Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Reviews

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9 / 10.0
Dec 23, 2018

Super Smash Bros Ultimate is just as the name suggests, the Ultimate Smash experience. All the characters and stages have returned. A better balance across all 74 playable characters. Returning single player game modes as well as a whole new story mode that merges Super Smash with RPG elements. This is a game that you'll want to play with friends on the big screen, or on your own anywhere.

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9 / 10.0
Dec 23, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is not messing with its name. This is really a Super Ultimate edition of one of the best fighting series around, packed with a crazy amount of content and characters. But some minor issues like poor online matchmaking are preventing SSBU from getting the highest score.

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88 / 100
Dec 23, 2018

The best multiplayer game on Switch, and the richest, strongest entry in the Smash series, at least in terms of sheer content. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate should prove to be a near endlessly entertaining go-to for friends who want a fun, enduring party game.

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Digiato
Top Critic
95 / 100
Dec 22, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is one of the most perfect fighting games you could find and there is no room left for any major criticism. If you love fighting games and you do have a Nintendo Switch, then what are you waiting for?

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Yes
Dec 21, 2018

My time with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has led me to believe there couldn’t be a more fitting subtitle for this entry in the series. It successfully combines multiple elements from past entries, adds a new level of polish, and presents the biggest roster in the series’ history. Nintendo have not only created another hallmark title for the Switch, but an entry into the series that’ll be unrivalled in size and scale for some time to come. Ultimate has the potential to live far longer than recent entries in the series, and with new characters, stages, and music on the way, the game will receive no shortage of new content. It’s an exciting prospect considering how much content is already packed into the game, and I’m sure it’ll only improve what I believe is the best Smash Bros. yet.

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9 / 10.0
Dec 21, 2018

Masahiro Sakurai certainly deserves a well-earned break after this one. With a roster spanning every character in the series plus some new additions as well as the return of a new adventure mode, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is easily the most comprehensive and feature-packed entry in the series to date. Online is, sadly, an uneven experience and could use its fair share of improvements. Overall, though, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is arguably the new standard-bearer of the franchise.

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GameMAG
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Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 21, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the most noticeable step in the evolution of the series since Melee, which certainly is Sakurai's great success. He finally managed to please everyone - perhaps here lies the secret of SSBU's phenomenally high sales across the world.

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oprainfall
Alex Irish
Dec 21, 2018

I could go on, but the point remains: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is clearly an essential part of every Switch owner’s library. Complaints come down to mostly nitpicks, but the dazzling cast of characters, splendid stages, multitude of multiplayer modes, and much more are just as addicting as the core gameplay around them has been since the series’ genesis back in 1999.

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Evan Norris
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 21, 2018

It's among the best games of the last five years.

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9 / 10.0
Dec 20, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the best and most content rich Smash Bros. game that Nintendo has ever released. With more characters, stages, songs, and unlockables than ever before Smash Ultimate is every Nintendo fan's dream fighting game come to life.

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10 / 10.0
Dec 20, 2018

2018 was one of the greatest years of eighth generation and video game history. It started with Monster Hunter World, God of War, Celeste and Spider-Man and grew bigger and bigger and now this great year can't see a more marvelous ending than the release of entertainment industry's biggest crossover in history. A title that without a doubt will become a signature this year, this generation and in this genre forever.

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5 / 5.0
Dec 20, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the most content-rich, feature-laden iteration of Smash to date.

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9.5 / 10.0
Dec 20, 2018

Smash Bros.Ultimate does a great job bringing together all of the characters from previous titles. It also does well at representing a vast history of gaming. Spirits Mode did a great job of including characters in the game and giving a solid feel like a tribute to gaming history. The ability to adjust and customize a game to one's liking certainly is a standout feature. With so many characters, stages and game modes, Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fantastic experience whether it is your first time or you're a series veteran.

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4.5 / 5.0
Dec 19, 2018

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is, overall, the definitive Smash Bros. experience.

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Dec 19, 2018

If I had to pick one word to describe this game it is….smashing.

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9.8 / 10.0
Dec 19, 2018

I believe this is quite easily the best Smash game of all time.

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VGN
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Dec 19, 2018

Ultimate: That is, definitive. A talking title, which does not lend itself to false modesty but is contemptuous and haughty, aware of the amount of absolutely overwhelming content that it puts on the plate.

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Unscored
Dec 18, 2018

The most important thing to know though is, is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate worth your time? The answer is a huge yes.

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PowerUp!
Jackson Wall
9.4 / 10.0
Dec 18, 2018

Smash Bros Ultimate really is the ultimate Switch game and one that every self-respecting Nintendo fan should play

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Dec 18, 2018

Problems aside, this is the best Smash yet, and it would be an understatement to say that the game has so much more. The game IS so much more, and there’s so much more coming.

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