Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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8.6

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  1. evildoomfoot
    Dec 7, 2018
    4
    a fantastic insane brawler. Its more realistically 8-9 for a score but as the way of things with metacritic, there is a need to offset the 0s from the fanboys with hurt feelings
  2. SameOldCJ
    Dec 7, 2018
    0
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is really disappointing. When it was first announced, I felt it would be one of the best 2018 games. However, when I saw it at the E3, it let me down.

    The new fighters, like Daisy, Isabelle and Chrom, are nothing interesting with the exception of King K. Rool, Inkling and Ridley. No new 3rd-party characters neither, which is why there's a huge fandom of this    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is really disappointing. When it was first announced, I felt it would be one of the best 2018 games. However, when I saw it at the E3, it let me down.

    The new fighters, like Daisy, Isabelle and Chrom, are nothing interesting with the exception of King K. Rool, Inkling and Ridley. No new 3rd-party characters neither, which is why there's a huge fandom of this series and, anyway, their requests are not taken in account.

    My most disliked announcement was the new Assist Trophies. People felt disappointed when Waluigi was an AT once again. In my case, I really felt depressed when I saw Bomberman was one too. I mean, really? An Assist Trophy? Since the announcement of Super Bomberman R as a launch title for the Switch, both Smash and Bomberman fans determined it was time to include him as a playable fighter in the next Smash, not something else. Even notable personalities and brands agreed with it. There are a lot of reasons of why he deserves it much more than the current 3rd-party characters such as Wario Blast!, the series in every Nintendo platform, the Mario Party series developed by Hudson Soft, etc. Is this a joke? Even though both Bomberman and Hudson Soft had a long relationship with Nintendo, they just gave him mere respect.

    Going on with the Assist Trophies, this feature really ruined more 3rd-party characters. Later, they announced Ashley, Isaac, Knuckles, Krystal, Shadow, Shovel Knight, Starfy and Zero as AT's as well, despite being requested by fans too. What? Why the overuse of this Assist Trophy thing? I thought Smash accepted relevant characters like those as fighters but no, looks like in a very different way.

    The 3rd-party characters are disappointing too. Bayonetta is not a very notable series as others. So why is she here once again? She doesn't deserve to be in a crossover fighting game like this. Nobody requested her. Hideo Kojima, who I don't think is great, asked Nintendo to include Solid Snake to Brawl. He left Konami and wasn't included in 3DS/Wii U but is here again. And later, they announced the only new 3rd-party character: Simon Belmont. So why did Konami re-add a character whose latest game was hated by the Internet media and fans and one whose series is dead since 2014. Bomberman is the only current notable series owned by Konami thanks to the success of Super Bomberman R. Nonetheless, Bomberman is less important than Metal Gear and Castlevania? Just because they're overrated it doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to be playable. Bomberman is a more iconic and original video game character for both casual and hardcore gamers than Snake, Bayonetta, Ryu, Cloud and Simon. He is just like Mario, Sonic, Mega Man and Pac-Man. The problem is that Konami doesn't know how to treat him. He was much better with Hudson Soft instead.

    Even some of the 1st-party characters are disappointing. Daisy is just like Peach and could better fit as a skin for her and not as a separate character. The same with Dr. Mario: you still treat him as a different character apart from Mario even though he is a clone of him. That's absurd. He is just Mario wearing a doctor suit. Why didn't you add him as part of his interchangeable skins? Also, why are there a lot of Fire Emblem characters? Most of them are echo fighters or clones. Even Zelda and Kirby have more legacy and popularity than Fire Emblem and they don't get a new character at least. And Wario still has his boring WarioWare style instead of the more appreciated Wario Land one.

    The game doesn't have so interesting features. The new story mode, World of Light, is repetitive and nothing like the Subspace Emissary, whose removal was due to a pointless reason. How they made all of the Final Smashes automatic and the addition of more Echo Fighters and clones is worthless. All this make this game look like a Deluxe version of the 3DS/Wii U game rather than a new game.

    Moreover, another disappointing thing was the new Spirits thing, which took off the possibility to even more characters like Rayman, Shantae and, once again, Bomberman. This new Spirits feature messed the crossover style of this game up a lot, together with the Assist Trophies.

    To end up, I totally dislike this game. I don't deny I had my hopes to it but I do say this game screwed itself. I learned you don't have to expect anything good about it like requesting your favourite characters to appear in it. If they do, they will most probably end up being and AT or a Spirit, but not playable. I will never play nor have interest in Super Smash Bros. ever again. This game is the major disappointment of 2018 and one of the main reasons why the Switch isn't as cool as it was in 2017. I would rather play with the characters I like in their respective franchises than in a crossover fighting game like this.

    Thank you, Nintendo. Just go and take care of your other IP's and make this entry the last one of its series. Super Mario Odyssey is way better than this.    … Expand
  3. dogles
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    I am so dissapointed. Online play is garbage. Preferred rules are just that and if you're unlucky you end up having to play some ding dong who wants items on a terrible, terrible stage. Why? Also, game kinda sucks in my opinion since the hit boxes dont match the animation--its hard to learn what hits what and when. WAY too complicated, too many characters, hit boxes not matching animation,I am so dissapointed. Online play is garbage. Preferred rules are just that and if you're unlucky you end up having to play some ding dong who wants items on a terrible, terrible stage. Why? Also, game kinda sucks in my opinion since the hit boxes dont match the animation--its hard to learn what hits what and when. WAY too complicated, too many characters, hit boxes not matching animation, its not fun to play anymore. Mii characters with wonky move sets. I have no idea who I am fighting anymore. You'd have to play the game for thousands of hours to grow accustomed to each characters move set and hit boxes etc. Im shaking my head. Nintendo has lost me on this one. Back to the drawing board guys! Melee was great. In your pursuit to balance all your characters something weird happened...… Expand
  4. Riqyu112
    Aug 30, 2020
    3
    Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is bad game. Ranging from the lack of original content and the infamous online, you would be better of playing any of the previous Smash Bros. games.

    The "story" mode is nothing but walking from place to place on a map just to abuse one powerful spirit build for the entire game with no punishment. The only challenge comes from either purposefully raising    Super Smash Brothers Ultimate is bad game. Ranging from the lack of original content and the infamous online, you would be better of playing any of the previous Smash Bros. games.

    The "story" mode is nothing but walking from place to place on a map just to abuse one powerful spirit build for the entire game with no punishment. The only challenge comes from either purposefully raising the default difficulty so the spirits can avoid one more hit than usual or the bosses and the overpowered spirits that are harder than the true final boss fight, where you have three chances with your best characters as opposed to Pauline, where you have one chance to fend off three fighters who are better than you. Unlocking the other playable characters is an absolute joke when you've just fought a spirit that's offered you your own head on a silver platter.

    Classic mode isn't much better. While the references are fun to puzzle out, you might just be better off playing with friends since they won't be able to use frame perfect inputs on you.

    The online modes are notorious for their lack of balance, and I shouldn't even have to comment on how unbalanced the GSP gain/loss rates are. Characters are wildly unbalanced and unless you're willing to study game mechanics or throw away any shame you have, you'll be bullied by everyone else playing.

    The best parts about the game are the reveal trailers which are full of life and effort and tricked me into believing the full game would be as well.

    I would recommend anyone steer clear of this game and play Brawl or 64 instead. Hell, play Skullgirls if you want a good fighting game, fun characters and animations make it a better experience in my opinion. The dozen characters Skullgirls have are better than the 80+ Smash Ultimate has to work on.    … Expand
  5. Scrylon
    Jul 11, 2020
    2
    Boring adventure en worst online ever for a fighting game. Always input lag and hitboxes seems pretty buged. The only things that save this game is its huge roaster.
  6. CleanZodiac
    Apr 15, 2021
    4
    My previous review got deleted and my account got banned, even though I took 20 minutes writing a review of this game, so I will try to summarize it.

    First of all, the game is pretty fun if you play with items and/or don't take it seriously since it tries to aim to become a less complex and competitive fighting game, by lowering down the skill requirement for the player to actually be    My previous review got deleted and my account got banned, even though I took 20 minutes writing a review of this game, so I will try to summarize it.

    First of all, the game is pretty fun if you play with items and/or don't take it seriously since it tries to aim to become a less complex and competitive fighting game, by lowering down the skill requirement for the player to actually be decent at the game by making allot of moves safe and spammable, letting players mash out of combos easily since almost every character has fast aerials and because they reduced the hitstun making it very hard to punish people who mash out of combos. Many players just spot dodge after they miss a strong attack like a smash attack and you have to mostly respect their misses since the game leaves almost no time to punish, the game should follow the high risk high reward and not just low risk high reward since so many people throw out moves but you have to respect so many moves or risk getting punished whenever you try to punish them after they whiff. The online is just terrible, people can rage quit and you gain no gsp even though they left, there is allot of lag and players who abuse it, you cant mute winning taunts which some people use to be toxic whenever they win and sometimes when a player loses connection you get banned for supposedly disconnecting from the match. Allot of characters have gimmicky moves like Luigi for example: his whole play style revolves around him spamming his tether grab that you have to dodge almost instantly or else you will probably get 0 to death by a decent Luigi and the balancing is not as bad as the other smash games but its below decent since some characters clearly dominate over other like Pikachu and some are just terrible characters with awful design like Little Mac. Honestly if you want to buy this game for fun then go ahead but if you actually want to get good and play it competitively, then I would not recommend. I wanted to add this review again because first of all, deleting and banning a person for giving a bad review to an overrated game is just unprofessional and because I liked playing smash 4, brawl and melee but I personally believe that ultimate is just allot more frustrating and just a competitively worse game (except brawl, but at least that game was personally more fun than ultimate).    … Expand
  7. Smashbrosistras
    Sep 9, 2020
    0
    Half of the characters are reused from other ones and the cpus are either way to easy or **** stupid. Like a lvl 9 cpu will wait at the edge and constantly hit you and make you stay in the air. I’ve lost matches when we’re each at 1 stock I’m at 0% and their at 100% because I get stuck in the air. Also incenaroar is the most broken character, like from 0 he can get you to 50% instantly andHalf of the characters are reused from other ones and the cpus are either way to easy or **** stupid. Like a lvl 9 cpu will wait at the edge and constantly hit you and make you stay in the air. I’ve lost matches when we’re each at 1 stock I’m at 0% and their at 100% because I get stuck in the air. Also incenaroar is the most broken character, like from 0 he can get you to 50% instantly and it’s so broken. And link, someone who I think is really fun to play, IS HORESE **** his long ranged attacks do jack **** damage and his remote bombs kill me more than the enemies. Also there’s three links, normal young and toon. Their all just re skins except with slightly better ability’s than normal links. There’s so many balancing issues and a ton of other **** wrong with this game. If you want to have fun do not buy this game… Expand
  8. Whatever129
    Nov 5, 2020
    0
    This game online really is an insult. It's so bad, but so bad that Nintendo, Bandai and every single responsible for this should be ashamed.
  9. IkOzael
    Mar 28, 2021
    2
    Straight-up, I've had more fun in any past Smash Bros. game compared to this one, including Brawl.

    On a casual level, it's likely the same thing you've played before, but repackaged with more on the roster, so that audience is instantly dealt with. On a competitive level though, gameplay revolves around the same defensive crap as before. On the other hand, offense can be ridiculous,    Straight-up, I've had more fun in any past Smash Bros. game compared to this one, including Brawl.

