Smash Ultimate is a 2018 crossover fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd.
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12 Facts About Smash Ultimate
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Sakurai's goal with Smash Ultimate was to include every character from previous games in the series despite the various development and licensing challenges this would present.
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Smash Ultimate is a platform fighter for up to eight players in which characters from Nintendo games and other third-party franchises must try to knock each other out of an arena.
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Sometime after the game's release, a service for the Nintendo Switch Online mobile app, known as "Smash Ultimate World", was launched, which allows players to check their game statistics in addition to sharing images and videos captured from the game to social media.
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Sakurai knew that Smash Ultimate was a core game for Nintendo and that it had a dedicated player base that he did not want to disappoint, and believed that completing this goal was necessary to satisfy the fan base.
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New to Smash Ultimate is the tying of tracks to franchises instead of individual stages, as well as the ability to create custom playlists to listen to outside of the game when the Switch is in handheld mode.
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Sakurai believed that despite characters like Joker, the first announced DLC fighter, not necessarily being from games usually associated with Nintendo, they were added due to being "emblematic" of the types of characters they wanted to add to Smash Ultimate, adding that they "bring just a whole different level of fun and enjoyment for players".
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Smash Ultimate received "universal acclaim" from critics, according to the review aggregator platform Metacritic.
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In November 2018, Nintendo announced Smash Ultimate was the most pre-ordered game for the Switch and in the series.
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In January 2019, Amazon reported that Smash Ultimate was their highest selling video game product of 2018, with Nintendo officially announcing that the game had shipped over 12.
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Smash Ultimate was Nintendo's fastest-selling game of all time until being surpassed by Pokemon Sword and Shield in 2019.
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