Super Smash Bros. Ultimate News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

New Mario and Princess Peach Spirits will be added to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on March 22. A number of Spirits based on characters from various franchises have made their way to the popular fighting game in recent months.

Nintendo has revealed updated sales numbers for the 10 best-selling Switch games of all time. The Nintendo Switch has been a massive sales success for Nintendo, with the home console/handheld hybrid passing 141 million units sold worldwide. With the Nintendo Switch having such a massive fanbase, it's no surprise that the console is home to some incredibly successful Nintendo software as well.

Nintendo’s software sales for the fiscal year may be slightly down compared to the previous year, but its biggest titles continue to sell exceedingly well, according to its updated top-selling titles list. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is still on top, with 61.97 million units sold as of March 31st, 2024, up from the 60.58 million sales announced in the previous quarter.

Fan-favorite game developer Masahiro Sakurai recently shared what he feels was the «best year» in the gaming industry so far, showing some love for the early days of the NES. Throughout his career, Sakurai has cemented his status as a legendary member of the gaming world and a popular creator among Nintendo fans. Sakurai is best known for his work on the Super Smash Bros. franchise, though Masahiro Sakurai also hosts a YouTube channel where he discusses different aspects of his time in game development. Now, Sakurai is weighing in on his «best year in gaming.»

A Super Smash Bros. Ultimate modder has paid tribute to Akira Toriyama with an impressive mod that combines Dragon Ball and the Pokemon fighter Lucario. On March 1, Akira Toriyama passed away at age 68 due to an acute subdural hematoma. Besides being the creator of Dragon Ball, his works would influence a number of popular multimedia franchises and anime for years. With him being such an influential figure in the anime and manga landscape, many creators have paid tribute to the late manga creator in various ways.

A dedicated Nintendo fan has shared photos of their incredible collection with dozens of Amiibos, Switch editions, and other items. Nintendo's fans have a well-known love for the brand, and they often show it off in different ways. One common way Nintendo fans show how much they appreciate the company's consoles, and the games released for them, is by putting together impressive collections.

A modder adds Paper Mario to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's roster, authentically recreating the character's 2D look and animations. The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate modding community is incredibly active, with modders constantly creating and innovating with new fighters and gameplay overhauls to improve upon the game or expand its roster. While the cast of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already features a number of recognizable Mario characters, one fan's version of Mario based on his appearances in the Paper Mario series is truly special.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai has said his work on the game is now «done» after the release of Ultimate's 13.0.2 update. This latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update was released earlier this past week, which updated the game's amiibo functionality. This update adds compatibility with the amiibo based on Ultimate's final DLC fighter, Sora from Kingdom Hearts.

The first Super Smash Bros. Ultimate update in over two years, version 13.0.2, arrived on Valentine's Day and brought Sora Amiibo compatibility to the game just days ahead of the figure's planned launch. However, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate players looking for anything else in the version 13.0.2 patch notes will be left sorely disappointed, as the notes only covered the Sora Amiibo.

A number of new Spirits will be added to Nintendo's popular Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, the company has revealed. The Spirits are going to be based on characters from several third-party gaming franchises, and fans are already ecstatic over the new content.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was already one of the most content-packed games of its kind when it first launched, and with a steady stream of post-launch DLC over the next few years, it became an even meatier package. And though support for the fighter has officially ended, with its final DLC character arriving in October 2021, followed by its final fighter adjustments later that year, Nintendo has announced a new content drop.

This Switch OLED holiday bundle comes with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, themed Joy-Cons, and a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

This Switch OLED holiday bundle comes with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, themed Joy-Cons, and a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

Celebrate five years of smashing with new spirits.

This Switch OLED holiday bundle comes with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, themed Joy-Cons, and a Nintendo Switch Online subscription.

This Black Friday Nintendo Switch OLED bundle comes with special-edition Joy-Cons, Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Switch Online.

If rumours are to be believed, the second half of 2024 will see the launch of the Switch 2, but in the meantime, Nintendo obviously has plans in place to continue pushing the sales of its current console. To that end, the company has announced new bundles and offers for the upcoming Holiday season.

New sales data from Japanese publication Famitsu has revealed that Pikmin 4 has maintained its position as the best-selling game in Japan for September. According to Famitsu, the game has sold 111,636 copies throughout September, bringing the game’s total sales figures up to 864,229 copies.

According to a recent Q&A with a Super Smash Bros N64 organizer, former President Barack Obama mains Captain Falcon in the original Smash.

Nintendo has updated its list of the ten highest-selling first party games on the Switch, providing updated sales figures for all titles included in it as of June 30, 2023, and there are plenty of interesting developments to take note of. 

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate really did live up to its name. Even at launch, it was the most comprehensive ever package the series had ever seen, with every fighter that had ever appeared across previous instalments coming together in a game that was ridiculously packed and served as nothing short of a celebration of the games industry, not just Nintendo. Of course, after something like that, it’s only naturally to wonder where the series will go from here.

When it comes to Nintendo’s grand-scale crossover fighting game, yes, it’s a fighting game; there are two true “communities” that take it to the next level. The first is the eSports community, who train themselves to the limit and beyond to go to competitions and prove that they’re the best of the best. The other “true community” are the modders. These gamers go the extra mile to expand the game beyond its normal constraints and add a little extra fun. For example, in Super Smash Bros Ultimate, a gamer decided to give Link some of his more recent upgrades.