Super Smash Bros Ultimate Review Roundup

Super Smash Bros Ultimate Review Roundup

The Super Smash Bros Ultimate reviews are in! So, if you want to see what all of the critics are saying about Super Smash Bros Ultimate, you came to the right place! 

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Polygon

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate promises everything, and has literally everything!

This is a Smash Bros. so full of ideas, wishes and demands pulled from the player base that it can be overwhelming. This is no longer the simple game from our childhood, and it’s not shy about rewarding the series’ biggest fans, whether it’s through the choices made for each fighters’ designs, music track curation, unlockable bonus art, or the wild and varied army of spirits. For a company often concerned with accessibility, there’s quickly a point where Ultimate will drop casual Nintendo fans into the deep end.

But Ultimate is also the most enjoyable entry since Super Smash Bros. Melee devoured the free time of my social circle through most of college. Because I can fine-tune the options I want, and pick the characters and stages I love from the franchise’s whole history, I’m almost guaranteed to be able to craft a fun match with whomever I’m playing with. 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. 

Nintendo Life

So how does it all stack up? Vocal concerns about past games have been actively addressed, every single fighter from the series is present (even Pichu), the customisability is overwhelmingly vast and it’s all topped off with super-solid single-player modes to boot. 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.

IGN

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate lives up to its name, offering the most comprehensive game in the series to date. It has an absurd amount to play, fight, and unlock – though that can be to its detriment at times. While the World of Light adventure mode isn’t reason alone to get Smash Bros., it’s still a consistently amusing and shockingly large campaign, and a worthy compliment to Ultimate’s incredible multiplayer core. The Smash Bros. series has always maintained a wonderful balance of chaotic beat-em-up fun and tense fighting game action, and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate refines and improves on both sides of itself without abandoning either one.

Amazing!

9.4

GameSpot

The Good

Refined fighting system remains both accessible and complex

Incredibly large and diverse character roster

Numerous quality-of-life improvements, both technical and superficial

Single-player content is plentiful and engaging

A number of entertaining multiplayer modes

Immense library of iconic video game music

Packed with loving homages and fan service

Everyone is here

The Bad

Difficult to follow the action in Switch's handheld mode

Character unlocking is initially bothersome

9/10

GameXplain

GameXplain Liked it a LOT

The Verge

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate won’t change your mind about the series. If Nintendo’s particular brand of chaotic fighting doesn’t appeal to you, Ultimate doesn’t offer much new, unless you happen to be a die-hard Ridley fan. Instead, it takes what people already love about it, and offers more. More characters to explore, more ways to play, and even more story to dig into. It’s a greatest hits collection, one that makes me wonder just what director Masahiro Sakurai could possibly do to top this for the inevitable next Smash game.

Cnet

Simply put, SSBU really feels like the Goldilocks version of Smash Bros. Everything is just right. 

      While the most fun ways to play Smash is with friends, I spent the majority of my time with the game alone, and I couldn't play online. While the most fun ways to play Smash is with friends, I spent the majority of my time with the game alone, and I couldn't play online. 

USA Today

The option is enjoyable for a single-player mode, and its large map should provide hours of entertainment and a good way to fine tune your skills. But as has always been the case with "Super Smash Bros.," the real fun is when you play against other players. This is where the "Smash" mode comes in. 

      The best part about this mode, however, is how easy it is to play with friends. Every Switch comes with two detachable Joy-Con controllers, which can be a single controller or removed from the main Switch console and shared with a friend to play together.

   

As an increasing number of games go all in on the "battle royale" genre, Nintendo's latest "Smash" stays true to its roots, delivering not only one of the best Switch games yet but also one of the best video games of the year.

And there you have it! So, what do you think of Ultimate so far? It looks like the critics absolutely love it, do you think you will? Let us know in the comments below. Also, don't forget to like, share and subscribe to GamingTelescope. Thanks for reading.