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Release date(s): December 7th, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Smash Ultimate Box Art.png
North American box art.
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Developer(s) Sora Ltd., Bandai Namco
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Designer(s) Masahiro Sakurai
Release date(s) December 7th, 2018 (all regions)
Platform(s) Nintendo Switch
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (known in Japan as 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL Great Fray Smash Bros. SPECIAL) is the fifth entry in the Super Smash Bros. series of platform fighting games, set to release on December 7th, 2018 for the Nintendo Switch. It was first announced under the pending title Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch on March 8th, 2018 during a Nintendo Direct, then revealed on June 12th, 2018 during Nintendo's E3 presentation.

Characters

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate features every fighter from all older games in the series, including those who appeared only in one title prior.

Currently, a total of 67 fighters have been confirmed for the game, not counting Echo Fighters such as Lucina and Dark Pit. Currently, four non-echo newcomers have been revealed, with more expected to be shown before the release. Unlike previous titles, every new character and echo will be revealed before launch day.

Despite the massive roster, a new game will start the unknown reader off with only the fighters from the original Super Smash Bros., with the rest being unlockable.

Series Picture Character Availability
Mario File:Mario SSBU.png Mario Starter
File:Luigi SSBU.png Luigi Unlockable
File:Peach SSBU.png Peach Unlockable
File:Daisy SSBU.png Daisy Unlockable
(Echo Fighter of Peach; new challenger)
File:Bowser SSBU.png Bowser Unlockable
File:Dr. Mario SSBU.png Dr. Mario Unlockable
File:Rosalina & Luma SSBU.png Rosalina & Luma Unlockable
File:Bowser Jr. SSBU.png Bowser Jr. Unlockable
Donkey Kong File:Donkey Kong SSBU.png Donkey Kong Starter
File:Diddy Kong SSBU.png Diddy Kong Unlockable
File:King K. Rool SSBU.png King K. Rool Unlockable
(new challenger)
The Legend of Zelda File:Link SSBU.png Link Starter
File:Sheik SSBU.png Sheik Unlockable
Zelda SSBU.png Zelda Unlockable
File:Young Link SSBU.png Young Link Unlockable
File:Ganondorf SSBU.png Ganondorf Unlockable
File:Toon Link SSBU.png Toon Link Unlockable
Metroid File:Samus SSBU.png Samus Starter
File:Dark Samus SSBU.png Dark Samus Unlockable
(Echo Fighter of Samus; new challenger)
File:Zero Suit Samus SSBU.png Zero Suit Samus Unlockable
File:Ridley SSBU.png Ridley Unlockable
(new challenger)
Yoshi File:Yoshi SSBU.png Yoshi Starter
Kirby Kirby SSBU.png Kirby Starter
Meta Knight SSBU.png Meta Knight Unlockable
King Dedede SSBU.png King Dedede Unlockable
Star Fox File:Fox SSBU.png Fox Starter
File:Falco SSBU.png Falco Unlockable
File:Wolf SSBU.png Wolf Unlockable
Template:Bp File:Pikachu SSBU.png Pikachu Starter
File:Jigglypuff SSBU.png Jigglypuff Unlockable
File:Pichu SSBU.png Pichu Unlockable
File:Mewtwo SSBU.png Mewtwo Unlockable
File:Pokémon Trainer SSBU.png Pokémon Trainer Unlockable
Lucario SSBU.png Lucario Unlockable
File:Greninja SSBU.png Greninja Unlockable
EarthBound/Mother File:Ness SSBU.png Ness Unlockable
File:Lucas SSBU.png Lucas Unlockable
F-Zero File:Captain Falcon SSBU.png Captain Falcon Unlockable
Ice Climber File:Ice Climbers SSBU.png Ice Climbers Unlockable
Fire Emblem File:Marth SSBU.png Marth Unlockable
File:Lucina SSBU.png Lucina Unlockable
(Echo Fighter of Marth)
File:Roy SSBU.png Roy Unlockable
File:Chrom SSBU.png Chrom Unlockable
(Echo Fighter of Roy; new challenger)
File:Ike SSBU.png Ike Unlockable
File:Robin SSBU.png Robin Unlockable
File:Corrin SSBU.png Corrin Unlockable
Game & Watch Mr. Game & Watch SSBU.png Mr. Game & Watch Unlockable
Kid Icarus File:Pit SSBU.png Pit Unlockable
File:Dark Pit SSBU.png Dark Pit Unlockable
(Echo Fighter of Pit)
File:Palutena SSBU.png Palutena Unlockable
Wario File:Wario SSBU.png Wario Unlockable
Metal Gear File:Snake SSBU.png Snake Unlockable
Sonic the Hedgehog File:Sonic SSBU.png Sonic Unlockable
Pikmin File:Olimar SSBU.png Olimar Unlockable
R.O.B. File:R.O.B. SSBU.png R.O.B. Unlockable
Animal Crossing File:Villager SSBU.png Villager Unlockable
Mega Man File:Mega Man SSBU.png Mega Man Unlockable
Wii Fit File:Wii Fit Trainer SSBU.png Wii Fit Trainer Unlockable
Punch-Out!! File:Little Mac SSBU.png Little Mac Unlockable
Super Smash Bros. File:Mii Fighters SSBU.png Mii Fighter Unlockable
PAC-MAN File:Pac-Man SSBU.png Pac-Man Unlockable
Xenoblade Chronicles File:Shulk SSBU.png Shulk Unlockable
Duck Hunt File:Duck Hunt SSBU.png Duck Hunt Unlockable
Street Fighter File:Ryu SSBU.png Ryu Unlockable
FINAL FANTASY VII File:Cloud SSBU.png Cloud Unlockable
Bayonetta File:Bayonetta SSBU.png Bayonetta Unlockable
Splatoon File:Inkling SSBU.png Inkling Unlockable
(new challenger)
Castlevania File:Simon SSBU.png Simon Unlockable
(new challenger)
File:Richter SSBU.png Richter Unlockable
(Echo Fighter of Simon; new challenger)