    On a casual level, it's likely the same thing you've played before, but repackaged with more on the roster, so that audience is instantly dealt with. On a competitive level though, gameplay revolves around the same defensive crap as before. On the other hand, offense can be ridiculous, especially with characters that're already fast, which forces you to camp like hell to even do good against 'em. The whole dodge penalty doesn't do ****. Lag in general is nonexistent, therefore it's usually impossible to punish anything. Grabs (except tethers) have been castrated. Character playstyles can be described in a short sentence or less. Calling this game balanced is like saying Americans have a healthy diet. This game is more anti-competitive than Brawl and just 'cause everything is "faster" ain't gonna change that.

    The balancing is a whole other thing. I'd understand balancing ~100 characters is too much, but that's Sakurai's fault. It doesn't help that a lot of 'em are annoying as all hell with the newcomers being prime examples. There's an easy solution I call "Roster Rotation". Basically, cut the roster to ~40, add in the latest predictably popular characters during a Smash Bros. game's development, maybe some old forgotten ones, and make changes to veterans based on their recent games (or their home series material if you're creative).

    Anyway, hitstun is worse than Brawl and the knockback doesn't help. It turns a match into a game of hit-and-run unless you play some obnoxious **** which there're a lot of in that game. Also, the controls are terrible and the retarded hold buffer just adds insult to injury.

    Now, allow me to rip Spirits apart. Spirits is the biggest piece of **** outta ANY mode in Smash Bros. history. People have **** on Smash Tour (including me) for whatever reason, but I've reevaluated my thoughts on it and think it could've been fun if it was developed more than it was.

    World of Light, is a tedious Events mode essentially featuring Brawl's Stickers. Spirits have no downsides other than power and type, so you just pick the strongest ones you got. Most Spirits are weaker than the high-ranked ones and are just there to waste space in the game's files. You even get the best Spirits in the game after beating World of Light although they have one of many useless traits. Until then, you just run around a JPEG map with chores scattered around it. Y'know, when you do look at those JPEG maps, they actually look interesting as stages akin to The Great Maze in SSE. The Mysterious Dimension is my favorite one. I'd take a few long, interesting, well-designed levels over the **** they actually made.

    Anyway, spare me the bull**** about "But this mode lets us fight characters that we'd never see in Smash Bros. in a million years!". At the end o' the day, your still fighting Mario, Link, or whoever's in the game. Everything else is barely related to the Spirit in question. "This one loves [neutral/up/side/down] specials!", "The floor is [lava/electrical/frozen/sleep-inducing]!", "This one has no reason to exist other than to waste your time!", etc. And you can miss me like Neo from The Matrix with calling it a story. You can literally sum that **** up with "Gotta free the Spirits! Oh, and balance the light and dark stuff!". The retards calling it a story are the same people who would be callin' Steven Universe a flawless diamond. There's, like, 5 cutscenes compared to Subspace Emissary's +101. The first cutscene is what most people have their mouth agape over. The bosses are the only redeeming thing, but **** you if you thought there was a Boss Battles mode anywhere to be found. Thank god this wasn't what Sakurai went with in Brawl.

    I could go on about this mode specifically, but this review is already long. I tried to have some kinda fun with 'em before, but that wears out very quickly with how broken they are on top of the gameplay and characters. At least with Smash Bros. 4's Character Customization, it had custom moves and the Equipment was way more balanced compared to Spirits.

    The other modes ain't worth bringin' up 'cause they're the same stuff you already played and got bored with.

    One more thing is online. With everything I said about the gameplay in mind, imagine how that would go down on an asswipe of a "service". I don't give a damn if it was a nickel, this **** should've been free 'cause that's it's true value if even that. Nintendo loves to put on the facade of caring, but they couldn't care less. Yet, their zombie fanbase will be mindless martyrs for 'em, so they'll be alright, won't they? To sum up Ultimate's online (and offline): A breeding ground for toxic jackasses which the game's mechanics promote.

    There really ain't much goin' for this one. I'd easily go back to any other Smash Bros. game over Ultimate any day.    … Expand
  10. Desmanxx
    Aug 4, 2020
    0
    This game is unplayable due to the awful input lag, if you want to get frustrated over awful game design you can bet this is the right choice.
  11. DiscordOrb
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    **** unplayable the offline is annoying **** and you have to pay extra for nintendo's garbage online to play multi with all the **** sweats in the world and when you are not playing with a no life tryhard nintendo's **** online causes huge lag or just straight up ends the match. Every new character and stage is dlc so if you wan't new content and wanna play online you have to pay for both**** unplayable the offline is annoying **** and you have to pay extra for nintendo's garbage online to play multi with all the **** sweats in the world and when you are not playing with a no life tryhard nintendo's **** online causes huge lag or just straight up ends the match. Every new character and stage is dlc so if you wan't new content and wanna play online you have to pay for both separately in a game that is already costs 70 euros in the eshop. Also if you don't have a pro controller or a game cube controller then don't even bother playing this "game" with joycons it feels like you are making out with a wood chipper or even worse.… Expand
  12. MiddleDark
    Jul 8, 2020
    4
    Super Smash Bros Ultimate is a collection of all the characters from past previous titles and then some new faces that have joined along the way with DLC. But the game is a broken mess of characters that will force you to play certain characters to just compete with others or at least stand a chance. That is a problem as you'll find yourself having to stop playing your favorite charactersSuper Smash Bros Ultimate is a collection of all the characters from past previous titles and then some new faces that have joined along the way with DLC. But the game is a broken mess of characters that will force you to play certain characters to just compete with others or at least stand a chance. That is a problem as you'll find yourself having to stop playing your favorite characters just so you can compete for what is the "meta" in fighting games. From personally experience the community is in denial about the state of the game. The single player experience is well worth it though, with hours of fun and tuns of ways you can change it up.… Expand
  13. enzo-pannacotta
    Jul 3, 2020
    4
    unlocking characters is a boring grind, if you only play online multiplayer, you will never unlock any. online is a **** lag fest, because you can't afford servers in 2020 for a paid online service, thanks nintendo!

    playing the game with a friend, when it doesn't lag for once, is great though
  14. Dankness99
    Dec 21, 2020
    0
    Used to seem fun. They keep adding terrible/spam riddled characters to the dlc. Online is not only laggy as heck but it has a very toxic community. I could have bought a nice noose for myself instead of buying this.
  15. DingerDonger
    Jun 28, 2020
    2
    The good is that the game is constantly being updated with new DLC and even balance changes. There's also some okay-ish single player content if that's your thing. The game falls flat on its biggest draw, however: online play. The servers are so bad that the game is virtually unplayable in the majority of matches you'll manage to get into. Sometimes you'll even be temp banned because theThe good is that the game is constantly being updated with new DLC and even balance changes. There's also some okay-ish single player content if that's your thing. The game falls flat on its biggest draw, however: online play. The servers are so bad that the game is virtually unplayable in the majority of matches you'll manage to get into. Sometimes you'll even be temp banned because the game thinks you left even though the server just dropped both you and your opponent.

    Now let's talk about the gameplay itself. They STILL haven't removed the buffer, which is the worst thing added to the game since tripping. The buffer makes this game unbearable to play coming from Melee. While the gameplay has been improved overall since smash4, it's still nowhere near the level that melee is. The devs have done everything in their power to limit certain styles of gameplay by making things like throws and edgeguarding far less effective than in past installments. Wavedashing was finally put back into the game but was made so useless it may as well be left out. The ignorance of the developers is pretty astonishing, honestly; Melee continues to be insanely popular with competitive crowds yet they push this floaty campy garbage gameplay in every game following it. And I don't even mind floaties or camping within the game itself, but when every matchup devolves into a snoozefest (and/or a lagfest) you know you have a turd of a game on your hands.

    If you're just a casual who likes seeing your favorite game characters duke it out with items and whatever else, sure this game is a decent buy. Don't waste your time with Ultimate if you're looking for a good competitive experience, however. Play Melee or even Rivals of Aether.    … Expand
  16. Jeremymaxwell
    Jul 16, 2020
    0
    Used to be a good game, but recently I've been noticing more and more that it's becoming a more RNG based game. Moves that used to consistently do the same thing (have super armor, launch in a particular direction, etc) are now pretty much random. The online system is completely ruined as well, as anyone in the smash community will confirm.
  17. Daniel_Smash_10
    Jul 31, 2020
    2
    I Feel Like This Is Just The "Mortal Kombat Trilogy" of The Smash Bros. Series, Only Combines All Characters From Previous Smash Games (Plus Some New Ones), And Just Like In Smash 4, It Doesn't Add Anything New To The Franchise (I Know That There Is a Single Player Mode, But It Sucks). If The Series Goes On This Way, It Will Convert In a One Trick Pony, Only Adding Characters and StagesI Feel Like This Is Just The "Mortal Kombat Trilogy" of The Smash Bros. Series, Only Combines All Characters From Previous Smash Games (Plus Some New Ones), And Just Like In Smash 4, It Doesn't Add Anything New To The Franchise (I Know That There Is a Single Player Mode, But It Sucks). If The Series Goes On This Way, It Will Convert In a One Trick Pony, Only Adding Characters and Stages With Nothing Special.… Expand
  18. MistaMista
    Oct 14, 2020
    0
    Toxic community that's hyper competitive. Kills the game for anyone looking to just have some casual fun with a game series they once loved. The competitive scene is killing this franchise with its toxicity. Want to play a game for some light fun? Look else where.
  19. Buttlikker
    Nov 22, 2020
    1
    Got boring fast
    Online is really messy
    Not much to do playing single player
  20. Padepad
    Dec 11, 2020
    0
    The online mode barely works and the controls feel unresponsive. Ganondorf is one of the weakest characters and never got buffed once. Pikachu is one of the best characters and never got nerfed. The story mode is repetitive. Some characters barely differ from one another like Marth and Lucina or Peach and Daisy.
  21. Doughkey
    Jun 17, 2019
    1
    Unplayable online and a company unwilling to listen to their fans while pretending to do so.
  22. Youngmetro
    Aug 4, 2020
    0
    very good game but the lack of good story brings it down for me. Along with the horrible optimization for joy cons it leaves a bit up for improvement
  23. Nay14822
    Apr 30, 2019
    4
    Fix the damn server!!!! i will change the score

    it a nice fun game, but if you want to online it a nightmare!!!

