For my review, I'll taking a look at....Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Super Smash Bros, in my opinion, is probably the most popular fighting game series to date. To recap, Super Smash Bros. 64 was pretty good but a little bit dated in terms of content. Super Smash Bros Melee is even better thanks more content, updated graphics, replay value in single player mode and so on. In fact, this is the best Smash Bros. game to date. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, in my opinion, is probably my favorite game next to Ultimate. Some people may call it the worst one, but I disagree with that. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS is a huge step up from last time thanks to even more content, but, once again, it seems pretty dated by the time Ultimate came out. Don't get me wrong, Smash 4 is pretty good, well, at the time anyway.
We now move on the latest entry, Ultimate. This, along, with Brawl is my all time favorite game in the series.
Firstly, let's get one tiny nitpick out of the way. Spirits. They're basically the stickers from Brawl except they're involved in some kind of mechanic. What's worse is that they are involved in the Adventure Mode (don't get me wrong, the cutscenes are pretty cool). Sure, they work as collectables but they are a pointless addition to the series.
Now, with that being said, let's take a look at the good stuff. First off, the graphics are once again updated and are very detailed, mostly the items, stages, characters and so on. Music was huge highlight of the series, so not only do some of the music from past games make a return but the game also features new music. As the tagline says "Everyone is here!", well, everyone is here! That means most characters from Melee, Brawl and Smash 4 make a glorious return. That includes Pichu, Wolf, Snake, Ice Climbers, Pokemon Trainer and so on. The game also has a new set of characters to expand the roster, including DLC. Some are Echo Fighters like Daisy, Dark Samus, Ken, Chrom and so on. But we also get new characters like Simon, King K. Rool, Ridley, Isabelle, Incineroar, Pirhana Plant and so on.
As for the gameplay, it's quite a lot of fun. Sure it's kinda the same from before but a lot more fun and better. The moment when you land the final blow on your opponent at high damage is really satisfying. Also, the menu for this game is pretty nice because it zooms in to one of the sections to reveal more options.
If this is your first time playing this game, the roster seems bare bones at first. That's because you need to unlock more characters by doing several options. Most people would play through Classic Mode or Adventure Mode to unlock the characters, but the best way, in my opinion, is play a single match in Smash Mode and win in order to unlock that character by beating that character. My advice? When you beat King K. Rool and unlock him, you can use him to beat the new character in case your first attempt fails. The characters that I enjoyed playing with are Isabelle, King K. Rool, Ridley, Cloud, Inkling, Ryu, Duck Hunt and most of my own Mii Fighters.
Overall, Ultimate is a really cool game in this series and I highly reccomend it. Next review is coming soon.