What's going on everyone, Ash here and as you might
expect, we've got the ol' Analysis Machine working
overtime today to go in-depth on the hidden details and
secrets Nintendo stashed away — either intentionally or by
accident — in this morning's Super Smash Bros.
Ultimate Direct.
In this video, I'll be taking a closer look at Smash Bros.
Ultimate's main menu as well as its associated dashboard,
which Smash Bros. creator and director Masahiro Sakurai
briefly introduced toward the end of the Direct.
While there wasn't a whole lot said or revealed about
the menu overall, we still think there are some interesting
details worth investigating and taking a closer look at.
So let's get started!
Right from the onset, we can see that the top-level menu
has been rearranged from Smash Bros. Wii U's rather busy,
somewhat chaotic smattering of selections into a stylish
radial layout, with the various sub-menu options protruding
from the image in the center.
And speaking of that center image, as it turns out, the
characters that can be seen in it haven't been selected at
random.
As GameXplain's very own Jon pointed out in our
reaction discussion, a closer look at this image reveals that
it's dedicated to the eight OG veterans from the original
Super Smash Bros., who are of course Mario, Donkey
Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, and Pikachu.
Not even Smash 64's four unlockable characters
— Luigi, Ness, Captain Falcon, and Jigglypuff — made the
cut here!
But what if this is only how the center image looks when
you start the game up for the first time?
Might this image expand to include more characters as you play
the game and unlock more of the roster?
While that's certainly possible, we think it's likely that the
image will remain like this as an intentional and respectful
nod to the original eight fighters who started it all.
After all, with Smash Bros Ultimate's roster already
pushing up against 70 fighters, we have a hard time envisioning
how there could even still be room for the various
sub-menu selections if the image expanded to include
the whole roster...
Moving on to the various sub-menu selections arranged
around the center image, starting from the top-left and
going clockwise we have Smash, Games & More, Vault,
Online, and finally, a mysteriously blurred out green
segment... but more on that later.
The first thing to point out about these top-level menu
options is that three of them directly return from Smash Wii
U and 3DS with their same associated colors intact, being
the red Smash option, the blue Games & More option, and
the orange Online option.
From that, we can surmise that these three sub-menus in
Smash Bros.
Ultimate will likely contain the same general content as their counterparts in Smash Wii
U, which is also just common sense in the cases of the Smash
and Online options.
And in fact, the Direct outright confirms this to be accurate
in one case at least, as the menu footage shows the Smash
option being selected, giving us a quick peek at the various
selections and modes that exist within this particular sub-
menu.
And indeed, we can immediately see some
commonalities between the Smash sub-menu here in
Smash Bros.
Ultimate and that of Smash Bros. Wii U.
The main Smash option is of course the focal point in both
cases, but we can also see that the selections for Special
Smash and control settings exist in both iterations of this
sub-menu as well, further suggesting that this and the
other top-level menu options existing in both games serve
the same overall purpose.
But there are also a couple of differences worth noting: we
can see that the brand-new Squad Strike mode as well as
the refreshed Tourney mode are accessed through this
sub-menu in Smash Bros. Ultimate's case, while 8-Player
Smash, which was a separate selection in Smash Bros. Wii
U's version of this sub-menu, has been folded into the
standard Smash option here in Smash Bros.
Ultimate.
And the menu text for that option even verifies
this, as it says "Play with up to 8 people in a regular battle!"
And that's not all.
Thanks to a heads-up from Iwan Smith, who alerted us to the presence of a screenshot
on the Smash Bros. website showing off Ultimate's
take on the Special Smash menu, we can quickly compare
it to the Special Smash menu in Smash Bros. Wii U.
The most significant and immediate difference between the
two that we can notice right off the bat is the removal of the
"Stamina" category altogether in Smash Bros.
Ultimate, which makes sense considering the fact that
Stamina mode has now been promoted to a standard ruleset.
Smash Bros.
Ultimate makes other tweaks to the Special Smash menu as well but they're minor and
purely cosmetic, including the "Screw" option
in the "Body" category being properly extended to "Screw
Attack" and the "Weight" category itself being entirely
renamed to "Gravity."
Other than the expected general aesthetic differences, the Special Smash menus in Smash
Bros.
Ultimate and Wii U are otherwise exactly the same, right
down to the ordering of the categories.
Bringing our focus back to Smash Bros. Ultimate's top-
level menu options, the Games & More and Vault options
are a slightly different story.
