Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

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8.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 2127 Ratings

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  1. Metagrass
    Nov 14, 2019
    6
    I don't really like this game a whole lot. It's a good game, but the issue is it does the same things Brawl and Melee do, but worse. There are removed fighters, no story mode and a lack of other features that just makes the game less enjoyable than the others in the series. Definately Smash Bro' weakest entry. Just play Brawl or Ultimate.
  2. Jenkins
    Dec 30, 2014
    7
    Awesome stuff! Especially when you have people playing with you. 8 player smash is chaotic fun and there is good incentive to keep playing as the amount of unlockables are immense.
    But the biggest issues for me come in two forms:
    1. The series hasn't made much of a step since Melee. At this point expect famililarity. 2. Online needs serious improvement as there are still a heap of    Awesome stuff! Especially when you have people playing with you. 8 player smash is chaotic fun and there is good incentive to keep playing as the amount of unlockables are immense.
    But the biggest issues for me come in two forms:
    1. The series hasn't made much of a step since Melee. At this point expect famililarity.
    2. Online needs serious improvement as there are still a heap of people with connectivity issues, including me. Haven't had a game yet. What gives?    … Expand
  3. Sploolordcam
    Jan 12, 2015
    7
    It's difficult for me to be unbiased on this series as a player of competitive smash, the game is great for those who want to have fun with friends in some chaotic and silly modes, but the tools to play seriously aren't there, which alienates a portion of the fanbase. I'm not going to comment much further due to bias, but I'd say overall the game is 8/10 for those who seek fun times withIt's difficult for me to be unbiased on this series as a player of competitive smash, the game is great for those who want to have fun with friends in some chaotic and silly modes, but the tools to play seriously aren't there, which alienates a portion of the fanbase. I'm not going to comment much further due to bias, but I'd say overall the game is 8/10 for those who seek fun times with friends, and 6/10 for those who want to play seriously.… Expand
  4. Kazek7
    Aug 21, 2015
    5
    Super Smash Brothers for both 3DS/Console are dreadful. The game lacks content, and what content we do get is lack luster, and utterly dreadful. Smash Run is a board game, If I wanted to play a board game, I would take out a chess board. Classic run is also, dreadful. You HAVE to run through this a few million times to unlock items/mii outfits/stage builder items, This is not fun and isSuper Smash Brothers for both 3DS/Console are dreadful. The game lacks content, and what content we do get is lack luster, and utterly dreadful. Smash Run is a board game, If I wanted to play a board game, I would take out a chess board. Classic run is also, dreadful. You HAVE to run through this a few million times to unlock items/mii outfits/stage builder items, This is not fun and is entirely unnecessary. Stage Builder too, is rubbish. You literally have nothing to build with, unless you run through the awful classic run a few million times, and you can only build using the Wii Pad, Good concept, terrible in practice. There is no adventure mode, or subspace emissary, Because "people leaked footage of it" or so I'm told. Either way unacceptable.

    The only thing worth your time in this game is the Multiplayer, AI battles, and 8 player smash. Nintendo gives me half a game, I give them half a score.    … Expand
  5. Reynolds100
    Jan 10, 2015
    7
    Has great game play with lots of choice of players each having individual moves. Even has the ability to create your own character out of your mii. Plus you can give different moves to the characters and customize their damage/speed/defence.
    But I bought this game on the Wii U... Am I the only one who thinks they should actually use the wii u gamepad in a wii u game? they could have    Has great game play with lots of choice of players each having individual moves. Even has the ability to create your own character out of your mii. Plus you can give different moves to the characters and customize their damage/speed/defence.
    But I bought this game on the Wii U... Am I the only one who thinks they should actually use the wii u gamepad in a wii u game? they could have customized even just a campaign or some solo or online play or even a mode of play where the gamepad is against the other players... Maybe it was too hard or would have made the game a bit too complicated but whats the point in having this game on the wii u if it does not use the main difference from the wii and the wii u. Being the touch screen gamepad.
    Honestly I feel cheated in buying it... But still a great wii game. Not wii u game    … Expand
  6. Anebriate
    Dec 8, 2014
    7
    The game is good. Let's get that out of the way, because you probably already knew that.

    Like practically every giant nerd whose review of Smash 4 is in the red, my only concerns about the game are its imperfect and shallow mechanics which, MAKE NO MISTAKE, are a fully intentional and almost comical overcorrection of Melee's depth. I've never seen or heard of a company so determined    The game is good. Let's get that out of the way, because you probably already knew that.

    Like practically every giant nerd whose review of Smash 4 is in the red, my only concerns about the game are its imperfect and shallow mechanics which, MAKE NO MISTAKE, are a fully intentional and almost comical overcorrection of Melee's depth.

    I've never seen or heard of a company so determined to prevent their final product from being enjoyed by as many people as possible. They genuinely, honestly, cannot stand the idea of their game being played in any environment that isn't a spacious, white living-room full of people who don't know what to do with their hands.    … Expand
  7. StarmanDX
    Mar 6, 2015
    5
    Online play is very laggy. The roster is actually a downgrade from Brawl, something I thought I'd never see in the Smash Bros series. Overall it just feels very lazily made, especially with many of the new characters reusing existing mechanics, and 20% of the roster having a counter as one of their B attacks now. The controls feel slippery and imprecise.

    A lot of people who don't like    Online play is very laggy. The roster is actually a downgrade from Brawl, something I thought I'd never see in the Smash Bros series. Overall it just feels very lazily made, especially with many of the new characters reusing existing mechanics, and 20% of the roster having a counter as one of their B attacks now. The controls feel slippery and imprecise.

