Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Reviews

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is ranked in the 100th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Dec 17, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is an absurdly content-rich fighting game experience with a massive roster of fighters and a slew of entertaining match types.

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Essential
Dec 7, 2018

A chaos of details and features come together for one of the Switch's most generous - and exhilarating - games.

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Tom Marks
Top Critic
9.4 / 10.0
Dec 6, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Smash Bros. done right, and done bigger than ever before.

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Dec 6, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate takes characters we've played for decades and remasters them into a robust, fantastically enjoyable package

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9.5 / 10.0
Dec 7, 2018

A wealth of tweaks and new additions like the World of Light campaign help to keep Ultimate from feeling like a greatest-hits retread

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Edmond Tran
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 13, 2018

Ultimate is a comprehensive, considered, and charming package that refines and builds on Smash's already strong and enduring fighting system.

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Unscored
Dec 6, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s gameplay is so snappy and fluid, its characters so rewarding in their variety, that it feels destined to dominate living rooms once again.

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Unscored
Dec 6, 2018

It’s difficult to imagine the type of gamer for whom Smash Ultimate has no appeal. This is a big game, and with the fat skimmed off, a remarkable one. Its core attraction—fighting on a platform—is as polished and brilliant and sharp as ever, its fighters the most unique and deep.

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Unscored
Dec 6, 2018

Gamers want an essential, badass combat experience no matter which characters square off. Even this early, it's settled: Smash Ultimate nails this expectation. Thus, it is the best fighting-game package to ever land on a Nintendo console.

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Alex Donaldson
Top Critic
Unscored
Dec 17, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate does indeed live up to its name. It’s a brilliant game today, as it launches, but tellingly it also leaves me incredibly excited about the future.

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4.5 / 5.0
Dec 10, 2018

It's not an exaggeration to say that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the biggest accomplishment in the series thus far.

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9 / 10.0
Dec 18, 2018
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Dec 6, 2018

We’re not sure how you could make a more robust or pleasing Smash game. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate truly is the ultimate instalment in the series, and it makes you wonder where Sakurai can possibly take this franchise next.

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9 / 10
Dec 6, 2018

I love Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Ultimate is better in every way I can see.

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10 / 10.0
Dec 6, 2018

By combining familiar gameplay with some new ideas, there's something in here for everyone. Smash Bros. is back and has never been better.

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Rich Walker
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 14, 2018

The definitive Super Smash Bros. game, Ultimate is not only a pure and unadulterated joy, but also a fantastic fighting game stuffed to the gills with characters and other content. A little smasher.

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9 / 10.0
Dec 14, 2018

With a massive roster, tons of customization, and more fan service than you can ever imagine, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the series in near-perfect form.

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9.5 / 10.0
Dec 6, 2018

Nintendo Switch has made its year historic with this video game. Ultimate is not a Super Smash Bros Deluxe, it is the work of 20 years of success and a new way of revolutionary understanding all the new ideas, such as the Spirits or the new and long singleplayer Adventure mode. Sakurai hits the fighting games. SSB Ultimate is essential.

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Dec 17, 2018

It’s the best single-player Smash to date, and still retains the fantastic couch co-op the series is known for, but only time will tell if online functionality catches up to the rest of the game.

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9 / 10
Dec 11, 2018

Smash packages don't come any better than this. It may not be perfect, but it sure feels Ultimate.

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