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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)

Bandai Namco Studios, Sora

Nintendo Switch

4.32 from 5775 ratings · #81 top rated on Grouvee

9635 members have it in their collection · 1165 playing now · 793 backlogged · 791 wish listed

How long? Main story 29h · with extras 80h · 100% 125h (from 47 logged playthroughs)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game for the Nintendo Switch and the fifth main entry in the series. It features every playable fighter from previous installments alongside new additions such as Inkling and Ridley. The game includes faster combat, new items, and expanded defensive mechanics. Modes include local and online multiplayer, a single-player adventure mode called World of Light, and various casual and competitive rulesets.
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Developers
Bandai Namco Studios, Sora
Publishers
Nintendo
Genres
Fighting, Platform
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Party, Science fiction
Franchises
Animal Crossing, Bayonetta, Castlevania, Donkey Kong, Earthbound, F-Zero, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Kid Icarus, Kirby, Mario, Mega Man, Metal Gear Solid, Metroid, Pac-Man, Pikmin, Pokémon, Punch-Out!!, Sonic The Hedgehog, Splatoon, Star Fox, Street Fighter, Super Smash Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Wario, Xenoblade, Yoshi
Series
Super Smash Bros.
Events
Taipei Game Show 2025, The Game Awards 2021, The Game Awards 2020, The Game Awards 2019, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct 11.1.2018, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct 8.8.2018, Nintendo Direct: E3 2018

Release dates

  • Dec 07, 2018 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
  • Oct 25, 2022 (Full Release) (Brazil) Nintendo Switch

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Rating distribution

5 stars
2874
4 stars
2044
3 stars
718
2 stars
114
1 star
25
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lephistos

Status lephistos Feb 14, 2019

Finished World of Light mode and did some battles at the spirito board. I've got about 750 spirits now. I think I will mark the game as completed though. Really enjoyed the game and will play it some more on and off during the year.

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FinnQuill

Status FinnQuill Feb 10, 2019

Got all the spirits and my last challenge. If I wasn't ready to say I beat it before, I definitely feel like I have now.

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georgeypoorgey

Status georgeypoorgey Jan 30, 2019

Sometimes I play Smash while working out. I do steps while I play online. I feel like I am almost at the level where I play while sleeping.

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MarioPrime

Status MarioPrime Jan 11, 2019

I somehow have over 90 hours on Smash already, which is wild. And I still have more I want to do in it. 20 more characters to beat Classic Mode with, tons of Smash challenge board rewards to get, less than 100 spirits to complete the collection, and need to clean up a few things in World of Light New …

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I somehow have over 90 hours on Smash already, which is wild. And I still have more I want to do in it. 20 more characters to beat Classic Mode with, tons of Smash challenge board rewards to get, less than 100 spirits to complete the collection, and need to clean up a few things in World of Light New Game+. Needless to say, I've really enjoyed my time with this and gotten a LOT out of the single player content, which is great. I think it's safe to say that Ultimate is the best single player offering the series has had to date.

Also Smash related: I spent the last month getting a new video series ready to go, and I wanted to share it! I basically have turned Ultimate into a wrestling promotion, which is goofy fun for anyone who like pro wrestling and Smash.

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FinnQuill

Status FinnQuill Jan 11, 2019

Whoo! Just beat the Adventure Mode True Ending. Still have to do the two bad ending bosses to get 100%, also get enough skill orbs to complete the tree (which I can do in NG+ but bleh, I don't want to start a NG+ anytime soon, silly that I didn't get all the skills orbs even with buying so many). …

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Whoo! Just beat the Adventure Mode True Ending. Still have to do the two bad ending bosses to get 100%, also get enough skill orbs to complete the tree (which I can do in NG+ but bleh, I don't want to start a NG+ anytime soon, silly that I didn't get all the skills orbs even with buying so many).

Two of my challenge pages are complete, too. Spirit Board and Adventure are nearly complete as well.

Gonna put this in the Beaten category and maybe slow down on playing to work on other stuff (including getting through the four other Switch games I got to go with my new Switch, and all the fun D&D stuff I'm trying to work on).

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FinnQuill

Status FinnQuill Jan 10, 2019

I love this game, but man is the UI regarding spirits so fucking obtuse...

I can find all the information about a spirit's ability to be enhanced or used in a summon, so don't make the entire process so damn obtuse! Just mark a spirit clearly if it's used in summoning in a way that I can always see, don't …

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I love this game, but man is the UI regarding spirits so fucking obtuse...

I can find all the information about a spirit's ability to be enhanced or used in a summon, so don't make the entire process so damn obtuse! Just mark a spirit clearly if it's used in summoning in a way that I can always see, don't make me go through a couple menus to find that, and then another menu to feed it snacks. Also, games in general need multiple sort options where I can choose what the sort priority is, I want you to sort my Spirits by Type, then Favourites, then Power Level!!! LET ME DO THAT!!!

Also, let me sort by special abilties, what the fuck? Why can't I see how many different support spirits I have that do 'Poison Immunity' or whatever, at a glance. Grah!

Still, the game's great, but come on, gaming has come too far for this terrible UI bullshit. For a game so polished and awesome, the UI is just horrendous.

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FinnQuill

Status FinnQuill Jan 8, 2019

I did it guys... I tasted a Switch cartridge...

It tasted kinda like chalk, but like, without the chalk texture.

Technically this is an SSBU post since that's what I licked...

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FinnQuill

Status FinnQuill Jan 3, 2019

Smash Bros Ultimate has been thoroughly distracting. I haven't even gotten back around to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle or Octopath Traveler, yet, but I'd say that's a good sign for SSBU. I do intend to at least get back to M+R shortly since I'm farther in that than Octopath.

Still, I'm definitely enjoying SSBU and now that I've …

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Smash Bros Ultimate has been thoroughly distracting. I haven't even gotten back around to Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle or Octopath Traveler, yet, but I'd say that's a good sign for SSBU. I do intend to at least get back to M+R shortly since I'm farther in that than Octopath.

Still, I'm definitely enjoying SSBU and now that I've taken in a decent chunk of the content and gotten more used to the controls, it's a lot more engaging than it was at first (and I was still enjoying it then).

Also, as a side note, the Switch in portable mode (with the controllers still attached that is) is not ergonomic. For a tactical game like M+R it's fine, but for an action game, it's pretty rough on my hands.

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nsfmc

Status nsfmc Jan 2, 2019

i don't want to harsh on this because the gameplay of fighting is mostly fun (even if inscrutable in its own way), but man, the menu system is super weird and it is comically disorienting. I say this having been previously disoriented when trying to make sense of fortnite's menu system (so i mean take my comments with a grain …

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i don't want to harsh on this because the gameplay of fighting is mostly fun (even if inscrutable in its own way), but man, the menu system is super weird and it is comically disorienting. I say this having been previously disoriented when trying to make sense of fortnite's menu system (so i mean take my comments with a grain of salt), but loading up the game has so much menu-ui that i was briefly thinking "oh, i guess i'm running SmashOS now."

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Predefiance

Status Predefiance Jan 1, 2019

I'm finding I quite enjoy Wolf and Incineroar as characters. Chrom is also awesome as a new swordsman. Mostly I just love going all items, stage morph character and maps set to random for a hectic time. Wish I had more people to play with IRL. Not feeling like shelling 30 bucks for online.

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