    A lot of people who don't like the game compare it to Melee, but I don't even care about that. It stands as a bad game on its own.    … Expand
  8. TylerBR97
    Dec 2, 2014
    7
    Fun game as long as you're with friends, but that is about the only time. 8-player smash, the game mode everyone was so excited for, but I knew was gonna suck. I constantly lose myself. 6-player smash was okay, but 4 remained the best. Online mode is ok. The new maps range from good to bad. I hate how the stage will do more damage to you than the person you're going against. I found myselfFun game as long as you're with friends, but that is about the only time. 8-player smash, the game mode everyone was so excited for, but I knew was gonna suck. I constantly lose myself. 6-player smash was okay, but 4 remained the best. Online mode is ok. The new maps range from good to bad. I hate how the stage will do more damage to you than the person you're going against. I found myself just using the final destination mode on every stage because the new stages blow, ESPECIALLY the Pac-Man stage. The new character additions are meh. I felt they added more characters to the series that don't really need them since they aren't as popular. Not trying to speak for everyone, but every person I have talked to about this games roster said they would have preferred more characters from the Sonic series, the Donkey Kong series, the return of Lucas, the Metroid Series, or the Star-Fox series. The game modes are a disappointment. Most of them are just returns from its predecessors, but they aren't as fun. They ruined Classic Mode. I was so excited to go through it but now its just horrible. Why did they remove going through battles in one go? It isn't a "Classic" mode if they modified it so much. Also, no adventure mode. What were they thinking? Single player in Brawl only lasted for me because there was a story mode. Playing tons of pointless matches alone will only last for so long. Playing Smash with friends, however, is always a fun time. That's where every flaw is negligible. No matter what you're doing, as long as you're playing this with a friend it should be fine. In my case, though, multiplayer is fun but loses its flare in about 45 minutes to an hour before I start getting bored of the same thing over and over again. My friend who I normally play with can play for hours, so I guess that says something. A solid, polished game- undeserving of its god-like praise in my opinion.… Expand
  9. Slsr
    Nov 24, 2014
    6
    It is fun game in local but that's it. Online with more than 2 players rather often has issues that are really annoying, can't really give such game high rating as this ultimately is multiplayer game. Single player mode really seems more like way to learn characters than actual game, expected I guess but still totally wasn't impressed by that regardless. This would be solid 8/10 title forIt is fun game in local but that's it. Online with more than 2 players rather often has issues that are really annoying, can't really give such game high rating as this ultimately is multiplayer game. Single player mode really seems more like way to learn characters than actual game, expected I guess but still totally wasn't impressed by that regardless. This would be solid 8/10 title for me but online being not up the par can't really give it all that high score, I feel online is equally important mode to local play anyway and for me personally it is even more important than local. That said, naturally there is no way I am going to give this good score as it is now, if anything i am being generous as basically whole game is rather broken for me. hopefully nintendo manages to make online better, I shall raise my rating then.… Expand
  10. Aelvir
    Apr 15, 2015
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. These games are supposed to be fun and be a crossover of the main cast of various videogame franchises. Well, to me, this game...AND Brawl fails to meet this. Now compared to the 3DS ver. this one IS better, but not by far. Brawl first introduced a story mode. But guess what? Sakurai decides to remove the story mode they've been working on for this game because 'people are watching it on YouTube' which is as vague as anyone can get.
    Now In SSB-64 and Melee we had new characters that retain their popular voices, likeness, and design, and the returning characters experience the same. But someone not right in the head decides that Twilight Princess Link (Akira Sasanuma) is more notable and more recognizable in the Zelda franchise than OoT Link (Nobuyuki Hiyama). The fact that Hiyama didn't voice Link in that game is why people hated it, same went with Twilight Princess Ganondorf (who sounds like he has a cockroach in his throat while inhaling copious traces of helium). They bother to remove Link's Illusion Stab but character who don't need, let alone deserve it, have mash-attacks (like King Dedede, Palutena, Pit, Bowser Jr, Diddy Kong, etc). Not to mention since it's TP Link we are literally FORCED to use the Gale Boomerange which royally sucks. They downright give out too much transformation attacks as Final Smashes (which are mostly downright useless). They apparently had the gall to replace Marth's Shield Breaker with this pansy Thrust of the same name. Lucina is pointless, she literally has the EXACT moveset of Marth, NO DIFFERENCE, not even speed or DMGwise! Upon getting the game, unloicking characters doing events, hr contest and classic mode, there is NOTHING for you to do. Target Blast is a joke, it is really nothing but luck purely. And what were they on to think adding VILLAGER from Animal Crossing would make sense. His side smash is LITERALLY him dropping a bowling ball in front of himself. I can't even comprehend how he can even charge that attack! I'm also tired of the challenges forcing you to be someone that sucks. ie: to get this reward k.O a giant bowser with Tiny olimar in less than 40 seconds!) OLIMAR sucks. He has no reach and even his smash attacks do nothing against him. People are going crazy over this game and I think it's undeserved. This game would be far greater if it had this:
    NOBUYUKI HIYAMA Link
    TAKASHI NAGASAKO Ganondorf.
    NOTHING from Twilight Princess.
    Roy and Pichu back (either as a character or assist).

    Hell, people say this game added a ton of new modes. No they didn't all the new things you get is: Target Blast, Torphy Rush, Smash Run/Smash Tour (which is really stupid, they barely even explain how much of any of it works), 8-player smash, special orders, and stage builder. Just how miniscule these modes are don't even make much of them worth a single mode in countenance(I'd barely consider them as two modes in total). The Mii Fighters are demeaning. 'There are so many people I can't add so you can create them yourselves as a Mii fighter' says Sakurai. Right, right, So I'm sure I can give a Mii red, blue, pink, or even purple hair, right? Nope, the most you can get out of hair color from miis is blonde, brown, light brown, black, and auburn. The Gunner is a more of a Samus clone than anything. The Brawler is clearly Ryu from Street fighter. The swordfighter is the worst, ALL OF HIS ATTACKS are centered around being ninja-oriented, especially with him constantly having his sword being held in reverse grip most of the time. Why can't you create the moveset why can't you clone from an existing ACTUAL fighter? And to top it all off the Mii Swordfighter's Final Smash SUCKS. He raises his sword and shoots out a myriad of blade beams. But what's that? The Mii Brawlers gets a Dissidia-Omnislash Style final smash. You'd be lucky if Swordfighter's baldebeams even smash an opp. It's worthless. Not to mention. What's the point in creating a fighter if he has NO VOICE? Why can't you just select from a preset voice for custom characters or choose your own from the console memory/sd card?
    Bottom line is Melee's easily better.    … Expand
  11. Brc123
    Nov 23, 2014
    7
    I will start off by saying this game is NOT perfect. All the 10/10 reviews seem to only be focusing on the good and not the bad.