    Just fix it!!
  24. GenkiYokota
    Jan 27, 2022
    0
    At first glance they may seem like a good game, but they have a brutal content cut behind them.
    There are no more trophies, only flat PNG's taken from Google, and a completely decaffeinated story mode compared to Brawl.
  25. ojimenez0902
    Jul 28, 2019
    1
    This game is **** trash. There's no necessity for it to be game of the year when it's actually not.
  26. Blarg101
    Sep 15, 2019
    1
    Devs insist heavies must be trash tier. Fighter Pass 1 was garbage all around
  27. Shutshsh
    Nov 29, 2019
    1
    None of the dodges work, terrible online, broken characters toxic fanbase. And a terrible story mode.
  28. esyir
    Mar 3, 2020
    2
    Poor netplay on a multiplayer game cripples an otherwise good game. Considering that most players will play online, having consistently poor connections, and no way to handle this is unforgivable.
  29. xMizukage
    Jun 13, 2020
    3
    Playing online is horrible. There aren't permanent 1v1 tournaments, most of the time you're forced to play "smash tournaments" which aren't fun at all. The online connection is horrible, I ran into 6 laggy connections in a row, unplayable matches. Online multiplayer is just super trash, but Nintendo doesn't do anything about it.
  30. Zero2death
    May 7, 2020
    1
    Core mechanics is awesome, but online is the most trash i ever met in fighting games, you cannot even repick your hero to get matchup better, inputlags, gamelags etc. I do not recommend you to buy this game
    #FixUltimateOnline
  31. monkeydrip
    May 29, 2020
    0
    It's fun for casual play but the more time you spend playing it the more you realize that it's the most unbalanced fighting game on the market. Nintendo puts no effort into balancing it. The online play would have been considered poor 10 years ago. I don't recommend wasting your money on this title unless you just plan to play it as a party game.
  32. LimboImbo
    Jun 3, 2020
    2
    This game is good. But there's ONE problem, online. And that's the main thing in the game! It's the worst online in video game history. No, its not laggy, just, you can be a new player, want to play online, and EVERY player will be a pro player. There is no normal rank system. You can have a 1st rank, and your enemy the max rank. You can train with bots, but they are bad. The low levels doThis game is good. But there's ONE problem, online. And that's the main thing in the game! It's the worst online in video game history. No, its not laggy, just, you can be a new player, want to play online, and EVERY player will be a pro player. There is no normal rank system. You can have a 1st rank, and your enemy the max rank. You can train with bots, but they are bad. The low levels do nothing, you can't train on these, medium the same, and high level, just spamming the most powerful attacks! Pro players don't do that. So, if you like losing and not training because of this, this game is for you. But really, just play Splatoon 2.… Expand
  33. Nightmarez541
    Jun 10, 2020
    2
    Garbage unbalanced game. Online is filled with tryhards with gamecube controllers and people who abuse characters/use characters with no effort at all. Not fun, if i have to constantly switch character every freaking time! Character selection is retarded. Why is joker here? He has NEVER been on a Nintendo console b4! And yet Sakurai said "no anime characters". Garbage roster andGarbage unbalanced game. Online is filled with tryhards with gamecube controllers and people who abuse characters/use characters with no effort at all. Not fun, if i have to constantly switch character every freaking time! Character selection is retarded. Why is joker here? He has NEVER been on a Nintendo console b4! And yet Sakurai said "no anime characters". Garbage roster and garbage balancing. Only play this overhyped disappointed game with friends. Thats what smah is truly about… Expand
  34. Sakuraiwhy
    Sep 26, 2020
    2
    This game is a plague on its competitive community threw design and how it treats us
  35. Nick2312
    Oct 11, 2020
    0
    Solid game with great roster, great music and fun mechanics. Also a great game to make friends. I made a lot of great friends through smash. But smash ultimate has it's issues. The story was very disappointing and the online need a lot of work. But Sakurai did say that the team was gonna work on the online as time goes on so that's one thing to look forward to. One thing that I'm prettySolid game with great roster, great music and fun mechanics. Also a great game to make friends. I made a lot of great friends through smash. But smash ultimate has it's issues. The story was very disappointing and the online need a lot of work. But Sakurai did say that the team was gonna work on the online as time goes on so that's one thing to look forward to. One thing that I'm pretty sad about is that nintendo does not support competitive smash like other companies do for their games. The tournaments that Nintendo organize are mostly casual tournaments.(meaning items on, smash meter, all stages...) For those who don't get it, in competitive smash, we try to limit the luck factor in a match. And some stages are so big that a character with good mobility could get the lead and run away for the rest of the match. Witch is really boring so that's why we have stages called legal stages. But none the less, Smash ultimate remains one of my favourite games of all time.… Expand
  36. BL3Review
    Jan 24, 2021
    3
    8 frame input lag in OFFLINE + removing defensive options like shield dropping and power shielding = Not a fun time.

    I have never seen a fighting game (if you can even call a game with 8 frame delay offline a fighting game) remove such a crucial defensive option before. Removing shield dropping and power shielding is like removing reflect from DBFZ, removing flawless block from MK11,    8 frame input lag in OFFLINE + removing defensive options like shield dropping and power shielding = Not a fun time.

    I have never seen a fighting game (if you can even call a game with 8 frame delay offline a fighting game) remove such a crucial defensive option before. Removing shield dropping and power shielding is like removing reflect from DBFZ, removing flawless block from MK11, removing parrying from SFV, or removing BURST from Guilty Gear. You just can't do that. How are you meant to deal with characters mindlessly spamming up tilts from the platform below? Here's the answer: you don't, just jump to ANOTHER platform and hope they don't keep sharking you. Alright, how about zoners, shouldn't parrying make up for the lack of being able to reflect projectiles? Nope, it actually NERFS everyone without a reflector by giving no real option to approach than to get a stock lead and camp the zoner out instead. On top of that, the online, bare minimum, adds 4 more frames of delay on top of that on delay based netcode. Last, but not least, the meta is the most stagnant meta i've ever seen in any game besides Modern Warfare. Ever since Joker released, the meta has not shifted at all with the developers outright refusing to nerf aspects of the top tiers and instead opt to buff the low tiers in ways that don't even benefit them. As an example, they buffed Captain Falcon's side-b attack to have super armor when the move wasn't even being used, and not just because it was easy to beat out. Even after the buff it still wasn't used and they still refuse to change his ATROCIOUS backdash animation which is bottom 5 in the game. You know what they buffed instead? Palutena's up tilt and BARELY nerfed her base kit, which didn't even move her anywhere on the tier list. Combos are barely even a thing in this game too, with neutral air dodge being extremely fast and having a load of invincibility frames too, not to mention you get it back as soon as you get hit. So even if you read the DI, read the double jump, AND read a bad air dodge, as soon as you hit them again they can just spam air dodge again. Landing hits are barely rewarding at all too since 80% of the cast has insane recoveries anyway, they either surround the character in a massive hitbox that only loses to disjoints, they can recover from the very bottom from the screen without being contested, or they're able to mix it up between multiple options (think Brawl Meta Knight). On the flip side, if they jump off ledge and regrab it they lose invincibility, so you can get a free spike/punish for them doing that. The only problem with that is that they REGAIN THEIR INVINCIBILITY after being hit, so there's no risk for picking the wrong option at the ledge.

    TL;DR
    Removed defensive options that we're in past games for no reason
    8 frame input lag in offline + 4 online minimum
    Has had the same meta for 3 years and counting
    Combos aren't rewarding and aren't worth the effort unless it's a TRUE combo (which is likely just 3 hits max)
    Losing neutral isn't punishing

    The only reason I would EVER recommend this game to anyone is if you just plan to play it casually with 3 other friends every now and then. This game is one of the least competitive games i've ever played. Melee is LITERALLY FREE nowadays with ROLLBACK netcode to boot, just play that instead.    … Expand
  37. calvolandia
    Nov 21, 2019
    0
    que clase de juego de peleas que se respete a si mismo tiene un delai tan grande jugando en modo local? smash bros nunca regresara a sus epocas de gloria, sakurai debería de retirarse ya
  38. megatux
    Jul 19, 2020
    4
    O modo história até q é bom mas o jogo tem erros extremamente irritantes, por exemplo eu estive a jogar com a lucina contra a peach e quando eu e a peach atacávamos ao mesmo tempo só o dano dela é que contava. As pessoas dizem que tem muito conteúdo para jogadores casuais no entanto eu não consigo compreender porque as pessoas dizem isso já que se um jogador casual colocar a cpu no nivel 4O modo história até q é bom mas o jogo tem erros extremamente irritantes, por exemplo eu estive a jogar com a lucina contra a peach e quando eu e a peach atacávamos ao mesmo tempo só o dano dela é que contava. As pessoas dizem que tem muito conteúdo para jogadores casuais no entanto eu não consigo compreender porque as pessoas dizem isso já que se um jogador casual colocar a cpu no nivel 4 ele só apanha por isso estou um bocado arrependido de comprar o jogo para alem de que o onlne é m lixo ainda me pergunto porque é que não têm um servidor próprio como o Splatoon 2 Para algumas pessoas o smash pode valer todo o dinheiro que e gastou nele mas eu aconselho para quem é um jogador casual que compre mario kart 8 deluxe em vez do smash ultimate… Expand
  39. Bakala23
    Dec 27, 2020
    2
    This game hyped me a lot and I spend like 200 or 300 hours on it with friends, and my verdict is than Super Smash Bros Ultimate is a bad game. This game have a enormous roster, more than 74 characters I think? And on the list we all have our favorites fighter, for me it's Kirby, Captain Olimar, Incénéroar, Banjo & Kazooie and Steve. But the common fact about those character is there areThis game hyped me a lot and I spend like 200 or 300 hours on it with friends, and my verdict is than Super Smash Bros Ultimate is a bad game. This game have a enormous roster, more than 74 characters I think? And on the list we all have our favorites fighter, for me it's Kirby, Captain Olimar, Incénéroar, Banjo & Kazooie and Steve. But the common fact about those character is there are all bad characters on the competitive side of the game. In the 200 hours that I played with my friends, we started at the same time, and well the progression curve was different for everyone today, because I am holding some bad characters, I am not won only one match for 1 year, I get rolled over and beaten. It depresses me, because this game is completely unbalanced, I trained a lot and yet nothing done I can not do it, my characters are slow and obviously we are not talking about the co that messes up the evenings. This game stinks of **** I want to grab Nintendo for what they do and make such a broken game. Thanks Nintendo thanks because when I play your **** game, I lose, and then I go to bed pissed off, and believe me, as soon as the battle pass is over, and I'm not satisfied because there won't be Rayman , I will sell this game, because obviously I'm a pigeon I bought the collector, I already bought this **** Nitendo Switch which is the worst console I have ever held in my hands! **** you Nintendo! **** you!… Expand
  40. JuiceofMango
    Apr 20, 2021
    0
    Online is terrible. I just wanna play online smash but I cant. Why? Because sometimes it doesnt open and if is open always lagging FIX THE ONLINE
  41. Jenny1988
    Mar 20, 2021
    1
    The online feature is unplayable. The game constantly ignores your rule and puts you against players with items on and stage hazards.
  42. Aaron27288
    Apr 2, 2021
    1
    Online is a scam and **** You shouldn’t be able to quit during a match but you can for some reason. Just waste of time in general. Terrible story mode they hyped up to much. Too much luck in the game
  43. Guythatisaguy
    May 14, 2021
    4
    The is only fun 1/3 of the time and if you have no friends that want to play and don't go to tournaments, the online is horrible and everybody just plays like a retard and can just mash 1 button and be lagging and win
  44. agularis
    May 28, 2021
    0
    Laughably bad online mode. Seriously, a sophomore taking his first networks class would spit out better netcode. This would be decent online play, if we were still in the ps3 era
  45. HeavyMachineGon
    Jan 22, 2021
    3
    非常差的UI界面，基本为0的新手指引，根本不知道该怎么玩，该玩什么，而且完全打不过，玩不到5小时就卖掉了。偏聚会向游戏，不适合一个人玩。
    唯一加分项是收录了大部分老任游戏的原声。
  46. Ingleberg
    Feb 15, 2022
    1
    the most unfriendly game i've ever seen. i've played multiple MMO's and other games but only this one deliberately craps on new players. then they add 200 effing characters so newbs will never get a chance to figure out what they are good with. the community is toxic, the devs are money grubbers, and the game is awful. the sheer amount of overloaded animations also make it hard to seethe most unfriendly game i've ever seen. i've played multiple MMO's and other games but only this one deliberately craps on new players. then they add 200 effing characters so newbs will never get a chance to figure out what they are good with. the community is toxic, the devs are money grubbers, and the game is awful. the sheer amount of overloaded animations also make it hard to see what's going on in the battle. seriously one of the worst games i've ever played, the original was great. this is garbage.… Expand
  47. FreddyKong
    Oct 31, 2021
    1
    Super Lag Bros Ultimate is a trash game who you play online with 1 guys and its still lagging. You want to comeback with ness example but the wonderful lag is here... Couple hours of pleasure...(I play Battlefield 5 with 64 persons and its a perfect clean connexion...)

