Fact File
Format: Cartridge & eShop
Release: December 7, 2018
Genre: Fighting Series
Developer: SORA, Bandai Namco
Publisher: Nintendo
Players: 1 to 8
Price: $59.99
Rating: Rating Pending
Other: All previous characters + Ridley & Inklings
Nintendo Times Radio 152: I Hope This Is Not Chris’s Blood
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Q3 Fiscal Year 2021 Nintendo Financial Results
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Q2 Fiscal Year 2021 Nintendo Financial Results
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September 2020 NPD: Switch #1 For 22 Consecutive Months
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August 2020 NPD Video Game Sales Results
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Nintendo Celebrates Super Mario Bros. 35th Anniversary With Games, Products & More
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July 2020 NPD Video Game Sales Results
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June 2020 NPD Video Game Sales Results
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Nintendo Download: Drill Baby Drill!
Mr. Driller DrillLand, Trails of Cold Steel III, Brigandine The Legend of Runersia, Blair Witch, Collar X Malice, Star Wars Episode I Racer, Urban Trial Tricky, Yes, Your Grace & more on the way to the eShop.
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Nintendo Times Radio 117: EA Play Live & Top 10 Capcom Games
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May 2020 NPD Video Game Sales Results
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Nintendo’s Full Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results
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March 2020 NPD Sales Results
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February 2020 NPD Sales Results
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January 2020 NPD Sales Results
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Nintendo Times Radio 106: Top 10 Most Anticipated Games Of 2020
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December 2019 NPD Sales Results
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November 2019 NPD Sales Results
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October 2019 NPD Sales Results
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Nintendo’s 2nd Quarter FY 2020 Financial Results
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July 2019 NPD Shows Strong Switch Hardware & Software Sales
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Nintendo Switch Online Game Vouchers
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Nintendo Times Radio 87: Future Gaming
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Nintendo Financial Results FY 2019 Briefing
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Nintendo Download: Fatality!
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Splatoon 2 & Super Smash Bros. Ultimate World Championships At E3
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Video Update: 4 New Nintendo Switch Japanese Commercials
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Nintendo Direct Press Release
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Register your game before Jan. 31 to get the extra fighter for free.
December 2018 NPD Video Game Industry Sales Results
Nintendo Switch best selling console for December and all of 2018.
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Nintendo Times Radio 77: We Game The Awards
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Check out the Japanese Super Smash Bros. Ultimate commercials. They’re kind of…addicting? Plus more!
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Earn up to 425 Gold Points if you pre-purchase both the game and the Fighters Pass.
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Official Nintendo Direct Press Release & Videos
Your one-stop information drop on everything included in today’s Nintendo Direct.
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Select college football games are about to get even more competitive off the field!
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Pre-Order Nintendo Switch Online 12-Month & 3-Month Memberships At Amazon
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Playable At San Diego Comic-Con
Play the game early this week if you’re attending!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Music Samples
Music from Mega Man 4, Kirby Air Ride, Snipperclips, Splatoon, Metroid, Street Fighter II & Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Video Updates – E3 Treehouse: Octopath Traveler, Killer Queen Black, Hollow Knight & Smash Bros.
Miss out on Nintendo’s live coverage last week? They’ve posted some videos.
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If you want to play Super Smash Bros. Ultimate the old fashioned way, you can.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Is Not A Port; Arrives On December 7
Every single fighter from prior games, plus a few new ones, join the battle.
New Amiibo Announced
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Nintendo Smashes E3 With 2018 Lineup
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Nintendo Times Radio 64.7: E3 2018 Special – Nintendo Switch Direct
Nintendo finally blew the doors off of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate for the Switch and had a couple of surprises as well.
A Handy Guide To Nintendo’s Events At E3 2018
Dates and times for scheduled events, plus be one of the first to play Pokémon: Let’s, Go Pikachu!
Check Out The Super Smash Bros. Invitational 2018 Tournament Participants
Who will you be rooting for next month at the Smash Bros. Switch tournament?
The Super Smash Bros. Series Heads To Nintendo Switch In 2018
Here’s the official press release for today’s Nintendo Direct.
