Not Every Stage Will Be Returning in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
Posted on June 27 2018 by Rod Lloyd
The biggest reveal is that not every stage will be returning like every character will be.
— Source Gaming (@AllSourceGaming) June 26, 2018
"Not all past stages are going to be in the game but a whole lot of them will." (2) pic.twitter.com/dCM1WAMTkq
During Nintendo’s E3 showing of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, director Masahiro Sakurai and his team surprised us all by revealing that this new installment would bring back every single character from past Super Smash Bros. titles. To further cement Ultimate as — fittingly enough — the ultimate Smash Bros. experience, the developers also revealed that several classic stages, like The Legend of Zelda‘s Great Bay, would also be returning. But if you were hoping that every past stage would return in Ultimate just as every past character is returning, Nintendo has some bad news. In a recent interview with Japanese publisher Famitsu, Nintendo confirmed that not every stage from past Smash Bros. titles will be returning in Ultimate.
Famitsu recently published a write-up of a press-only live demo and Q&A session with Nintendo Treehouse presenters Bill Trinen and Nate Bihldorff. During the interview, the presenters revealed that “not all past stages are going to be in the game but a whole lot of them will.” So while there is sure to be a considerable number of returning stages in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, some classic stages unfortunately won’t make the cut.
The interview also confirms that Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be balanced primarily by Sakurai, with Bandai Namco assisting.
What classic Smash Bros. stage would you like to see return in Ultimate? Which stages shouldn’t return? Share your thoughts with us in the comments.
Source: Famitsu (via Source Gaming, My Nintendo News)
Rod Lloyd is the Editor-In-Chief at Zelda Dungeon, overseeing the news and feature content for the site. Rod is considered the veteran of the writing team, having started writing for Zelda Informer in 2014 as a Junior Editor. After ZD and ZI officially merged in 2017, he stepped into the Managing Editor role and has helped steer the ship ever since. He stepped up to lead the writing team as Editor-In-Chief in 2023.
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