I don’t think I’d be nearly as into games as I am now of it wasn’t for the Super Smash Bros. series. I got into the series with Super Smash Bros. Brawl when I was around seven years old, and although I have played every game in the series except for Melee, Brawl has managed to stay as my favorite, despite its flaws. I didn’t think any game in the Smash Bros. series would be able to challenge Brawl in terms of being my favorite Smash Bros. game, and then Super Smash. Bros Ultimate came along.
Like the name suggests, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the biggest and most ambitious game in the series so far, with every single character and almost every stage being playable. The gameplay has been refined to perfection, where it’s much faster than Brawl and even Wii U/3DS while also encouraging much more aggressive play styles. These traits alone make Super Smash Bros. Ultimate a great game, but where things start to get complicated is when the topic of single player content comes up.
One of my favorite parts of each Smash Bros. game was collecting the numerous trophies of characters and items represented the franchises included in the games, and this feature was unfortunately removed from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was instead replaced by spirits, which are just pictures of the aforementioned characters and items, and these collectibles are way less cool and they generally feel like an afterthought. This extends to the game’s story mode, World of Light, which is entirely made up of fighting enemies that are themed around these spirits, and while the mode is serviceable, I wish they went the extra mile with these battles by having us fight the spirits themselves rather than characters that are themed around them. Although I am somewhat disappointed with the mode as a whole, the true ending is honestly one of the most satisfying and surprising endings to any video game I’ve played.
Despite its flaws, I think I’d consider Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to be my favorite game in the series, and since Smash Bros. is my favorite fighting game series, I guess that makes Super Smash Bros. Ultimate my favorite fighting game.
Like the name suggests, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the biggest and most ambitious game in the series so far, with every single character and almost every stage being playable. The gameplay has been refined to perfection, where it’s much faster than Brawl and even Wii U/3DS while also encouraging much more aggressive play styles. These traits alone make Super Smash Bros. Ultimate a great game, but where things start to get complicated is when the topic of single player content comes up.
One of my favorite parts of each Smash Bros. game was collecting the numerous trophies of characters and items represented the franchises included in the games, and this feature was unfortunately removed from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It was instead replaced by spirits, which are just pictures of the aforementioned characters and items, and these collectibles are way less cool and they generally feel like an afterthought. This extends to the game’s story mode, World of Light, which is entirely made up of fighting enemies that are themed around these spirits, and while the mode is serviceable, I wish they went the extra mile with these battles by having us fight the spirits themselves rather than characters that are themed around them. Although I am somewhat disappointed with the mode as a whole, the true ending is honestly one of the most satisfying and surprising endings to any video game I’ve played.
Despite its flaws, I think I’d consider Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to be my favorite game in the series, and since Smash Bros. is my favorite fighting game series, I guess that makes Super Smash Bros. Ultimate my favorite fighting game.