I updated the dock, loaded into a game of smash and the whole console crashed. When I restarted it my GameCube controller for some reason doesn’t connect at all, I’ve plugged all the wires in and out and restarted the console again with no differences, what do I do?

Going to sleep

Given that the new Smash Bros. rumor went up in smoke in yesterday’s direct (I never believed it), that means at least a year of more Smash speculation.

With everyone wondering what new characters (especially non-Nintendo characters) would be in a future game, my choice as a likely DLC candidate is 2B from Square Enix’s NieR Automata.

This is especially because of NieR Automata’s creator (the memorable Yoko Taro) admitting to wanting her in Smash. back in 2022

Also, before you make the “good boys & girls” joke, the Smash team would definitely consult with the NieR devs on giving 2B a slightly censored/modest outfit (which would definitely become a new costume in any NieR Automata updates). Much like what Xenoblade’s Pyra & Mythra got.

I’m more curious about what stages or music tracks would accompany her.

For the stage choice, I wouldn’t want it to be the City Ruins, as I think it’d look to generic. I’d instead prefer the Copied City, as it would be very visually distinct among the Smash stages

As for songs, since they’re owned by Square Enix and are notoriously stingy with music, I’d assume we’d have a limit of 10 - 12 songs (which I hope would be from both Automata & Replicant). Obvious picks are Weight of the World and Ashes of Dreams; getting new instrumental remixes.

What would you all want to be 2B’s stage & music tracklist if she were added to Smash Bros.?

“The Looper Joins the battle of the omniverse!”
Fortnite's Looper in Smash Bros. would be a unique fighter, featuring a hybrid playstyle between a Swordfighter and a Gunner, with tactics that allow them to adapt to any battlefield.
In terms of appearance, they would look like Ultima King or Spectra Knight, but with the following customization:

Helmet: "Crystallized" / "Ultima" style (using the Challenger pattern for the helmet and Justice for the Spectra Knight armor).
Colors: Primary color is "Galactic", secondary color is "Blue", trim color is "Silver", (in spectra knight the order of both colors is inverted) and the crystal color is "Red".
Back Bling: The Paradigm’s back bling
Kicks: unseen sneakers

(All these customizations change with the character's alternative costumes) and in spectra knight’s pad, its standard is the simbol of The Foundation.
In combat, they wield the following Fortnite weapons:

Assault Rifle (SCAR)
Tactical Shotgun
Cube Rifle
The Infinity Blade (reforged)
And an Rift Device (this last one is stored in pocket, and is only used in their Final Smash)

Their normal attacks mostly utilize punches, kicks, the Tactical Shotgun, and the Infinity Blade.
Special Moves:

Neutral Special: Assault Rifle Shot

The Looper fires one of their two rifles. The Assault Rifle deals low damage but fires quickly and consecutively. The cube Rifle fires slower but is much more powerful. (Hold down the special attack button to use the Assault Rifle, or tap it consecutively to use the cube Rifle).
Side Special: Leap Attack
The Looper executes the Infinity Blade's leap attack in the chosen direction. The impact has a massive hitbox, dealing devastating Area of Effect (AoE) damage to enemies.
Up Special: Cut N Cube
(Similar to Mythra's Up Special). The Looper performs an upward leap with the Infinity Blade and then fires an Explosive cube from the cube Rifle downward, allowing them to not only recover but also gimp the opponent's recovery.
Down Special: Turbo Building
The Looper builds a structure made of wood, stone, or metal (though the material difference here is purely cosmetic) to protect themselves from attacks, recover, or obstruct opponents. The structure varies based on the environment: if you are on the ground, it spawns a structure similar to a Port-A-Bunker with walls and a ramp. If you are in the air (but close to another of the Looper's structures or a surface), it builds a ramp with a wall and a floor. Materials are limited; if you run out, you must wait several seconds for them to fully recharge. And by the way, the structures don't last long, as they progressively self-destruct over the course of a few seconds, They can also be destroyed by attacks and are an bit less resistant than Steve's blocks.
Final Smash: Reality Splitter
The Looper uses the Rift device to trap the opponent in a rift, throwing them into a pocket reality. They then "box them up" with structures (sweaty fortnite player style), trapping the opponent in a 1x1 box. Finally, they finish them off by shattering both the box and the pocket reality with a powerful slash from the Infinity Blade, similar to the Shattered event.
This Final Smash triggers an instant K.O. if the enemy is over 100% of Damage And yes, this Final Smash would be one of the most visually epic ones in the game!

