When Super Smash Bros. Brawl was announced way back when, I followed every new update that they put on the official site, the Smash Dojo. Every day, first thing in the morning, I would go to my computer and check out what new features would be included in this latest installment of Smash. Ocarina of…
We are nearing the finish line! December 7 is nearing ever closer, and our final checkpoint has come in the form of the last Super Smash Bros. Direct presentation. New details are abundant, so let’s get moving. Characters: Ken, Incineroar and Piranha Plant We have our last two additions to the roster! Incineroar comes as…
It’s been just over two months now since our last Smash Bros. Direct, where we learned about new Belmonts, K. Rools, and stages. That’s not an insignificant amount of time, but the pace of this Smash Bros. is so much faster than the year or two we’re used to getting drip fed info. So I…
With all the hype surrounding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, I’ve begun to skim through different pieces of fan art for this new title. One of my favorite characters in Super Smash is Zelda, and I couldn’t contain my excitement when I first stumbled upon her new design for the upcoming game. I fell in love…
Many gamers have already marked December 7, 2018 in their calendars, preparing for the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Mashiro Sakurai and his team seem to have poured their heart and soul into the latest entry in the series, and the impending release on Switch after four years from its Wii U predecessor is…
Did you know the money featured in Coin Battle mode for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U contains Sakurai’s signature, with the background image being Nintendo’s headquarters in Kyoto, Japan? How about the fact every game in the series features updated text for the yo-yo Ness uses? Little details like these are what make the Smash Bros. series truly…
As you may or may not be aware, Best Buy, in partnership with Nintendo of America, organized a demo weekend in select stores around New York last week. In case you were not one of the lucky fellas who were able to try their hands on the latest installment of the series, here’s some footage…
Nintendo is teaming up with Best Buy to bring Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to a handful of U.S. cities before the game’s launch later this year. So if you’re like many of us and can’t wait a few more months to decimate your friends as Ridley, this might be your chance to get in ahead…
In the latest Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct Nintendo touted the mind-boggling number of stages (over 100!) that will be available in the game. Most of these stages are returning ones, representing the span of the franchise’s history from the N64 to the Wii U and 3DS. Of course things have changed since the 64-bit days, and…
Shortly after the latest Nintendo Direct, Nintendo UK announced that fans of the series will be able to get their hands on a stunning steelbook for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. As you can see below, the steelbook is all black with the flaming Super Smash Bros. logo on the front. The inside displays the playable…
The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct held on August 8 presented fans with tons of new information to enjoy. Whether you were there to know more about Zelda songs featured in the game, new Assist Trophies or the ever-growing roster of fighters, Nintendo had it covered. That said, they purposefully left one detail hidden in…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is already living up to its moniker by boasting more characters, more music, more items and more features than any other Smash title to date. Naturally, the game also features the greatest number of stages, with more than 100 unique arenas available to show your friends who’s boss. The “Stages” page…
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai hit us all with some impressive numbers during the Nintendo Direct today, including a whopping total of 103 stages. Astoundingly, there are also 900 tracks in the game, which add up to 28 hours of music if played continuously without loops. This of course means that more Zelda music has…
One of the many exciting announcements from today’s Nintendo Direct was the addition of multiple new Assist Trophies, the helpful items that are used to summon characters at random to defeat your opponents. This time around you’ll want to beware, however, as they can now also be KO’ed which will add to the summoner’s KO…
Today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct provided an almost overwhelming amount of news for the game. We were also treated to not one, but two brand new character additions! The first is Simon Belmont! The main protagonist of Castlevania joins the Smash Bros. cast and brings with him many of the weapons he used in his own game. Besides his signature…
