Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Will Have Some Big Changes, Additions
Nintendo had a pretty awesome presentation at E3 yesterday and one of the highlights was the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, which will feature every fighter the franchise has ever seen. Nintendo also showed off a few of the new things coming to the title during its E3 conference that could change some core gameplay aspects, including new additions in the form of characters, stages and items.
Items
Quite a few new items were revealed during the E3 conference yesterday, but that was just the tip of the iceberg in terms of new additions. Items that were shown yesterday include:
- Healing Field: creates a small area of AoE healing
- Black Hole: sucks enemies into a single area
- Launch Star (from Super Mario Galaxy): can be used defensively and offensively
- Fake Smash Ball: explodes when hit
- New Pokemon from the Alolan region
- New Assist Trophy characters like Bomberman and Squid Sisters
Stages
Players will be able to fight on almost every stage from every Smash Bros. game every in Ultimate and will even get to enjoy new graphical updates.
New stages will also be introduced in Ultimate, including:
- A Splatoon stage
- Moray Towers
- A Great Plateau Tower stage from Breath of the Wild
Additionally, each stage will also have a battlefield and omega form.
Changes to Characters
Various changes have been made to the following characters: Mario, Link, Pikachu, Fox and Falco, Ryu, Samus, Marth, Lucina, Roy, King Dedede, Zelda, Pokemon Trainer, Cloud, Robin, Villager, Mr Game of Watch, Wolf, Shulk, Ganondorf, Miis, Pit, Zero Suit Samus, Wario, Donkey Kong, Lil Mac, Wii Fit Trainer, Mega Man, Palutena, R.O.B., Lucina, Dark Pit, and Daisy.
Gameplay Changes
Some major changes to the core gameplay were revealed at E3, including a change to the dodge mechanic. After excessive dodging, your character will become more vulnerable.
Short hop attacks now have their own button command in an effort to give casual players the chance to use one at any time. Now, simply press the jump button and the A button at the same time to use it.
Smaller changes like dash cancelling, ladder attacks, and holding down a button for rapid attacks were also confirmed.
Damage Output Changes
The amount of damage that you deal in-game has now changed depending on the amount of players in a game. That means you’ll have to deal more damage to an opponent with certain attacks in a one-on-one match in comparison to a four or eight player battle.
Decimal Points in Damage Meters
Nintendo has added decimal points to the damage meters on the bottom of the stage to provide a more precise representation of just how much damage players are dealing. This will allow players to see how close they are to being in range of a one-hit-KO move.