Get the lowdown on the crazy new Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Adventure Mode, Spirits Mode, online play, post-launch content, and more!
Nintendo just dropped their final pre-launch Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Direct, and, in addition to learning about three new fighters ( more on them here) we received a ton of info on the game’s mysterious Spirits Mode, surprise Adventure Mode, and more! If you’ve got 40 minutes to spare, you can check out the entire Smash Bros. Direct, below.
Spirits Mode looks to be the real meat-and-potatoes of Smash Bros. Ultimate. Basically, players can unlock “spirits” based on a huge array of minor characters not important enough to qualify for full fighter or Assist Trophy status. You can then equip a combination of these spirits to the fighter of your choice, giving yourself a variety of stat and ability boosts. You can check out a video intro to Spirits Mode below (thanks to GameXplain for capturing these individual bits from the Direct).
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Here’s a more detailed description courtesy of Nintendo:
Nintendo also surprise-revealed that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will once again have a full story-driven Adventure Mode, entitled World of Light. According to Sakurai, World of Light won’t be quite as crazy as the Subspace Emissary from Smash Bros. Brawl, as the focus will be on fun over story, but the mode’s opening cutscene is pretty crazy. See for yourself…
Nintendo also detailed Smash Bros. Ultimate’s online options. This time around, matchmaking will be based on your preferred rules, proximity, and your Global Smash Power ranking. Hopefully that makes matches a little more reliable! All Ultimate players will have to create a Smash Tag, and you can earn other people’s Smash Tags by beating them. Here are some of the new online modes and features available in Smash Bros. Ultimate:
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Finally, Smash Bros. Ultimate will also be getting a Fighters Pass, which will include five characters, each with own stage and a batch of new music. The Fighters Pass will cost $25, or you can buy each fighter individually for $6. Oh, and Piranha Plant (yes, there’s going to be a Piranha Plant fighter) is a free post-launch bonus, and not part of the Pass.
Phew! That’s a lot of info! And there’s a ton of stuff I haven’t touched on – again, check out the full Nintendo Direct if you want to know everything .
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate throws down on Nintendo Switch on December 7.
