Summary
A new mod released forSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatemakes the crossover fighter look like a fully 3D fighting game, with players being able to move their characters into various parts of the background and foreground. This Nintendo Switch game has a very active modding community, with modders expanding it beyond its limits. Some of these modsadd new characters like Spider-Man toUltimate’s roster, while others overhaul the game’s mechanics. This includes rebalancing its characters to giving custom move sets to their favorite fighters.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimateis a 2D fighting game with 3D graphics, with the addition of platforming in certain stages, making the objective of winning tied to the opponent being knocked off the stage instead of having their health depleted. The game’s 2D plane allows players to freely attack, move, and jump around, unlike other2D fighting games likeStreet Fighter, which have more restrictive movement and attacks. Despite it playing in 2D, the game has 3D graphics, with plenty of small details that can be found in the background and foreground. This new mod allows the fighters to break into the Z-axis, making the game look like a 3D fighting game.
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This mod, called “3D Smash Ultimate,” was created by C# or CSharp, a frequentSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatemodder. Some of their past works includeaddingCastlevania’s Alucard into the roster ofUltimate. They first posted a teaser video of how this mod would work by demonstrating Ridley walking around the stage in 3D to avoid Min-Min’s attack. According to the mod’s GameBanana page, this is faux 3D movement, meaning there are a lot of caveats and pitfalls to make it work, but it’s an impressive looking rework of the game.
ThisSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatemod allows a variety of unique scenarios to screenshot, due to the characters now being able to walk into the foreground or background, or rotate to face a certain direction. One of the latest updates made to the mod includes being able to do dash attacks, slides, or other certain moves that will allow the characters to move on the Z-axis. The full list of restrictions and quirks that this has are listed on the mod’s GameBanana page.
Many modders complimented CSharp on this mod for this one change, making the game feel completely different even in this mod’s early form. The faux 3D movement drew comparison toTekken’s 3D gameplay, though much simpler than Bandai Namco’s fighter. Modders took the opportunity to use this mod and take screenshots that normally wouldn’t be possible in the base game.
