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The world record for longest amount of time consecutively playing Smash Bros. is officially 69 hours

Well, 69 hours, four minutes, and 20 seconds to be precise. You are reading that headline correctly, a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate player has achieved the world record for longest amount of time playing the game at 69 hours, four minutes, and 20 seconds. Some of us will become doctors or nurses, jobs that help people. Others will create art that moves us to tears. But occasionally, a person comes along that is destined for greatness – in this case, that person is YouTuber TCNick3, who achieved a world record for the longest amount of time spent playing a Smash…

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Masahiro Sakurai’s Smash Ultimate screenshots to run out sometime in August

The long-standing tradition is coming to an end. Technically, Smash Bros. Ultimate and new content for it all came to an end back in October 2021, when Kingdom Hearts’ Sora was introduced to the fighting game. However, Smash has continued to live on not just through its loyal community, but through the creative screenshots of its director, Masahiro Sakurai. Watch Mr. Sakurai himself introduce Pyra/Mythra to Smash Bros. Ultimate. Sakurai started, and committed to, a long-standing tradition of posting screenshots from the game to Twitter every day. These screenshots in particular have been of great joy and amusement to many…

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Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Getting Shaken Up By Its Own Wave-Dashing Moment

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. The Smash community recently found a new technique with potential to drastically change the game’s meta: the slingshot.

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Nintendo Switch sold over 92 million worldwide to date

Recent games like The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD also moved millions of units. Nintendo’s recent financial report (via Gematsu) touted the fast-selling Nintendo Switch’s success, having sold over 92 million systems to date. That’s including 3.83 million Switch hardware units it sold in Q2. Software sales are also thriving, with over 681 million games sold, 48.6 million of which were in the last sales quarter. Specific game lifetime sales were also shared, with Mario Kart 8 Deluxe predictably taking the top slot with 38.74 million sold. Perhaps more amazing, though, is the #2 slot being Animal Crossing: New…

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Sora Impressions – How good is the game’s final fighter?

Was the final Smash Bros. Ultimate fighter worth the wait? Nintendo put smiles on a lot of faces when it revealed that Kingdom Hearts’ Sora was to be Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s final fighter to join the roster. Now Sora is out, I’ve put him through his paces to see how he stacks up. In the video above you can see what I think about Sora. As someone who has put a lot of time into Smash Bros. Ultimate since its release, Sora feels good. Sora is most definitely a character that thrives in the air and is quite easy…

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Sephiroth announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

By Dom Peppiatt, Friday, 11 December 2020 00:11 GMT Nintendo has lived up to its promise and revealed a brand new Smash character at The Game Awards today.Sakurai and Nintendo have shown off Sephiroth at the annual event, and the newly unveiled fighter will be the third character to join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster as part of Fighter Pass Vol. 2. He will arrive this month.It’s become something of a trend for Nintendo, announcing fighters at The Game Awards – it’s the same place the company opted to unveil Joker from Persona 5 way back in 2018.You can take…

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Nintendo blocks Smash Bros. tournament over mod use

By Alex Calvin, Friday, 20 November 2020 13:07 GMT Another new foe has appeared!The Big House, a Super Smash Bros. tournament, has been cancelled after Nintendo issued a cease and desist order.The event organisers announced the news via Twitter, saying that Nintendo of America ordered it to cancel the tournament over its use of mods.The Big House is a US Smash Bros tournament that has been taking place every year since 2011. This year’s online-only event was set to have fans brawling in Nintendo Switch title Smash Bros Ultimate, as well as GameCube release, Smash Bros Melee.As the latter doesn’t…

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Minecraft DLC releases on October 13

By Stephany Nunneley, Saturday, 3 October 2020 16:42 GMT During today’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate stream, it was announced Steve and Alex from Minecraft will be released as DLC on October 13.Minecraft’s Steve and Alex will join the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate roster on October 13, Nintendo announced today.The release date was announced during a special stream today featuring Masahiro Sakurai.Steve and Alex will feature two color variations each for a total of six. When selecting this new fighter, players will be able to choose between a Steve or Alex skin, and can also choose to look like the Zombie…

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Next DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be revealed tomorrow

By Stephany Nunneley, Wednesday, 30 September 2020 15:42 GMT Nintendo will announce the next DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tomorrow.The next DLC character for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be announced on October 1. You can expect the stream to last around three minutes, which will be followed by a message from director Masahiro Sakurai (thanks, Nintendo Everything).Tune in at 7am PT, 10am ET, 3pm UK, 4pm BST.The latest DLC character to be added to the game was Min Min, a guest from Arms. She came with a new stage, Spring Stadium, and 18 music tracks from Arms.Min…