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.
via Esports Insider
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate hasn’t had an update since June 2025, but Nintendo just had to barge into the competitive space when it saw players attempting to thrive. Developers woke from their slumber like Godzilla sensing another kaiju landing in Tokyo and decided it was necessar…