Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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  1. ThePieMan07
    Aug 14, 2023
    1
    I hate this game because I'm bad at it. I do like that Castlevania finally got some characters though.
  2. Tyvon
    Jul 13, 2023
    1
    The online is TRASH, it has no variety and a lot of delay. What even is gsp. Also has a mid community. Really and truly I cane here just to hate because elite smash was burning my head lol. Fun game tho
  3. GlennLosio
    May 13, 2023
    3
    The game is kinda fun but not that good So sorry to disappoint about the review
  4. Tsili
    Mar 2, 2022
    0
    The game has intentionally broken controls. It is the clunkiest scheme ever devised. May as well try to play with drums or a potato. There's not going to be a difference
  5. 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.
  6. JeremyReveiws
    Feb 4, 2023
    4
    There are many of my characters in this game I enjoyed the vast mechanismics
  7. Itsthatguy
    Feb 2, 2023
    0
    best game ive ever played so good i have 350 hours and increasing every day :)
  8. Themightygamer
    Jan 19, 2023
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. My hated for this game cannot be summed up by words. I have tried to master this stupid game for weeks but I never seemed to master it. Also **** classic mode. Ultimate has easily the worst classic mode in the series history. The only reason I haven't given this game a zero is because of World of Light: aka the only redeeming quality of this trash game.… Expand
  9. HighGround27
    Nov 3, 2022
    0
    This game is so (place swears here) dumb. Every time I play the game. I get screwed over by mechanics that make no reasonable sense. A stupid kid with backpack that has literally has every piece of kit possible to have a counter for everyone. A puffball that can force a robot to snore and take a nap. A katana wielding anime swordsman whose attacks won't even do dang thing. You do the sameThis game is so (place swears here) dumb. Every time I play the game. I get screwed over by mechanics that make no reasonable sense. A stupid kid with backpack that has literally has every piece of kit possible to have a counter for everyone. A puffball that can force a robot to snore and take a nap. A katana wielding anime swordsman whose attacks won't even do dang thing. You do the same recovery with a character and it will get you back to stage and then in the same match you'll do the same thing another time and it won't. Part of the roster has counters and the other half are just screwed. Some character hav way to heal themselves and others don't. Then there are random map features that will just appear on top K.O. you in the same frame. Then you have all of these maps and most are complete dog water. Short characters without moving will never get hit by F-air, N-air, and B-air. Shields for some people are so weak that can get jab twice and it's broken. Some characters have up smash that will pull you in forcing you into the damage. Getting out of sleep or shield break make no sense . Aww yes just mash all thee buttons. How about just one button rapidly. And many more. Please stop lying to yourself that this is a good game when it's not. Not even close.… Expand
  10. djreviews12
    Oct 9, 2022
    0
    After the mess that was Super Smash Brothers on the 3DS, Nintendo fans have been hoping for a Smash Bros game that could reach the same heights that Smash Brothers Brawl once did. When this game was first announced, it showed some true promise. A new story mode, the return of every smash character? It was shaping up to be a great thing. But then the game dropped...

    The story mode? What    After the mess that was Super Smash Brothers on the 3DS, Nintendo fans have been hoping for a Smash Bros game that could reach the same heights that Smash Brothers Brawl once did. When this game was first announced, it showed some true promise. A new story mode, the return of every smash character? It was shaping up to be a great thing. But then the game dropped...

    The story mode? What do I have to say, anybody who has played it knows how bad it is. Watching the grass grow in my front lawn is more fun and productive than playing Smash Ultimate story mode will ever be. But hey, maybe the competitive is fun?

    No, in terms of competitive gameplay, it's a mess. With Super Smash Bros brawl, the game was very fair and balanced, and even gave new players a chance. The trip mechanic was a great equalizer for players, since no matter how good you were there was still a chance you might slip up. But in smash ultimate, all players know how to do is pick Steve, a new pay to win character. Yesterday I fought one such player online. He 3 stocked me and proceeded to use the Nintendo Switch Online app to call me poor because I do not own the DLC.