While these two selections were consolidated in Smash Bros. Wii U, with
the Vault existing as just one of several possible options
under the wider Games & More umbrella, here in Smash
Bros Ultimate the Vault has been promoted to a
top-level menu selection, likely for easier and more immediate
access.
Perhaps Sakurai and his team took some of the criticism
about Smash Bros. Wii U's haphazard menu arrangements
to heart?
And then there's that ever-so-conveniently-blurred out
green selection, which Sakurai and his team are clearly not
ready to talk about yet — but that won't stop us from
indulging in a little reasoned speculation!
On that note, then, the first point to notice about this
mysterious option is that it shares its green color with Smash
3DS's exclusive gameplay mode, Smash Run.
While this doesn't necessarily point to the return of Smash
Run, it is interesting to note that Smash Bros. Wii U's
exclusive gameplay mode, Smash Tour, has a brighter lime
green color associated with its menu option whereas this
blurred-out menu option and Smash Run use a more
standard, darker green.
Right now it's impossible to say whether this actually means anything or not,
but it's an interesting observation nonetheless.
As for what this selection's blurred out text actually is, we
can't determine anything for sure at this point, but reliable
reports coming in from @noctulescent on Twitter strongly
suggest that the text in fact reads "Spirits."
If so, might
Smash Bros.
Ultimate play host to an exclusive gameplay mode or even a story mode anchored around
the concept of spirits?
And speaking of spirits, it must be noted that Luigi loses
his spirit to Castlevania's Death in the reveal trailer for
Simon and Richter Belmont.
Could there be a connection here, or is this just a passing coincidence?
We really can't say at this point, but it's a curious thing
to note nonetheless.
That about does it for the five top-level menu options, but
what about that dashboard on the right side of the screen?
Accessed with a quick press of the ZR button, this
dashboard features various icons hinting at the content
that might lie behind them, and we have some early ideas
as to what they all might mean.
Starting from the top, we think the house icon bearing a
Smash logo might act as a quick shortcut back to the top
menu from wherever you are in the game.
As for the blurry box below that, it's impossible to say what
that icon actually is at this point, but logic follows that it
could very well be related to the similarly-blurred-out green
menu option, which may or may not be "Spirits."
Or it may be related to an entirely separate feature
that Nintendo isn't ready to talk about yet.
Either way, we just don't have much to go on yet where this particular icon is
concerned, so let's move on.
Next, while we're not sure about the Switch icon with
wireless communication lines beaming out of it, we've
made a few educated guesses.
It could be a shortcut to the Switch's controller pairing menu, since
syncing various controllers is something anyone who plays
Smash in a
group setting will be doing constantly.
Or it may just be an elegant option for connecting controllers within Smash Bros.
Ultimate itself, so that the game doesn't have to pause and bring up
the Switch's controller pairing menu each time you want
to do so.
A third option might point to the ability to connect multiple
Switches as controllers for multiplayer matches, with each
player having their own view of the action on their Switch's
screen in handheld mode, but that's far from a sure thing
and we're only throwing that out as a potentiality.
The envelope icon below that is almost certainly where
Smash-related news updates and other relevant notifications will be housed.
And if Smash Bros.
Ultimate ends up having a stage editor, perhaps that
icon could also act as a shortcut for sending and receiving
custom stages.
The gear icon below that, other than looking strikingly
similar to the Mega Man series emblem, is very likely a
shortcut to tweaking various options, so that you don't
have to physically navigate to the options menu every time
you want to adjust a particular setting.
And finally, the question mark icon probably takes you the
game's digital manual which, for most people, will likely be
used exactly once for kicks and then entirely forgotten
about.
And not that this really needs mentioning, but the clock at
the very bottom of the dashboard is a feature returning
from Smash 3DS.
Of course, you could quite easily just tap the Home button and quickly confirm the time
using the Switch UI's onboard clock, but hey, there's
something to be said for convenience!
Well, that brings us to the end of this early analysis of
Smash Bros Ultimate's main menu and dashboard.
But we want to hear your thoughts as well.
Do you think the conclusions we've drawn are right on the
money, or have you come up with other angles on some of these
menu elements that we didn't consider?
Let us know what you think in the comments below, and as always,
if you enjoyed this video please hit that Like button and
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Bros.
Ultimate, the Nintendo Switch, and all things gaming.
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