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Home»News»Gaming News»Super Smash Bros Ultimate Is A Far More Balanced Title Than You’d Think

Super Smash Bros Ultimate Is A Far More Balanced Title Than You’d Think

By Todd BlackMay 21, 2024
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Header Image, Masahiro Sakurai

Fighting games have, at times, been infamous for having certain characters be “far better” than others. Whether it be because of certain gameplay mechanics, unique features, or just a size advantage (looking at you, Yoda from SoulCalibur IV!), having a broken character can be tiring when you face them. That brings me to Super Smash Bros Ultimate, which has nearly 90 characters on its roster when you add the DLC characters. Given the large roster, that must mean that the game has plenty of character imbalances, right? Wrong.

That’s all thanks to Masahiro Sakurai. In the latest video of his “Creating Games” series, he revealed that Super Smash Bros Ultimate is SO BALANCED…that the difference between win rates from the “best character” to the “worst character” is less than 4%. No, really, that’s the number. Sakurai worked hard with the team to ensure that characters were balanced without feeling both overpowered or “average” in nature.  Check out what he meant via the video below:

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Todd Black

A self-proclaimed Nintendo fanboy, born, bred, and Mushroom fed! He’s owned every Nintendo handheld and every console since the SNES. He's got a degree in video game development, is a published comic book writer and an author of several novels!

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