Welcome to Smash Bros Ultimate Blog!

Growing up, Nintendo has always been a passion of mine – from Mario to Zelda to Pokémon. But what stood out the most to me was the culmination of all these brilliant series in the form of Super Smash Bros. – the Nintendo all-star fighting/party game. I have played every entry in the series starting with the Nintendo 64 all the way up to now – Ultimate.

I would consider myself an above average player, I typically play competitive online or against my friends. I know most of the competitive terminology and practice it to the best of my ability. With school and work taking up most of my time, I do not compete myself.

For any of those interested in brushing up on many of the terms used in competitive play, feel free to learn here.

With the rise of esports becoming a social and digital phenomenon, I want to explore how Super Smash Bros Ultimate is becoming a platform for competitive gamers in the world today. Throughout this blog I will be talking about upcoming tournaments, notable placings, player spotlights, updates to the meta, etc.

With Ultimate being so fresh at just a couple of months old, the hype could not be greater. There are many competitors and fans of Nintendo’s latest entry to the Smash franchise. Several notable Melee veterans are entering the fight as well. Leffen, Armada, Mew2King. The most notable names competing are veterans from Smash 4 such as Nairo, Tweek, and MK Leo. However, Smash 4’s king: Gonzalo ‘ZeRo’ Barrios isn’t dedicating most of his time to competing this time around as he has become a full-time streamer.

Because of Ultimate’s humongous roster of above 70 characters, watching competitive Smash has never sounded more enticing on which fighters will frequent the top 8. Smashers will have so many matchups to learn and frame data to memorize, I can’t wait to see who rises to the top of Ultimate.

My plan is to update the blog about once per week, so I hope you’re all as excited as I am!

Noah Borski
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
Information Sciences – Game Studies
Communications