    The game looks fantastic, plays fantastic, and the soundtrack (like usual) is awesome.Classic mode is pretty cool with different intensities and choosable routes. Stage builder is more customizable than ever and is easy to use, but it would be nice if you    I will start off by saying this game is NOT perfect. All the 10/10 reviews seem to only be focusing on the good and not the bad.

    The game looks fantastic, plays fantastic, and the soundtrack (like usual) is awesome.Classic mode is pretty cool with different intensities and choosable routes. Stage builder is more customizable than ever and is easy to use, but it would be nice if you could do 8-player battles on them. Some of the new characters are awesome like Rosalina and Luma, Mega man, Pacman, etc. They balanced OP characters from brawl *cough* Meta Knight. And the new items are fun.
    If you were used to the controls from its 3ds counterpart, the grab has changed and is now the ZR and ZL and shielding is R and L. This threw me off as the 3ds 's default grabbing was L and default shielding was R. I am aware you can change the controls under a name and select the name before playing, but with gamemodes like smash tour and events, I am forced to use the default controls, which I will always screw up using. That was one of many flaws this game hosts. The content feels sort of lacking, with no story or adventure mode to play through, instead you have many gamemodes that either are stupid and not needed or just boring. All-star mode remains unchanged from the 3ds version, aside from facing fighters in reverse-chronological order. 8-player mode was a welcome concept that allows more than 4 players to join in, but if you are playing with all 8 players it is too chaotic and the maps you are restricted to play on seem a little odd. Crazy orders are pretty fun, but master orders seem rather unnecessary and I feel like they were just put there as a content filler. Smash tour is pretty boring and very disorienting as so much is going on at once, and the stats and fighters on your team are extremely small and hard to read.
    You are given way too many characters and stages already unlocked off the bat which are way easier to unlock compared to previous games, which takes a lot of the fun, challenge and replay value out of the game. There are too many retro stages (which aren't even organized/separated from new ones) and not enough new, creative stages. Cool characters like Ice Climbers, Snake, Lucas and Wolf were ripped from the roster in replacement for stupid clones like Dark Pit and Dr. Mario.
    Easily the worst part of the game is the online. I don't even bother playing free-for-all matches as all it takes is one person with a bad connection to turn 2 minutes into 6 minutes of laggy hell and if you try to leave you are temporarily banned. It is beyond me why 'For Glory' free-for-all matches and team matches are timed. However 1-on-1 for glory matches are quite smooth and thankfully are stocked.

    Let me reiterate by saying, this game is great, but far from perfect. I would rate it 7.5 out of ten but since that's not possible, for now, it is a 7/10.    … Expand
  12. gabriot
    Dec 24, 2014
    6
    Well it's a smash bros game so it is bound to be good, but is it really that good?

    My overall experience so far with the game has been of slight disappointment, about the same I felt with Brawl but for slightly different reasons. I'll list my biggest gripes to let you know what I find frustrating about the design of the game: First and foremost - when you have three generations of a    Well it's a smash bros game so it is bound to be good, but is it really that good?

    My overall experience so far with the game has been of slight disappointment, about the same I felt with Brawl but for slightly different reasons. I'll list my biggest gripes to let you know what I find frustrating about the design of the game:

    First and foremost - when you have three generations of a game that have taught you that the backmost left and right triggers are for shield, and the closer smaller trigger button(s) are for grabs, why would you go and change that for the wii u controller? And not only that, but this is the most ridiculous part of all - why would you make it so the only way you can change controls is to assign them to a "name", and then give you absolutely no way to choose a default name for your controller or login? That makes absolutely no sense, and is mind numbingly frustrating to deal with when you forgot to change your name in the bottom left before every match or game mode, and you go to execute a block, roll, or grab, and the buttons are reversed from what you've grown to learn for nearly a decade of a games existence. That's an automatic -2 from the score right there. No excuse for them to overlook this, you can't tell me not one person in that entire company could have thought this to be a bad game design decision.

    My next issue is the removal of the adventure mode in favor of this smash tour mode. Smash tour mode simply put is just lackluster. It is too rng based and there isn't much skill to be had here, I guess they wanted to make a mario party type hybrid mode in the game? I'd be fine w/ it if they still included the adventure mode, which in my opinion was incredibly fun in melee/brawl. You can't even choose the difficulty level on the ai opponents for the board game mode, so clearly it was rushed out, the whole game seems like it was released a bit early to be honest. -1 for the exclusion of adventure mode and addition of rushed modes that don't really work that well.

    There is also lag present in the game, which should just not be happening in this day and age for console games. You know exactly the hardware your game will be running on, if it is lagging as often and as badly as it does. -1 for this.

    There are other minor qualms I have but the above are mainly why I have to detract from the score. The "good" has already been highlighted by enough reviewers already that I don't need to go over that, but I am mainly writing this review to give you a little more realistic view of what you are getting with this game, if you are irked by the type of things that irk me.    … Expand
  13. Diemario
    Dec 21, 2014
    5
    Why it's Brawl all over again come on NINTENDO make new game please as we get stick of these every game is just a add on.

    PS some levels or MOSTLY of the levels they float up and then you try to get back on the level but you die cuz of badly made up level design poor e.g. the STAR FOX level. If you got no friends and brawl anyone you get only 2 mins as in other games like CALL OF    Why it's Brawl all over again come on NINTENDO make new game please as we get stick of these every game is just a add on.

    PS some levels or MOSTLY of the levels they float up and then you try to get back on the level but you die cuz of badly made up level design poor e.g. the STAR FOX level.

    If you got no friends and brawl anyone you get only 2 mins as in other games like CALL OF DUTY gets you 10 mins not 2 so I think I play COD any day.

