Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is A “Brand New Game”
Super Smash Bros. fans have a lot of questions after the reveal of Super smash Bros. Ultimate last Tuesday. One of them is, if the new game in the franchise is an enhanced version of the game for WiiU, but with more characters? To which Nintendo responded that the game is definitely not an enhanced version of the previous game.
USGamer interviewed Nate Bihldorff, localization manager at Nintendo, and he confirmed that the game got “significant” texture updates, and that the new game in the franchise is a “new game built from the ground up.” He also shared that Nintendo doesn’t think of the series as a bunch of sequels, but rather “new Smash Bros. games.” Bihldorff explained to USGamer that in order to really see the new engine in action, you need to look at the little nuances, like the lighting in a certain stage or character interaction differences. With this, he backs up the “tens of thousands of changes” comment from Sakurai.
BGR said in an article on their website:
“Everything has been built brand new,” said Bihldorff, reassuring fans with his answers. “Of course you see returning characters and returning movesets, but that’s sort of the nature of a fighting game. You obviously want to bring in new players, but you have to satisfy core players. If I’m playing Mario and I don’t have a good Up and B, I’m going to be writing my local congressman to get it changed. It’s a tough balance, but yeah, it’s a brand new game.”
To back up this claim, Bihldorff pointed to the returning stages from the Wii U game, which were already rendered in HD and didn’t need to have much work done on them to make sense in a Switch game. The developers still went in to upgrade textures and change the lighting to bring the stage up to snuff. And then there are the character models, all of which look significantly better than they did in 2014. Visually, Ultimate is more than just an update.
We still don’t know much about the content of the game aside from the massive roster of characters and gameplay changes, but that’s where many casual fans will look to determine whether or not Ultimate is truly a new game. How many multiplayer modes will there be? What will single player look like? Why isn’t Waluigi playable? And will Master Hand return? We’ll have answers soon, as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arrives on December 7th.”
In addition to various visual changes and the new characters, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has a handful of new and returning mechanics, including a new short hop attack shortcut and a directional air dodge. Bihldorff said that in yesterday’s Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 Tournament, he already saw new techniques emerge among the pro gamers in the event.
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