{"id":2049,"date":"2020-04-17T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-04-17T21:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2049"},"modified":"2023-10-25T20:10:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T02:10:17","slug":"video-game-super-smash-bros-ultimate-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/17\/video-game-super-smash-bros-ultimate-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO GAME: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SuperSuper Smash Bros. Ultimate
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2018
\nRating: E10
\nTime Played: ~45 hours<\/p>\n

I grew up playing the original Super Smash Bros.<\/em> on the Nintendo 64. I loved being able to play as a variety of characters across some well-known (and perhaps less well-known) Nintendo franchises. With each iteration of the series, I\u2019ve enjoyed seeing new characters representing new and classic games join the roster. However, even if I can understand cutting some characters as the series moved forward, it was still a disappointment when I couldn\u2019t play as my favorites in subsequent entries in the franchise. This is why I was hyped up for the release of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em>.<\/p>\n

For the first time, I was able to play as a staggeringly large number of characters. The fact that (almost) everything from previous games made it into this one made it feel like this was a celebration of the history of video games and not just a party brawler. And while I didn\u2019t bother with the DLC for the 3DS version of the series, I jumped right in and got the first DLC fighter pack when it was released. This speaks to how Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em> appeals to me in that I want the fullest experience of the game that already had a pretty full experience.<\/p>\n

And while I appreciated the \u201cWorld of Light\u201d single-player campaign and the \u201cSpirits\u201d that can be used to enhance the player characters, the amount of unlocking I needed to do so I could play as my favorite (or some of the newer) characters felt a bit tedious at times. Plus, with so many characters to choose from, there is a bit of choice paralysis that has prevented me from completing most of the single-player story modes with these characters. Still, the game remains approachable for all skill levels, especially if you want to play by yourself.<\/p>\n

A party brawler that\u2019s Nintendo\u2019s love letter to the history of gaming, I give Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

\"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" \"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" \"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\" \"255px-Five-pointed_star_svg\"<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Year: 2018 Rating: E10 Time Played: ~45 hours I grew up playing the original Super Smash Bros. on the Nintendo 64. I loved being able to play as a variety of characters across some well-known (and perhaps less well-known) Nintendo franchises. With each iteration of the series, I\u2019ve enjoyed seeing new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,1900],"tags":[1020,2311,2312,2310,2315,2186,1901,8,2306,2307,2305,2303,2308,2309,2304,2314,906,2313],"class_list":["post-2049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-0-stars","category-video-game","tag-1020","tag-dlc","tag-downloadable-content","tag-fighting","tag-multiplayer","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-switch","tag-review","tag-smash-bros","tag-smash-brothers","tag-super-smash-bros","tag-super-smash-bros-ultimate","tag-super-smash-brothers","tag-super-smash-brothers-ultimate","tag-ultimate","tag-versus","tag-video-game","tag-world-of-light"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2049"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2056,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2049\/revisions\/2056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}