Super Smash Bros. Ultimate 2018

About

The main story takes about 100 hours. It won 7 awards, including Deutscher Computerspielpreis for best international multiplayer game and Japan Game Awards Annual Work Category Best Sales Award.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a crossover fighting game for the Nintendo Switch and the fifth main entry in the series. It features every playable fighter from previous installments alongside new additions such as Inkling and Ridley. The game includes faster combat, new items, and expanded defensive mechanics. Modes include local and online multiplayer, a single-player adventure mode called World of Light, and various casual and competitive rulesets.

Story

Not applicable (crossover fighting game with no traditional narrative).

What is happening now

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is Nintendo's massive fighting game that launched in 2018 for Switch, featuring the full roster of characters from the series' history. The game remains a fixture of competitive fighting game communities despite going without updates for months. That changed recently when Nintendo released a new patch, sparking frustration within the competitive scene. Players had been developing the game's metagame independently during the update drought, and the timing of Nintendo's intervention has drawn criticism from the fighting game community, who argue the publisher is making it difficult for the competitive scene to operate on its own terms.