Chrom from Fire Emblem: Awakening joins Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an echo fighter of Roy. Chrom’s daughter, Lucina, is another Fire Emblem echo fighter, but for Marth instead of Roy. The latest addition to the nearly 20 year-old Super Smash Bros. franchise is Super Smash Bros. ), Super Smash Bros.

Dark Samus is coming to Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as an echo fighter, Nintendo announced today during the company’s Smash focused Nintendo Direct. Just like the other echo fighters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Dark Samus will use Samus as a baseline for all of her abilities, and will essentially be the exact same fighter. Super Smash Bros.

Nintendo showed off a new feature in Super Smash Bros. You can turn the console’s screen off and tuck it into a bag, listening to Smash Bros. Ultimate’s 900-plus songs on the go. Ultimate has the largest number of music available in any Smash Bros. game by far, effectively turning your Switch into the most jam-packed, Nintendo-exclusive iPod ever. Super Smash Bros. Tide yourself over with our comprehensive everything we know post, which we’ll keep updating as we learn more about this Nintendo Sw

Super Smash Bros. There will be 103 stages in total, arranged in the order in which they were introduced in the series. We were also shown our first glimpse of the New Donk City stage, inspired by Super Mario Odyssey. Another new feature is something Nintendo calls “stage morph,” which allows battles to span between different stages. Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. King K. Rool, a long-time enemy of D.K. During today’s Super Smash Bros.-centric Nintendo Direct, the company announced two new characters, including Simon Belmont and his echo fighter, Richter, before ending the presentation with King K. Rool. Donkey Kong fans have wanted another rep from the franchise for some time — and K. Rool in particular. He first appeared in Donkey Kong Country for the Super Nintendo, a series where he continued to be the main villain.

Ultimate is coming to Nintendo Switch on Dec. 7, and though the character roster is more impressive than ever, that’s not the only new feature coming to the franchise. Ultimate will feature a host of new modes to make gameplay more versatile and exciting. The Squad Strike battle mode is a 5-on-5 or 3-on-3 elimination-style battle, where each player uses five (or three!) Tourney mode will allow players to input up to 32 participants and generate a tournament bracket, perfect for large Smash gathe

Part of the excitement in every new Super Smash Bros. game is the massive number of characters that can show up through the assist trophies. Each new Smash game has added plenty of new characters to help out during battles and Ultimate is no exception. Here’s a list of the rest of the Pokemon that were announced for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate today:AbraSolgaleoLunalaMimikyuPyukumukuVulpix and Alolan VulpixMarshadowAssist TrophiesHeadlining the new assist trophies for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate a

Dead Cells is an amazing game, but the Switch version struggles to maintain a smooth frame rate. The fans have made enough of a fuss about it, however, that priorities have changed. “So now we’ll put what we learned into practice, listen to your feedback and get to work fixing the problem right away. The obvious and surface-level tweaks to improve performance have already been done. So to be clear we’re looking at November at the absolute earliest, if the god of game dev comes down from the clou

Over lunch at a quiet, fancy Hawaiian joint in downtown San Francisco, I find myself struggling to interview Greg Miller. When he talks about a game, he talks about the game and its fandom and Greg Miller. Still, it didn’t surprise me when, in 2015, Miller, Moriarty, Scarpino and Gettys announced they were quitting IGN. “People who have a problem with Greg Miller see that I get to go out there and have all the fun in the world. Future plansFor the future, Miller wants Kinda Funny to grow, so tha

Fanatical, the U.K.-based Steam key distributor formerly known as Bundle Stars, is running a massive two-week Summer Sale on what it says are “thousands” of PC games. Fanatical is best known for its bundles: curated collections of lesser-known and indie PC games at deep discounts, sometimes up to 99 percent off. More recently, though, it’s been moving toward individual discounts and limited-time “star deals.”The Summer Sale is running through Aug. 21, with new deals dropping throughout the two-w

Nintendo first teased Super Smash Bros. Ultimate during a memorable Nintendo Direct back in March of this year, but it wasn’t until E3 that we were given more information about the game. Nintendo will broadcast a special live presentation dedicated to the game on Wednesday, Aug. 8, at 7 a.m. PT/10 a.m. The show will focus on Super Smash Bros. Nintendo has already shared a treasure trove of information about the game, including much of its lineup of characters.