    GSP point is really not significative on how good you are... Characters choice is not the best ( we miss EggMan, Waluigi    Super Lag Bros Ultimate is a trash game who you play online with 1 guys and its still lagging. You want to comeback with ness example but the wonderful lag is here... Couple hours of pleasure...(I play Battlefield 5 with 64 persons and its a perfect clean connexion...)

    GSP point is really not significative on how good you are...

    Characters choice is not the best ( we miss EggMan, Waluigi Crash etc...) Mainstory have no sense....

    Less content then before (sm4sh got an Mario Party mode combine with smash)

    No Target mode.

    Its faaaaarrrr to be an Ultimate game ;)    … Expand
  48. Rando123
    May 5, 2021
    0
    Two and a half years and online Quickplay is still not even remotely playable. Netcode is broken so you have to spend £20 extra on a LAN adaptor to even be able to play without ridiculous amounts of lag (not that anyone does so the game lags anyway), and there is still no option for "preferred rules only". What is the point of adding a "preferred rules" function if every time I try to playTwo and a half years and online Quickplay is still not even remotely playable. Netcode is broken so you have to spend £20 extra on a LAN adaptor to even be able to play without ridiculous amounts of lag (not that anyone does so the game lags anyway), and there is still no option for "preferred rules only". What is the point of adding a "preferred rules" function if every time I try to play with the preferred rules of 7 minute 3 stock, 1v1, no items andomega stages, I get matched with three different people in a row who play with 1 stock, all items on, on stages that make playing properly impossible. If you're looking for a fun online fighter, save yourself the stupidly high price tag of this game and play an actual fighting game instead- they obviously don't care about anything apart from money or else they would make Online actually worth bothering with. And that's not even mentioning the unbelievably toxic player base who not only will ragequit at the first sign of danger (which YOU get punished for because the game will not give you any points even if your opponent disconnects AFTER they have been KO'd, with pretty much no consequence to them because the report system doesn't work) but also amongst other things vehemently defend the multiple paedophiles in the professional circuit. Do yourself a favour, stay away from this game, stay away from its community and save yourself the game's stupidly high price tag and buy a fighting game that isn't complete trash.… Expand
  49. DuskZZ
    Sep 14, 2021
    0
    As a longtime fan i was extremely excited when they announced ultimate.
    A new game with a bunch of new characters, updated mechanics and stages along with a cool single player mode that we haven't seen since brawl.
    Too bad ultimate was none of that, the combat and movement in this game feels extremely clunky, half the times I'm trying to do something like a tilt or even just run and    As a longtime fan i was extremely excited when they announced ultimate.
    A new game with a bunch of new characters, updated mechanics and stages along with a cool single player mode that we haven't seen since brawl.

    Too bad ultimate was none of that, the combat and movement in this game feels extremely clunky, half the times I'm trying to do something like a tilt or even just run and pick up an item and the character will just do a smash attack without even moving.

    The "story" mode turns out to just be a board where you can move your character and then just have normal cpu fights, an utter disappointment to everyone who thought we would get cool interactions between all these characters.

    They updated every character from smash 4 and it just feels like they made everyone able to just spam anything and be completely safe cause why not make this game more braindead.

    I feel like i don't even need to mention how **** garbage the online is and how even though its been almost 4 years it's still just as bad. Ir's funny how even indie fighting game developers like Mane 6 can get a way better netcode than the "best fighting game of all time"
    But of course it's Nintendo, and Nintendo can't fail even if give their loyal fans an actual turd, they'll still play with it for hours because it has a popular franchises sticker on it.

    in conclusion
    game bad
    get better    … Expand
  50. Jmaneater21
    Sep 20, 2021
    1
    I can't believe Nintendo is okay with the state of online play. Don't get for online play.
  51. LastSmash
    Nov 14, 2021
    0
    Online is a mess with Smash. Since we now have Smash Tags, people tend to collect and go instead of taking on a rematch. You can't select characters between matches like For Glory used to allow either.

    But the worst part of it all is the banning system in place. You get banned for disconnecting, so not up to par internet is a no no. Even if you have good internet and are playing, be    Online is a mess with Smash. Since we now have Smash Tags, people tend to collect and go instead of taking on a rematch. You can't select characters between matches like For Glory used to allow either.

    But the worst part of it all is the banning system in place. You get banned for disconnecting, so not up to par internet is a no no. Even if you have good internet and are playing, be careful not to kick the switch out of the dock or it will ban you for that as well. There was one time when I tried to turn down the volume on my switch mid-match and accidentally pressed the power button(because they are so close for some reason) and I was banned for an hour and a half.

    Though I have personally never been banned for this, you can also be banned for picking on a specific player too much in non one-on-one matches. However, there was a time when my tag partner left and I was left in a three-way free-for-all with the other two players. When we started, they went to opposite sides of the Omega stage and contained me in the middle, essentially jumping me. It was demoralizing so I put my controller down and got banned for inactivity despite my character being tossed around like a ragdoll. The only reason I stood there is because the last time this happened, I just threw myself off the stage and watched the other two players repeatedly press down aka tea-bagging before the other disqualified themselves for their ex-teammate, allowing them to win. The absolute worst part is that I got banned for eliminating myself after the match was over. I was basically subjected to sit their and watch them tea bag together for possibly 7 minutes or cut my game off and risk a disconnection ban.

    I find it weird that at this point, Nintendo/Smash Bros has not found a new and common way to deal with issues like this. Why not just do what most other games do and turn a player who disconnects into a cpu? They should not be banned just because their internet isn't working properly. Just give them a loss and move on with it so people don't have to deal with the foolery of other players.

    Aside that, the roster is good and gameplay is good.    … Expand
  52. 8TS1G1HYykzeuM
    Feb 5, 2022
    2
    It's okay I guess...only for casual play with friends and family, that is. That's what all the positive reviews are basically saying. You'll get bored of that eventually. Whatever you do, do not waste your time playing online. The community is too toxic and broken beyond repair, which is partially the creators' faults. I made a mistake of trying to go pro and the only thing Ihave gained isIt's okay I guess...only for casual play with friends and family, that is. That's what all the positive reviews are basically saying. You'll get bored of that eventually. Whatever you do, do not waste your time playing online. The community is too toxic and broken beyond repair, which is partially the creators' faults. I made a mistake of trying to go pro and the only thing Ihave gained is knowledge of how unbalanced this game is. It's not your typical fighting game, just a mash fest of basically which character is better, not which player is better. I won't go into detail, but Nintendo could have easily fixed half the problems with just a better developer team.… Expand
  53. Thecookiemaster
    May 10, 2019
    0
    You pay $20 for online on top of $60 for the game itself and then the game decides to treat you like trash. GSP is a joke win a match only gain only 200 gsp, loos a match loose 10,000 gsp. You can even set your setting to their preferred rules and that wont even work out. I have 3 stock Omega stages on and I had to go on 2 stock on Ballon Fight, a level that has no middle ground and theYou pay $20 for online on top of $60 for the game itself and then the game decides to treat you like trash. GSP is a joke win a match only gain only 200 gsp, loos a match loose 10,000 gsp. You can even set your setting to their preferred rules and that wont even work out. I have 3 stock Omega stages on and I had to go on 2 stock on Ballon Fight, a level that has no middle ground and the sides send you to the other side. I lost this match and lost 30,000 gsp. Then I quit a match after I lost and got banned for 27 minutes. Also you can lose GSP against people who keep on using the same move. Overall the online sucks and it sucks even more because you have to pay for the most garbage online system ever… Expand
  54. shadesigma
    Feb 3, 2020
    3
    Well, I have got my buyer's regret indeed. If you are looking for a casual family fun fighting game, this is maybe for you, but if you are looking to play Spirit adventure mode, don't buy this.
    Reasons:
    - Its controls are more awkward than other series, in a sense casual but different in minor details. - Spirit adventure mode means pitting you again AI with different situations with    Well, I have got my buyer's regret indeed. If you are looking for a casual family fun fighting game, this is maybe for you, but if you are looking to play Spirit adventure mode, don't buy this.
    Reasons:
    - Its controls are more awkward than other series, in a sense casual but different in minor details.
    - Spirit adventure mode means pitting you again AI with different situations with odds stacked against you with different difficulties.
    - The game is especially pricey (yet to include DLCs) and ain't worth the frustrations that it brought .me.    … Expand
  55. Anon4618
    Dec 25, 2019
    1
    This game is complete garbage. Should still be in development tbh. Game is extremely unresponsive both online and offline even with perfect connection. Buffer system is terrible, the game decides to switch out your inputs for other ones, and will buffer actions from like 5 seconds earlier. If you want to play even remotely competitive, just go grab a copy of melee. This is easily the worstThis game is complete garbage. Should still be in development tbh. Game is extremely unresponsive both online and offline even with perfect connection. Buffer system is terrible, the game decides to switch out your inputs for other ones, and will buffer actions from like 5 seconds earlier. If you want to play even remotely competitive, just go grab a copy of melee. This is easily the worst smash bros game mechanically.… Expand
  56. Rokobilbo
    Jan 3, 2020
    1
    It has points because of characters the multiplayer is **** and the controls are bad
  57. Tymunster
    Mar 20, 2020
    3
    The only impressive part of this game is the balance and the roster. I'll give them that though, That's why it isn't a 0.
    The design of most characters is laughable. Characters like Ganondorf and Zelda are exceptions rather than the rule. Falco is awfully made, Ike feels like a lightweight, even Ganondorf isn't great considering how little they use from his home games.
    The competitive game    The only impressive part of this game is the balance and the roster. I'll give them that though, That's why it isn't a 0.
    The design of most characters is laughable. Characters like Ganondorf and Zelda are exceptions rather than the rule. Falco is awfully made, Ike feels like a lightweight, even Ganondorf isn't great considering how little they use from his home games.
    The competitive game modes online are the worst ones ever created. Smash 4 was notorious, this is infuriating. Overwatch does a better job with competitive game modes. OVERWATCH.
    I won't be fully negative, the roster is commendable and the balance is impressive. But when the best arguments are "everyone is too strong and there's a lotta people," that isn't a good sign.
    The DLC is also obnoxious. Not the worst in the world, but they basically force you to pay for characters that many games would call an "update." And they make sure to ignore everything the fanbase WANTS and give a character nobody wanted.
    The design of most characters is very bad. Too much spacing, too much projectile. The fast pace of the game makes it so some characters who WOULD be sick and impressive, but it's just irritating (Fox, falco).
    Athough the game cannot 100% be blamed for this the drift of the switch joycons only started getting big occuring after it came out. Just awful design of the nintendo switch there.    … Expand
  58. goat69669
    Jun 6, 2019
    0
    the online is garbage. unless u wanna play this locally do not buy it. just lag everywhere. it is unplayable
  59. Robjapan
    Apr 29, 2019
    4
    I've tried playing this game so many times and in all of the various modes. At first the single player storyboard mode really appealed to me and it was the reason I bought the game. But upon playing the game the amount of stuff that isn't explained is overwhelming. Certain levels have certain handicaps but only for the player controlled character.
    Most fights don't require skill to defeat    I've tried playing this game so many times and in all of the various modes. At first the single player storyboard mode really appealed to me and it was the reason I bought the game. But upon playing the game the amount of stuff that isn't explained is overwhelming. Certain levels have certain handicaps but only for the player controlled character.
    Most fights don't require skill to defeat but rather the "correct" spirits setup.
    This quickly became frustrating and boring, I'm not invested in the spirits I'm collecting and just using or not using them based on the fight rather than my style of gameplay.
    The classic mode was better but once you've done it on the characters you like, it's over.

