- "Everyone is here. And everything... IS... ULTIMATE!"
- -Announcer
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, known in Japan as Super Smash Bros. Special (
Gameplay[]
The Super Smash Bros. series is a dramatic departure from many fighting games. Instead of winning by depleting an opponent's life bar, Smash Bros players seek to knock opposing characters off the stage. In Super Smash Bros., characters have a damage total, represented by a percentage value, which rises as they take damage and can exceed 100%, maxing out at 999% (999.9% in Ultimate) - although this cap is extremely hard to achieve under normal circumstances, seeing as damage within the range of 100% and 200% is already enough to knock opponents into the distance. As a character's percentage rises, they can be knocked progressively farther by an opponent's attacks. In order to KO an opponent, the player must send that character flying off the edge of the stage, which is not an enclosed arena but rather an area with open boundaries, usually a set of suspended platforms. When a character is knocked off the stage, the player may use jumping moves to attempt to return; as some characters' jumps are longer-ranged, they may have an easier time "recovering" than others. Additionally, some characters are heavier than others, making it harder for an opponent to knock them off the edge but likewise harder to recover.
The controls are greatly simplified in comparison to other fighting games. While traditional fighting games require the player to use command inputs, Super Smash Bros uses the same one-attack-button, one-control-stick-direction combinations to access all moves for all characters, with the A button being used for normal moves and the B button for special moves. Characters are not limited to constantly facing their opponent, but may run around freely. Smash Bros. also implements blocking and dodging mechanics, which can be used both on the ground and in the air. Grabbing and throwing other characters are also possible, allowing for a large variety of ways to attack. (Around 25, on average.)
One additional major element in the Super Smash Bros. series is the inclusion of "Items", of which players can control the frequency of appearance. Various items include "battering items" with which a player may hit an opponent, such as a baseball bat or a sword, as well as "throwing items", including Bob-ombs and Koopa shells, "shooting items", either single shot guns or rapid fire blasters, and "recovery items" allow the user to lose varying amounts of their damage percent. From the Pokémon franchise come Poké Balls that release a random Pokémon onto the battlefield to assist the user. Super Smash Bros. Brawl, the 3rd installment of the series, introduces a new "Assist Trophy" item which serves a similar purpose, albeit being capable of summoning a wider range of characters from a variety of franchises. Brawl also introduces items called Smash Balls, which allow fighters to perform character-specific attacks, known as Final Smashes. Ultimate introduces the "Final Smash Meter", which turns Final Smashes into a traditional meter, but balanced it out by making the Final Smash weaker than its Smash Ball counterpart.
Connection to the SNK fighting series[]
Fighter[]
Terry in Ultimate.
Terry Bogard was announced to be the fifth DLC character and the fourth character in the Fighters Pass in a Nintendo Direct on September 4th, 2019, and released on November 6th, 2019. Terry wears his well-known second outfit that debuted in Fatal Fury 2, but with The King of Fighters 2000 default color tones, while his animations are modeled after The King of Fighters XII onwards. His special moves involve his iconic special moves: Power Wave serves as his neutral special move, Burning Knuckle and Crack Shoot serve as his side special moves (with the ability to use the latter by pressing back on the control stick), Rising Tackle serves as his up special move, and Power Dunk serves as his down special move. If his damage reaches over 100%, he has the ability to use special inputs to perform either Power Geyser or Buster Wolf. His Final Smash combines Triple Geyser, Power Dunk, and Buster Wolf into a move dubbed "Triple Wolf".
Stage[]
Terry also comes with his own stage named "King of Fighters Stadium". This stage is inspired off of various stadium stages in The King of Fighters series, such as the Kagura Stadium from The King of Fighters '96, the KOF Stadium stage from The King of Fighters XII and the Antonov Super Arena from The King of Fighters XIV. Unique from any stage in the game, invisible walls are on both sides of the stage, blocking the respective blast lines; these walls can be broken by dealing enough knockback to a fighter. However, fighters can still be knocked into the vertical blast zones with enough knockback.
In addition, 20 characters from various SNK titles have the chance of being visible at random in the background:
Classic Mode[]
Terry's Classic Mode route, "The King of Smash", is based off The King of Fighters series. Each Round consists of a Stamina battle, where the player faces three opponents, one by one, which references KOF's 3-on-3 Team battles. The characters on each team have a thematic consistency, either belonging to the same series or sharing certain attributes. Terry will start off with 150 hit points and his opponents start off with 100.
