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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a fighting game for the Nintendo Switch. It features many characters, stages, and items from The Legend of Zelda series, alongside those of other popular Nintendo and third-party series and franchises. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the sixth installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, or fifth if counting Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Super Smash Bros. for Wii U as paired games.

Game information

Development

Awards

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was nominated in The Game Awards 2019 for the Game of the Year, Family Game and Fighting Game categories.^[2]

Listings

Characters

• Link (Starter): The reincarnating bearer of the Triforce of Courage returns as a starting fighter, but this time with a significant design overhaul. Like his transition from Super Smash Bros. Melee to Super Smash Bros. Brawl, his design, moveset, and voice clips have been updated to reflect his appearance in Breath of the Wild, donning the Champion's Tunic with Hylian Trousers by default. Some key changes include a lack of a Hookshot or Clawshot, arrows becoming equippable items and being able to fire two at once, launching sword beams with his forward smash if no damage has been taken, access to the Remote Bomb rune (replacing his timed bombs from past appearances), and a new Final Smash involving the Ancient Bow and Arrows. The Hero of the Wild Set, which harkens to his classic appearance, can be selected as an alternate costume. He was suggested to appear during Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's then unnamed teaser trailer at the end of the March 8th, 2018 Nintendo Direct, and was later formally announced along with all other veterans during E3 2018.
• Sheik (Unlockable): The ninja-like alter-ego returns as an unlockable fighter after being a starter in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U with a new design based on the Stealth Set from Breath of the Wild. Her moveset otherwise remains largely unchanged from Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U. Two key changes are that she has received new voice clips for the first time since Super Smash Bros. Brawl and she has a new Final Smash, Sheikah Dance, which is a rushing flurry of knife attacks.
• Zelda (Unlockable): The bearer of the Triforce of Wisdom returns as an unlockable fighter after being a starter in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl< and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, this time with her design overhauled to combine her appearances from A Link to the Past and A Link Between Worlds. Some notable changes include new voice clips for the first time since Super Smash Bros. Brawl, a new rapid jab, reworks to her Phantom Slash, and a new Final Smash utilizing the Triforce of Wisdom.
• Young Link (Unlockable): After a two installment absence, the child incarnation of the Hero of Time returns from Super Smash Bros. Melee as an unlockable fighter, retaining his design from Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask. Despite keeping his status as a full clone, Young Link is not labeled as an Echo Fighter, possibly due to retaining the moveset of the more traditional adult Link from Super Smash Bros. Melee rather than the current one. Some notable changes include being able to charge his Spin Attack on the ground like the other Links, having two more taunts, new alternate costumes, and a Final Smash, that being Triforce Slash.
• Ganondorf (Unlockable): The bearer of the Triforce of Power returns as an unlockable fighter after being a starter in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, with his design having been reverted to his Gerudo appearance in Ocarina of Time, last seen in Super Smash Bros. Melee. One notable change is that he now uses the sword from the SpaceWorld 2000 GameCube Tech Demo (also seen in Super Smash Bros. Melee in one of his victory screens) for his smash attacks. Otherwise, he has gained many notable mobility buffs across the board. He has received new voice clips to match his past incarnation as well.
• Toon Link (Unlockable): The Hero of Winds returns as an unlockable fighter after being a starter in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U, retaining his design from The Wind Waker. Some notable changes include new sword sound effects that are exclusive to him and only performing one upwards swipe from his forward smash. Otherwise, he remains largely unchanged from his previous appearance.
• Ganon: Ganon appears as a boss, using his Demon King design from Ocarina of Time. He is fought on a stage reminiscent of the ruins of Ganon's Castle, where the final battle of said game takes place. He wields two swords in battle and his primary weak point is his glowing tail.

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Nomenclature

Names in Other Regions
Language		Name	Meaning
	Japanese	大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ SPECIAL (Dai Ranto Sumasshu Burazāzu SPECIAL)	Great Fray Smash Brothers SPECIAL
	ChineseSI	任天堂明星大乱斗　特别版 (Rèntiāntáng Míngxīng Dàluàn Dòu Tèbié Bǎn)	Nintendo Star Wars Special Edition
	ChineseTR	任天堂明星大亂鬥　特別版 (Rèntiāntáng Míngxīng Dàluàn Dòu Tèbié Bǎn)	Nintendo Star Wars Special Edition
	Korean	슈퍼 스매시브라더스 얼티밋 (Syupeo Seumaesibeuladeoseu Eoltimis)	Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

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External links

• Official Super Smash Bros. site

Triva

• This game marks the 100th performance credit of Charles Martinet as the voice of Mario, a landmark for which he received a Guinness World Record for the most video game voice-over performances of a single character.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game since the original Super Smash Bros to feature hand-drawn artwork on the box art.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to not feature the involvement of Satoru Iwata, as he passed away on July 2015.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to have no veteran characters cut since Melee.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game have both the English announcer and voice actor of Master Hand and Crazy Hand unchanged, with Xander Mobus reprising his role from Super Smash Bros. 4.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to have a lyricized theme song in both English and Japanese.
• This is the first Super Smash Bros. game to be released in the same year it was announced since Melee.

Further reading

• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on Smashpedia

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