Super Smash Bros. EX

Super Smash Bros. EX (originally referred to as Super Smash Bros. XL) is the newest installment of the Super Smash Bros. series on the Nintendo Switch, published by Nintendo. It was first teased by series Director Masahiro Sakurai in late-2019 as the final game in the series he would be directly involved in the development of, but to a lesser extent.
The first teaser trailer for the game was released at the end of a Nintendo Direct in late-2019 which featured Ryu taking on an unknown challenger (later revealed to be Jin from Tekken) in the shadows before the appearance of a Smash Ball which is smashed by a familiar plumber. The camera then proceeds to zoom in on the silhouetted Mario's eye to reveal the Smash Brothers logo, which then morphs to form an EX.
After half a year of speculation regarding whether the game was to be an enhanced Super Smash Bros. Ultimate including all the DLC with additional content, or an entirely new installment, Super Smash Bros. EX was fully revealed at E3 2020 with its own Nintendo Direct. The tag-line for Super Smash Bros. EX, was unveiled as "The Ultimate Crossover returns to SMASH expectations!"
==Story==
Super Smash Bros. XL/Adventure Mode: Smash World
==Fighters==
Like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, all 80 fighters (82 if counting Pokémon Trainer's Pokémon) from previous Super Smash Bros. games return as playable characters. It was revealed that the series would reach the milestone of one hundred playable fighters with Super Smash Bros. EX, and that something on this grand of a scale is very likely to never happen again.
The first two newcomers revealed were Jin Kazama from the Tekken series alongside Travis Touchdown from No More Heroes in a cinematic trailer at E3 2020 initially featuring Mario, Link, Kirby, Pikachu before the likes of Sonic, Snake, Pac-Man and Ryu join the fray to signify how the series has evolved into a celebration of gaming as a whole.
===Changes from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate===
Mario
*New render
Donkey Kong
*New Final Smash - Kongo Beat - uses bongos to deal devastating damage
*Voice lines from the Mario series are now used
Link
*Default outfit is now the Tunic of the Wild
**This is because the green tunic has been an iconic part of the Zelda series since the beginning
Luigi
*New render
Peach
*New render
Bowser
*New render
*Voice lines from the Mario series are now used
Dr. Mario
*New render
*New Final Smash - The Doctor's in the House - summons the Viruses and blocks to rain from the sky similar to the game
Falco
*New Neutral Special - Dual Pistols - fires two quick shots from dual wielded pistols that stun the opponent
Snake
*The FOXHOUND icon as the Metal Gear series symbol returns
*New Side Special - Tranq Gun - fires a tranq dart that puts the opponent to sleep
*New Side Taunt - contacts the Colonel
*New Up Taunt - exclamation mark pops up above head
Diddy Kong
*Voice lines from the Mario series are now used
Sonic
*New render
Daisy
*New render
==Game Modes==
Super Smash Bros. EX features the standard game modes of the Super. Smash Bros. series. Spirits and World of Light do not make a return and have been replaced with "something which is more reminiscent of what the series is." This was also in order for "Ultimate to have something which is its own; similarly to how Brawl had Subspace and Smash 4 had Smash Run & Smash Tour".
===Smash===
*Standard Smash
*Special Smash
*Squad Smash (renamed from Squad Strike)
*Tournament Smash
*Smashdown
*Training (now selectable from both the Smash and Games & More menu)
*Competitive Smash
A new mode meant for competitive play which allows players to have access to all Fighters, Stages and Assists from the get-go, but does not contribute to anything outside such as Challenges, Statistics or any other sort of unlockables. Paid DLC must be owned to be available, however. Standard Smash, Squad Smash and Tournament Smash are available to be played.
===Games & More===
*Classic Mode
*All-Star Mode
*Mob Smash
*Mini-games (Home-Run Contest, Break the Targets, Trophy Rush, Coin Launcher etc.)
*Stage Builder
===Vault===
*Challenges
*Sounds
*Records
*Tips
*Help
*Movies (Cutscenes, Trailers etc.)
*Photos and Videos
===Smash World===
*Super Smash Bros. XL/Adventure Mode: Smash World
*Tournaments
*Trophies
*Shop
==Stages==
All stages from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate return in Super Sash Bros. EX alongside stages (Rainbow Road, Pac-Maze, Poké Floats etc.) from previous installments which had been missing. "Every Stage Is Here!" Due to the sheer number of stages, the Stage Select Screen will be revamped in order to improve practicality with sorting and filters by series and origin game possible.
NEW STAGES
- Battlefield EX
- Final Destination EX
- Bowser's Castle (Super Mario)
- Hotel Luigi (Luigi's Mansion)
- Legend of Zelda (The Legend of Zelda)
- Pokemon Stadium EX (Pokemon)
- Wild Area (Pokemon)
- Garreg Mach Monastery (Fire Emblem)
- New Horizons (Animal Crossing)
- TV World (Shin Megami Tensei/Persona)
- Mishima Dojo (Tekken)
- Motel NO MORE HEROES (No More Heroes)
- N-Sanity Beach (Crash Bandicoot)
- Courtroom (Ace Attorney)
==Assists==
"Assist Trophies are gone... sort of. Introducing Assists!"