    Hmm the fighters oh yes big mac oops mean little mac is on it cool who else? Let me see PACEMAN though I hate his moves they slow.

    All I want is more time is that too hard to ask for?

    Yes they cut the damage off the final smash like sonic's, fox's all the strong ones that was in brawl + the slipping around like a goof ball has gone off good too but no SNAKE they put sonic in but not snake.

    so yes a know people will moan at this review but I am making an option of the game :D

    freedom of speech ok one more thing on this one they is a lack of modes I find out no story no nothing just dull in your face fighting only good with friends I like stuff for 1 player mode too so can we have one again Nintendo?

    diemario out love ya    … Expand
  14. Sir_Rage
    Jan 11, 2015
    7
    Wow, I expect better from Nintendo. Smash Brothers for the Wii U is a mediocre game. It has no story like Brawl, and the modes that it has instead are terrible. A LOT of characters are just slightly modified clones of ones that already exist. Hell look at Dark pit, Yay! A darker colored clone with a one or two move difference! Many clones could have been replaced with characters likeWow, I expect better from Nintendo. Smash Brothers for the Wii U is a mediocre game. It has no story like Brawl, and the modes that it has instead are terrible. A LOT of characters are just slightly modified clones of ones that already exist. Hell look at Dark pit, Yay! A darker colored clone with a one or two move difference! Many clones could have been replaced with characters like Snake or the Ice climbers.
    The modes we get that replace the story mode as I stated previously are terrible. You get this stupid Board game like map you run around on and collect power ups to boost your stats while having occasional fights. It's poorly explained how it works in game, and even if you know how it works it's not fun to play. Smash run in the 3DS version should have been put in instead. Or maybe a STORY. You also have classic mode, Which is bloody awful. If you get all the way to the end of classic mode, your punished by having to fight Master hand, and some stupid shadow thing with ONLY 2 lives which is near impossible. Nobody with 2 lives can survive against Master hand and Crazy hand, The shadow dog, the shadow sword, a shadow clone of yourself, and a shadow ball that instantly KOs you if you don't kill it in a certain amount of time.
    And then we have the Level editor, What the F$%^! How do you screw up something as simple as a level editor? First of all you have to use the Wii U gamepad, and you have to DRAW platforms, and on the gamepad its near impossible to draw a straight line. Now what do you get to use for the level editor? You have 5 choices of texture for the platforms, and 4 f$#%*@# object choices unless you go through classic mode a few hundred times ( Which sucks ) To unlock more.
    The only things that redeem this games piss poor game modes is 8 player smash, Regular brawls, And fighting with people online, The controls are much better then the 3DS version, and its a much more competitve game.
    This game deserves no more then a 7. Just because its HD and brings in some new content doesn't warrant a 10. All new games should bring in new content, and on a next gen system you should expect good graphics, But I guess that's just Metacritic on an average day.    … Expand
  15. Shion16
    Nov 21, 2014
    7
    Its fun...for the most part.
    The graphics are great, the soundtrack is huge.
    Its smash bros at its finest, but the new content is hit or miss.

    Smash Tour is boring, 8 players smash is way too chaotic.
  16. Undeadbobop
    Nov 24, 2014
    6
    alot of the characters feel like brawl, no story mode though D: just a bunch of oddly place modes, that feel like they are out of place and more like menus. the game really feels barried in a cluster of massive amounts of menus, and the game has a few unlockable characters but if feels like you start off with way too many. I often forget what is behind which menus and just want to playalot of the characters feel like brawl, no story mode though D: just a bunch of oddly place modes, that feel like they are out of place and more like menus. the game really feels barried in a cluster of massive amounts of menus, and the game has a few unlockable characters but if feels like you start off with way too many. I often forget what is behind which menus and just want to play classic mode for the most part, which feels very odd and is less fun than previous smashes. Don't get me wrong its a fun game but I been playing since the first smash bros and singleplayer modes were always very important to me, now they feel shoved in a corner deep under menus.

    The more I play it the less I like it. They didn't put anywhere near enough content that matters.
    Lets face it there is a lot of problems with this game and the fact people are in denial of these problems worries me a lot. Heck the most of the game is menus, and without any reason, it is litterally filler content the game with no core game there. It isn't bad but it is no way good. I am heavily disappointed in the game, and in the community.    … Expand
  17. mykellinden
    Nov 28, 2014
    7
    Super Smash Brothers for Wii U has all of the hallmarks of past Smash Brothers games. Yet it takes that concept and builds upon it in a way previously not done.
    However, despite all of the heavenly reviews this game has received, I do have a couple of qualms with the game. Through my extensive playing of the game, I have encountered minor graphic glitches with the game (that I am sure    Super Smash Brothers for Wii U has all of the hallmarks of past Smash Brothers games. Yet it takes that concept and builds upon it in a way previously not done.
    However, despite all of the heavenly reviews this game has received, I do have a couple of qualms with the game. Through my extensive playing of the game, I have encountered minor graphic glitches with the game (that I am sure will be fixed through updates), and upon closely examining the Challenges board found in the Main Menu...I came to notice that several of the requirements to unlock things on the Challenges board can really only be done by someone who is an absolute expert with the game.
    My last major qualm is the Stage Builder. So much more could've been done with the Builder, yet in some ways I feel that the selection of actual items to place on-stage is even more limited than Brawl. HOWEVER...I do love that our stages can finally be whatever shape we want it to be.

    Overall, I LIKE Smash Wii U, but I do not obsessively LOVE it.    … Expand
  18. Beancurd86
    Nov 21, 2014
    7
    This is the most robust, fun and complete Smash Bros of all. And that is not a small feat. They've improved every part of the game, the amount of detail in each character is astonishing. The roster with almost 50 characters is the best of them and the stages are also good. Playing for fun and at the same time with such technical precision is only possible with the Smash Bros series.
  19. jiiihaad
    Dec 1, 2014
    5
    This is my first Smash Bros game so I cant compare this to other Smash games, but I have played Street Fighter 4 few years so I have some experience of fighting games. Playing is fun and kind of "easy", but it still takes skill to win. I would give 9/10, but this game has one VERY big issue. It could be patched, but right now it isnt.