Mii Costumes[]
In addition to Terry, the Mii Fighters received the fourth wave of Mii Fighter costumes released alongside Terry on November 6th, 2019 and features costumes from the Samurai Shodown, Art of Fighting, and King of Fighters franchises, as well as the returning Virtua Fighter series costumes from Smash 4.
amiibo[]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate also utilize "amiibo"; a line of interactive figurines that are used for various Nintendo systems, including the Nintendo Switch. By scanning an amiibo with near field communication technology, players can receive various effects in games. In Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, scanning an amiibo of a playable character creates a Figure Player; a computer-controlled character whose behavior and customizations are saved to the amiibo figure. The Figure Player learns from the fighters it fights against, and levels up in the process (up to Level 50). Figure Players can inherit up to three Support Spirits, permanently consuming them in order to gain their skills, having access to these skills even if spirits are disabled in the rules. Introduced in Version 3.1.0, "amiibo Journey" allows Figure Players to fight other amiibo over the internet for a set amount of time, gaining experience while it is away. Upon return, the Figure Player will level up accordingly and possibly give the player gifts it earned while battling.
Wave 19 of amiibos launched worldwide on March 26th, 2021, which includes Terry, Banjo & Kazooie and Byleth. The Terry amiibo is currently only compatible with Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
  Terry's amiibo figure. |
Music[]
The DLC pack also comes with 50 music tracks, including tunes from the Fatal Fury series, Art of Fighting series, The King of Fighters series, Metal Slug series and Samurai Shodown series, as well as a few select tracks from Alpha Mission, Athena and Psycho Soldier.
Remixes[]
| Title | Game Source | Track |
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| Haremar Faith Capoeira School - Song of the Fight (Believers Will Be Saved) - FATAL FURY | Fatal Fury: King of Fighters | |
| Kurikinton - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| Pasta - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| Tarkun and Kitapy - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| Let's Go to Seoul! - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| The London March - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| 11th Street - FATAL FURY WILD AMBITION | Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition | |
| Stormy Saxophone 2 - KOF '96 | The King of Fighters '96 | |
| Theme of SYD - Alpha Mission | Alpha Mission | |
| Forest World - Athena | Athena | |
| Psycho Soldier Theme | Psycho Soldier | |
| Psycho Soldier Theme (Overseas Version) | Psycho Soldier | |
| ART of FIGHT - Art of Fighting | Art of Fighting | |
| Banquet of Nature - SAMURAI | Samurai Shodown | |
| Gaia - SAMURAI SHODOWN | Samurai Shodown | |
| Main Theme from Metal Slug - METAL SLUG | Metal Slug | |
| Assault Theme - METAL SLUG 1-3 | Metal Slug 1-3 | |
| Victory! Terry | Fatal Fury: King of Fighters |
Source Tracks[]
| Title | Game Source | Track |
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| The Sea Knows - FATAL FURY | Fatal Fury: King of Fighters | |
| Kurikinton - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| Kuri Kinton Flavor - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| A New Poem That the South Thailand Wants to Tell - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| The Working Matador - FATAL FURY 2 | Fatal Fury 2 | |
| Duck Dub Dub (Duck, You Too) - FATAL FURY SPECIAL | Fatal Fury Special | |
| Soy Sauce for Geese - FATAL FURY SPECIAL | Fatal Fury Special | |
| Soy Sauce for Geese - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| Big Shot! - FATAL FURY 3 | Fatal Fury 3: Road to the Final Victory | |
| 176th Street - KOF '99 | The King of Fighters '99 | |
| Ne! - KOF '94 | The King of Fighters '94 | |
| DESERT REQUIEM ~Operation02UM~ - KOF 2002 UM | The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match | |
| ESAKA!! | The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match | |
| KD-0079+ | The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match | |
| W.W.III - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| Terry115 - KOF 2000 | The King of Fighters 2000 | |
| Street Dancer - KOF XI | The King of Fighters XI | |
| New Order - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| Undercover | The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match | |
| Cutting Edge | The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match | |
| The Second Joker - KOF XIII | The King of Fighters XIII | |
| Esaka Continues... - KOF XIII | The King of Fighters XIII | |
| Wild Street - KOF XIII | The King of Fighters XIII | |
| Tame a Bad Boy - KOF XIII | The King of Fighters XIII | |
| KDD-0063 - KOF XIII | The King of Fighters XIII | |
| Yappari ESAKA - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| Departure from South Town - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| IKARI - KOF XIV | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| Art of Fighting Ver.230000000.0 - FATAL FURY SPECIAL | The King of Fighters XIV | |
| Tuna - SAMURAI SHOWDOWN | Samurai Shodown | |
| Final Attack - METAL SLUG 1-6 | Metal Slug 5 | |
| Judgment - METAL SLUG 2 | Metal Slug 2 | |
| Blue Water Fangs (The Island of Dr. Moreau) - METAL SLUG 3 | Metal Slug 3 |
Spirits[]
Unique to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate are Spirits, a type of power-up and collectible. They are featured prominently in Adventure Mode: World of Light, which depicts them as characters from various video game series who lost their bodies in Galeem's attack and were reduced to disembodied souls.
