultaneous worldwide release.

External links

• Official Super Smash Bros. Ultimate website