Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Version 13.0.2 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes

No character balance changes. I figured as much. Steve remains absurdly broken forever more.

Aw, but I really wanted to see them nerf Pichu more just because

Is this the last update?

Nintendo:
we'll see... 😏

Smash ain't dead yet!

Why did they make this game good its pretty much impossible to make another smash as great as Ultimate 😭😂

Despite some of its shortcomings, Smash Ultimate was a very solid entry in the franchise. I just wish they'd have added more single player content in the form of trophies and a successor to SSE.

Gotta say, in terms of what they were able to accomplish (and still what they have yet to), definitely one of the greatest games of all time

Have they fixed the Noah & Mio spirit?

Anyone know if the first wave of spirits are available now? Talking about the Pikmin 4 and Xenoblade spirits - Kinda missed the event :/

Don't update yet if you use mods, they won't work until the next ARCropolis release.

@Neph They'll likely be added into regular rotation in a few months, as happened with all the other "event" spirits.

Fighter Pass Vol 3 inbound! Hoping to see Bojack Horseman & maybe Walter White

Ah, now it makes sense that they bothered to add new spirits while they were updating the game as well. Two birds with one stone while renewing interest in the game.

Guys stop saying Steve is broken he seems pretty balanced to me, I personally never had a bad experience with Steve aside from the fact that I'm not good at actually using him, but that's just a personal skill issue.

@SeantheDon29 agreed. If Ultimate was to receive a "deluxe" treatment like mario kart 8, i hope they introduce rollback netcode, trophies (really liked the "encyclopedia" nature of past entries), and a sidescrolling campaign (roguelite would be fine). there's also some space for a fighter pass volume three. For example it baffles me how capcom has not managed to get Leon inside smash. I mean, Joker has a gun! just keep the blood out and it should be fine with Nintendo!

Well, there goes the theory that the Sora amiibo update would... do... anything...

Maybe they're saving some Smash news for the "Super Switch 2 Deluxe" announcement?

I'm confused. I thought they stopped supporting/updating and just gave up on this game years ago.

Please make one last balance update. Nerf the broken characters ceiling and rise the broken unplayable characters higher please. 2 qol I wish Nintendo would do before finally ending SSBU updates are freely choosing to spawn as any of the three pokemon on the spawning platform during Pokemon Training respawn. Second, please add the Mii Fighters into the smashdown mode. I love playing that mode competitively 3 out of 5 rounds its so fun.

Its a shame they couldn't have finished the final version being something more satisfying, like 14.0

@teo_o You’re asking too much. Smash isn’t getting rollback netcode due to the very nature of the game’s item spawns (And Sakurai isn’t going to go full competitive player mindset, remember the game’s focus was never fully on competitive.) and the reason trophies were excluded was due to the space on the game.

@rushiosan Tears of the Kingdom, Splatoon 3, and Xenoblade 3 got some.

But also try to remember what games had come out recently, do you really think something like Mario Wonder would benefit in having new amiibo?

The fact is, there will always be new amiibo. Every time people say “oh, that’s it, there’s no more amiibo” they’re going to release something that has amiibo functionality built in.

How many times has this been said, actually? I’ve seen this happen every few years…

@TheMegaMarshtomp What, were you expecting a balance patch?

They did say during the final balance patch update they weren’t doing any more balance patches, why did you think they were going to go back on their word? (It’s like people expecting an new fighters pass after they said they were definitely done with DLC after Sora)

Pretty sure there’s some hidden bug fixes or more spirits added in that will be released periodically throughout the rest of the year.

And they’re likely not going to release a big deluxe version as they still make plenty of money on the normal game. The only Switch games that have had the DLC included were limited runs of Pokemon Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet.

@Croctopus I doubt we’ll get a deluxe version.

The only games that had the DLC included at a later date were limited runs of Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet.

And if the rumors of the next system are worth their salt, we’ll likely just have Smash Ultimate be backwards compatible, since they still make a ton of money on the game normally and all the DLC.

None of the other Smash games have been rereleased on a new console (they didn’t port Smash for Wii U over onto the Switch like Mario Kart 8 did to avoid making Mario Kart 9) so no reason they would do the same for this, especially since people would expect more, like with what Teo_o dreamed of earlier.

@Tobunari Just because I said that this wasn't a "major" update doesn't mean I was expecting one. I haven't expected anything from Smash since the Pyra/Mythra release. I'm merely saying that adding a new amiibo isn't "major", at least not by my definition.

That being said, Super Smash Bros. is a gold mine that IF they decided to add more DLC or even make a Deluxe edition, it is certain to sell like crazy. It's just mainly up to Masahiro Sakurai if he feels like adding to his Ultimate creation.

@Tobunari agreed, just wishful thinking. Today Sakurai commented on the Sora amiibo saying that this technically marks the end of Smash. So no "Mario kart deluxe" treatment in sight. Hope he gets to do whatever he wants for the next system.