Super Smash Bros. (2023)

Super Smash Bros. (commonly called SSB6 or Smash 6 by fans) is the seventh entry in the Super Smash Bros. series, released on November 14, 2023. Following Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, creator Masahiro Sakurai focused less on expanding on what was already there, as had been the philosophy for the series up to that point, and more on rethinking everything about the series from the ground up. The game's title reflects this attitude of "starting over", according to Sakurai.
Due to being the first game in the series to be created entirely from scratch since Super Smash Bros. (1999), SSB6 is also the first game in the series to feature less fighters and stages than the previous entry, with only 25 fighters and 10 stages available at launch. This, combined with the vastly different gameplay from previous games led to much controversy among the fandom upon the game's first reveal at E3 2022, including the #BringEveryoneBack campaign, and the opposing hashtag, #TrustSakurai. While popular opinion improved upon the game's release, the large shift in gameplay as caused a split among the tournament playerbase, with many players choosing to continue playing Ultimate instead of moving on to SSB6.
== Gameplay ==
SSB6 is a 3D platform fighter, a subgenre previously populated almost exclusively by critically-panned low-budget games. The tight, polished combat and presentation in SSB6 is commonly cited for the rise in popularity of the subgenre in the AAA and indie sphere.
The goal, as in the rest of the series, remains to to knock your opponent outside the boundaries of the stage. Edgeguarding is a much less emphasized component of most matchups due to the three dimensional ways in which recovery is possible.
The game still works off a percentage system. However, after a fighter reaches 100 percent, their recovery becomes much more limited, halving the height of their double jump and recovery moves, removing the hitbox from all special moves, and generally falling faster offstage.
== Roster ==
The following characters make up the roster. Asterisks denote DLC fighters. Every character has a completely reinvented moveset to work in 3D space.
# Mario and Cappy
# Luigi and Polterpup
# Peach and Tiara
# Yoshi
# Donkey Kong
# Bowser
# Champion Link
# Champion Zelda
# Calamity Ganondorf
# Tri Force Hero
# Samus Aran
# Kirby
# Pikachu
# Mewtwo
# Kubfu
# Leon (Sobble, Thwakey, Charizard)
# Marth
# Lucina
# Byleth
# Olimar
# Villager
# Ring Fit Adventurer
# Shulk
# Inkling
# Sonic*
# Agumon*
# Hero*
# Bowser Jr.*
# Dragapult*
# Eleanor Lamb*
# Lucario*
# Imposter*
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