    Game has no option to play online ONLY with certain    This is my first Smash Bros game so I cant compare this to other Smash games, but I have played Street Fighter 4 few years so I have some experience of fighting games. Playing is fun and kind of "easy", but it still takes skill to win. I would give 9/10, but this game has one VERY big issue. It could be patched, but right now it isnt.

    Game has no option to play online ONLY with certain area (asia/europe/usa) or my country. I cant even see my or opponents ping and it is always a gamble if game is even playable. Example: I start to search a game and automaticly joined a game where everyone else is american, now everyones game is ruined cause my ping/latency to usa is bad! Horrible. This is so frustrating cause other online games doesnt have problem like this. Good that it's still possible to play with friends if everyone is on others friend list and then online play is awesome.

    Nintendo plz! I hope this game gets patched soon.    … Expand
  20. lukie116
    Feb 26, 2015
    6
    A decent outing for the series but the unbalanced characters and horrible community drag it down. My hopes were probably way too high for this one, I just wanted melee type gameplay with online battles. If you are a melee player the style of play required to do well in this game will have you raging, the game is much more focused on projectile spamming/defensive shield grabbing thanA decent outing for the series but the unbalanced characters and horrible community drag it down. My hopes were probably way too high for this one, I just wanted melee type gameplay with online battles. If you are a melee player the style of play required to do well in this game will have you raging, the game is much more focused on projectile spamming/defensive shield grabbing than awesome combos like melee was.… Expand
  21. Soma9840
    Mar 1, 2015
    7
    Truly a series that gets better with each installment, the 4th Smash Bros installment, with it's a huge array of characters and maps, is a blast. But there are 2 major problems I have with this game.
    1. Single player is incredibly boring. If you don't have another person playing with you, I simply don't see the point of playing the game if there's no one there to share the experience with    Truly a series that gets better with each installment, the 4th Smash Bros installment, with it's a huge array of characters and maps, is a blast. But there are 2 major problems I have with this game.
    1. Single player is incredibly boring. If you don't have another person playing with you, I simply don't see the point of playing the game if there's no one there to share the experience with you.
    2. The biggest problem I have with the game is that the gameplay gets really old really fast. I played this thing for 2 or 3 hours, and got bored after that. I can only get some entertainment out of it once in a while because it gets really boring after a couple of hours. I mean, sure, it's fun finding the easter eggs, but other than that, it's not all that entertaining. But when it is fun, it's freaking awesome. Overall, it's a great game, and these are problems that I have with the series as a whole, so any of you who say that's why Melee is better, it's not, because it suffers from these problems too. So, is it worth buying the console so you can play it? Definitely not. Is it still fun? Absolutely.    … Expand
  22. MEJO86
    Mar 30, 2015
    7
    Button-mashing, hack n slash fighting game with alot of content. This game series is overrated but still enjoyable with friends or online if you want to have a game that does not require 100 % focus.
  23. lucasisback
    Apr 4, 2015
    7
    While the game did have characters from many popular series(Lucas Is Back) and had groundbreaking fighting mechanics, the game seemed to suffer with variety. Often it felt too repetitive and never seemed to change for the better. While it did include other game play than fighting, that game play didn't particularly give me the hook.
  24. CyberRobotnix
    Sep 25, 2018
    5
    I enjoy the smash hell, thanks for this beautiful mastahpiece Nin10doh. Must play again.
  25. Super_Cloud
    Jan 1, 2016
    6
    I did enjoy the game but i been so frustrated with alot of stuff, i used to love doing the Event but in this smash it was just frustrating. The game does have an insane amount of stuff but i always ended up being more frustrated than having fun, maybe i just suck at it...
  26. pro1137
    May 10, 2015
    7
    The least in-depth fighting game in the Smash Bros series. Catering to those who will actively assert that their Johns aren't fraudulent.

    It eliminates depth in many ways: New ledge mechanics get rid of reasons to recover high (or change recovery much at all), as it's practically a guaranteed sweet spot. Then there's the whole rock paper scissors edge stealing nonsense. Guaranteed    The least in-depth fighting game in the Smash Bros series. Catering to those who will actively assert that their Johns aren't fraudulent.

    It eliminates depth in many ways:
    New ledge mechanics get rid of reasons to recover high (or change recovery much at all), as it's practically a guaranteed sweet spot. Then there's the whole rock paper scissors edge stealing nonsense.
    Guaranteed combos EVERYWHERE (hoo-hah? double jab?) vastly reduces the priority of having good combo DI, since it won't do anything.
    Combos? Aside from the guaranteed ones, true combos are almost non-existent. You can air-dodge out of pretty much any non-guaranteed combo- even in hitstun! You don't need to plan your DI or contemplate what your opponent will do, no. Just air dodge. Or maybe not air dodge and try to trick them. How's that for complexity?
    Movement options are scarce. Perfect pivot is all that comes to mind for movement tech. Even Ness's signature double jump cancel has been removed. Pika's quick attack cancel can't be used on flat surfaces (pretty much making it useless if you're playing online/in a tourney). Just two examples of specific characters having movement options reduced.
    DACUS has been completely removed.
    I won't even get into Melee tech.

    In short- Smash 64 is more in-depth than this.

