Super Smash Bros. Resistance

Super Smash Bros. Resistance

Developer(s)

Ghostrealm Studios
HAL Laboratory, Inc.

Publisher(s)

Platform(s)

Enigma

Genre(s)

Fighting

Series

Super Smash Bros.

Predecessor

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS

Release Date(s)

2018/2019

Age Rating(s)

E10+

Cost

49.99$

Super Smash Bros. Resistance is the fifth game in the Super Smash Bros. series, developed by Ghostrealm Studios and HAL Laboratory Inc., and published by Nintendo. This is the first Super Smash Bros. game where Masahiro Sakurai is not playing a major role in the game's development.

Development[]

Super Smash Bros. Resistance was revealed at F3 during Ghostrealm Studios's presentation. It was revealed then that Masahiro Sakurai would not be involved in development, with Nintendo tasking Ghostrealm Studios with development instead. From an early point, the game would be developed with eSports focus in mind, while also retaining casual elements.

Gameplay[]

Super Smash Bros. Resistance retains the standard system seen in the first four games, in which players battle to raise a percentage, before knocking the opponent off the screen. Items exist as well, but can be turned off.

Each character is capable of neutral attacks, as well as two sets of special attacks to vary their arsenal.

Smash[]

The main mode, where you can choose between fights that have 1-4 players, or 1-8 players. Rules can be adjusted to suit the battle.

Tournament[]

Hold a tournament with AI or regular players.

Special Orders[]

Take on special fighting challenges from Master Hand or Crazy Hand.

Solo[]

All singleplayer offerings are here, including a few two-player ones.

Story Mode: Revenant of Subspace[]

A sequel to the Subspace Emissary, Revenant of Subspace acts as Resistance's Story Mode. All characters receive full voiced dialogue. The Story Mode is exclusive to the Switch version of the game.

For more information, click here.

Adventure Mode[]

Exclusive to the Enigma version of the game. It plays similarily to Melee's Adventure Mode.

Classic Mode[]

Classic Mode returns as usual, retaining its gameplay from Smash 4.

All-Star Mode[]

Returns from Smash 4 as usual.

Smash Run[]

Returns from Smash 3DS, with many new enemies, most of which also appear in the story mode.

For a list of enemies, click here.

Events[]

Return from Smash 4, unchanged.

For a list of events, click here.

Training[]

Practice combos, mess around with items, try out Smash Taunts.

Stadium[]

Has several minigames for you to play.

Target Smash[]

Smash the targets as fast as you can.

Home Run Contest[]

Hit the Sandbag as far as possible.

Multi-Man Smash[]

Defeat as many enemies as possible.

Boss Battles[]

Rebattle every boss in the game. Unlocked when the Story Mode is completed as well as if Master Hand and Crazy Hand have been fought before.

Vs. Master Hand[]

Inspired by the Master Hand glitch from Melee, this mode has one player controlling Master Hand, with the other three players working to kill Master Hand within a certain timeframe.

Online[]

Online play is done here.

Casual Match[]

Items are turned on, any stage in the game is fair game.

Ranked Match[]

Items off, Omega Form stages only. You have a rank here, that rises and falls with every win and loss. Ranked matches operate on a season system, where you get rewards based on how well you did and after a season, your rank resets to zero.

Spectator Mode[]

Bet coins on who will win.

Vault[]

All collectibles are here.

Trophies[]

Check out your trophies here, and buy more.

See all of the trophies here.

Album[]

Check out snapshots here.

Replays[]

See your replays, as well as how hard you defeated an opponent or if they kicked your ass.

Movies[]

See all Story Mode cutscenes and reveal trailers here.

Sound Test[]

Listen to game sounds for whatever reason.

Records[]

See your records. You know, the statistical stuff.

Masterpieces[]

Play demos of older games that you can buy on the Switch eShop.

See all the masterpieces here .

Challenges[]

Go for challenges and see what rewards you can get.

Changes from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS[]

In terms of the physics, Resistance's pacing is between Melee and Super Smash Bros. 4. However, sliders also exist for the past four games' physics, allowing players to pick what they want to play with. These physics engines are faithful to the originals, with wavedashing and even tripping enabled in the Melee and Brawl physics engines. As for the changes from Smash 4, they're below:

A "battle scars" feature now exists, where characters will change in appearance depending on how much damage they've taken. This can range from bruises, to battered weapons, to something as simple as missing ammunition clips.
The general art style resembles Smash 4, but characters from more cartoonish universes have more solid colors and less detail, while characters from more realistic universes have more detail.
Hitstun cancelling has been completely removed.
Palette swaps no longer exist, with characters having a colored outline around them instead to differentiate. In their place, a costume mechanic now exists, where characters have various alternate costumes that are far more creative than simple palette swaps. See them here.
Smash Balls now take more hits to break.

Differences between Versions[]

Although the general gameplay is the same, there are a few differences between the Switch and Enigma versions of the game:

The Story Mode is exclusive to the Switch version of the game due to concerns with cutscene rendering on the Enigma. In its place, there is an Adventure Mode similar to Melee's.
Graphical differences exist for obvious reasons.
Trophies are different between versions; the Switch version mainly has home console trophies, while the Enigma version mainly has handheld trophies.
The Enigma version is compatible with the personal assistant Enigina, who can inform the player when downloadable content is available, if balance changes have been made to the game, and many other useful features.
Cross-platform play doesn't exist, but the Enigma console can be used as a controller in the Switch version of the game.

Characters[]

Super Smash Bros. Resistance possesses 53 veterans, and 21 newcomers for a total of 74 different characters. Bold means unlockable character.

Veteran Characters[]

Newcomer Characters[]

Alt Clones[]

Stages[]

The game will have 85 stages.

Smash Taunts[]

See them here.

Items[]

Assist Trophies[]

Pokemon[]

amiibo[]

amiibo function similarily to Smash 4, with data capable of being transferred over. However, amiibo Exercises now exist, which are training programs that teach your amiibo special skills that most competitive players would use.

New amiibo[]

New amiibo will be made for all fighters, but older amiibo are still compatible with the game.

The amiibo Gauntlet[]

A new feature, the amiibo Gauntlet is an online mode where you pit your amiibo in battle against other players' amiibo. amiibo-exclusive equipment can be obtained here, allowing you to customize your amiibo further.

News[]

All reveals related to the game will be here.

Trivia[]

The Mario Kart, Luigi's Mansion, and Bowser's Minions logos came from this page here.
Credit to User: Pokerninja2 for the Paper Mario icon.