When it comes to the modes and extras of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate other than the "Smash" mode, I only really care for one thing. Not Classic Mode, not All-Stars, not "Break the Targets", not an Adventure Mode and certainly not Smash Run or Smash Tour... But the Stage Builder!
It used to be my favorite feature in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where I've spent many hours with building my own stages. It wasn't available in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS at all and it felt kind of lackluster in the Wii U version. The free-shape drawing was nice-to-have but rarely produced good results, while this came at the cost of many of the old stage parts and features.
Ideally, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will also have the "ultimate" Stage Builder by combining both versions. There is already a good reason to bring the pre-defined floors back and that is the lack of any touchscreen input in the Switch's docked mode. The free-shape drawing wouldn't work here at all and only would be accessible in the system's handheld mode, which is rather inconvenient. This might even be a reason, why Super Mario Maker hasn't appeared on Nintendo Switch yet.
In addition, it would be nice to have all of the old crazy features back, like drop blocks, ice blocks, conveyor belts, ice floors and ladders, even if you could make broken stages with them in the original. I don't care, I want all the goodness.
What both Stage Builders lacked, however, was a greater selection of backgrounds. The one in Brawl had three and the one on the Wii U had five, which never really helped with the diversity. The Stage Builders gave you access to all the music in the game, but why not all the backgrounds as well? Each stage now has Battlefield and Omega version, which requires them to have simpler, fixed backgrounds, which you could use in the Stage Builder... There would be over a hundred of different backgrounds to use! Imagine doing you own versions of Hyrule Castle, Skyloft or Norfair. It would be amazing!
So, I have high hopes for this feature, where I only can be disappointed... But let's see.
It used to be my favorite feature in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, where I've spent many hours with building my own stages. It wasn't available in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS at all and it felt kind of lackluster in the Wii U version. The free-shape drawing was nice-to-have but rarely produced good results, while this came at the cost of many of the old stage parts and features.
Ideally, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will also have the "ultimate" Stage Builder by combining both versions. There is already a good reason to bring the pre-defined floors back and that is the lack of any touchscreen input in the Switch's docked mode. The free-shape drawing wouldn't work here at all and only would be accessible in the system's handheld mode, which is rather inconvenient. This might even be a reason, why Super Mario Maker hasn't appeared on Nintendo Switch yet.
In addition, it would be nice to have all of the old crazy features back, like drop blocks, ice blocks, conveyor belts, ice floors and ladders, even if you could make broken stages with them in the original. I don't care, I want all the goodness.
What both Stage Builders lacked, however, was a greater selection of backgrounds. The one in Brawl had three and the one on the Wii U had five, which never really helped with the diversity. The Stage Builders gave you access to all the music in the game, but why not all the backgrounds as well? Each stage now has Battlefield and Omega version, which requires them to have simpler, fixed backgrounds, which you could use in the Stage Builder... There would be over a hundred of different backgrounds to use! Imagine doing you own versions of Hyrule Castle, Skyloft or Norfair. It would be amazing!
So, I have high hopes for this feature, where I only can be disappointed... But let's see.
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