    If you enjoy playing against people online or with your friends, you'll love this game.    … Expand
  60. Aleking99
    Jun 3, 2019
    4
    4. Quattro come i giorni che ci ho giocato. Dopodichè ho messo la switch nel cassetto e non l’ho aperto più. Vi chiederete il perchè...perfetto, ve lo spiego subito!
    Ci sono molti personaggi si, c’é veramente una vasta scelta, ma che minchia ci devo fare coi personaggi se non c’è NULLA da fare???? Mod. Storia inesistente (quell’aborto di world of light non si puó neanche chiamare    4. Quattro come i giorni che ci ho giocato. Dopodichè ho messo la switch nel cassetto e non l’ho aperto più. Vi chiederete il perchè...perfetto, ve lo spiego subito!
    Ci sono molti personaggi si, c’é veramente una vasta scelta, ma che minchia ci devo fare coi personaggi se non c’è NULLA da fare???? Mod. Storia inesistente (quell’aborto di world of light non si puó neanche chiamare “modalitá”, figuriamoci “storia”), modalitá eventi presente in smash 4 sparita a caso, online fatto coi piedi...cosa ci dovrei fare su sto gioco, me lo spiegate porcaccio d’un Ken??? A fare sempre la mod classica (unica mod decente, anzi, unica mod) dopo 4 giorni mi son stufato. Smash definitivo di sta minchia.    … Expand
  61. Piece_of_shik
    Nov 29, 2019
    0
    Este juego para mi que soy el mejor del mundo, tiene un montón de bugs en mi contra, sin contar el online que su sistema de gsp es muy fácil de burlar, no se merece que un grande como yo lo juegue, yo soy el mejor de todos sin duda pero este juego esta en mi contra, arrgken en online para tener ak mejor del mundo en us filas

    Pd:el mejor jugsdor de smash
  62. Kas_scientist
    Jul 4, 2020
    1
    Combates injustos y frustrantes contra espíritus porque sí... el nerfeo horrible de Bayonetta y una vez arreglada la cagada de smash 4 (que estaba rotísima) han pasado de ella... Personajes de Fire Emblem everywere...
  63. kamhagh
    Feb 17, 2019
    0
    Don't waste your money unless you plan to purely play this locally.
    I have to say although the game is meh. if you like it it's okay.
    the problem i have is something else. The only matches I could get into was 2 matches that were VERY LAGGY. I'm not talking about regular video game latency. like the frame rates doped and it froze a lil bit. now I can't even get to another match.    Don't waste your money unless you plan to purely play this locally.
    I have to say although the game is meh. if you like it it's okay.
    the problem i have is something else.

    The only matches I could get into was 2 matches that were VERY LAGGY. I'm not talking about regular video game latency. like the frame rates doped and it froze a lil bit.

    now I can't even get to another match. "One or more consoles is not responding" or "could not connect to other consoles" after waiting some time for MM to work.... it's just awful..

    we're paying 25$ a year for this? 25$ a year for a server that only has basic servers? the connection method for this game is peer to peer which is embarrassing in 2019. but what's WAY WAY more embarrassing is paying monthly for peer to peer in a 60$ game in 2019    … Expand
  64. Samboli
    Mar 13, 2019
    3
    Compared to the previous Smash Bros titles, this is one of the most disappointing one to me personally. The buffer and the netcode makes this game a nightmare to enjoy cause they're both handled so poorly.
    We're forced to pay for Nintendo Online and the product we have delivered is the most subpar garbage of online I've ever been forced to play, it literally feels like a Windows    Compared to the previous Smash Bros titles, this is one of the most disappointing one to me personally. The buffer and the netcode makes this game a nightmare to enjoy cause they're both handled so poorly.
    We're forced to pay for Nintendo Online and the product we have delivered is the most subpar garbage of online I've ever been forced to play, it literally feels like a Windows Slideshow.
    There is potential for this game, don't get me wrong, but also the company behind the wheel is Nintendo, and they can't do Online or competitive games still.

    Be on the lookout for project Ultimate.    … Expand
  65. yesnt
    Oct 19, 2019
    4
    quantity does not replace quality. easily the worst smash game by gameplay no contest. It comes down to luck if the game decides your move has more hitbox than your enemies. spacing isn't a thing anymore. Playing with items is less luck reliant than competitive rules. The AI is horrible. if you don't wanna play online (for good reasons) the bots are just as bad. the only time you'll getquantity does not replace quality. easily the worst smash game by gameplay no contest. It comes down to luck if the game decides your move has more hitbox than your enemies. spacing isn't a thing anymore. Playing with items is less luck reliant than competitive rules. The AI is horrible. if you don't wanna play online (for good reasons) the bots are just as bad. the only time you'll get hit is by their inhuman reactions and just knowing frame by frame when to do the right thing (which is impossible by humans especially in this game) and only get hit when they do something inhumanely retarded. The online dares to sometimes fail to load at all and lag like crazy if you're not playing the guy next door, so punishing mistakes is not a thing (especially with the hitbox thing i talked about) about 1 in 20 matches are fair and balanced aka fun (which is about 19 in 20 in the other games) so whenever i win its not satisfying cause it doesn't feel like i did the thing but the game happened to let me, and losing is infuriating most of the time. The other content is the most uninteresting out of all the smash games which is sad because this game relies on them the most. Its sad that they charge 70 bucks for this game and over 20 for dlc. I was way too overhyping this game and i've spent over 150 hours just TRYING to have fun in this game. Imma stick to smash 4, brawl and melee, much much better games.… Expand
  66. PeDraBugada
    Mar 4, 2020
    0
    This game is one of the best switch games, is the game that I have the most time in it, so if you want a multiplayer game to switch, I think super smash bros ultimate is the best choice, even better then Mario kart, this game is one of the games you need to your switch
  67. EquinoX4k
    Mar 4, 2020
    1
    Controls are worse than expected! If you're a fan of the N64 version, you will be disapointed because of all the bugs.
  68. Sirus
    Mar 10, 2019
    0
    While people lower their standards due to the Nintendo brand on the box, this game is awfully balanced with many of the characters virtually worthless over others. You play the story mode to unlock more characters to play with, but you must engage in a very long, boring, drawn out mode that forces you to fight A.I.s who are able to execute special moves with no lag or hesitation meanwhileWhile people lower their standards due to the Nintendo brand on the box, this game is awfully balanced with many of the characters virtually worthless over others. You play the story mode to unlock more characters to play with, but you must engage in a very long, boring, drawn out mode that forces you to fight A.I.s who are able to execute special moves with no lag or hesitation meanwhile players must move their joystick in a direction and then press a button, causing a delay which creates a very skewed and unfair advantage for the computer, this is how they manage the difficulty in the game. Online gaming is painful, often times you’ll notice a lag so other player’s internet connection can keep up. The only fun to be had is turning this game off and trading it in at a game store, this was a miss in terms of Smash quality compared to the previous installments.… Expand
  69. Oriks
    Mar 2, 2019
    0
    The sheer amount of jank in this game is disgusting. So much relies on random chance, and the online mode, even after their fixes, is ridiculously bad. GSP is one of the worst ranking systems I've ever seen, and they still don't bother to match me with my preferred rules half the time. 3 stocks and 7 minutes, the closest I can get to competitive rules. How the hell did I get matched upThe sheer amount of jank in this game is disgusting. So much relies on random chance, and the online mode, even after their fixes, is ridiculously bad. GSP is one of the worst ranking systems I've ever seen, and they still don't bother to match me with my preferred rules half the time. 3 stocks and 7 minutes, the closest I can get to competitive rules. How the hell did I get matched up with 2 stocks, 3 minutes; 3 stocks, 4 minutes with random normal stages; and 2 stocks, 3 minutes all in a row? Right after that, I was matched up with another 2 stocks, 3 minutes where we had 3 seconds of input lag. I ran a speed test and my internet was completely fine (certainly not at a quality where I should have an entire 3 seconds of input lag), which means it's either Nintendo's server screwing up or Nintendo doesn't check people's connections before letting them online.

    Even ignoring online, the game seems set up to suck the fun out of things. You win when you make it so your opponent doesn't have fun. That's my experience, at least. Momentum is liable to change on a whim, when someone gets a lucky hit, just because there are so many ways to kill at far below 100% or do 20% with a ton of knockback—easily removing stage control—in a single hit. Skill seems to be far less of a factor. Since I know I'll just be called a bad player if I complain about people worse than me, I'll say this: I've beaten players who I know were far better than me just because I got a random hit in and killed them at the edge at 60%. That really shouldn't be happening so often. So many characters have tippers now, as well. It was fine when it was just Marth's gimmick, but now a ton of characters can kill ridiculously early by getting lucky with an fsmash.

    There are also some really strange features that I find to make little sense. Why can't we run through people anymore? It made the neutral game a lot more interesting, and while I can understand that not everything has to be realistic, changing the ground from 2D to 1D is just strange. The world doesn't simply exist on a straight line; people can walk past each other, but now we're left with characters in Ultimate just running in place whenever someone's in front of them. Even ignoring the ridiculous anti-realism, which can be excused, it makes the gameplay itself more boring, since it makes juggling a lot easier when you take away a huge escape route for the person landing. This leaves one player just not playing the game for over 30 seconds sometimes, as they fight their way to the ground against characters who can demolish them just by running right in front of their landing and waiting, over and over and over.

    Another strange feature is pitfalls, or grounding opponents. Why do people take full knockback when they're grounded now? It made sense in previous games, when knockback was halved, because it doesn't make sense that someone would be hit just as hard when they have to be knocked out of the ground as they would be without that natural reinforcement. The feature being changed like this also rewards people for spamming certain moves, such as Inkling's roller or K Rool's stomp, which are difficult to punish (yes, they can be predicted and shielded or jumped over, but even then, they can do it 10 or more times before reaching a percent where someone can actually get an equivalent punish off of them) and net ridiculously easy kills at lower percents.