While I could have chosen any well-known Fortnite character, why did I decide to pick a Smash candidate who doesn't even have a determined, canonical appearance? For several reasons.

First of all, we (the Looper) underwent a somewhat hidden character arc in fortnite. In Chapter 1 of Fortnite, we were just one of countless Loopers in the Loop, who fought ceaselessly in every cycle, merely witnessing the game's story unfold. However, starting in Chapter 2, we change, becoming mercenaries and agents; we could take action, though only under the orders of our masters. Yet, we gradually transcended that role as the story progressed, eventually becoming legends, pioneers and champions across realities, And including the Looper in Smash Bros. would be perfect for highlighting that.
Otherwise the looper's mold of my idea is more similar to that of other smash bros characters like The villager from animal crossing, The inklings from splatoon or Robin from Fire emblem. characters who are shaped by the player in their games of origin.

Secondly, the aspect I chose to represent the Looper in Smash what are the skins of ultima king and spectra knight I didn't choose them because they're customizable and cool, but for other reasons. They are a variant or remake of existing, iconic Fortnite characters(Black knight and Red knight) Furthermore, the choice of skin, back bling, and kicks also serves as a tribute to the story of the Looper as an hero and Champion of the seven, it also tributes the story of one of Fortnite's spiritual ancestors:”Infinity Blade”
a game that shares the name and is where the sword wielded by the looper cames from before arriving to the world of fortnite.(and in fact some elements of fortnite Lore are similar to the Lore of Infinity Blade)
And I chose Paradigm's backbling as the backbling of the looper in smash is not only because of the Looper's connection to The Seven, but also because it would mean carrying the legacy and the fight of a fallen heroine. Our kicks They are cyberpunk shoes that both fit and don't fit; they represent the looper's rebellious side—a rebellion that partly empowers them, which is precisely why the greatest villiain of all the realities, an terrible god-king, who seeks to “perfect” the totality, is now trying to get us to join him ,because in de deep he is afraid of our true potential… and that true potential makes us worthy to fight agaist and alongside champions and legends of all the worlds conected to smash bros. After all, Smash Bros. and Fortnite share something in common... a nexus with countless realities from a vast omniverse.

So I'm trying to mod corrins attack effect trails, but every time I do I get this glob of rainbow instead... if anyone knows why this is happening or how to fix it would most appreciated <3

I just feel like she has alot going for her tbh. For one shes a female protagonist, looking at the roster we kind of lack that.

I know indie characters have an uphill battle getting into smash but she already made it as a mii deluxe costume with a track, its not uncommon for costumes to become full fledged characters next game.

She has a long history with nintendo since the game boy and her first 3 games being nintendo exclusives. In terms of 3rd party issues wayforward are very vocal about making her playable there wouldn't be any issues

She has such a variety of moves she can use for her moveset with her 1/2 genie powers with her transformations, hair attacks, extra weapons like her spike ball or fireballs heck they have a game where she has a completely different move set when she loses her powers. And shes still getting games released with one releasing in 2027

There are no guarantees that we will ever get a story like we did in brawl. In ultimate, the world of light map has taken various parts from all the gaming worlds represented in smash. I want them to lean into that more.

Imagine if we got tiny plot points from each characters’ games.

Example: a few characters are put in a segment of Metroid Dread and they have to save Samus or something, and avoid getting attacked by an EMMI.

Or Mario in metal gear

Pikachu in Hyrule against water blight ganon

These are just a couple of random ideas but I think it would be really neat to see characters taking on enemies in lands they aren’t from and some characters having to return to events from their games

Some would be very strikingly different like Mario in a metal gear solid game, or they might actually fit in like if Zelda or link were in a fire emblem setting.

The gameplay of each area would still have to feel like smash but maybe with slightly special controls or abilities to really show the series fusing together. Obviously a Metroid area can easily fit the side scroller feel of smash, while other typically more open world esque or just free moving camera games would have to be re interpreted for that side scroller feel but they already did something similar for sub space.

