For my money, this definitely feels like a brand new entry in the Smash series. And real gameplay changes too-not just new fighters, stages, and such. Honestly, Smash 4 had been so solid that merely an updated version of that game would’ve been fine by me, but they’ve added so, so much to Ultimate. At this point though, we can put that argument to bed. Due to the many similarities in characters, stages, and gameplay, a sizable contingent of players had called it “Smash 4.5”, an upgraded version of the last game.
Feel free to disregard if you’re not into it.įirst off, before this game was released there was much discussion over whether it should be considered a port of Super Smash Bros for WiiU/3DS (aka Smash 4), or a true sequel. That said, it’s been a year since the game dropped and I’ve played like 100 hours of it-with much of that in single-player modes, so not exactly the main event-and I have a few thoughts I’d like to share.