Starting back in 1999, the Super Smash Bros. franchise has been a cornerstone of the gaming sphere. Published by Nintendo, the platform fighting game allowed the studio to combine some of its most iconic characters into one setting, and, as such, it sees familiar faces from the likes of Mario, Donkey Kong, The Legend of Zelda, Kirby, and Pokémon as they come together in epic brawls.
From the Nintendo 64 all the way to the more recent Nintendo Switch, the Super Smash Bros. franchise now consists of six mainline entries, with the most recently, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate launched back in 2018.
Here at Screen Rant, we proclaimed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was "everything we've ever wanted" in our review, writing:
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lives up to its name and has almost everything: all the fighters, all the music, all the stages. It has Spirits, if players decide to care about this new addition, but we'd trade it for a modern online multiplayer infrastructure. There has never been a better game to play with friends on the Switch. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might just be among the best games to play with friends, period.
Now, almost a decade...
