Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a platform fighting game developed by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Studios, released in 2018 for Nintendo Switch. The most expansive entry in the series, it brings together every fighter ever in the franchise — 89 playable characters — alongside a massive roster of stages, music tracks, and modes, earning it the Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is a platform fighting game developed by Sora Ltd. and Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch, released in December 2018. Directed by Masahiro Sakurai, it is the fifth mainline entry in the Super Smash Bros. series and its most ambitious — bringing back every fighter from every previous game while adding new characters, making it the largest roster in the series' history.
The game is a platform fighter in which players knock opponents off the stage to score eliminations, with damage accumulation increasing knockback rather than depleting a health bar. Its accessible surface and competitive depth made it one of the most-played fighting games in the world. World of Light, a sprawling single-player adventure mode, provided a substantial solo experience built around collecting spirit characters from across gaming history.
Ultimate's marketing slogan — "Everyone is Here" — became a defining cultural moment in gaming. The final roster included 89 playable fighters spanning Nintendo's history and beyond: Mario, Link, Pikachu, Sonic, Pac-Man, Snake, Cloud, Joker, Banjo-Kazooie, Sora, and many more. Each character was given new moves, updated visuals, and balance tuning, representing an enormous production effort across five years.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate won the Golden Joystick Award for Game of the Year in 2018, beating out strong competition from God of War and Red Dead Redemption 2. Rolling Stone ranked it #36 on their 2025 list of the 50 Greatest Video Games of All Time.