It’s one of Nintendo’s most dearly loved franchises, one of their best selling series, and is one of their few tenuous connections to hardcore, competitive gaming and events like EVO and Genesis. Now, from a business perspective it’s hard to imagine a world without a new SSB game in the pipeline. If he had additional games in him, I don’t think this Switch title would have gotten the name it did. I can easily see Sakurai stepping down after Super Smash Bros. Carrying a franchise as large as Super Smash Bros., with a roster as big as it’s grown, is too big a burden for one man. He also tends to take on more responsibility than necessary, insisting on doing all the balancing himself by hand. Sakurai is a bit younger than his aforementioned contemporaries, but has seen more crunch-time than just about anyone in the industry. It’s only a matter of years before Aunoma decides that it’s time to retire as well. Miyamoto-san has been actively raising the next generation of Mario makers, resulting in many of the new ideas found in Super Mario Odyssey. Of course, the President’s chair has seen a few different occupants in recent years, but their stable of developers and directors is also showing its age. I believe we’re nearing a time of turnover in Nintendo’s headquarters in Japan. He calls the games being completed a “miracle” and has battled various physical conditions while new games are in development, often putting strain on his wrists and his sleep schedule. Not to mention Sakurai’s constant threats that he may be finished with Smash development after each entry nearly kills him. With every character and nearly every stage reporting for battle, it’s easy to see why some would think this is the climax of the franchise. From the moment the words “Everyone is Here” flashed across our screens, we knew that this game was something special. Until E3 2018, we were unsure if the Switch would see a simple port of the Wii U game, or if we would get a true sequel. It certainly seems that this 5th entry in the series is a celebration of all things Smash. Ultimate be the last game in the series? Is the subtitle more of a noun, or an adjective? Noun: the best achievable or imaginable of its kind.Īdjective: being or happening at the end of a process final. I’ve got one more blog post in this series, publishing tomorrow, Dec. If you’re not picking up the game and playing it right away, we’d love to have you join our release night stream! Kick Simeon’s sorry tushy with Dark Samus.Start up a stream on our YouTube channel.Slam the cartridge into my Switch (after a quick lick).Scale the 3 flights of stairs up to my apartment in about 7.3 seconds.Periodically shoot Simeon dirty looks of jealousy as his Switch’s speakers emit sounds of smashing in the passenger seat. Speed through every red light and stop sign to arrive at home.Simeon will accompany me, and will then use his phone’s mobile-hotspot feature to connect his Switch and unlock his digital copy.Rush to Best Buy so I can pick up my physical copy at 9pm.It absolutely must NOT go late, or there will be consequences! I just wanted to share a quick post about our plans for release night. Simeon and I are ready and extremely excited to play. If you preloaded the game digitally, that’s when it should unlock on your home screen! Word on the street (read: Reddit) is that eShop servers will update at midnight Eastern, which is fortunately 9pm in Pacific timezone where I live. Ultimate, although if you think about it… the wait really hasn’t been that long! We only learned about this title in March, and development faced zero known delays, something that’s almost unheard of for this series. We’ve endured the long wait for Super Smash Bros. Tagged with Nintendo, Smash, Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. It be tempting to start calling for certain balance patches, to create campaigns for additional DLC…īut this time, what about being content? How about being satiated? Let’s appreciate Sakurai, the development team, the marketing folks at Nintendo, the Treehouse testers, everyone who was involved in making this superb title.Īnd let’s enjoy it fully for years to come. Nintendo fans have a horrible reputation for being insatiable, for calling a game “old news” the week after it hits store shelves. This game has to be the title with the most content, the most replayability, of any Nintendo game ever! Now we have the game in our hands, and our wait has been rewarded. What a wait it has been! It’s been so fun to see glimpses of this game over the past nine months, and the next character reveal was always an event to look forward to. Ultimate is here! This blog post concludes the Ultimate Countdown.
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