Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (大乱闘 スマッシュ ブラザーズ SPECIAL Great Fray Smash Brothers Special) is the sixth and newest installment in the Super Smash Bros. series that released worldwide on December 7th 2018. The game features the return of all 65 playable fighters from previous games with the tagline "Everyone is here!" as well as 11 newcomers for a total of 76 fighters at launch. Additionally, an extra 6 fighters are being released as downloadable content, with 2 already released, 2 revealed and coming soon, and 2 are unknown, which makes the total 82.

Playable characters
The starting roster consists of the original 8 starter fighters from the original Super Smash Bros. game and the rest needs to be unlocked, as a result this time italics denotes the starter fighters. Bold still denotes EarthBound series fighters, and "ε" denotes a new class known as Echo Fighters or by fans as clones. Below is a list of all fighters listed by number:

Stages
Unlike other games, all 103 stages are available from the start. The majority of stages are from past Smash Bros. games with a few new stages as well. An additional 5 stages are being added as DLC with bringing the total to 108, more stages than there have ever been in past games.

New stages

 * Battlefield


 * Big Battlefield


 * Final Destination


 * New Donk City Hall


 * Great Plateau Tower


 * Moray Towers


 * Dracula's Castle


 * Mementos (DLC)

From Super Smash Bros.

 * Peach's Castle


 * Mushroom Kingdom


 * Kongo Jungle


 * Hyrule Castle


 * Super Happy Tree


 * Dream Land


 * Saffron City

From Super Smash Bros. Melee

 * Princess Peach's Castle


 * Rainbow Cruise


 * Mushroom Kingdom II


 * Kongo Falls


 * Jungle Japes


 * Great Bay


 * Temple


 * Brinstar


 * Brinstar Depths


 * Yoshi's Island


 * Yoshi's Story


 * Fountain of Dreams


 * Green Greens


 * Corneria


 * Venom


 * Pokémon Stadium


 * Onett


 * Fourside


 * Big Blue

From Super Smash Bros. Brawl

 * Delfino Plaza


 * Mushroomy Kingdom


 * Figure-8 Circuit


 * Luigi's Mansion


 * Mario Bros.


 * 75m


 * Bridge of Eldin


 * Pirate Ship


 * Norfair


 * Frigate Orpheon


 * Yoshi's Island


 * Halberd


 * Lylat Cruise


 * Pokémon Stadium 2


 * Spear Pillar


 * Port Town Aero Dive


 * Castle Siege


 * WarioWare, Inc.


 * Distant Planet


 * Smashville


 * New Pork City


 * Summit


 * Skyworld


 * Shadow Moses Island


 * Green Hill Zone


 * Hanenbow

From Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

 * Boxing Ring


 * Gaur Plain


 * Duck Hunt


 * Wily Castle


 * Super Mario Maker


 * Suzaku Castle


 * Midgar


 * Umbra Clock Tower

From the 3DS version

 * 3D Land


 * Golden Plains


 * Gerudo Valley


 * Spirit Train


 * Dream Land GB


 * Unova Pokemon League


 * Prism Tower


 * Magicant


 * Mute City SNES


 * Arena Ferox


 * Reset Bomb Forest


 * Tortimer Island


 * Balloon Fight


 * Living Room


 * Find Mii


 * Tomodachi Life


 * PictoChat 2

From the Wii U version

 * Mushroom Kingdom U


 * Mario Galaxy


 * Mario Circuit


 * Skyloft


 * The Great Cave Offensive


 * Kalos Pokemon League


 * Colosseum


 * Flat Zone X


 * Palutena's Temple


 * Gamer


 * Garden of Hope


 * Town and City


 * Wii Fit Studio


 * Wrecking Crew


 * Pilotwings


 * Wuhu Island


 * Pac-Land


 * Windy Hill Zone

EarthBound representation
Ness and Lucas are once again playable characters and all EarthBound stages return as well.

Items
Mr. Saturn

Franklin Badge

Ramblin' Evil Mushroom

Jeff (Assist Trophy)

Starman (Assist Trophy)

Spirits
Spirits replace trophies from previous games, and have a similar function to Stickers in Brawl. A list of EarthBound spirits can be found here.

Reception
Ultimate recived universally strong positive acclaim. Many critics consider it to be the best installment in the series, praising it's large amount of content and large amounts of returning Smash Bros. elements. It sold over 5 million copies during the first 3 days of release and has sold 12.08 million units as of December 31st, 2018, marking it as the fastest selling Nintendo game in history. It has sold 13.81 million units as of March 31, 2019, making it the best selling fighting game in history, beating Brawl which sold 13.30 million units.

Trivia

 * Ultimate is the first Super Smash Bros game to:
 * Be released simultaneously worldwide
 * Not cut any veterans since Melee
 * Not introduce a new EarthBound stage since the original (if Super Smash Bros For 3DS/Wii U are considered the same game)
 * Have both EarthBound series characters with the same availability, with Ness and Lucas both unlockable.
 * Because of the size of the USK rating icon, the German box art was slightly altered in order to fit the icon: several characters were re-positioned, Yoshi was completely removed, and the Smash Bros logo is off-center.
 * This is the second Smash Bros. game to feature Ness on the boxart, the other being Melee
 * The original Mother is now referred by it's localized name, EarthBound Beginnings. The reason is because Super Smash Bros. For 3DS/Wii U was released before the game was officially localized.