Smash Bros has always likened itself to a toybox. Straight from the opening of the original game, Smash has been powered by the childlike wonder of roping all of your action figures into an Avengers movie spectacular. It was never about a "plot", it was about seeing characters from vastly different franchises interact in interesting, fanservicy ways. This is why despite being a relatively inferior Smash game, Brawl's Subspace Emissary handed me what was possibly the best birthday of my entire life. Now we're here, and so is everyone else.

At last, Ultimate is the heir to Melee's crown, and it's truly a dream come true. It's well balanced, it's overflowing with content (both solo and multiplayer), and the gameplay is as fun as it has ever been. It's a crossover event that likely will never be matched. A perfect celebration of video games. God bless Sakurai and god bless his team.