Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Review: 5 Ups & 3 Downs

3. Local Multiplayer Is AWESOME

The core of the Smash series has always been the local multiplayer, because there are few gaming experiences more fun than huddling around a Nintendo console with a group of pals and duking it out with the company's finest (and some special guests).

Incredibly, Smash Ultimate supports up to eight players on a single Switch, and though most players are likely to get more mileage out of four-player mayhem, the result either way is deliriously brilliant chaos.

The huge number of presets, and also the ability to save those presets, is a welcome addition, ensuring you can quickly dive into whatever you and your friends desire.

It's the perfect setup for a party where the drinks are flowing and people can drop-in and drop-out as they please, delivering the same sturdy brilliance it always has. For this reason it's a bit easier to tolerate the messy online multiplayer, even if it's (obviously) entirely dependent on you having frequent access to a group of friends to play with.