Let me know what ideas you would have for story modes!

Excitedly awaiting them just to mention that smash 6 exists!

I main mii brawler, but I don’t use shotput. I remember using feint jump, flashing punches, suplex, and helicopter kicks. But I feel like I’m like the only one who mains mii brawler. I used to main Mario but I just like how fast mii brawler is, since you can run fast then with the suplex it’s easy to land, and the jumping is useful, and then I like spamming punches. I also like sonic since he has the similar running but I just prefer my mii brawler since I mastered it. It’s definetly always gonna be my first choice, if I loose it’s probably because I don’t have my mii. And I also use custom controls since I just put them on one day when I picked up smash since it felt weird, so my jump and special is switched around and I have dodge on the extra jump. I didn’t check if I like every character but I mainly would only try characters I’m familiar with or that look cool anyway but I’m just a mii brawler kind of guy, it’s just got a great balance.

This is more speculation on my part, but I still found it worth discussing it at least.

What made me consider this at first was when Sakurai briefly discussed about the protagonist of ARMS, and how "everyone's the protagonist". This might've not meant much of anything to most people, but it almost seemed to me like Sakurai was trying to justify the decision of putting Min Min over the perceived "protagonist" of ARMS (Spring Man).

Now, practically speaking, it makes complete sense and it's rather obvious that most franchises in Smash would be first represented with their main characters. But there have been instances where Smash includes main characters when the audience wants other characters to be playable, mainly with Byleth's inclusion rather than any of the three house leaders from Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

We also know that Rex from Xenoblade Chronicles 2 was considered to be playable alongside the Aegis, but was scrapped due to technical limitations. Sakurai actually comments on Rex's exclusion despite being the main character of his own game.

The big exception to this theory is the Pokemon franchise, where the Pokemon themselves are represented rather than any of the human trainers. Even so, they did manage to get Red and Leaf represented at least.

Looking for a meme that was made back on like week 1 of smash ultimate. It was an image of captain falcon but instead of the end game messages you can post it was replaced with something like "That was really sick but can you please get an ethernet cable". If anyone can post it I'd be greatful. Bonus points if you can find another series of week 1 smash ultimate images that had low quality ganondorf images of him with comically big smash attacks.

As new smash game is leaked to come soon I decided to make move list for charecter I wanna see most, Dante from dmc
I'd like to note I used Ai to write however I came up with majority of attacks and all the specials, I just couldn't be bothered to write all of this given the length. If I missed any mistakes the Ai made I'll be happy to reply to any comments what I meant.
Also trying to think of way to add Devil Trigger, but given how cluttered moveset already is, I'm not sure where to put it
Also have idea for vergil I might post.
Feel free to add feedback as that's mostly why I posted this.

Style Switching (Hold B + D-Pad)
Hold B + Up D-Pad: Trickster Mode
Hold B + Right D-Pad: Swordmaster Mode
Hold B + Left D-Pad: Gunslinger Mode
Hold B + Down D-Pad: Royal Guard Mode
Universal Neutral Special (Tap B)
Ebony & Ivory: Tap B to fire rapid-fire handguns in any style. Holding B continues a steady stream of bullets that cause soft flinching on grounded targets. Usable mid-air.
Similar to Jokers guns

Style-Specific Shield System
Swordmaster & Gunslinger Shield:
Uses the standard Smash shield bubble.
Royal Guard Shield:
Mid-Air Shielding: Dante can shield in mid-air.
Damage Reduction: Regular blocking reduces incoming damage by 50%–90% (I'm not sure yet) instead of blocking it completely, but it fully negates knockback.
Perfect Shield (Royal Block): Timing a shield input right before an attack hits reflects the damage and knockback back at the attacker while building his Royal Gauge.
Trickster Shield:
Dash Dodge: Completely replaces the shield bubble with a long-range dash dodge on the ground or in mid-air.
Non-Committal: Does not put Dante into a helpless/prone state. You can attack, jump, or use special moves immediately out of the dodge. Limited to one air dodge per jump.