Kirby series fighters

Kirby

Kirby in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Kirby returns as a series veteran. Being part of the 'Perfect Attendance Crew', Kirby will be among the starter characters. He appears to retain most of his standard moves, along with his Final Smash, Ultra Sword. He appears to once again have his Burning dash attack from Melee.

King Dedede

King Dedede in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

King Dedede returns in this title, as an unlockable fighter. His move-set appears relatively unchanged, but he now has the ability to inhale his Gordos after tossing them, then spit them back out again. His Final Smash has changed, now involving tossing his opponent into a boxing ring, then attacking them as Masked Dedede.

Meta Knight

Meta Knight in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.

Meta Knight returns in this title, as an unlockable fighter. His move-set appears relatively unchanged. One of his alternate costumes gives him Galacta Knight's mask.

Stages

SmashWiki has more information about this subject here.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has 103 confirmed stages so far, over 90 of which are returning ones from previous titles. All stages are available from the beginning and available for 8-Player Smash. In addition, all stages have Battlefield form (one flat platform & three aerial platforms) and Ω form (one flat platform only). New to the series is a stage option called Stage Morph. When this is enabled, two stages can be selected together, and one stage changes to the other one mid-battle at either a random time or a set time, depending on the option chosen.

Kirby Stages

So far, all Kirby series stages shown have been returning stages from older titles. These include the following in chronological order:

Items

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Kirby Items

A number of Kirby series items appear in this title. These are as follows:

Items

  • Bomber (new): It walks around the stage and may fall off the ledge like what it does in the Kirby series. After being picked up, it will explodes in 1.5 seconds. It deals more damage to fighters at the center of the explosion, but won't damage the fighter who picked it up.
  • Dragoon
  • Maxim Tomato
  • Star Rod
  • Warp Star

Assist Trophies

  • Chef Kawasaki (new): He grabs fighters with his ladle, and if succesful, puts them into his Cook Pot and cooks them. Then, the cooked fighters are launched off the pot along with several food items produced. This is what Kirby's Final Smash in Brawl, Cook Kirby, originated from.
  • Knuckle Joe

Trophies

No information is known yet about trophies in this title.

Trivia

  • This is the second Super Smash Bros. title with official Chinese support. The first one is the original Super Smash Bros., localized and released on iQue Player in 2005.
  • When introducing every fighter in the E3 2018 presentation, Meta Knight appears together with Mewtwo. This could be a reference to the similar Japanese titles of Revenge of Meta Knight (メタナイトの逆襲) and Pokemon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (ミュウツーの逆襲), both depicting them as the main antagonist.
  • In the Japanese and Chinese versions, Echo Fighters are called Dash Fighters and are labeled with the dash punctuation mark in their number (e.g. 13 Peach and 13' Daisy). In the English version, they are labeled ɛ, which stands for echo (e.g. 13 Peach and 13ɛ Daisy).
  • Pit's new Final Smash is similar to how the Dragoon is used in the Super Smash Bros. series. Pit's new Final Smash strikes from the back while the Dragoon strikes from the front.

Video Gallery

Nintendo Direct

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018
(Presented by Masahiro Sakurai)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct 8.8.2018
(Presented by Masahiro Sakurai)

New Fighter Trailers

A Piercing Screech
(Ridley)
Vampire Killer
(Simon and Richter)
The Rivals
(King K. Rool)

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
Japanese 大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL
Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu SPECIAL
Great Fray Smash Brothers SPECIAL
Chinese 任天堂明星大乱斗 特别版 (chs)
任天堂明星大亂鬥 特別版(cht)
rèn tiān táng míng xīng dà luàn dòu: tè bié bǎn
Nintendo All-Star Great Fray SPECIAL
  • SPECIAL is translated from the Japanese title.


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