    Look, the game's fun sometimes, but at other times, it's just a **** show. When I start playing, I've got about a 50/50 chance between ending up satisfied or hating life, just because things don't make sense at all and both wins and losses often feel equally undeserved. I can understand those who have fun with it, but at the same time, having fun often seems to come at the expense of your opponent's fun. In previous games, I actually had fun even while losing a lot of the time. In Ultimate, losing just feels boring, since the actual gameplay matters a lot less when random kills and far-too-easy ledge traps are the norm.    … Expand
  70. robertcooper
    Oct 23, 2019
    1
    i am a fan of this seiries but ultimate is a lie because this isnt ultimate
    the positives: the machanics are like melee as in melee players wont care and try it and go back to melee because if it doesnt play exactly like melee then will go back to the cult of melee, the roster has every one on it, there are 6 different miltiplayer modes, can think of anymore positives on to the negitives    i am a fan of this seiries but ultimate is a lie because this isnt ultimate
    the positives: the machanics are like melee as in melee players wont care and try it and go back to melee because if it doesnt play exactly like melee then will go back to the cult of melee, the roster has every one on it, there are 6 different miltiplayer modes, can think of anymore positives on to the negitives **** you overly defensive fans
    the negatives: the game has a bad ui for example why is games and more still here as in miis, and amibo should have been in vault and adventure and spirit board should have been in games and more, games and more should have been renamed single player or other modes, or co-op/solo i dont know something like that, the charackter select screen is not the order the fighters appeared in the seiries, and what counts as an echo fighter is not consistant at all, the echo fighters are noxt to the main fighters, the stages are mostly returning, the charackter selection is amazing but i have alredy used most of the roster and played on most of the stages in previous games so it fell flat for me, the game was made useing smash 4 as a base and has less single player than it.
    the just bad single player content: you can fight ai in the miltiplayer modes, online is a mess because it costs money and is peer to probobly a cofee shop/ gorin contenant's wifi which means it lags randomly, prefered rules is a blaintant ****ing lie because you are suppost to get a match based on the rules you have selected but aparently that would require to many loops and strings for them to do as in literaly accounting for atleast 1,000,000,000,000 = options which is alredy abserd to do eaven with a huge team to help, then there are the online mode achievments as in i dont want to play online and the section is borderline pay walled, now lets talk about the achievments the requirements are fair, but the images use actual ****ing 3d modles only made for the achievments likw what the **** when you rescue 100 spirits you get an image of fox and kristal fighting together useing a 3d model of kristal that isnt used anywhere else not eaven the assist trophy, now lets talk about the actual single player because its borderline bad
    the single player for real this time: there is classic mode where every charackter has matches built around their seiries if you count jiglypuff, wolf, and captin falcen as being from the smash bros seiries because they aclerly are not like how the **** didi this happen, next we have training aka sandbox because you can mess with almost anything you want exept the music which is dumb, mob smash aka multi man crap where you fight 100 miis because origenality is dead, fight infinate charackters ultill you die, and the mode the cia used in combination with jumper cables to torture terorist smash aka cruel smash, mob smash is borring and not fun, and hard with no rewards, they added home run contest in now with lesser scores because getting 100 is like getting 1000 in the older games, i never cared for home run contest and the fact that they had to add it in is just rediculous because it should have been there from the start, stage builder is an upgrade from the wii u stage builder but is still bad and should have been there from the start, spirit board is random **** fight that you use stickers to make the fight playablr, adventure is the same thing and its bad.
    adventure mode: so when it was revealed ot looked bad and it used its opening cutscene to market the entire game how discusting of you nintendo i am sicken by what they tryed to do, the story has about as much depth as a piece of paper oh wait thats fnaf because the mad man used the minds want to complete a task to get sales for a bad game so the story of ultimate is more like a bland exuse type story as in heres the thing go stop it, the game gets borring after a few hours and it just repeats its self over and over as in the fights are so bland they suck the joy out of the mode, the bosses are crap as in spirits made them die in 10 seconds each as in they werent chalanging, the ending uses more brain minipulation by letting you play as master hand, and haveing 3 bland endings, life light the opening sont got annoying and the memes that spawned from the opening cutscene wre cringy and not funny at all
    the development history: they wanted to make another smash game and game the team 3 years to use smash 4 as a base, sakuri was later horassed by people wanting wall luigi in the game, which is stupid, the people that want goku from the anima dragon ball are actually idiots because that would go against the point of the game as in video game charackters that origenated from video games are the boundarys but if you break the boundarys then you would damage the entire foundation and scructure of the game and let people request the stupidest **** to be in the game so no
    why wasnt the game delayed by a year
    i wouldnt recomend it    … Expand
  71. rigus
    Nov 21, 2019
    0
    Good game very good game hmm yes good game good game very well put together game
  72. PeachBomber
    Jul 9, 2021
    3
    Nintendo changed Peach's grabs to a toad for no reason and they speed up and chop all the character animations. I wish Smash 4 was on the E shop with Ultimate's camera.
  73. Surekill
    Jun 25, 2021
    2
    My rate still the same some character buffs makes them too strong even in competitive and some nerfs really get the edge of some characters and greatly affect their moves and gameplay. Please nerf little mac he has too many armor attacks and you can just spam his attacks, most of his moves have little end lag please fix this and his neutral is just too strong.
  74. Datonemarioguy
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    I hate this game, no good controls, very luck based, and the dlcs are garbage.
  75. ytkwvuqsq
    Apr 21, 2021
    0
    More like the Ultimate Cash Grab, this game was REALLY boring. It's just grinding to unlock characters left and right; it gets old REAL fast. World of Light sucked, it was boring and drawn out as all heck, I was so bored, I never want to play through it again.

    But, man, why the hell did they have to add DLC characters? That's just a massive waste of time. Nobody wanted ANY of them,    More like the Ultimate Cash Grab, this game was REALLY boring. It's just grinding to unlock characters left and right; it gets old REAL fast. World of Light sucked, it was boring and drawn out as all heck, I was so bored, I never want to play through it again.

    But, man, why the hell did they have to add DLC characters? That's just a massive waste of time. Nobody wanted ANY of them, they're all bland and boring, Plant is a massive waste of space, so are all the other DLC characters. This game is so lazy.

    Screw the people who worked on it.    … Expand
  76. Zquaranteneuf
    May 24, 2021
    3
    This game is fine for offline play. HOWEVER.. the online experience is excruciating.

    Since the game is designed with very specific moves that are effective to continually spam, most players are not interested in playing against you; they are interested in abusing you. Because in Ultimate, you don't have to be able to play well to reach a high level, you just need to know how to spam and    This game is fine for offline play. HOWEVER.. the online experience is excruciating.

    Since the game is designed with very specific moves that are effective to continually spam, most players are not interested in playing against you; they are interested in abusing you. Because in Ultimate, you don't have to be able to play well to reach a high level, you just need to know how to spam and tire people. Because of that, most players you encounter that use the same character will play in almost the exact same way. They abuse the game's main inherent flaw, then rinse and repeat. Again and again. Some characters are better balanced, of course, but at least HALF of the roster is DESIGNED to have a gameplay equivalent to: run away and spam. I can't fathom this decision, which results in very boring, predictable, and infuriating gameplay.

    Also, some characters have a move-set so prioritary over all the other characters that it's virtually impossible to gain the upper hand in what would usually be a close match-up.

    I cannot insist enough: the game is designed to favor spamming and "camping", two of the most obnoxious things people abuse in online gaming (aside from teabagging, which also occurs all the time... people are just that arrogant..).

    Then, prepare to play in majority against DLC characters. Is it because they're cool? No, it's because of the pay to win element. DLC characters are faster and stronger than the base roster, and make it even more easier to cheese your opponents to victory. There's no question about it.

    Also to note, if you don't want to rematch someone, don't worry, the game will most likely rematch you against them anyway. It just doesn't care. Then you have to endure another session with them (you can't disconnect or SD on purpose, otherwise the game locks you out of the online mode).

    Finally, some of the levels are so visually intense that the fighting is hard to follow, and some music choices are more than questionable, so you have to spend 5-6 minutes listening to the most annoying loop of 8bit garbage.

    After 800 hours in the game, that's my conclusion. It's an infuriating mess and I can't stand it anymore. I regret getting into it. I thought about smashing a screwdriver in the game cartridge multiple times, but I'll just sell it instead. I pity the sucker who will buy it. Do not recommend.

    Nice graphics though, and the controls are as tight as ever with a gamecube controller.    … Expand
  77. inthem8riX_
    Jul 21, 2021
    0
    The game itself is a 9.5. I love it, the combat is great, the adventure mode is cool, the roster is amazing.

    However, the main way I, and almost everyone else, plays smash is online. I think you know where this is going: the online service is the most gargantuan dumpster fire of any video game i have ever played. I am not exaggerating, hyperbolizing, or overreacting. It is Sakurai’s    The game itself is a 9.5. I love it, the combat is great, the adventure mode is cool, the roster is amazing.

    However, the main way I, and almost everyone else, plays smash is online. I think you know where this is going: the online service is the most gargantuan dumpster fire of any video game i have ever played. I am not exaggerating, hyperbolizing, or overreacting. It is Sakurai’s personal slap in the face to every single person who spent their hard-earned money on it. It is, quite literally, unplayable. Genuinely **** unplayable. I can grab my **** 3DS, a copy of smash 4, and the **** school wifi and get an alright experience FOR FREE, but I HAVE TO PAY FOR A SERVICE ON CURRENT-GEN HARDWARE THAT DOESNT WORK ON ETHERNET?! It is genuinely insulting. If i hadn’t already spent 20 hours beating world of light before i even touched online play, i would have returned my copy until Nintendo fixes their service. I have been a smash fan since I was a child. I grew up on melee for years. I used to be able to competently wavedash before my disc broke. I AM A GOOD PLAYER. But because of unplayable lag, out of fifteen matches, I HAVE WON TWO. Waiting over half of a second REGULARLY to see my input and getting absolutely bodied by people who i would destroy on local just feels like Nintendo’s massive middle finger to everyone who plays their games.

    Anyone saying that you should just deal with it or learn to play with the lag infuriates me, and it should infuriate you too. IT IS UNPLAYABLE. NOT MEDIOCRE, NOT BAD, UNPLAYABLE.

    Anyone who is giving a positive review of this game is wrong. Until Nintendo’s online service is fixed, this review will stay at a zero. Until Nintendo’s online service is fixed, you should change your own personal reviews to zero as well.

    Because no matter how much of a masterpiece a game is, it doesn’t matter if you can’t even play it in the first place.

    **** you, Nintendo online.    … Expand
  78. N1ntendoistrash
    Sep 28, 2021
    0
    Brawl>Ultimate

    That should be enough but just to be clear this game is fun but extremely bad, hope they try harder next time
  79. loafofchickenes
    Feb 7, 2023
    0
    Theres too many lootboxes in tyhis game, i spent 200 dollara on this game aNd i only got 1 skin for mari9o. I would rather watch family GUy clips.
  80. BulletC7
    Mar 26, 2019
    0
    The online is ASS i was around 4Mil Gsp and i lost over 1MIL in GSP in a single match then re matched the same guy and only gained around 95,000 once winning. So i'm no longer playing online unless for fun and this is a terrible system that should be fixed (along with the preferred rules as they suck too), but it doesn't take (too) much away from the game as i found the story fun with allThe online is ASS i was around 4Mil Gsp and i lost over 1MIL in GSP in a single match then re matched the same guy and only gained around 95,000 once winning. So i'm no longer playing online unless for fun and this is a terrible system that should be fixed (along with the preferred rules as they suck too), but it doesn't take (too) much away from the game as i found the story fun with all the references and just playing with friends is definitely the way to go when playing this game.… Expand
  81. nysailorscout
    Jan 5, 2019
    3
    Sadly, this game is more frustrating than fun.