    Pros:
    Music
    Graphics
    small amounts of technical aspects exist
    No tripping
    Faster than Brawl
    8 Player Smash
    Good online play options (glory, friends, etc)
    Massive assortment of controller options

    Cons:
    The majority of technical aspects are gone
    Slow/Floaty

    Obviously, I wasn't expecting another Melee, but to reduce it to what it is now in terms of depth is shameful.    … Expand
  27. kreegan64
    Jan 8, 2018
    6
    GAMEPLAY: The gameplay is solid; it has markedly better decisions than Brawl (Less floaty physics, lack of tripping, etc) but in general lacks in anything all that new other than being able to slightly adjust certain aspects of attacks. The lack of a story mode similar to the subspace emissary is also a huge draw back for single player-ability, especially since it was only not includedGAMEPLAY: The gameplay is solid; it has markedly better decisions than Brawl (Less floaty physics, lack of tripping, etc) but in general lacks in anything all that new other than being able to slightly adjust certain aspects of attacks. The lack of a story mode similar to the subspace emissary is also a huge draw back for single player-ability, especially since it was only not included because Sakurai was apparently ignorant of the existence of Youtube. The removal of the characters, the Ice Climbers, as a result of Sakurai for some reason wanting to release a game that clearly had difficulties on the 3DS on that handheld is also a very poor decision; the game feels like it's lacking innovation and one has to wonder if it has to do with this decision. The new characters also are largely added only for visual appeal rather than celebrating Nintendo History, and there are more questionable inclusions(cloud, dark pit as a separate character, wii fit trainer, 20 different fire emblem characters) than there are good ones(little mac, ryu).

    Graphics: It looks exactly like brawl....that's it. It's not necessarily a 'bad' thing but since this came out in a time when the Wii U was having troubles making itself look separate from the Wii making your flagship title resemble the previous incarnation's flagship title is a supremely stupid move; it doesn't really affect the game in of itself, but I personally don't like the relatively washed out colours (as opposed to Melee and 64) and plushie like appearance of anything that supposed to be soft. But for what it does it's fantastic, just wish they'd make it look stylistically different from Brawl to capitalize how much more refined this version could look.

    Music: The music of the Smash Bros. series has always been hit or miss. Some tunes just don't rub you the right way while some get you pumped to smash Mario across the screen. The series has always done remixes of their titles' music, which would produce hit or miss songs (although the shear multitude of music in these games is surprising, so kudos for having any good ones really) but since this is the fourth entry(ies) in the series, we're seeing remixes of previous remixes, which is putting a damper on many of the songs in here. Songs that were good the way they were now sound like they were just trying to make it sound different at the cost of quality. You can only remix your remixes so many times before everything just sounds overdone and horribly annoying.

    Overall: Although technically a "good" game, the title lacks inspiration, and is showing some great fatigue (Sakurai himself has noted how tired he is of making these games, but can't help but want to be the director of the games despite that, a rather perplexing situation indeed) leading to questionable and downright poor creative decisions (such as adding cloud only because he would increase sales) and despite what the high reviews tell you, it only is good in theory, rather than in practice, especially if you've played the whose series as extensively as I have. Still a recommended title, but don't be surprised if you find it lacking as compared to the previous ones. A series such as this has been about giving the fans what they've always wanted, but this entry does that least of all of them, and in multiple ways.    … Expand
  28. AJCk19
    Nov 15, 2022
    7
    I love the selection of characters, and amiibo compatibility. However, matches are extremely uneven online. Need a better ranking system and the online lag doesn't help it.
  29. CynicalAbe
    Feb 15, 2015
    7
    This game is simply just another smash game, the least creative and least single player friendly smash game. This is evident in the title, for Wii U. It's not bad but I see no reason for it to exist other than it's player customization. It definitely doesn't deserve game of the year or a score above an 8, this smash has the blandest newest characters, the worst stages, and the worstThis game is simply just another smash game, the least creative and least single player friendly smash game. This is evident in the title, for Wii U. It's not bad but I see no reason for it to exist other than it's player customization. It definitely doesn't deserve game of the year or a score above an 8, this smash has the blandest newest characters, the worst stages, and the worst classic mode. It's still smash, but it's the worst smash when it comes to improvements, just added characters that only 1/3 of the fans wanted and some no one wanted(I'm looking at you shulk and wii fit trainer). Not to mention the lack of older character like ice climbers, lucas, snake, and roy(maybe more Idk) that just doesn't make since, get rid of some characters people like and add some that no one wanted.… Expand
  30. Charnutboy
    May 20, 2015
    7
    You know, I can honestly say that this game blew me away. It's no Melee, but it IS a really good game.

    But there are reasons why this game is not my favorite. For one, those god damned CLONES. Seriously. The new characters they do add are great and have epic ideas, but perhaps a third of them just copy another already made character. Such as Lucina. God... For two, no adventure mode.    You know, I can honestly say that this game blew me away. It's no Melee, but it IS a really good game.

    But there are reasons why this game is not my favorite. For one, those god damned CLONES. Seriously. The new characters they do add are great and have epic ideas, but perhaps a third of them just copy another already made character. Such as Lucina. God...

    For two, no adventure mode. What had started to become a staple in the Smash Bros. Series is now eerily absent. The adventure modes in Melee and Brawl (ESPECIALLY Brawl) were near perfect, but the disappearance of it in Smash 4 is depressing.

