| drinkandswim said: Its up to the reviewers to score it how they see fit. To the majority that skipped Wii U its not a port. And even if you had a Wii U i dont think this game fits the bill. Two completely new modes, tons of new characters, tons of new levels. To me that isnt a Port. |
Yea, I think the idea that Ultimate is a port should have died down by now. With all of this accumulation of content, I find it hard for Ultimate to be considered just a port, or deluxe or not. Its look so different in terms of gameplay whenever I see comparisons between Wii U and Ultimate. Mario Kart 8 and Deluxe are comparable, Smash 4 and Ultimate are not from a gameplay perspective, which is more than enough to convince me that Ultimate is not a port. Sure, it may not be a huge evolution or revolution, but its an incredible ensemble of characters from the Nintendo universe and from various third-parties. If someone were to tell my teenage self that Ultimate is a thing, I would have not believed you. This is something that may never happen again, especially with having to deal with third party rights (i.e., Cloud, Midgar, and his two songs being the only thing from Final Fantasy). It's like having the Dream Team, the Avengers, the Justice League, etc. There isn't anything like it outside of Project X Zone and Marvel vs. Capcom and those don't have the reach that Smash Bros. has (or MvC could have with Infinite but that kinda went sideways).
