Show Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ Special, Great Fray Smash Brothers Special), often shortened as "SSBU", "Smash Ultimate" or "Ultimate", is the sixth installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, and it was released worldwide for Nintendo Switch on December 7, 2018. Intro
CharactersThe game consists of 89 characters. All 65 fighters from the previous five games have returned for this installment. In turn, the development team stated that there would not be many newcomers in the base game, with there being a total of 12 newcomers. Including the DLC characters, there is a total of 24 newcomers. Seven characters (Dark Samus, Daisy, Lucina, Chrom, Dark Pit, Richter, and Ken) are not given their own numbers among the roster due to being Echo Fighters; they instead have the number of the fighter they are based off of along with an epsilon symbol (ε) or apostrophe ('). The Pokémon Trainer counts as three characters, but only occupies one roster spot, with the selection of the starting Pokémon coming after you select him/her. Additionally, the game has 12 DLC characters, beginning with Piranha Plant (a generic enemy from the Super Mario series). The DLC characters continued with the release of Fighters Pass Volume 1, which contained Joker (the protagonist of Atlus' Persona 5), Hero (consisting of four protagonists from Square Enix's Dragon Quest series), Banjo & Kazooie (the two protagonists from Microsoft's eponymous series), Terry (the protagonist from SNK's Fatal Fury series and a major supporting fighter from The King of Fighters series), and Byleth (the protagonist of Fire Emblem: Three Houses). The DLC characters concluded with the release of Fighters Pass Volume 2 which contained Min Min (a fighter from ARMS), Steve (the protagonist of Mojang Studios' Minecraft series), Sephiroth (the antagonist of Square Enix's Final Fantasy VII), Pyra/Mythra (the two deuteragonists of Monolith Soft's Xenoblade Chronicles 2), Kazuya Mishima (the main antagonist of Bandai Namco's Tekken series), and Sora (the main protagonist of Disney's and Square Enix's Kingdom Hearts series). The starting roster consists of the original 8 characters from Super Smash Bros. with the rest of the characters being unlockable or downloadable via Nintendo eShop purchase.[1]
Bold denotes starter characters
StagesThere are currently 115 stages, 103 of which are in the base game and available from the start, with the remaining 10 being released as DLC. 96 stages from previous installments have returned for this installment. Omega forms returned for all stages alongside a new Battlefield form. Alongside the base game's 103 stages there are currently 12 DLC stages, 9 of which come bundled with characters who are a part of the 2 Fighters Passes, with the twelth being added as a part of V13.0.1. Three more stages are currently in development as a part of Fighters Pass Volume 2, which will bring the total number of stages to 115.
ItemsBold denotes new item
PokémonBold denotes new Pokémon
Assist TrophiesBold denotes new trophy
New FeaturesGameplay changes
Character-specific changes
Aesthetic changes
Development
TrailersSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate - E3 2018 - Nintendo Switch Game Overview Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Available 12.7.2018 - Nintendo Switch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - More Fighters, More Battles, More Fun - Nintendo Switch GalleryKey Artwork First Panoramic Artwork Second Panoramic Artwork Third Panoramic Artwork Final Panoramic Artwork Panoramic Artwork with Piranha Plant Panoramic Artwork with Joker Panoramic Artwork with Hero and Banjo & Kazooie Panoramic Artwork with Terry Panoramic Artwork with Byleth Panoramic Artwork with Min Min Panoramic Artwork with Steve Panoramic Artwork with Sephiroth Panoramic Artwork with Pyra and Mythra Panoramic Artwork with Kazuya Final Panoramic Artwork with Sora English Logo Japanese Logo Traditional Chinese Logo Simplified Chinese Logo Korean Logo Differences between the Banners. Trivia
References
How many characters are in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate?Ultimate's slogan was "Everyone is here." And if you look at the final roster, that promise has come true: The game features 89 playable characters, representing 43 distinct game series. And that's not even counting the stages, Mii Costumes, Assist Trophies, Spirits, and music tracks.
How many characters are there in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate without DLC?76 Fighters in the base game. 74 if you count Pokemon Trainer as one Fighter.
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