    When you win, it often feels accidental and that is a terrible feeling. It is the opposite of earning an achievement. When you lose, you sometimes are not even sure how you died and that is also a terrible feeling. Getting smashed out at 50% turns a fighting game into rocket tag. Whoever decided to introduce copious amounts of RNG into a    Sadly, this game is more frustrating than fun.

    When you win, it often feels accidental and that is a terrible feeling. It is the opposite of earning an achievement.

    When you lose, you sometimes are not even sure how you died and that is also a terrible feeling. Getting smashed out at 50% turns a fighting game into rocket tag. Whoever decided to introduce copious amounts of RNG into a FIGHTING game needs to be whipped with a wet noodle. Smash Bros is famous for being fairly unpredictable as part of its charm... but there is a difference between fairly unpredictable and lotto scratch-off!

    I have played all of the Smash Bros games. I particularly remember Brawl. In that game, it was a slower pace with less aggressive stage traps, more recovery options after being smashed and less low-damage smashes. Faster is not always better. If SSB is trying to be Street Fighter, Tekken or BlazBlue... nope! That isn't the nature of this game and SSB should not try to be something that it is not.

    I have Street Fighter for the PS4. If I want to play that game, I will play it and experience infinitely better balance! In Street Fighter 5, I win when I play well and when I lose, I deserved it and I know why I lost! Even MvC3 Classic is a better fighting game experience and that game is famous for using cheap tactics!

    TL:DR; Ultimate has dramatically lowered the damage requirement to smash and significantly increased the speed and environmental traps, which really hurt this game by trading fun for chaos.    … Expand
  82. Ishi123
    Jan 26, 2019
    4
    It's only good for Smash and Classic mode. The adventure mode and the spirits are the worst additions to any video game I've ever seen and they're actual garbage. I'm actually alarmed that the people at Nintendo thought it was a good idea to add them. They're appallingly terrible and the game would be vastly improved if they actually patched both of them out. They are worthless and onlyIt's only good for Smash and Classic mode. The adventure mode and the spirits are the worst additions to any video game I've ever seen and they're actual garbage. I'm actually alarmed that the people at Nintendo thought it was a good idea to add them. They're appallingly terrible and the game would be vastly improved if they actually patched both of them out. They are worthless and only serve to make the game worse.

    I'm also sick of the fact that it feels like half the roster are just palette swaps. I find it difficult to believe that Sakurai once said he didn't want to add any more generic sword characters because this game loves its Marth clones. A lot of characters might as well just be alternate skins since they have the exact same movesets and either have just a different outfit, some other color or different genitals. I wonder if the next Smash game is just going to be nothing but Marths.    … Expand
  83. AliC1
    Feb 25, 2019
    0
    The game is just a garbage man. This game doesn't even have value at all. Who you're going to smash today.
  84. Chesh1125
    Jan 28, 2019
    2
    -Online is a lag fest.
    -Will get soft banned for leaving a stock game even when you are out of lives and just waiting for the game to end.
    -Single player is boring and repetitive.
    Dont buy this for online.
  85. Sizzler1987
    Oct 5, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No Master Chief. They went with Sora. Worst game ever. Never buying a Nintendo product so long as I live. Y’all deserve all the hate youre getting for your dumb consoles and their stick drift… Expand
  86. 2015exe
    Mar 31, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I used to be really excited for this game after watching it's very first trailer. All it makes me do now is wish Nintendo put more time and effort into it. The visuals are nice and the soundtrack has gotten more interesting, but that's as far as the positives go for me. The characters, on the other hand, still feel WAY too old for this game. None of them have any new moves, or even moves that make more sense for them. None of them have even evolved to reference their more recent games. Ganondorf, Donkey Kong, Ness and Lucas haven't changed at all, and Peach and Luigi both went from weak to annoying. One of the biggest things that disappoints me is that they didn't make any new Mii fighters. I would have loved to see some new Mii fighters and experiment with each of them, but we got nothing new in that department. Perhaps the worst part about the game, apart from it's god-awful online mode, us the DLC. The vast majority of the DLC characters are either boring human characters, or boring human swordfighting characters. None of them stand out to me and they don't feel like they belong on the roster, especially Min Min, Sephiroth, Pyra/Mythra, and Kazuya. To be fair, they did try to balance them out, but even then they still feel way too powerful, and sometimes their weaknesses hardly matter. What I despise most, though, is the fact that Sora became the final DLC character. Unless that was to make up for not taking the chance during Smash 4, I don't know what the big deal is, and for me personally, it just made me quit the game for good. In my opinion, Sora getting into Smash is such an overly repeated demand, and confirming him long after they said "no" makes absolutelyno sense. I was really hoping for a character from my childhood to be the last DLC instead, but apparently fun was never an option. Overall, the game feels like it severely lacks in creativity, balance and excitement. Everything I've seen happening in the game only shows me that nothing about the game should be given any attention. The fact that it's called Smash Bros doesn't excuse a product this poor in execution, and the only reason the game is fun anymore is because it now has Sora's face on it. The last good Smash game I played may have been a few years ago, when I played Smash 4, but Ultimate isn't even worth a pit stop to me anymore, and all it made me want to do is play Smash 4 all over again. Super Smash Bros is better than this.… Expand
  87. Aeion
    Oct 23, 2021
    0
    Worst AI of any game I've ever played. Rigged dodging, impossible blocking, and instant reactions, to name a few of the horrible things about this game. Needs HUGE improvement if it were to deserve a better rating.
  88. smashsucks
    Feb 20, 2019
    0
    The game is a joke. Hit boxes are horrendous at least 1/2 the time you click any of the buttons no action is done in game. I can't tell you how close I've been to breaking the switch because I click the shield button and the character just sits there begging to be destroyed by a smash attack. The online still lags about 25% of the time, and there are 15 minute periods where the gameThe game is a joke. Hit boxes are horrendous at least 1/2 the time you click any of the buttons no action is done in game. I can't tell you how close I've been to breaking the switch because I click the shield button and the character just sits there begging to be destroyed by a smash attack. The online still lags about 25% of the time, and there are 15 minute periods where the game just refuses to go online. The story, roster and design of the game are beautiful, but the gameplay control and online are still horrendous.… Expand
  89. Mikazz
    Feb 10, 2019
    1
    A fighting game in 2019 in which you need to play 20H the unlock the character you wan't to play ? I only play like to play online, and you can't unlock anything online.

    There are no competitive mode without items. Online there are no way to avoid items or hazards unless playing with invite. Nintendo don't listen to fan. The competitive scene is using no items why is nintendo pushing    A fighting game in 2019 in which you need to play 20H the unlock the character you wan't to play ? I only play like to play online, and you can't unlock anything online.

    There are no competitive mode without items. Online there are no way to avoid items or hazards unless playing with invite.

    Nintendo don't listen to fan. The competitive scene is using no items why is nintendo pushing the scene with items ?

    I can't play this game.    … Expand
  90. SockCucker
    Jul 10, 2019
    0
    This game sucks online lags and you have to do this dumb 2v2 with these wierd items that makes no sense like wtf is the white thing with eyes for all it does it makes things pop out. And challenge mode is just your person fighting other people and then running away from a stupid void. And wordl of light is just fighting stupid and cheap people who never let youhit them. And wihy is MarioThis game sucks online lags and you have to do this dumb 2v2 with these wierd items that makes no sense like wtf is the white thing with eyes for all it does it makes things pop out. And challenge mode is just your person fighting other people and then running away from a stupid void. And wordl of light is just fighting stupid and cheap people who never let youhit them. And wihy is Mario in smash again he have enough attention he needs to be removed so lugia can get more attention. And why is s plant and edgy boy in as dlc and why are duck hunt 2.0 and some anime Goku boy with a sword revealed. Where is shreak,, Geno, banana Dee, solver, cpatin toad, mephiles, Amy, carsh, Goku, stove, regigiggas or shantae? Instead of them playable we get sword people, Eskimo twins, furry fighters, a fat crocofile, anime waifu girls, some little boys, fat obese plumbers, gunmen, and some stickman And wtf is with the remote Everytime I press a direction the remote makes my man go the other way. Awful oversrated game for **** who like bad modes, horrible rosters, and bad remotes. 0/10… Expand
  91. youfreaker
    Jan 25, 2019
    0
    Feels like an unfinished and rushed game to me. I have absolutely no idea how critics can say this is the most complete Smash game.
    Classic mode has less features than SSB64. No target, no platform, no giant, no metal stage or whatever that changes the gameplay from a normal quickplay battle.
    "Story mode" has no story except for a 2 minute intro cut scene. Spirits are basically useless    Feels like an unfinished and rushed game to me. I have absolutely no idea how critics can say this is the most complete Smash game.
    Classic mode has less features than SSB64. No target, no platform, no giant, no metal stage or whatever that changes the gameplay from a normal quickplay battle.

    "Story mode" has no story except for a 2 minute intro cut scene. Spirits are basically useless and the conditions are nothing that could not have been implemented in a quick play battle. A lot of themes are also weird: A zelda themed battle against ivysaur, with pokeballs as items, on a donkey kong level. While you fight Diddy Kong on a pokemon stage?

    Even menu's seem to have little thought put into it. When I first started Story mode literally the whole character select screen was blocked with the "ready to fight" screen; before you can select a character. Meanwhile, the lower right corner of the screen had a large empty square in it.

