When Street Fighter 6 released for Nintendo Switch 2 on the console’s launch, it came with some new features exclusive to the Nintendo port. The most obvious feature was amiibo support, including Street Fighter character figurines and a brand-new set of cards specific to SF6. With DLC characters still coming…
When the Switch 2 was announced, a number of industry pundits were concerned that Nintendo had played things too safe. In the past, Nintendo has taken wild swings with its hardware and done outlandish things like include motion controls or force people to play with a tablet. The Nintendo Switch,…
Nintendo of Japan has just revealed one of what will surely be multiple announcements leading up to Mario’s 40th anniversary in September. My Mario, a new child-focused product line of merchandise and engagement experiences, is launching on Tuesday, August 26th in Japan. You can view the My Mario…
Kazuya Mishima isn’t the friendliest fellow in Tekken, or any fighting game for that matter; and it’s clear that’s carrying over to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For one, he made a point of tossing everyone he could into a molten chasm (in a glorious callback to his home series) in…
Today’s E3 Nintendo Direct kicked off in a big way, with the debut of the next DLC fighting for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. In a trailer that’ll be familiar to 3D fighting game fans, Tekken’s Kazuya Mishima is joining the roster courtesy of Bandai Namco. A Bandai Namco…
Official high school and college esports leagues have exploded in popularity in the last few years, and now Nintendo has teamed with PlayVS to bring some of their games to high schools around the country. In a press release, Nintendo announced that the partnership with PlayVS will bring Super Smash…
Pick a color. Now pick another color. Place them next to each other, and repeat. Congratulations, you just thought up a striped pattern of your own! That sort of alternating arrangement is to be the next Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board event focus, with characters fond of that chromatic…
“Music” and “Smash Bros.” go together without question. Hundreds of songs have found their way into Smash from all corners of gaming, and while those get played again and again (and again) it’s not often it pays respect to the video game characters that make music. Now, though, a new…
It’s not often someone can say happy birthday to one of their creations in a completely different creation, but that’s exactly what Masahiro Sakurai can manage with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Last week saw a quartet of games get their anniversaries honored and among them was Sakurai’s very first game…
Items in Smash Bros. are fairly straightforward – most of the time they either activate when you grab them, or they’re some kind of weapon you wield thereafter. That’s not the case for these two featured tools, though. You don’t just “get” the benefits by rushing over and calling dibs….
It’s that time again where we compile Masahiro Sakurai’s seemingly never ending tributes to various video games within his own, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This last week had plenty featured, among them a game that fans outside of Japan have been begging for since before it released back in 2006….
It’s that time again when a lucky batch of spirits gets to take over the board, bringing their own vibes to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. This week though, things seem to be going a little differently. That kind of change up requires a little extra…support. 【スピリッツイベント】4/23(金)から3日間、「じっくり厳選！ オールサポーター」を開催！ 期間中、スピリッツボードのすべての枠で、バトル勝利後にアイテム「オールサポーター」を追加で入手できるほか、もらえるSPが3倍になります。#スマブラSP pic.twitter.com/rfd68aiw9C…
Masahiro Sakurai continues to deliver recreations and representations of games via Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. It may have been a light week for anniversaries, but it just so happens three of my favorites were cause for screenshot celebrations. Among them is the original Animal Crossing, released on N64 in Japan…
I keep hearing from the the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fan base that there are just too many generic, anime, Swordfighters in the game’s roster. Join me for a deep-dive into what it means to be a Swordfighter in Smash, what characters meet the qualifications, and if there are, in…
Last weekend brought Monster Hunter Rise spirits to Smash Ultimate, including a feline friend and a creature of pure malice. Well, thanks to Super Mario 3D World + Bowser’s Fury we’re getting another dose of cats and anger! For five days starting on Friday, three new spirits from Super…
