Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Games review
As of Oct 22, 2026, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is rated 93/100 on Metacritic (110 critic reviews), and 92/100 on OpenCritic (149 critic reviews). Each source is shown in its own units, never blended into one score.
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Is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate worth it in 2026?
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate earned widespread critical acclaim, backed by aggregate scores of 93/100 on Metacritic across 110 reviews and 92/100 on OpenCritic across 149 reviews. Sampled critics consistently highlight its refined fighting mechanics alongside an expansive character roster and entertaining match types. Dedicated single-player additions, particularly the World of Light campaign, ensure the extensive content reaches well beyond standard versus bouts. The result is a highly polished, comprehensive fighting game that delivers substantial variety for both solo and multiplayer play.
Fighting game enthusiasts and solo players seeking a content-rich experience packed with a massive character roster and varied match modes.
The sampled critic reviews identified no specific flaws or complaints for this title.
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Pros
- massive character roster6
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- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is an absurdly content-rich fighting game experience with a massive roster of fighters and a slew of entertaining match types.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate takes characters we've played for decades and remasters them into a robust, fantastically enjoyable package
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s gameplay is so snappy and fluid, its characters so rewarding in their variety, that it feels destined to dominate living rooms once again.
- abundant overall content6
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- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is an absurdly content-rich fighting game experience with a massive roster of fighters and a slew of entertaining match types.
- A chaos of details and features come together for one of the Switch's most generous - and exhilarating - games.
- A wealth of tweaks and new additions like the World of Light campaign help to keep Ultimate from feeling like a greatest-hits retread
- refined fighting gameplay5
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- Ultimate is a comprehensive, considered, and charming package that refines and builds on Smash's already strong and enduring fighting system.
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s gameplay is so snappy and fluid, its characters so rewarding in their variety, that it feels destined to dominate living rooms once again.
- It’s difficult to imagine the type of gamer for whom Smash Ultimate has no appeal. This is a big game, and with the fat skimmed off, a remarkable one. Its core attraction, fighting...
- strong singleplayer modes4
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- A wealth of tweaks and new additions like the World of Light campaign help to keep Ultimate from feeling like a greatest-hits retread
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate delivers on its namesake and proves to be an amazing fighting game with fantastic single player content and addictive multiplayer.
- Nintendo Switch has made its year historic with this video game. Ultimate is not a Super Smash Bros Deluxe, it is the work of 20 years of success and a new way of revolutionary und...
Cons
None stood out across the reviews.
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