{"id":212678,"date":"2021-03-10T17:20:51","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:20:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gamerant.com\/super-smash-bros-ultimate-third-fighters-pass-long-term-support\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T17:20:51","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T17:20:51","slug":"super-smash-bros-ultimate-a-third-fighters-pass-would-have-big-implications-beyond-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/super-smash-bros-ultimate-a-third-fighters-pass-would-have-big-implications-beyond-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: A Third Fighters Pass Would Have Big Implications Beyond It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/em><\/strong> is quickly nearing the end of its second Fighters Pass. Now that Mythra and Pyra have released, fans are eager to see who the last two guests in\u00a0the Switch’s highly successful\u00a0Smash\u00a0<\/em>entry will be. On top of that, fans are wondering whether this is really the end of the line. Nintendo has yet to turn around and say that it’s going to release a third wave of DLC, but considering how successful\u00a0Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is, it wouldn’t be surprising. There’s still a lot of famous characters that fans really want to see join\u00a0Smash<\/em> too. There really doesn’t seem to be any better opportunity than a game with the tagline “Everyone is here.”<\/p>\n

It’s certain that a third Fighters Pass<\/a> would really excite fans, and it’d sell well too. The question is\u00a0whether or not it would be a good thing for Smash<\/em>, as a franchise, in the long term.\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em> is intentionally designed to be the definitive Super\u00a0<\/em>Smash Bros.\u00a0<\/em>game, bringing the whole franchise together under one roof and updating everything to modern standards. What, then, would any future iteration of the\u00a0Smash<\/em> franchise look like? If Nintendo decides to keep expanding\u00a0Smash Ultimate,<\/em> how can any future game live up to its legacy?<\/p>\n

RELATED: How a Monster Hunter Could Work in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The intention has clearly been to make\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em> a crowning achievement for the franchise all along. Nobody expected every single character to come back for a new\u00a0Smash<\/em> game and then some, but Nintendo and Smash<\/em> director\u00a0Masahiro Sakurai<\/a> defied expectations and delivered a real blockbuster of a game. That’s why it makes sense that Nintendo pushed for a second wave of DLC fighters, and why a third wave would be certainly believable. If the game is already supposed to be the ultimate\u00a0Smash<\/em> title, why not lean into the name and expand the game for years on end?<\/p>\n

The answer to that is what it might mean for\u00a0Smash<\/em> long-term. Odds are the next\u00a0Smash<\/em> game won’t repeat\u00a0Ultimate<\/em>‘s sweeping design, so it’ll inevitably downsize and go back to a more traditional blend of old and new. However, that might not\u00a0be able to match what\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em>\u00a0has been doing. Fans are loving the breadth of options in Smash Ultimate<\/em><\/a>, so any future game with less coveted characters and nostalgic stages might feel like it’s missing something.<\/p>\n

What’s more, fans are wondering if\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em> will be Masahiro Sakurai’s last time working on the\u00a0Smash\u00a0<\/em>franchise. These games are his brainchild, but after working on them for more than twenty years, it’d be understandable if he wanted to retire and pass the game on to a new generation of developers. It’s hard to say for sure if that would happen, especially considering the fervor with which Sakurai is working on\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em><\/a>.<\/em> If he did leave the franchise, the next\u00a0Smash<\/em> game will constantly be compared to\u00a0Sakurai’s own work.\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em> will be a daunting act to follow as arguably one of Sakurai’s greatest works.<\/p>\n

RELATED: Pyra and Mythra Help Address One of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s Shortcomings<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Frankly, though, Nintendo can probably make\u00a0Smash<\/em> work in the long run by continuing to support\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em> for now. There’s a lot of things it could add into a new\u00a0Smash<\/em> game that would draw fans back to a new game, even if it’s smaller than\u00a0Ultimate.<\/em> For instance, fans are dying to see a story mode like\u00a0Brawl<\/em>‘s Subspace Emissary<\/a>.<\/p>\n

World of Light in\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em> was a similar venture, but it didn’t have enough plot to sate many fans. A\u00a0Smash<\/em> game with another true story mode would delight many fans. Plus, there’ll always be characters that don’t make it into\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em>. A future game with unique guest fighters of its own would definitely appeal to many potential fans, no matter the guests.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, another year or so of DLCs for\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em><\/a> would be more than welcome. Unless a third Fighters Pass emerges, there’s only two invitations left to go around, which isn’t many by any measure. Fans are still crossing their fingers for so many guests, from Sora, to Dante, to Crash Bandicoot, to Master Chief. Hopefully Nintendo has realized by now that, if it plays its cards right, it might be able to strike a balance between\u00a0Smash Ultimate<\/em>‘s success and success in\u00a0Smash<\/em>‘s future.<\/p>\n

Super Smash Bros Ultimate<\/em><\/strong> is available now for Nintendo Switch.<\/p>\n

MORE: Smash Ultimate’s Mythra Is Largely Better Than Pyra For Competitive Play<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\n

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