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In 1999 Nintendo Had A Real-Life Wrestling Match Starring Mario And Pikachu
15.2.2023
Back in 1999, around the time of the release of the original Super Smash Bros. on the N64, Nintendo had a big idea. To help promote the game they would go to Vegas, set up a wrestling ring, get a bunch of actors to wear Nintendo character costumes and have them go at it.Read more
Rihanna's Halftime Show Looked Like A Smash Bros. Stage
13.2.2023
Look, you probably saw the show and noticed it straight anyway regardless, but just in case you didn’t, here are a bunch of people all making the same joke: that Rihanna’s halftime performance at the Super Bowl tonight looked just like a Smash Bros. stage.Read more
Smash Bros. Pro Got Hurt Jumping Out Of Illegal Taxi On Way To Tourney
27.1.2023
A big fighting game tournament, Genesis 9, took place from January 20-23 in San Jose, California. Top talent from around the world, including Super Smash Bros. competitors Leonardo “MkLeo” Lopez and Samuel “Dabuz” Buzby, gathered at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center to play games like Guilty...
Top Smash Ultimate Player Throws Controller At Tournament, Sparks 'Privilege' Discourse
23.1.2023
Genesis 9, a major fighting game tournament, took place over the weekend. There were stellar combos and massive upsets as the supermajor event for Super Smash Bros. Melee and Ultimate concluded on January 22. Unfortunately, while the tournament was underway, one of Canada’s top Kazuya players...
Nintendo Says It ‘Cares’ About Smash Bros. Fans As Tournament Dispute Continues
2.12.2022
If you’ve been following the dizzying drama around the Smash World Tour, you may have seen Nintendo’s new statement regarding the tournament’s sudden cancellation. The Mario maker has said it “cares about Super Smash Bros. fans,” expressly stating that esports organization Panda Global had...
Smash Bros. Tournament Fiasco Has Players Boycotting Events
30.11.2022
In the wake of Nintendo being Nintendo and unceremoniously canceling the Smash World Tour, one of the year’s biggest esports tournaments dedicated to all things Super Smash Bros., copious folks in the game’s community have come out in protest. Casual fans, pro players, long-time commentators,...
Super Smash Bros. Director Shares Footage Of Early Prototype That Inspired The Series
21.10.2022
In case you missed it, Super Smash Bros.’ Masahiro Sakurai has a fantastic YouTube channel now where he shares all kinds of cool ideas and stories about games development. Example: in his latest video, he has shown off footage of Dragon King: The Fighting Game, a prototype fighting game that would...
Fired Smash Bros. Ultimate Tester Will Get $25,000 In Nintendo Union-Busting Settlement
13.10.2022
Nintendo, and a former game tester fired earlier this year, have seemingly reached a settlement in an labor dispute that kicked off widespread allegations about bad working conditions at the Mario maker’s U.S. office. Mackenzie Clifton, who worked on games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, will...
Super Smash Bros. Director Is A YouTuber Now, And I Love It
25.8.2022
Did you know that back in 2006, Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai helped develop a Tamagotchi-like game where you raise virtual beetles on these smol LCD toys and send them off to fight other beetles over infrared connectivity a la Street Pass? It’s new news to me, and one of many...
Tvůrce Super Smash Bros. spustil youtubový kanál o tvorbě her
25.8.2022
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Director Stops Posting Daily Screens, Ending An Era
23.8.2022
It’s regrettably over. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate has officially been laid to rest today, as director Masahiro Sakurai won’t post any more daily screenshots from the game on his Twitter, something he’s done since December 2019. The final nail has been placed. It’s the end of an era.Read more
July's Best-Selling Game Was MultiVersus, A Free-To-Play Smash-Like
19.8.2022
The best-selling video game last month was a free-to-play fighter from a company in flux. Yes, MultiVersus, also known as Super Warner Bros. Melee, topped the sales charts for July 2022, according to data-tracking firm NPD.Read more
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Competitive Community Really Hates Steve From Minecraft
15.8.2022
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate stans had an exciting weekend as SmashCon, an annual tournament dedicated to Nintendo’s popular crossover fighter (and clones like Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl) wrapped up on August 14. There were plenty of upsets, including one of the world’s best players, MkLeo, taking...
Real Human Being LeBron James Is Taking His Talents To MultiVersus
22.7.2022
MultiVersus, the free-to-play Smash-like based on Warner Bros. properties like Scooby-Doo and Steven Universe, launches in open beta on July 26. And according to fresh news out of today’s Comic Con presentation, NBA superstar LeBron James will join the fighting game as a playable character that...
10 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing MultiVersus, WB's Smash-Like Fighter
22.7.2022
MultiVersus is a free-to-play platform fighter, a statement that might draw comparisons to Nintendo’s original take on the genre, Smash Bros. But a good platform fighter will take the basic foundation established by Nintendo’s popular franchise and use it to create something newish. MultiVersus...
Velma Might Be The Best Character In MultiVersus, WB's Smash-Like Fighting Game
20.7.2022
MultiVersus arguably started with what’s known as the Ultra Instinct Shaggy meme. Derived from YouTuber Midya’s edit of an episode from Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur—where a hypnotized Shaggy single handedly defeats a biker gang—it was a viral hit that some felt culminated in the creation...
Smash Champ Apologizes For Attending Tournament While Seriously Ill
11.7.2022
After courting controversy for playing in a major Super Smash Bros. tournament over the weekend despite being seriously ill, world-class competitor Juan “Hungrybox” Debiedma is now apologizing for his “incredibly selfish” decision.Read more
Smash Bros. Ultimate Fan Mod Adds Crono From Chrono Trigger
17.6.2022
Last year, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate announced that Sora from Kingdom Hearts would be the last character in the fighting game roster. But that hasn’t stopped fans from trying to add their own favorites to the game. Yesterday, a fan uploaded a mod that lets Smash players turn Hero into Crono from...
Kingdom Hearts’ Director Was ‘Very Picky’ About Adding Sora To Smash Bros. Ultimate
15.6.2022
Sora, the hero of Square Enix’s Kingdom Hearts series, was added to Nintendo’s mash-up brawler Super Smash Bros. Ultimate last October, earning the distinction of being the final addition to the game’s massive roster. It was a heartwarming announcement for a fighter who’s actually kinda cool...
Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting Shaken Up By Its Own Wave-Dashing Moment
2.6.2022
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate fans are obsessed with ranking the game’s extensive, crossover cast of video game characters in tier lists. Tier lists constantly change to reflect alterations to the game’s meta, caused by balance updates released by Nintendo, but also players finding new techniques....