Assists are a new feature added in Super Smash Bros. XL which allows players to receive the help of other characters during battle. Players receive three slots for Assists. However, Assists can take one to three slots depending on how good they are. They are performed by holding the corresponding Taunt button (and can be performed in mid-air), and have a cooldown after being used (some can only be used once per battle).
There are numerous types of Assists: Attack (performs an offensive ability), Defense (performs a defensive ability), Recovery (performs a recovery move to get back on stage), Buff (increases a stat such as attack, defense and/or speed), Debuff (decreases an opponent's stat) and Heal (recovers health). Buff and Debuff Assists can be either Passive (active for the entire battle without input) or Triggered (must be activated in battle) depending on the character. Certain Assists provide additional help depending on the fighter being used.
The Assist Trophy returns, but as an item which either automatically recharges an Assist's cooldown or grants the player a random additional Assist. Pokémon return, and are shared with Assists.
The Fighters themselves can be unlocked as Assists through completing Classic and All-Star Mode. While all fighters have at least two, some have more depending on whether they have additional alternate costumes. Other Assists are unlocked alongside the character's Trophy through playing Tournaments in Adventure Mode: Smash World but can also be acquired through the Store for in-game currency, mini-games such as Coin Launcher and Trophy Rush or as rewards for Challenges. However, they are more difficult and rare to acquire though mini-games in comparison to regular Trophies.
Assists have been added with competitive and online play in mind. Whilst they are required to be unlocked for personal use, all Assists are automatically available in competitve and online modes.
==Bosses==
Super Smash Bros. XL, like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, has various bosses which are fought in its Story Mode and at the end of Classic Mode depending on the fighter. However, this time players have the option to fight either Master Hand (and Crazy Hand if at a high enough difficulty) or the alternative boss with the former rewarding a lot more gold while the latter rewards more items.
Petey Piranha, Meta Ridley, Rayquaza and Porky return from Subspace Emissary with revamped arenas and attacks while Metal Face and Yellow Devil had been upgraded to more than just stage bosses. Master Core returns in some form. New bosses include Necrozma, Hades and Eggman.
Note: Giga Bowser, Ganon, Meta Ridley and Marx (True Form) are boss variations of playable fighters and appear in each of their Final Smashes. Petey Piranha is also Piranha Plant's Final Smash.
Bosses in Super Smash Bros. XL	Bosses in Super Smash Bros. XL	Bosses in Super Smash Bros. XL	Bosses in Super Smash Bros. XL	Bosses in Super Smash Bros. XL
Petey Piranha 	Giga Bowser 	Ganon 	Meta Ridley 	Marx (True Form)
Rayquaza 	Necrozma 	Porky 	Hades 	Metal Face
Eggman 	Yellow Devil 	Dracula 	Rathalos 	Galleom
 	Master Hand 	Master Core 	Crazy Hand 	
==Trailers==
KING OF SUPER SMASH TOURNAMENT VI (Super Smash Bros. XL World Reveal Trailer)
: The trailer begins with an overview and several scrolling shots of the new Battlefield (which has now taken on more of the look of an arena or colosseum). This is then interrupted with Mario in trophy form being thrown onto the stage and summoned (a homage to the opening of Super Smash Bros. Melee). Link (in his Tunic of the Wild), Pikachu and Kirby then come out of nowhere to face him from three directions. A shot with Link's blade prominent is then followed by all the series represented in Smash showing up on screen (similar to Smash 4's reveal, but continually speeding up until the Super Smash Bros. Logo appears on screen and gets KO'd by the force of it all).
: Following this, Link turns back to find that they too had been surrounded by Sonic, Snake, Pac-Man and Ryu (with Sonic running in late and Snake coming out of his box). A battle then ensues between the eight fighters with several cuts to an unknown fighter training and making preparations. Finally, the fighter exits from one of the arena's entrances to be revealed as Jin Kazama from Tekken. Instead of the usual splash art and flavour text from trailers for the previous two installments, a computer display shows up to analyse him and presents his name, series and statistics. He then lunges to fight Ryu with red eyes before the trailers cuts away to the sky.
: The announcer then shouts: KING OF SUPER SMASH TOURNAMENT VI. This is then followed by the logo for the game and the announcer then shouting: SUPER SMASH BROTHERS EX!
: After a little while, the logo is shown on a television screen and the cameras pans out to show a apartment. A man is shown sitting on the sofa and is hyped for the announcement of the new game. The camera then shows him and the splash art: TRAVIS... STRIKES AGAIN!? before he adjusts his aviator glasses, picks up his katana and prepares to enter (crash) the competition by entering through the TV.
==Trivia==
*The only game in the series to have a third-party fighter (Jin Kazama) revealed first.
*Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Super Smash Bros. EX mark the first time two games in the series have been on the same console.
**This is due to the latter reusing many assets from its predecessor.
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