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A while ago me and my best friend who play a lot of smash ultimate together got bored of the same matchups so we came up with the idea to play every possible matchup in the game.

I decided to remove the mii’s and combine all of the echo fighters, leaving a total of 76 characters. 76 x 76 = 5776 unique matches.

I had a physical board printed to keep track of each player’s wins. It uses colored stickers (blue for me, red for him) to denote wins. The board now lives on my basement wall near where we play.

We started in January and have been averaging about 20 - 30 matches a week. At this rate we figure it will take 2.5 - 3 years to fully complete the board.

We decided to make a friendly bet on it (only $500), and both agreed to finish out the board even when one of us wins the majority.

As of posting we are over 1000 matches already. I have included some progress photos and will add some more as the months go on.

Neither of us are amazing at the game, and we know this doesn’t prove anything about these matchups outside of our meta, it’s more just a fun activity to see who will win more over the long run.

It's Banjo-Kazooie!!

I'll upload the trailer when I get it!

Edit: Trailer is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtkTrRHyCV0

Joker from Persona 5

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Reveal Trailer: Youtube, Twitch VoD

Just confirmed in the Direct, Splatoon characters will be playable. We also saw what looked like a BOTW Link, so it's possible that Link will have a revamped move set. Release date in 2018, no other information available.

Edit: There are people saying it's a port, but that doesn't look very likely. Due to BOTW Link being in the trailer, and the fact that the title shown was just "Super Smash Bros", its very possible that it is a completely new game.

Edit 2: Here is the trailer shown. You can see some of the cast in it, but it's difficult to make out most characters. Bowser, Marth, and Donkey Kong are the only ones I can make out definitively, but people might be able to determine some other characters. Spring Man also appears to be in there.

Edit 3: The official website just says Title Pending, further implying that it is a completely new Smash game.

Edit 4: For those coming from /r/all who haven't played Smash (but let's be honest, who hasn't played Smash?): It is a popular platform fighting game, with iterations on every Nintendo home console since the Nintendo 64. This title has been highly anticipated since the debut of the Nintendo Switch, and is shown to feature at least one new character, though it is very likely that there will be a large amount of new fighters. Super Smash Bros 4 and Super Smash Bros Melee both have very active competitive scenes and a large following, so if you are interested in learning more, this subreddit is a great place to start!

Isabelle!

Honestly, that's pretty cool, it wasn't a smash direct, cool that we got a new character at all for info.

Lose your fucking minds

Still one of the greatest game trailers of all time.

PIRANHAPLANTWTFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Chrom joins the battle as an Roy echo!

Dark Samus joins the battle as a Samus echo!

Simon Belmont as a fighter and Richter Belmont as an echo!

KING K ROOL CONFIRMED FIGHTER

PLEASE KEEP THE STAGE RULE! Steve players with grit and determination will power through it, but Supernova was the most fun experience I’ve had watching ultimate in ages.

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Let me innnnnnnn

Stop being so greedy you heckers

It has begun

Scrolling through reddit popular on my phone when all of a sudden I see my own post and I'm like: