Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Difference between revisions

{{SSBU|Piranha Plant}} from the {{uv|Mario}} series touches new ground as the first mob character in ''Smash'', and as an early purchase bonus DLC character. It has been confirmed that five more unique newcomers will be added as DLC by February of 2020. With the exception of Piranha Plant, all of the DLC characters can be bought together as part of the [[Fighter Pass]]. {{uv|Persona}}'s {{SSBU|Joker}} is part of [[Challenger Pack]] 1, the [[Hero]] from {{uv|Dragon Quest}} is part of Challenger Pack 2, and Microsoft's [[Banjo & Kazooie]] is part of Challenger Pack 3. As of E3 2019, the other two fighters and their Challenger Packs are currently unknown.

Only the [[Original 8]] characters from the [[Super Smash Bros.|first game]] are available from the start. Like in ''Smash 4'', the {{SSBU|Mii Fighter}}s are also available from the start via customization, but are otherwise locked upon initial startup of the game. The rest of the cast must be unlocked; however, the unlocking process and conditions are much simpler than in past games. Fighters will challenge the player in ten minute intervals or by clearing {{SSBU|Classic Mode}} with a prerequisite character, and can also be unlocked by being rescued in World of Light.

*This is the first ''Super Smash Bros.'' game to:

**Not be announced alongside new hardware since the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''. ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'' was revealed alongside the final retail version of the Nintendo GameCube at E3 2001; ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' was announced alongside the Wii itself, then-codenamed Revolution at E3 2005; and ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' was announced alongside the Wii U at E3 2011. Moreover, unlike the latter two games, this is the first time since ''Super Smash Bros. Melee'' that a ''Smash Bros.'' game is not announced years in advance, as ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' was announced in 2005 and revealed a year later, and ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' was announced in 2011 and revealed two years later.  

**Be released in the same year it was announced since ''Melee''.

**Have no veteran characters cut since ''Melee''.

**Have a simultaneous worldwide release.

**Have the [[announcer]]'s English voice actor unchanged, with Xander Mobus reprising his role from ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]''.

**Have all of its veterans announced prior to launch and at the same time.

**Feature more unlockable characters than starter characters.

**Feature [[Castlevania (universe)|third-party]] [[Street Fighter (universe)|universes]] with more than one character.

**Have more returning stages than new stages.

**Have no unlockable stages.

***Feature Assist Trophies from [[Bomberman (universe)|third]]-[[Virtua Fighter (universe)|party]] [[Monster Hunter (universe)|universes]] without playable characters.

**Have a lyricized [[Lifelight|theme song]] in both English and Japanese.

**Have all characters share the same amount of [[alternate costumes]].

**Feature a universe owned by a current rival to Nintendo ({{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}}, owned by [[Microsoft]]).

***As Rare is located in the United Kingdom and Microsoft is located in the United States, this also makes ''Ultimate'' the first game in the series to contain a major universe which is not created nor owned by a Japanese company.

*Because of the size of the USK icon on the game's box art, [[:File:Smash Bros Ultimate German Boxart.jpg|the German version]] has a slightly different variation of said box art: [[Pikachu]] is moved upwards, [[Yoshi]] is completely missing, and the logo is off-centered.

*''Ultimate''{{'}}s release date falls one day after the late Satoru Iwata's birthday, December 6 (which was also the release date of {{forwiiu}} in Japan).

*This is the third ''Super Smash Bros.'' game to feature hand-drawn artwork on the box art, with the first being the original ''Super Smash Bros.'' and the second being ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''.

**New character-based universes introduced, with only two: ({{uv|Splatoon}} and {{uv|Castlevania}}), beating ''Melee''{{'}}s three with ({{uv|Ice Climber}}, {{uv|Fire Emblem}}, and {{uv|Game & Watch}}).  

***Counting DLC, though, ''Ultimate'' introduces the third-highest amount of newcomers at 17 (beaten out by ''Smash 4''{{'}}s 21 and ''Brawl''{{'}}s 18), the second lowest amount of new stages at 12 and is currently ahead of ''Melee'' in terms of new character-based universes introduced by 3 (with {{uv|Persona}}, {{uv|Dragon Quest}}, and {{uv|Banjo-Kazooie}} being added as DLC).

*This game marks the 100th performance credit of {{s|mariowiki|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.