Latest Smash Bros. Ultimate tournament to feature mega-sized battles
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Nintendo is gearing up for another tournament in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For this week’s theme, all characters will be mega-sized. This is an opportunity for players to earn more spirits.
The event kicks off on December 20. Look for the tournament to last a total of three days.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate now the best-selling fighting game of all time in the U.S.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate was already confirmed to be the best-selling fighting game of all time as far as worldwide sales go. The Switch game had reported sales of 15.71 million, surpassing Street Fighter II’s total of 15.5 million.
Smash Bros. Ultimate has also now reached a similar milestone specifically in the United States. As revealed by the latest NPD sales data, it has become the best-selling fighting game of all time in the country. Super Smash Bros. Brawl previously held that title.
More: NPD, sales, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, top
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to host new tournament with focus on the 1980s
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be hosting its latest tournament this week. Nintendo just announced the event, which features fighters and stages from the 1980s. You can get a better idea of what will be available in the graphic above.
The new tournament goes live on Friday, December 13. Expect it to last a total of three days.
Nintendo UK store restocking Smash Bros. GameCube controller soon
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in GameCube, General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
The Smash Bros. GameCube controller has been tough to come by if you’re a regular consumer. There hasn’t been a whole lot of stock circulating, leading to increased prices on second-hand markets. Fortunately, it looks like restocks are starting to happen.
The Nintendo UK store is now taking pre-orders for the Smash Bros. controller. The page lists a release date of December 7, with new stock due to dispatch in late January 2020.
You can reserve the controller from the Nintendo UK store here.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate celebrating first anniversary with new Spirit Board event
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be a year old this week. To celebrate, the game is hosting a new Spirit Board event.
While active, players can earn triple the amount of experience and SP. A 50% damage item will also be provided.
The new Spirit Board event goes live on December 6. It will last for a total of three days.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate getting new Resident Evil spirits
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Last week, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate added new spirits from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield. The fun continues this week with Resident Evil. Nintendo just announced that players will be able to get their hands on four new spirits from the Resident Evil series.
This new event kicks off in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on November 29. It will last for a total of five days.
[Nintendo Everything Podcast] – episode #55 – Game Awards predictions and reactions, Animal Crossing subscription
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, Podcast | 0 comments
Hello my happy helpers and fortune cookies! This week on NEP, Oni Dino and Galen are talking The Game Awards, the industry and mobile monetization schemes. We chat about the nominees, snubs, predictions for Nintendo and past instances—new Smash DLC fighter? Metroid? Bayonetta? Who knows! Let’s keep it logical, though.
Then we tackle Animal Crossing Pocket Camp getting a subscription service with a very opinionated argument over if free-to-play games like these should even be considered games. We finish things off with some Pokemon talk on the new designs, and the Gizmodo situation in our listener mail segment.
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Sakurai humbly celebrates Smash Bros. Ultimate beating Street Fighter II’s sales, talks eSports, FGC, the true appeal of Smash
Posted on 5 years ago by Oni Dino(@Oni_Dino) in General Nintendo, News, Switch | 0 comments
In this week’s issue of Famitsu, Masahiro Sakurai has published his latest column. In this article, Sakurai addresses the sales of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate surpassing Street Fighter II in a very humble and logical way. He then discusses the legacy of Street Fighter II, and Smash’s appeal in direct opposition to the fighting game genre.
We’ve prepared a full translation below the break.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Pokemon Sword/Shield spirit event now live
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The latest Super Smash Bros. Spirit Board Event has begun, adding four new Pokémon spirits based on Pokémon from the Galar Region: Zacian & Zamazenta, Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble, Morpeko and Corviknight. It runs for 5 days from today, so make sure you grab them while you can.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate adding Pokemon Sword/Shield spirits
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has announced a new spirits-related event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. New spirits from Pokemon Sword and Pokemon Shield will be joining the game, the company revealed today.
The Pokemon Sword/Shield Spirit Board event goes live on November 22. It will last for five full days.