    As the years have gone on on, developers have continued to turn a blind-eye to the fanbases' wants. The game is completely unbalanced, and they keep adding characters such as "Steve," and "Sora" from unknown indie games that I don't think anybody has ever heard of before. Fan favorites such as Goku and Master Chief were completely neglected, and the competitive scene of this game is in complete shambles. Ultimately, this game falls completely short of all expectations, and we can only pray that a HD remaster of Super Smash Brothers Brawl comes out soon.    … Expand
  11. supdude80
    Jul 26, 2022
    3
    how can you make your dlc-exclusive characters so broken that they take the game from a 7 to a 3 after releasing all of them
  12. WaluigisRevenge
    Jun 17, 2022
    0
    Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it. Waluigi is Partially in it.
  13. ToRapture
    May 29, 2022
    0
    The controls are too suck.
    What the **** are you making?
    Ridiculous game.
  14. NepodarOK
    May 21, 2022
    4
    no skill is needed in the single player campaign. If the level of your spirits is lower than that of the enemy, he will spam and interrupt all your attacks. So you need to grind many hours to pass. A lot of fighters are just the same. A lot of paid DLC and a cosmically overpriced price for the game even without them, + the need for an online subscription. Without her, the game is empty.no skill is needed in the single player campaign. If the level of your spirits is lower than that of the enemy, he will spam and interrupt all your attacks. So you need to grind many hours to pass. A lot of fighters are just the same. A lot of paid DLC and a cosmically overpriced price for the game even without them, + the need for an online subscription. Without her, the game is empty. the most interesting smash tour mode is missing… Expand
  15. Okie_Doki
    May 19, 2022
    0
    Super ass bros is an unbalanced, unfun, tragedy of a game. Firstly, there are 2 characters that just completely break the game. Yoshi is completely broken, there is no counterplay to him. The only way to beat broken Yoshi is to turn off the opponents game, or lock in the other broken character. The Hero is completely broken, there is no counterplay. Clearly because Dragon Quest 11 suckedSuper ass bros is an unbalanced, unfun, tragedy of a game. Firstly, there are 2 characters that just completely break the game. Yoshi is completely broken, there is no counterplay to him. The only way to beat broken Yoshi is to turn off the opponents game, or lock in the other broken character. The Hero is completely broken, there is no counterplay. Clearly because Dragon Quest 11 sucked so badly, they had to add some reason to play him. Even though he's completely OP, no one plays him, because Dragon Quest 11 was that DIGUSTINGLY bad.… Expand
  16. Tusupervieja
    May 1, 2022
    0
    Es el peor juego que he probado en toda mi puta vida, no hay nada bien balanceado, los novatos no pueden jugar el juego porque los emparejan con pros y los pros no pueden jugar al juego porque los emparejan con novatos, no he visto una peor gestión de un videojuego desde Overwatch.
  17. 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
  18. cheaterssuck
    Mar 29, 2022
    2
    The game was good until they added a character no one knew before Smash Bros. Ultimate called Pyra. She is absurdly overpowered to the point of being broken. The game is ruined because of it. And now that the company has done their final update of the game, in which they left her the way she is, Smash Bros. Ultimate will forever be trash. Look at the dates of reviews on here. The positiveThe game was good until they added a character no one knew before Smash Bros. Ultimate called Pyra. She is absurdly overpowered to the point of being broken. The game is ruined because of it. And now that the company has done their final update of the game, in which they left her the way she is, Smash Bros. Ultimate will forever be trash. Look at the dates of reviews on here. The positive ones are all from before Pyra was added to the game.

    The cynic in me thinks they did this on purpose too, because no one knew or cared about her at all prior to her inclusion in Smash Bros. Ultimate. I suspect they made her this overpowered broken pay-to-win dumpster-fire game design mess because they figured no one would pay extra for the character otherwise.

    There are lots of other games on the Nintendo Switch, many of which are better than this piece of garbage.    … Expand
  19. 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
  20. Altendo
    Feb 9, 2022
    0
    I am usually not that critica, but:

    No new. Kirby things
    WTF is BWD?
    MakesKirby look like a kids game

    However:

    It is fun
    It has a decent story mode
    It has Kirby
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. Datonemarioguy
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    I hate this game, no good controls, very luck based, and the dlcs are garbage.
  24. mikeje
    Dec 23, 2021
    2
    Ну довольна таки все криво косо сделано.
    Боевка супер странная, постоянные инвули приводят к скачкам по арене в течении пяти минут пока кому-то все таки не наскучит эта суета или у игроков таки не случится клатч.
    Файтингом эту игру называть ни как нельзя, казуальная через чур, при этом очень супер всратое управление, зачем делать всё через одну кнопу, когда у вас еще столько не занятых,    Ну довольна таки все криво косо сделано.
    Боевка супер странная, постоянные инвули приводят к скачкам по арене в течении пяти минут пока кому-то все таки не наскучит эта суета или у игроков таки не случится клатч.
    Файтингом эту игру называть ни как нельзя, казуальная через чур, при этом очень супер всратое управление, зачем делать всё через одну кнопу, когда у вас еще столько не занятых, непонятно. Сложным освоением и сложностью игры, игроки называет то что у многих бойцов есть свои фишки, которые ты должен сам находить, на деле эта пару приемов с разной анимацией и всё.
    Очень ДОРОГО, при этом еще новых персонажей нужно ПОКУПАТЬ?! АЛЕ у вас игра 6к стоит!!! какие могут быть платные персонажи????
    игра плохо работает через wi fi, нужно покупать доп для сетевого кабеля или док станцию с гнездом для сетевого кабеля.
    НО! еще не все....не забудьте, что вам еще понадобится геймпад!!! иначе вы ушатаете эти супер хлюпкие джойконы.
    В общем если вы хотите нормальный файтинг с нормальными механиками, а не скачками по арене лучше обратите внимание на теккен 7 или сф5, в случае игры в портаитиве это плохая затея на свиче играть в файтинги....    … Expand
  25. 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
  26. 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
  27. 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.
  28. 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
  29. OctoCallie20
    Sep 29, 2021
    0
    So... Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. What can be said about it that's based and completely honest? Why don't we start with the "Fighter's Passes" that have been overhpyed since they were announced?

    Every single fighter within the Fighter's Passes have all been biased, weak, horrifyingly laughably bad "picks" save for Pyra+Mythra; Even outside of both Fighter's Passes, Piranha Plant is a    So... Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. What can be said about it that's based and completely honest? Why don't we start with the "Fighter's Passes" that have been overhpyed since they were announced?

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

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

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

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

    I'm absolutely, insanely ecstatic to see Sakurai will finally be stepping down and away from this entire series we all love; Maybe now, we can get someone who isn't an incompetent, entitled, easily-manipulated man such as him. Get someone newer and younger and willing to stand up to Nintendo and tell them "No" to many of their stupidly backwards, entitled and biased ideas that nobody has ever asked for. Maybe then, we can have a Smash Bros. that will actually be fun and enjoyable instead of an overbloated, overhyped, shoddy mess.    … Expand
  30. 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
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Universal acclaim - based on 99 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 98 out of 99
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 99
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  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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