Does anyone still think smash ultimate is a port?

[Nuvendil]

mZuzek said:

Nuvendil said:

Similar, but not the same.  Look closely at the geometry of the gloves, the collar, the boots, the headset, and the jacket.  It's a new mesh, just intentionally very similar.

Like I said, the *technical* improvements are limited with characters, the stages are what have seen a big leap.

Hmm, possibly, yeah.

In any case, the characters are one of the things where graphics matter least in Smash, honestly. Sure it's cool that they look better, but they're so small during gameplay you barely notice any details, mostly the only time when it's ever a nuisance is on the victory screens (which is why I specifically mentioned Mario and Fox, as they both have some really ugly victory screens in Smash 4 imo). And sure, in Ultimate the characters will be a little more noticeable because they're implementing stuff like the cutscene finish where we can see the fighters more up close, so it's good that they're being improved too, but it's crazy to consider this more important than the stages. After 3 games of copy-pasted old stages with crappy graphics, I thought we'd never see the day when Nintendo bothered to remake them, but well, here we are.

Exactly.  Everyone is so focused on comparing characters that they're missing the bigger picture.  The characters only have minute details added for the most part (except Ganondorf, Zelda, Link, and other characters with redesigns).  But the stages are a huge step up and as a result the whole game looks much better AND far more consistent.