Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be requiring players to download a day one patch, but this is only restricted to physical copies of the game since the digital game will already be including the patch when players download the game on the
7th of December.
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Super Smash Bros. series creator, Masahiro Sakurai, reveals that this day one patch will prevent replays from going off-track, which is something that a lot of fans of the series will appreciate; especially after the whole issue that players saw when saving replays in
Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS.
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We will distribute our first update on launch day. Players who purchased the digital version don’t need to worry, but players who purchased the physical version should apply this day-one patch before you play. This will also prevent your replays from going off-track. By the way, if you save your replays as videos, you can keep them forever, but note that they take up a lot of space!", mentioned Sakurai in an interview featured on the latest issue of Famitsu.
Saving replays in
Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS was a great feature that brought a lot of frustration to players, since the replays where not saved as videos but recreated by using the game's assets. So, technically, the game was always recreating what the player and the AI did during their match. This meant that every time Nintendo released fixes that would nerf or buff characters, replays would become unwatchable since the assets had changed.
Sakurai does mention that replays can be saved as videos, however, but these will take up a lot of space that Nintendo Switch users know the console doesn't have unless they get a micro SD card. But this is a step in the right direction and fans should still appreciate the fact that Nintendo are willing to give players the best
Super Smash Bros. experience possible.
Legendary game worlds and fighters collide in the ultimate showdown—a new entry in the Super Smash Bros. series for the Nintendo Switch system! New fighters, like Inkling from the Splatoon series and Ridley from the Metroid series, make their Super Smash Bros. series debut alongside every Super Smash Bros. fighter in the series…EVER!
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be available exclusively for the Nintendo Switch on the 7th of December.