Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Difference between revisions

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'''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate''' (Japanese: '''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 7 fighters have been released as [[smashwiki:Downloadable Content|downloadable content]] with 5 as the Fighter Pass vol.1, with 5 already released and 1 is unknown, which makes the total 82. Additionally more DLC fighters beyond the Fighter Pass vol.1 are currently in development, starting with the Fighter Pass vol.2, which confirmed to have 6 downloadable 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 [[smashwiki: Clone|Echo Fighters]] or by fans as clones. Below is a list of all fighters listed by number:

|{{mw|King K.Rool}}

|{{dqw|Hero}} (from Dragon Quest)

|{{sw|Min Min}}

 

|4ε

|{{met|Dark Samus}}

|25ε

|{{few|Chrom}}

|28ε

|{{ip|Dark Pit}}

|Pit

|60ε

|{{sw|Ken}}

|66ε

|{{sw|Richter}}

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 11 stages are being added as DLC with bringing the total to 114, more stages than there have ever been in past games.

===From [[Super Smash Bros.]]===

===From [[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]===

===From [[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]===

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

*{{sw|Wuhu Island}}

==EarthBound representation==

[[Ness]] and [[Lucas]] are both playable once again, and are both unlockables.

Both [[Mr. Saturn]] and the [[Franklin Badge]] return in Ultimate, acting similarly to their previous appearances.  

The [[Ramblin' Evil Mushroom]] makes its debut in Ultimate. When used, it produces spores that can hit opponents. Any opponents caught in the blast will have a tiny mushroom grow on their head and have their controls reversed.

Spirits replace trophies from previous games, and have a similar function to Stickers in Brawl. A list of EarthBound spirits can be found [https://www.ssbwiki.com/List_of_spirits_(EarthBound_series) here].

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 31st, 2019<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/finance/software/index.html Top Selling Title Sales Units - Nintendo Switch Software]</ref>, making it the best selling fighting game in history, beating Brawl which sold 13.30 million units.

*Ultimate is the first Super Smash Bros game to:

**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)|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<ref>[https://nintendoeverything.com/yoshi-gets-axed-from-the-smash-bros-ultimate-boxart-in-germany-due-to-usk-logo/ Yoshi gets axed from the Smash Bros. Ultimate boxart in Germany due to USK logo]</ref>.

*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.