    But besides those two facts, the game is great. Like I said, it's no Melee, but it'll do and I'll certainly be playing it for a long time.    … Expand
  31. maxwasson
    Oct 6, 2018
    5
    This game is surprisingly disappointing I loved playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl and I couldn't wait to play Super Smash Bros. 4, Lots of people anticipated the game when it was announced at E3 2011, By making fan rosters as predictions to what the game might look like. But when it came out, OH boy were there problems, First off, Adventure Mode has been removed completely, So that meansThis game is surprisingly disappointing I loved playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl and I couldn't wait to play Super Smash Bros. 4, Lots of people anticipated the game when it was announced at E3 2011, By making fan rosters as predictions to what the game might look like. But when it came out, OH boy were there problems, First off, Adventure Mode has been removed completely, So that means there's not as much stuff to do besides playing the Smash mode. Also, the game only has 8 unlockable characters while it's predecessor has 16. Brawl feels more like a challenge than 4. Another complaint, Sonic's new voice is way too deep and Fox's new voice is way too nasal compared to their Brawl iterations. And unfornately, Wolf , Ice Climbers and Snake still have not returned from Brawl yet. Also one of my Smash 4 picks Shadow the Hedgehog got into the games as an assist trophy. Some of my favorite stages like Mushroomy Kingdom and Green Hill Zone return in the 3DS version. Also, the textures even though there are HD, the cartoonish art style makes them look worse than Brawl. Brawl's textures made the Wii look better and more competitive than it actually is. Overall, I just feel like this sequel is lacking a lot that Brawl had and it definitely does not convince me to buy a Wii U. Other than that, a least the sound track's good.… Expand
  32. MohymanAwwad
    Oct 16, 2015
    7
    This was my most anticipated game of 2014, and buy my score u see i was a bit dissapointed. The positives about this game is the fighting is perfect, not to fast and not to slow. The character selection is amazing as well with newcomers such as liitle mac, greninja,etc. But that is all i liked about the game. Classic mode is dumbed down to where its not worth to even play it, master andThis was my most anticipated game of 2014, and buy my score u see i was a bit dissapointed. The positives about this game is the fighting is perfect, not to fast and not to slow. The character selection is amazing as well with newcomers such as liitle mac, greninja,etc. But that is all i liked about the game. Classic mode is dumbed down to where its not worth to even play it, master and crazy order are nothing specail, smash tour can be fun but only if u play with someone, i didnt like how the event mode was in this game and target smash is horrible, why take out break the targets. If it wasnt for how fun the main mode of this game was, the score would be lower.… Expand
  33. GaryFaulkDoesIt
    Jul 31, 2016
    7
    The stronger of the two Smash 4 versions, although still not without its clear flaws.

    Its main advantage in the series is having, by far, the best graphics and visuals out of any of the Smash Bros games. Between this and the 3DS game, this game holds the advantage of having better choices of stages, as well as having a more natural-feeling control scheme. However, the Wii U version's    The stronger of the two Smash 4 versions, although still not without its clear flaws.

    Its main advantage in the series is having, by far, the best graphics and visuals out of any of the Smash Bros games. Between this and the 3DS game, this game holds the advantage of having better choices of stages, as well as having a more natural-feeling control scheme.

    However, the Wii U version's Smash Tour mode is likely the worst mode in the series, as it is frustrating and overly complex compared to the rest of the game.

    Other than that, the 3DS and Wii U versions have very little difference from each other. Their choices for new characters was, in general, a bit questionable at times. The stages were sometimes poorly designed and they didn't seem to understand the desires of competitive or casual players, as almost every stage is extremely over-complicated, with gimmicks and movement directly affecting the gameplay, whereas the "Omega" version that is offered overly simplifies the stages into generic, flat planes. This problem is especially true of the Wii U version, where they seemed determined to utilize the full capacity of the system's engine and instead ended up making every default stage unnecessarily chaotic.
    The Fire Emblem and especially Kid Icarus franchises are over-represented to the arguable detriment of other franchises. This is especially true of the Wii U version, where the developers seemed to default to using Kid Icarus for everything.

    Overall, an alright installment, but doesn't exactly live up to the series before it.    … Expand
  34. Quitikz
    Aug 15, 2016
    7
    I have had an amazing time with this game! I normally play Smash Brothers on a more professional style but the casual game modes are not as good as they could be. I'm not saying that Nintendo should add a story mode because that would be reviewing this game unfairly. This game is well built and extremally fun to play professionally.
  35. LeopoldTheBrave
    Nov 7, 2017
    7
    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is definitely a fun game. It builds on some of the stuff in the previous games that worked, but also failed a bit to fix the broken stuff.

    Many of the single player modes are great. Classic Mode got a fun makeover, and All-Star Mode is always a blast. But modes such as Target Blast and the Event Matches haven't recovered from the horrible unmemorable mangling    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is definitely a fun game. It builds on some of the stuff in the previous games that worked, but also failed a bit to fix the broken stuff.

    Many of the single player modes are great. Classic Mode got a fun makeover, and All-Star Mode is always a blast. But modes such as Target Blast and the Event Matches haven't recovered from the horrible unmemorable mangling Brawl gave them. In fact, Target Smash here is even worse. Now in Brawl, sure it was lacking the unique stage for each fighter, but in Smash for Wii U, it's lacking stages at all. The once fun time trial mini-game has now been reduced to nothing more than a cheap angry birds knockoff. With a Story Mode also being left out for completely stupid reasons along with all of these other flaws, the single player mode feels very lackluster and lazy.

    The customization modes are fine for what they are. The moveset and property editing options are fun and easy to use as you can change the abilities of a fighter or even their stats with special gear. The painting mode is also fun for Miiverse posts, but the Stage Builder is still severely lacking. While have the power to draw your map any way you like it instead of being restricted to a grid, there's so little in terms of variety. There's lava, rocket barrels, springs, and moving platforms. But that's about it. There's no Ferris Wheel, falling platforms, ice blocks, or any stage decorations like the one found in Brawl's editor. It also feels lazy.

    Now when it comes to the content, this game really shines. The largest roster in Smash Bros. history with tons of overpriced DLC, the massive amount of stages, and all the different items to collect and unlock. The starting roster is great enough as it is, and DLC is optional so there's no REAL reason I should complain about it. But if you want all of the characters and stages, you'll have to scrape over an extra $43 just for 7 characters and 5 stages. That's not even including other DLC items like the Mii costumes. You need to repay almost the entire price of a brand new copy just to add an extra bundle of content smaller than the Nintendo 64's entry in the series. While the DLC characters and stages are fun to use, this is still an example of how DLC can be done poorly.

    As for the gameplay, it's definitely fun. You won't get bored at all in multi-player mode. But there's no balance, the hit boxes are quite sloppy for a fighting game, and despite being a very well-produced product, it's not safe from plenty of bugs and glitches. It doesn't have that much value in terms of competitive fighting games, but as a party game in general, Super Smash Bros. is the best you can get. The items are all fun, the final smashes are creative. The assist trophies keep you on your toes, and there's never a dull moment.

    Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is a fantastic game by itself, but when stacked up against the rest of the entries in the series, it fails to stand out. It's just another title. It may have more content, but the lackluster single player, absence of story mode, average customization especially with the Stage Builder which is arguably worse than Brawl's, some parts of this game feel soulless and lazy. It's definitely a must buy if you own a Wii U, but it's no ground-breaking masterpiece either.    … Expand
  36. MoCBallyhoo
    Nov 20, 2017
    7
    bayonetta more like die same goes for cloud, rosalina, mario, basically every top tier. I am only adding other words to make it look like this is a review but I have bamboozled the system yet again.
  37. Yaboygraham
    Jan 13, 2019
    6
    Not bad, it just lacks the personality and meaningful single-player content of Melee and Brawl. Before, everything felt very detailed and had a lot of love put into it, but now everything feels like padding. Plus, the gameplay(for me) feels way too floaty and slow and kills are unsatisfying(why do they fly in the air for 10 minutes before hitting the blast zone?!). Seriously, just go playNot bad, it just lacks the personality and meaningful single-player content of Melee and Brawl. Before, everything felt very detailed and had a lot of love put into it, but now everything feels like padding. Plus, the gameplay(for me) feels way too floaty and slow and kills are unsatisfying(why do they fly in the air for 10 minutes before hitting the blast zone?!). Seriously, just go play Ultimate instead. It basically fixed ALL of this bland game's problems.… Expand
  38. Ernest_Figueroa
    Nov 23, 2018
    7
    Todo lo malo que tenia Brwal lo tiene este Smash, ahora incluyeron nuevos modos de juego, quitaron la historia y quedo un juego infinitamente desbalanceado, evasión aérea infinita, contras extremadamente fatales, incluyeron la personalización de personaje que es muy loco en el mal sentido, ni la CPU se controla si esta modificada, no le sacaron el jugo a los amiibos, lo mejor de este SmashTodo lo malo que tenia Brwal lo tiene este Smash, ahora incluyeron nuevos modos de juego, quitaron la historia y quedo un juego infinitamente desbalanceado, evasión aérea infinita, contras extremadamente fatales, incluyeron la personalización de personaje que es muy loco en el mal sentido, ni la CPU se controla si esta modificada, no le sacaron el jugo a los amiibos, lo mejor de este Smash es el modo 8 jugadores.… Expand
  39. bonkboy
    Dec 10, 2018
    6
    Fun most the time, except that the online is literally less playable than brwal...
  40. joel_tdl
    Dec 21, 2019
    7
    La siguiente reseña fue publicada originalmente en 3djuegos:

    Otro más... JUGABILIDAD: No creo poder decir nada nuevo en éste aspecto, en lo personal no lo considero un juego de peleas tal cual sino un Party-Game muy bien promocionado. El Gameplay es muy sencillo de aprender puesto que todos los movimientos hacen uso de la misma combinación de botones y, por si fuera poco, la    La siguiente reseña fue publicada originalmente en 3djuegos:

    Otro más...

    JUGABILIDAD:
    No creo poder decir nada nuevo en éste aspecto, en lo personal no lo considero un juego de peleas tal cual sino un Party-Game muy bien promocionado.
    El Gameplay es muy sencillo de aprender puesto que todos los movimientos hacen uso de la misma combinación de botones y, por si fuera poco, la cantidad de caos que se ve en pantalla durante los combates permiten que, aún sin intentarlo, tus ataques lastimen a un personaje. Tarde o temprano.

    La cantidad de personajes es muy decente, así que uno puede jugar largo tiempo sin miedo a repetir.

    GRÁFICOS:
    Visualmente es muy bueno. Algunos de los escenarios son más atractivos que otros (sobre todo aquellos con mucho colorido), pero en general se disfruta mucho.

    SONIDO:
    El apartado más destacable del juego ya que cada pieza brilla por sí misma. El soundtrack completo es excelente y es lo que logra que nos emocionemos con las batallas y las disfrutemos aún más.

    INNOVACIÓN:
    No hay, no existe.    … Expand
  41. Emerald3ME
    Apr 4, 2023
    5
    This game is great at pretty much everything except the core gameplay which is overly floaty, unbalanced, and uninteresting. Although it wasn't even able to provide an interesting story mode akin to Subspace Emissary. Having marginally better combat than Brawl doesn't matter if you're single player content is worse.
  42. Wii_u_reviver
    Mar 9, 2022
    7
    Sorry, but this one just doesn't feel right. It feels outdated, yet the balance between hardcore and casual is spot on.
  43. qw3rtyqw3rt
    Jul 5, 2022
    6
    I hate how the game has such a long name of Super Smash Bros for the Wii U as it ain’t catchy we know Brawl, and Melee, but that is too much. There is no story except off Classic and Smash Tour, which isn’t Like Brawl’s or Ultimate’s World of Light. I do like the addition of fighters of Roy, Bayonetta, Corrin, Megaman, and some Fire Emblem characters. The HD graphics make the game veryI hate how the game has such a long name of Super Smash Bros for the Wii U as it ain’t catchy we know Brawl, and Melee, but that is too much. There is no story except off Classic and Smash Tour, which isn’t Like Brawl’s or Ultimate’s World of Light. I do like the addition of fighters of Roy, Bayonetta, Corrin, Megaman, and some Fire Emblem characters. The HD graphics make the game very smooth and better than the 3DS.… Expand
  44. Triblue
    May 22, 2023
    7
    La WII U peut avoir de bons jeux. Il manque un mode histoire malheureusement mais bon est ce qu'on joue vraiment à smash pour le mode histoire?

Awards & Rankings

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#1 Best Wii U Game of 2014
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#1 Most Discussed Wii U Game of 2014
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#5 Most Shared Wii U Game of 2014

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 77 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 76 out of 77
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 77
  3. Negative: 0 out of 77
  1. CD-Action
    Mar 4, 2015
    90
    It would not be easy to find another game that offers so much content. [02/2015, p.61]
  2. Hyper Magazine
    Feb 9, 2015
    100
    It's everything I wanted it to be, and Melee's true successor. [Issue#257, p.60]
  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 31, 2015
    93
    A sprawling ode to Nintendo and punching, this'll keep fans scrapping for years to come. [Feb 2015, p.66]
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