Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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  • Summary: Inklings from the Splatoon series, as well as returning Smash characters like Mario and Link will be making appearances in this classic Nintendo franchise's Switch debut. Faster combat, new items, new attacks, new defensive options, and more will keep the battle raging whether you’re at homeInklings from the Splatoon series, as well as returning Smash characters like Mario and Link will be making appearances in this classic Nintendo franchise's Switch debut. Faster combat, new items, new attacks, new defensive options, and more will keep the battle raging whether you’re at home or on the go. … Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 99
  3. Negative: 0 out of 99
  1. Nintendo Force Magazine
    Feb 26, 2019
    100
    This is the ultimate Smash Bros. How will they ever top it? [Issue #37 – January/February 2019, p. 65]
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  2. Power Unlimited
    Dec 6, 2018
    100
    Don't ask me how Nintendo managed to put more than 35 years of experience and love into one product, but they succeeded. Smash Ultimate is not only the ultimate Smash game, the ultimate fighting game, the ultimate party game, and the ultimate collection of videogame nostalgia: it's the ultimate video game. I will continue to play this forever. At least, until Nintendo delivers another sequel.
  3. XGN
    Dec 6, 2018
    97
    This is the ultimate Super Smash Bros. With an abundance of fighters, stages and modes there is always fun in fighting friends. Even when you're playing by yourself thanks to Classic Mode and World of Light if you play the second one in bite-sized chunks.
  4. Everyeye.it
    Dec 6, 2018
    93
    For the first time, we could almost say that the Nintendo brawler has reached the saturation point, beyond which it is really difficult to think about what future episodes might hold.
  5. GameSpot
    Dec 17, 2018
    90
    An inconsistent online mode and situational downers don't stop Super Smash Bros. Ultimate from shining as a flexible multiplayer game that can be as freewheeling or as firm as you want it to be. Its entertaining single-player content helps keep the game rich with interesting things to do, as well as bolstering its spirit of loving homage to the games that have graced Nintendo consoles. Ultimate's diverse content is compelling, its strong mechanics are refined, and the encompassing collection is simply superb.
  6. Critical Hit
    Dec 11, 2018
    90
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is more than best-of-hits collection of Smash games past. It’s a tightly woven experience that deftly combines the old with the new and manages to meet the lofty expectations placed on it. It’s incredibly easy to pick up and play, with enough depth and nuance to keep players engaged. It’s the best Smash Bros has ever been.
  7. Attack of the Fanboy
    Dec 10, 2018
    70
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is equal parts greatness and lacking. The sheer wealth of content and great gameplay is commended but there are big holes in what could be a great game.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,036 out of 1283
  2. Mixed: 103 out of 1283
  3. Negative: 144 out of 1283
  1. Robert95
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    The best smash bros game so far, combines everything for casual and competitive game. Without a doubt this is the best work of Sakurai.
  2. Tomozswitch
    Oct 18, 2020
    10
    Solo campaign is great fun, nice little story, hours of fun. One of the best games if you have friends over and want a socially acceptable waySolo campaign is great fun, nice little story, hours of fun. One of the best games if you have friends over and want a socially acceptable way to beat them up.… Expand
  4. JuanpSage
    Dec 7, 2018
    10
    The Ultimate Smash Brothers and best fighting game ever made, Not to mention that it is the best crossover-gamer ever made this today...The Ultimate Smash Brothers and best fighting game ever made, Not to mention that it is the best crossover-gamer ever made this today...
    Thanks Nintendo, you recovered the childhood of millions and bring us back to that golden days of Gaming!    … Expand
  5. Vaulie
    Feb 10, 2020
    9
    Quite simply, the best fighting game on the planet. Especially with the sheer volume of characters and stages. Had enough JRPG / Fire EmblemQuite simply, the best fighting game on the planet. Especially with the sheer volume of characters and stages. Had enough JRPG / Fire Emblem characters though..… Expand
  6. CabbageBoi
    Dec 7, 2018
    9
    Very cool game but i cant afford it because im only nine years old and don't get an allowance :C
    but pewdiepie said its game of the year so i    Very cool game but i cant afford it because im only nine years old and don't get an allowance :C
    but pewdiepie said its game of the year so i give it a nine the same as my age :D    … Expand
  7. stealthbushido
    Jan 5, 2022
    8
    So close to being perfect. The game itself is a dream come true with such a massive, rich roster. Vs with a friend or two is hour's of nonSo close to being perfect. The game itself is a dream come true with such a massive, rich roster. Vs with a friend or two is hour's of non stop fun.

    As for the single player content I feel it failed. I do not enjoy the adventure mode at all. I may be one of the few but I miss collecting & looking at trophies and reading the characters details & game's they first appeared in ect. And the bonus stage gets boring. No break the target's to mix it up?    … Expand
  8. OctoCallie20
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    So... Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. What can be said about it that's based and completely honest? Why don't we start with the "Fighter's Passes"So... Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. What can be said about it that's based and completely honest? Why don't we start with the "Fighter's Passes" that have been overhpyed since they were announced?

    Every single fighter within the Fighter's Passes have all been biased, weak, horrifyingly laughably bad "picks" save for Pyra+Mythra; Even outside of both Fighter's Passes, Piranha Plant is a terrible addition to this overhyped, bloated train-wreck of a "game". But I digress, what else makes this game a Skyward Sword-tier laughably bad disaster? Let's see...

    Oh, huh, what do you know? The online: Inexcusable, infuriatingly broken, barely held together by glue and overused tape. How in the name of God did Nintendo manage to make Comcast-tier servers? It baffled me then and it still baffles me to this day.

    Sakurai set out to make the biggest Smash Bros. to date, and, well... He truly accomplished such a Herculean task...

    ...Too bad it ended up being too overbloated and too much of a comedically bad train-wreck for its own good. The fighter DLC ex-packs and hilariously bad online servers that Nintendo have built really bring this game down into the depths of the Mariana Trench, bordering on the fiery underworld for how it overall is just a slow-motion, comedically laughable and terrible train-wreck. Had I known all this at the time that Inklings were revealed to be in this game, it would have saved me an insane amount of money from getting. As it is, "Ultimate" is definitely fitting as a classification of being the ultimate failure.

    I'm absolutely, insanely ecstatic to see Sakurai will finally be stepping down and away from this entire series we all love; Maybe now, we can get someone who isn't an incompetent, entitled, easily-manipulated man such as him. Get someone newer and younger and willing to stand up to Nintendo and tell them "No" to many of their stupidly backwards, entitled and biased ideas that nobody has ever asked for. Maybe then, we can have a Smash Bros. that will actually be fun and enjoyable instead of an overbloated, overhyped, shoddy mess.    … Expand

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