| Super Smash Bros. (tentative title) | |
|---|---|
 Logo of the game | |
| Developer(s) | Bandai Namco Sora Ltd. |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Released | 2018 |
| Genre(s) | Fighting |
Super Smash Bros. (tentative title) is an upcoming fighting game for the currently unannounced successor to the Nintendo Switch. It was announced in the Nintendo Direct which aired on April 1st, 2023. It is scheduled to release in early 2024.
Characters
The new Super Smash Bros.'s theme is the opposite of Ultimate: rather than all veterans returning, every veteran except the Original 12 will be cut from the roster.
Goomba was the first character to be revealed, with Alternate costume variations based off of Goombario and Goombella. In the same reveal was Rabbid Peach shooting away a group of Goombas and was announced to be replacing Princess Peach. Baby Wario was then shown using his magnet to snatch Rabbid Peach's gun.
A later scene shows King Harkinian from the infamous CD-I game Link and the Faces of Evil recieving a glass from Tingle, who is shown floating on a pair of balloons, both of which being confirmed the next fighters of the Zelda universe. A small insect is seen flying out of the glass, revealed to be Buzz Buzz from the EarthBound universe, however in the very next shot he gets slapped away by Lardna, referencing Buzz Buzz's death.
| Veterans (12) | |||||
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 Mario 
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 Luigi
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 Yoshi 
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 Donkey Kong 
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 Link 
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 Samus 
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 Kirby 
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 Fox 
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 Pikachu 
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 Jigglypuff
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 Captain Falcon 
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 Ness 
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| Newcomers ( ) | |||||
 Goomba
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 Rabbid Peach
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 Mallow
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 Baby Wario
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 Chunky Kong
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 Swanky Kong
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 Tingle
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 Harkinian
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Samus
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Kirby
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Fox
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 Pikablu
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 Dudunsparce
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 New Age Retro Hippie
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 Buzz Buzz
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 Lardna
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 Random 
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Stages
All stages from Ultimate will be returning, with the exception of stages that were previously considered tournament legal, it appears to have been done in order to discourage players from playing competitively. Additionally, Battlefield forms and Ω forms have been removed, instead each stage will have a "Frustration Form" where the stage will tilt and spin randomly. Battlefield and Final Destination themselves are set to the new Frustration Form by default with no option to play on them normally.
| New Stages () | |||||||||||
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 Battlefield
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 Small Battlefield (8.1.0)
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 Big Battlefield
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 Final Destination
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Changes from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Gameplay changes
- All past controllers have been confirmed compatible with the game, with the exception of the GameCube controller, as the console does not have support for the adapter.
- The NES and SNES controllers released for the Nintendo Switch Online service, while technically compatible, cannot be used due to not enough buttons and lack of an analog stick.
- The charging duration for Smash attacks have been reduced to their pre-Ultimate duration.
- All characters can now Wall-jump.
- Aerials can now be cancelled after 3 frames of contact.
- Stale-move negation has been removed.
- Characters have a 5% chance of tripping during a dash.
- Hitstun is now dependant on weight, where heavier characters now have higher hitstun.
- Shields can now protect against grabs.
- Shields no longer depleat on their own and will only depleat when damaged, thus they can be held indefinitely without breaking.
- Characters now have access to unique diagonal special moves, adding two new special moves for each character.
- All characters now have a 1% chance of using their Final Smash a second time after being used once.
Menu changes
- My Music has been overhauled, now every song in the game can be played on any stage and is no longer restricted to certain universes.
- Item Switch has been removed, items will always appear at a rate that matches the Very High setting from 64 and Melee.
Trivia
- This is the first Smash game to have no veterans aside from the Original 12.