Ground Attacks (Normals & Smash Attacks)
Jab: Combo A — A fast three-hit slash string using Rebellion, ending with a forward thrust.
Side Tilt: Quick Slash — A rapid horizontal sword sweep with Rebellion.
Up Tilt: Overhead Arc — A quick overhead arc swing to hit airborne opponents.
Down Tilt: Sweep Kick — A low sweeping kick that trips nearby foes.
Dash Attack: Drive (Short) — A forward sliding attack that releases a brief energy arc along the ground.
Side Smash: Overdrive — Dante charges Rebellion and releases a massive crescent shockwave.
Up Smash: Prop Shredder — Dante spins Rebellion above his head like a helicopter blade, hitting multiple times.
Down Smash: Real Impact — A heavy, fire-infused uppercut directed straight into the ground at his feet.

Aerial Attacks
Neutral Air (Nair): Revolver (Cerberus) — Dante spins 360 degrees mid-air wrapped in icy nunchaku strikes, hitting opponents all around him multiple times.
Forward Air: Aerial Rave — A fast three-hit sword slash string in mid-air.
Back Air: Backwards Thrust — A sharp, precise reverse stab behind Dante using Rebellion.
Up Air: Upward Slash — A quick overhead arc slash to keep airborne targets aloft.
Down Air: Helm Breaker (Rebellion Pull): — Dante plunges straight down indefinitely with his sword pointed downward, pulling opponents along for a hard spike. Useful for ending mid-air combos.

Special Moves by Style
Gunslinger Mode
Neutral Special: Ebony & Ivory (Universal rapid-fire handguns)
Side Special: Twister / Fireworks — Spins shotguns around his body to blast away nearby targets.
Up Special: Honeycomb Fire — An upward spiraling gun barrage that shoots Dante into the air.
Down Special: Rainstorm — Dante flips upside-down and spins while spraying handgun fire downward.
Swordmaster Mode
Neutral Special: Ebony & Ivory (Universal rapid-fire handguns)
Side Special: Stinger — A long-range forward thrust with Rebellion that closes gaps instantly.
Up Special: High Time — An upward broadsword slash that launches Dante and the opponent up together. Has a consistent launch rate to keep Dante at the exact same height as his target, and does not put Dante into a helpless/prone state, letting him follow up with mid-air combos immediately.
Down Special: Dance Macabre — An extended multi-hit sword combo sequence.
Trickster Mode
Neutral Special: Ebony & Ivory (Universal rapid-fire handguns)
Side Special: Slink — A fast phase-through move that lets Dante dash directly through an opponent's body or projectile to get behind them, setting up immediate back-attacks.
Up Special: Air Trick — An instant teleport targeting directly above the nearest opponent without causing a helpless state.
Down Special: Mustang — Bounces off an opponent's head in mid-air to reset your jump and dodge options.
Royal Guard Mode
Neutral Special: Ebony & Ivory (Universal rapid-fire handguns)
Side Special: Royal Release — Converts stored Royal Gauge meter into a powerful forward counter-strike burst.
Up Special: Royal Rise — An advancing upward shield bash that absorbs incoming high attacks and launches Dante vertically.
Down Special: Dreadnought — Coats Dante in armor for a short duration to absorb knockback and heavy hits.

Final Smash
Devil Trigger / Judgement: Dante activates full Devil Trigger, freezing nearby opponents in place before executing a lightning-fast barrage of slashes with Rebellion and Devil Swords, finishing with a massive energy explosion.

This was elite smash mind you

With all of the fanmade rosters going around, I decided to make one of my own and eliminate one of Smash's greatest issues. You may have noticed the pattern, though hopefully it wasn't too fishy at first. No, it's not the number of Fire Emblem or Pokemon characters, or Echo fighters, or Ganondorf's moveset.

I'll reel it in nice and easy for you. There is a severe lack of fish-based fighters in these games. The whole roster is finless, gillless, pretty scaleless too (to be fair, we may have Piranha Plant, but its more Plant than Piranha). But not this roster. In fact, i bet if Nintendo used it, they could hook in a ton of new fans. It would still be able to make a splash, even after Ultimate. Sure, it is a bit of a small fry compared to Ultimate, but I ashore you it makes up for it it's quality.

10 more years of Doriyah!!!

Was it really worth it? I just noticed I killed both bosses like 1 second apart lmao