now that we've gotten some distance from its final update, i think Smash Ultimate was ultimately a disappointment for me. years of updates later and the netcode is still hogshit, the balance is all over the place, and i feel like the game never changed or evolved meaningfully outside a few busted character additions. DLC roster was a major letdown personally, they got really homogenous and didn't have many interesting fighters. of the 11 DLC picks, only 2 of them aren't from an RPG or fighting game and of those is the guy from minecraft. combined with the lack of online infrastructure during a global pandemic, the lack of quality single player content (spirits and the WoL are stinky dawg), and the huge gaps in playability between characters there wasn't much of a reason to really return to this. it has a ton of content but i believe its roster size impeded it from really making meaningful updates, tons of fighters are basically unplayable above a casual setting and some characters feel incredibly overtuned in comparison. when there's like 80 dudes, it's hard to really give them all the attention they need and so many characters here remained practically untouched throughout its life. i respect the dev team and Sakurai all a lot but i'm not huge on this one. i did cry when they put Banjo in it, tho.