Spirits effectively replace trophies from earlier Smash installments as the game's main collectible. Gameplay-wise, most spirits can be equipped to fighters to enhance their stats and/or provide positive effects. Thus, they are also similar to stickers in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and equipment in Super Smash Bros. 4.
List of Spirits[]
Of the 1524 spirits featured in the game, five are from the Fatal Fury series, and six are from other SNK series.
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DLC Spirit Board[]
DLC Spirits is a mode added in Version 3.0.0 where players can collect spirits based on each respective Challenger Pack, with the background and music of the menu of each DLC Spirit Board being themed after it. Unlike the Spirit Board, where Spirit Battles can be played and rotated around in a limited amount of time, Spirit Battles in this mode can be played as many times as the player wants, and if the player defeats a Spirit, they get it right away instead of having to shoot it, much like in World of Light. These boards can also have multiple pages if there are more than eight spirits in a given board (excluding enhanced spirits). The only way to access spirits exclusive to the DLC boards without the DLC being purchased is by spending Gold on them in the Vault Shop or finishing Classic Mode with any fighter, although their Spirit Battles cannot be rematched in the Spirit List.
The DLC Spirits for Terry was released alongside him in the Version 6.0.0 update. This comes with 11 Spirits. Completing all the Spirit Battles on the board will reward the player with 10,000 Gold.
Spirit Battles[]
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Adventure Mode: World of Light[]
Adventure Mode: World of Light is a single-player story mode in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The story revolves around characters going up against a mysterious foe known as Galeem with an army of Master Hands. They were all seemingly vaporized (except for Kirby who managed to escape on his Warp Star) along with the rest of the universe. Kirby then crash-landed on a mysterious planet and embarked on a mission to save everyone who are revealed to have been captured and cloned, with the help of Spirits.
The player starts with Kirby as the only fighter available in the party. They travel in an overworld map where they encounter puppet fighters on their way, which are possessed by spirits. Once the puppet fighter is defeated, their spirit is obtained by the player, which can be equipped to a fighter. The player will also encounter fighters. Defeating them adds them to the party.
Due to his status as downloadable content, Terry does not have a legitimate role in World of Light. Instead, he is unlocked for use in the mode after freeing 10 fighters from Galeem's control. If loading an existing save file that meets this condition before downloading Terry, he is immediately unlocked.
Trivia[]
- Terry's reveal trailer makes several references to other SNK titles:
- The beginning of the trailer shows an invitation falling into Kyo Kusanagi's hand, a scene taken directly from the opening of The King of Fighters '94. The message ending with [S] (which may thought that "S" stand for "Sakurai", in reference to series director Masahiro Sakurai, but was later revealed to stand for "Smash") is a reference to Rugal Bernstein ending the message with his initial [R].
- Ryo Sakazaki's cut-in is a sequence taken from The King of Fighters '96 intro.
- Joe Higashi and Andy Bogard's appearance features a sequence from Fatal Fury Special.
- Geese Howard falling from his tower references Geese's demise at the end of Fatal Fury: King of Fighters.
- Nakoruru's sequence is from the Vs. screen of Samurai Shodown II.