Each season, hundreds of new anime series are released en masse. We’ve compiled our list of the best anime of the year (so far!) Noted for it’s genuine heart and gorgeous animation style, A Place Further Than the Universe is one of the most compelling anime of 2018 thus far. At its core, however, the show’s sense of comedy and consequence are what make it one of the best anime of 2018. That’s what makes Aggretsuko one of the best anime of 2018 — it dwells in imperfection.

At the start of every World of Warcraft expansion, current, new and returning players all start anew on similar footing. First and foremost, you need to poll your World of Warcraft friends before you pick a faction. Pick a Class, not a SpecializationIt’s important not to pick a specialization you like, but instead pick the class that holds several specializations that sound interesting. Ignore the numbersOnce you’ve reached the end game in World of Warcraft, it’s easy to get obsessed with your o

The new prestige system for the Destiny 2 raid lairs challenges players in brand new way. Our guide for Destiny 2’s Prestige Raid Lair, Aug. 7-13, 2018, will take you through the prestige affixes and loadout requirements. We recommend: Rat King Exotic, Last of the Legion, or Spoiler AlertEnergy: Scout rifleIt’s unfortunate to see sidearm week and scout rifle week line up. Clear out enemies as they walk through doors and, in emergencies, use it to deal boss damage. For boss damage, you won’t be a

Infringing on a person’s First Amendment right is a serious accusation, one that activists have historically fought to defend through protests and exhibitions. Our message is that we absolutely are leaning in to freedom of information and freedom of expression, subject to our community guidelines. The only issue, as Slate’s April Glaser writes, isn’t that YouTube, Facebook and Apple are taking action — it’s a matter of when. Instead, they defended Jones’ right to appear on the platforms for as l

Hollywood darling Ruby Rose is set to play Batwoman in a new crossover event for the CW, DC Comics announced today. She isn’t a stranger to the genre scene, but Batwoman marks the first time Rose will take on a superhero role. Rose will play the Kate Kane version of Batwoman, first introduced in 2006, and regarded as one of DC Comics’ most prominent gay superheroes. Over time, inspired by Gotham’s most famous vigilante, Kate finds a new way to fight for justice under the guise of Batwoman. Actor

The upcoming eighth season of American Horror Story was previously announced as a crossover between Murder House (seasons one) and Coven (season three), but Ryan Murphy waited until this year’s Comic-Con to release the theme: Apocalypse. With Apocalypse set to drop this fall, there’s anticipation over which actors from the American Horror Story ensemble might turn out for the event. Jessica Lange and Cody Fern aren’t the only actors joining the cast for Apocalypse, however. Murphy also tweeted a

Marvel Comics announced in March that it would be begin a new run of The Fantastic Four headed up by Dan Slott and Sara Pichelli. Marvel Comics is releasing Fantastic Four #1, which hits shelves (both physical and digital) on Wednesday, with a full set of variant covers illustrated by artists ranging from Fantastic Four veterans to seasoned artists. The first four variant covers feature solo images of the Human Torch, the Invisible Woman, Mr. Fantastic and the Thing illustrated by Stanley “Artge

Water parks are one of those things that are more fun in theory than they are in practice. At least, that was the conclusion I managed to draw on this week’s episode of The History of Fun, where I tried desperately to find the positives in these soggy amusement parks. But as my Brother in History Christopher T. Plante warns at the top of the episode, things get a little … graphic. Share your best/worst/wackiest water park memories — Russ Frushtick (@RussFrushtick) July 31, 2018Enjoying The His

There’s a moment in the second episode of Succession, the new HBO dramedy that wrapped its first season this past Sunday, in which wealth slams headlong into the telephone pole of reality. They’re so divorced from the mechanics of doing anything for themselves that they can’t recognize the idea that there are problems that money and random demands can’t fix. Watching Succession was cathartic, a chance to laugh at the well-documented stupidity of the ultra-rich. And Roman, the most affably likabl