Best Super Smash Bros. Games Of All Time

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Sunday 21st January 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Super Smash Bros. on N64 and the series at large. To celebrate a quarter century of Smash, we’re republishing this reader-ranked list of every game in the series.

This list is governed by each game’s User Rating on the site, which means it’s subject to real-time change. So, if you haven’t rated the games below, feel free to do so now and potentially influence the order, even after publication…


When Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arrived on Switch back in 2018 and brought with it every single fighter from the series’ history, it sent us back through the older games. With the original Super Smash Bros. now well into its third decade, it’s incredible to see how the series has evolved over two decades. Just how do they rank against each other? Is this ‘Ultimate’ iteration on Switch really the last word in Smash?

There’s a strong argument for it, but just how do the other entries measure up against the Switch game? Well, simply scroll down to see where Ultimate sits compared to its predecessors according to Nintendo Life readers…


Where does your favourite Super Smash Bros. sit on the list? Do you agree that Ultimate really is the, er ultimate Smash? Are Melee’s days as a tournament fave numbered? Let us know in the comments section below.

Note. Many moons ago before it was converted, NL staff originally ranked all the Smashes on this list in the following descending order: Super Smash Bros. (N64), Brawl (Wii), For Nintendo 3DS (er, 3DS), For Wii U (you get the picture), Melee (GC), and Ultimate (Switch).

Smash
Image: Nintendo

Sunday 21st January 2024 marks the 25th anniversary of Super Smash Bros. on N64 and the series at large. To celebrate a quarter century of Smash, we’re republishing this reader-ranked list of every game in the series.

This list is governed by each game’s User Rating on the site, which means it’s subject to real-time change. So, if you haven’t rated the games below, feel free to do so now and potentially influence the order, even after publication…


When Super Smash Bros. Ultimate arrived on Switch back in 2018 and brought with it every single fighter from the series’ history, it sent us back through the older games. With the original Super Smash Bros. now well into its third decade, it’s incredible to see how the series has evolved over two decades. Just how do they rank against each other? Is this ‘Ultimate’ iteration on Switch really the last word in Smash?

There’s a strong argument for it, but just how do the other entries measure up against the Switch game? Well, simply scroll down to see where Ultimate sits compared to its predecessors according to Nintendo Life readers…


Where does your favourite Super Smash Bros. sit on the list? Do you agree that Ultimate really is the, er ultimate Smash? Are Melee’s days as a tournament fave numbered? Let us know in the comments section below.

Note. Many moons ago before it was converted, NL staff originally ranked all the Smashes on this list in the following descending order: Super Smash Bros. (N64), Brawl (Wii), For Nintendo 3DS (er, 3DS), For Wii U (you get the picture), Melee (GC), and Ultimate (Switch).

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