- Iori Yagami's sequence is taken directly from The King of Fighters '95, complete with his laughter from his signature win pose.
- Terry's hand that grabs the invitation is taken from his ending of Real Bout Fatal Fury.
- Terry's silhouette is from the opening of Real Bout Fatal Fury.
- Terry's inclusion in the game marks several milestones within the fighting game sphere:
- It is the second time Capcom, SNK, Square Enix and Bandai Namco (more specifically, Street Fighter, Fatal Fury, Final Fantasy, and Tekken) have crossed over in a fighting game developed by Bandai Namco, as Akuma, Geese, Noctis, and Kazuya Mishima previously crossed over in Tekken 7.
- It marks the second game to initiate the clashing return between SNK and Capcom, many years after the SNK vs. Capcom crossover series, with the first game being Tekken 7 as already mentioned above.
- It marks the second time SNK and SEGA collaborated together, the first being Mai's appearances with the Virtua Fighter cast in Dead or Alive 5 Last Round.
- With Kazuya Mishima added as a DLC character in the 2nd Fighters Pass, this marks the 2nd time where Terry and Kazuya appeared as playable characters in the same game, the first being The King of Fighters All Star, while Geese is a DLC character in Tekken 7.
- Among all the fighting game series appearing in Smash, this marks the first time the Nintendo fighting game, ARMS, crosses over with Terry and all the other fighting game characters present.
- One major SNK character that is absent from the game in any major capacity is Mai Shiranui. In the presentation issued by Nintendo on the day the content was released, Masahiro Sakurai explained that, in order to keep the CERO rating Smash Ultimate has in Japan (being an A for an all-ages rating; KOF XIV, for example, has a C rating, for ages 15 and up), Mai had to be left out of the game due to her iconic outfit being too sexually suggestive (while the game, like the previous titles, still featured several elements would feel out of place for a family-friendly video game played by younger players, such elements are considerably toned down in this game; one such example is Bayonetta's Wicked Weave moves leaving her with some of her clothes on rather than rendering her completely naked as in her own games). Since the ESRB (in which Smash Ultimate is rated E-10+, corresponding to ages 10 and up) and PEGI (which classifies the game 12, for that age and up) uses different rating system standards than CERO, the translation instead said that Smash "is for good boys and girls of many different ages", in a tongue-and-cheek manner.
- Curiously, none of the Fatal Fury spirit battles feature Terry as a puppet fighter, making the series one of the three playable universes to not feature all playable characters from the series in their spirit battles with the others being the Mario and Final Fantasy series.
- Masahiro Sakurai has cited The King of Fighters '95 as part of his inspiration for creating the Super Smash Bros. series of games, saying that an experience he had at an arcade handily defeating a novice made him want to create a fighting game that treated players of all skill levels more equally and could be fun for all players even when matched against someone less skilled.[1]
- Terry's Stage, The King of Fighters Stadium, has the most background characters of all stages featuring cameos, in a total of 20 characters.
- The background characters in the King of Fighters Stadium stage are placed in a similar manner in early titles of the King of Fighters series, where inactive team members watch in the background. Additionally they will be shown doing their poses from said titles.
- The background characters have various tidbits that are impossible to see in-game:
- The back of Billy's jacket, as mentioned by Masahiro Sakurai, has the No Smoking symbol from Real Bout Fatal Fury. It also has that reads "The Future Is Now", which is SNK's slogan. This slogan is also found on some of the banners in the background of the stage.
- King's bra can be seen in her model textures. This bra is a reference to the original Art of Fighting, in which by destroying her clothes by winning against her with a special move, she would admit to being a woman. This easter egg would carry over to her appearance in the game's sequel as well as her appearances in The King of Fighters '94, '95, XIII, and XIV.
- One of the stages, Boxing Ring, features a jumbotron that occasionally features unique titles for the playable cast. Terry's unique title is "The Legendary Wolf", which is his commonly used nickname in both Fatal Fury and The King of Fighters series.
Videos[]
External links[]
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Official website
- Terry's amiibo page
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on the Super Smash Bros. Wiki
References[]
- ↑ From Kong to Kirby: Smash Bros.' Masahiro Sakurai on mashing up 35 years of gaming history The Guardian, Retrieved June 3, 2021