Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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
  14. 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.
  15. Datonemarioguy
    Dec 30, 2021
    0
    I hate this game, no good controls, very luck based, and the dlcs are garbage.
  16. 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
  17. whatever1231413
    Apr 8, 2021
    0
    Poor online and toxic gaming community. For a game meant to be played with other the the player base is the biggest problem. Too many toxic players.
  18. 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
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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
  24. 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
  25. 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
  26. 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
  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. 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
  29. ToRapture
    May 29, 2022
    0
    The controls are too suck.
    What the **** are you making?
    Ridiculous game.
  30. 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.
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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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