    They shouldve spent more time making the actual game itself, instead of porting an enormous useless amount of characters and stages. just the most popular 50% wouldve been more than enough content. They couldve saved some for DLC, instead of asking 25 dollars for 5 stages and 5 characters when there's already 100+ stages and 80 characters.
    But I guess I shouldve seen this coming when the Nintendo Direct big end reveal was yet another character in an uselessly large roster. If that was the most exciting thing, it didn't have much to offer anyway    … Expand
  92. lesoori
    Dec 13, 2018
    2
    I have loved the Super Smash Bros. series throughout the years of production, but already hate their newest release in under a week’s time. The age range chosen to be on display of the box is a lie. Nintendo is straying away from their family friendly image and is transforming into money hungry gluttons needlessly. The game itself just isn’t as fun to play anymore.
    To start things off,    I have loved the Super Smash Bros. series throughout the years of production, but already hate their newest release in under a week’s time. The age range chosen to be on display of the box is a lie. Nintendo is straying away from their family friendly image and is transforming into money hungry gluttons needlessly. The game itself just isn’t as fun to play anymore.
    To start things off, when you purchase the game, and take it home to play with your friends and family, you will notice the ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) implies 10 year olds should be able to comfortably play this game. When games are rated for everyone, it implies there is nothing obscene that parents might potentially object to exposing to their children. Everyone 10+ implies the game is still wholesome, but the game play itself might be slightly more complex for a younger child to play alone. The keyword here, slightly, is an exaggerated understatement.
    Clearly, the intended audience is not for the casual gamer, but for the competitor. The damage scale is exponentially higher than previous games. If you get hit too much too fast too early, there is no room to escape anymore. In the past, if you were knocked close to being off screen, you could influence the direction you flew in order to protect yourself from dying. This game has disposed of that feature entirely. There is no longer any potential to flip a losing match into a winning match. Once you’re out, you’re out.
    Even in one player modes, when you’re a little burnt out of playing competitively, you want to just sit back and play solo sometimes. The classic mode is great because even if you pick a harder difficulty, it tailors to how you play and adjusts where necessary. But collecting the new fighters can be really frustrating when you don’t know the order they appear (spoilers are easily available) and even when they show up, with 30% damage taken, one hard hit of any variety can ruin your chance of getting that one fighter you waited so long to unlock.
    Realistically, when classic mode just isn’t cutting it anymore, one might switch to adventure mode as a means to unlock missing fighters. Presumptuously, I looked at the difficulty levels and picked “normal” as the mode to play casually with a few simple challenges along the way. There are a few different pathways to choose from, and when something got rather difficult, I figured I could just chose another path and come back to it. This went on until I ran out of paths because they became impossible to beat with normal, or average, skill level. An example of what I mean by “impossible” is the level where you have to dodge all of the hocotate bombs (upward bound rockets), while dodging Diddy’s upward jet pack, and Isabelle’s upward hydrant, as well as her obnoxiously long reach to pull the hocotate bombs. The whole stage is a chaotic mess of fire explosions with powerful splash damage. Even if you focus on stealing the items from them, there’s still two other fighters with movesets that allow them both to push you up and off the screen, at the same time. Another “impossible” example is the level where you fight two charizards with master balls that release both Latias and Latios, who chunk the majority of your health, even if you shield during most of the duration. You cannot shield the entirety, even if you tried, your shield will run out, resulting in you being stunned, vulnerable to punishments. I was only able to progress after lowering the difficulty to easy.
    In conclusion, this game was designed for competitors to play for sponsored tournaments or to practice competitively at home. Nintendo doesn’t care about the good times you had with your friends and family playing that one match that lasted 10 minutes. Nintendo doesn’t care about the people who like to spend time enjoying something, savor the time being at the edge of their seat anticipating who might win a match, and having that long awaited for shock moment when someone turned a game around and finally won after struggling. Nintendo just wants quick matches with quick payouts. Super Smash Bros. is no longer a game for everyone. It’s a game for competitors, and fans to practice at home like Jeopardy, Family Feud, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire. If you’re looking for casual fun at home, I highly recommend playing older versions of Super Smash Bros.    … Expand
  93. 1969
    Dec 26, 2018
    0
    It's as if they designed World of Light to be
    as frustrating as humanly possible.
    And they succeeded. All the stage handicaps are nothing but pure unadulterated frustration. Is flipping controls FUN or FRUSTRATING? Is flipping stage FUN or FRUSTRATING? Are enemies which can't be knocked (super armor) FUN or FRUSTRATING? And if you're new to Smash, is fighting 4 spamming    It's as if they designed World of Light to be
    as frustrating as humanly possible.

    And they succeeded.

    All the stage handicaps are nothing but pure unadulterated frustration.
    Is flipping controls FUN or FRUSTRATING?
    Is flipping stage FUN or FRUSTRATING?
    Are enemies which can't be knocked (super armor) FUN or FRUSTRATING?

    And if you're new to Smash, is fighting 4 spamming characters - with abilities you don't know,
    in a stage full of hazards - you have never played on FUN or FRUSTRATING?

    Most of the time, you'd die and die again often not knowing who
    and what and why killed you.

    And if that doesn't frustrate you enough,
    the icing on the cake - you will enjoy 10 second loading times
    reloading the same assets again and again each time you die?

    You can find spirits which remove some of the hazards, but the
    gameplay remains as annoying as ever.

    Having horrendous single player is not end of the world,
    but considering how hard Nintendo hyped this and
    since there are almost no other big titles on Switch to carry it this season this really deserves a ZERO.

    Don't buy this for single-player.    … Expand
  94. CazaMonos28
    Feb 4, 2019
    0
    Lagswitchers, server lag, rulesets, buffering, menu music, belmonts. This is a party game for toddlers, with an online service abused by ethernet cables with a light switch installed. Horrible online.
  95. Calibur-X
    Jan 18, 2019
    0
    BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER - BEST GAME EVER -
  96. lagswitcher
    Jan 21, 2019
    0
    Lagswitchers, server lag, rulesets, buffering, menu music, belmonts. This is a party game for toddlers, with an online service abused by ethernet cables with a light switch installed.
  97. NyteX
    Dec 10, 2018
    0
    I just created a metacritic account just to vent and warn as many players about this horrid piece of trash of a "game" that passes off as a Smash game. If you are a casual ot even semi decent player then stay far away. This game is designed for pro tournament players. The difficulty of Adventure mode, Spirit boards and Challenge battles are beyond infuriating. The AI plays like a seasonedI just created a metacritic account just to vent and warn as many players about this horrid piece of trash of a "game" that passes off as a Smash game. If you are a casual ot even semi decent player then stay far away. This game is designed for pro tournament players. The difficulty of Adventure mode, Spirit boards and Challenge battles are beyond infuriating. The AI plays like a seasoned professional even on easy. All it does is literally combo and juggle you until it just smashes you out. Shielding is useless, going behind them is useless, any tactic you have is usesless, it has an answer for anything you try to do to it. It does double or triple more damage than you because I've seen it with my own eyes, a simple kick or punch and you have 30-40% damage on 1 hit. It also can beat the crap out of you when you are glowing and supposed to be immune to attacks. It can also smash you at ridiculously low damage. I just had a fight where I was smashed out at 53% damage, no joke. Funny how I need to get them to at least 170-185 damage to even have a chance at smashing them. Also the environments ALWAYS work to the AI's advantage with floors collapsing only when you're on them or hazards only targeting you. Been playing this game since friday to try and see if there are some redeeming qualities but its been 4 days of non-stop annoyances and frustration. I'll say it bluntly, I hate this game with a passion. One of the WORST games of 2018. Nintendo packed a ton of stages and a ton of characters into what is a broken game. It will probably get traded in or better yet just thrown in the trash where it belongs just to spare some poor kid who will pick up my used copy. For those who will see this and think I'm just whining and being salty keep your opinion to yourself, I don't care. This game is pure garbage. If you enjoy getting your ass handed to you 95% of your battles then by all means buy this game, I guess you enjoy the punishment. ONLY EXTREME HARDCORE PLAYERS NEED APPLY, The rest play anything else and save yourself a migraine.… Expand
  98. MasterKnightDH
    Dec 31, 2018
    0
    You would expect that a game calling itself "Ultimate" would be well designed. Instead, what we get is horrendous single-player as well as a stale multi-player that requires payment to even access for online and then has painfully bad matchmaking and garbage options. The story mode has disgusting power creep, Classic Mode is all flash and no substance, and the other modes are bare bones.You would expect that a game calling itself "Ultimate" would be well designed. Instead, what we get is horrendous single-player as well as a stale multi-player that requires payment to even access for online and then has painfully bad matchmaking and garbage options. The story mode has disgusting power creep, Classic Mode is all flash and no substance, and the other modes are bare bones. As for multi-player? If you can avoid getting Free For Alls, good luck with that thanks to clear problems with matchmaking, you can expect things like Meta Knight, a character who was already infamous in his own right, being able to kill you virtually inescapably and with disgusting ease off of a grab. The level of incompetence shown from this, what is supposed to be the "definitive" version of a 2 decade effort, would be gross for a FIRST attempt at a formula, let alone a fifth.

    I'll stick with Kid Icarus Uprising's Power System, thank you very much.    … Expand
  99. tjcavallo
    Dec 17, 2018
    4
    Mechanically, this is the best game in the series since Melee, featuring smoother and more dynamic matches than the previous two games. It's also clear that Nintendo paid attention to feedback to the last title by making aerial combat safer and faster, bring back old mechanics like directional air dodges and dash dancing, making it easier to KO opponents at lower percents, and balancingMechanically, this is the best game in the series since Melee, featuring smoother and more dynamic matches than the previous two games. It's also clear that Nintendo paid attention to feedback to the last title by making aerial combat safer and faster, bring back old mechanics like directional air dodges and dash dancing, making it easier to KO opponents at lower percents, and balancing the massive, variegated roster more than in Smash 4 or Brawl.

    Despite the improvements to the core gameplay, the online multiplayer component of the game is depressingly bad. Unplayably bad. The game lacks the ability to strictly sort by ruleset, making it almost guaranteed that you will occasionally be placed in a match you do not want to play, regardless of your preference. There's also no way to see the ruleset before the match starts, and you can't quit once it has. If you self destruct or close the software you can get banned. In addition, the game will frequently match you against players with extremely poor internet connections, causing intolerable levels of lag. The matchmaking is borderline nonsense and is also character-dependent.

    The only way to strictly control the ruleset is to create a battle arena, which is an arcade style lobby that forces you to wait up to 30 minutes before playing again if you lose a match. This is also the only way to play with your friends online.

    The game also lacks satisfying single player content. The familiar, short Classic Mode from previous titles is back, as well as the very button mash-heavy Mob Smash mode. Aside from these insubstantial offerings, the game offers Spirits mode. While lengthy, it's effectively just a string of fights against CPUs laid out on a map. Unlocking the characters is certainly more thrilling, but it's not particularly difficult and can be done fairly quickly (approx. 10 min per character).

    Back on the cheery side, the games visual and audio presentation are the best in the series, and perhaps the best on the Switch. Some of the character models are the best renditions we have seen of the characters, and all of the stages feature intricate, vibrant background art. The game features a prodigious collection of remasters of classic and modern tunes from the original franchises of the characters that comprise the game's roster. The characters look great in motion and carefully placed visual panache and audio cues help the characters feel fluid.

    If you have people to regularly play the game in standard couch co-op mode with, or participate in a local scene, this is easily the best value purchase for the system yet, and it could quite possibly become your new favorite in the series. But if you planned on spending your time mostly on the online mode, I wouldn't purchase it unless Nintendo overhauls the system completely in an update, as it's actually a downgrade from Smash 4's online mode and laughably worse than the online in competitor's titles    … Expand
  100. MTrueno
    Dec 29, 2018
    0
    Smash Ultimate Online sucks, Too much lag for 20 buckets paid, no 1v1 solo mode and ring for friends is crap.
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Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 98 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 99
  3. Negative: 0 out of 99
  1. CD-Action
    Mar 25, 2019
    95
    It’s not just a great fighting game and a perfect party title, uncommonly enjoyable and absurdly rich in content that should suffice for literally years of fun. It’s also an amazing homage to the history of video games. [02/2019, p.60]
  2. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 5, 2019
    95
    Super Smash Bros. Ultimate escalates everything the series was known for, and delivers it flawlessly. Biggest fighter rooster ever, more dynamic gameplay, loads and loads of gameplay modes, stages, weapons, music, stuff! If there is a smash that deserves your cash, this is the one!
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  3. 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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