It’s one of the decisions that define you as a human being, almost as much as choosing between Squirtle, Charmander, and Bulbasaur: Who are you going to choose as the main character in ‘Super Smash Bros’? I’m sure you’re convinced that some are much stronger than others, that it’s easier to win with R.O.B than with Pikachu, and that sometimes the Nintendo game has its flaws. However, there’s a surprise: the team is quite balanced, even if you don’t believe it.
Fifty-fifty
It has been confirmed by the game’s director himself, Masahiro Sakurai, in a video where he states that the 80 characters in ‘Super Smash Bros Ultimate’ are very well balanced. He doesn’t give names, however, based on online match data, the highest win ratio for any character is 51.43%, while the lowest is 47.18%. So, it’s not so much about the strength of the character you choose, but how you use them.
Or in other words, everyone has a chance to win and, according to him, “it would be difficult to get much closer to this opportunity”. A little kick in the face of Smash Bros experts who are clear about the characters that always win and the ones you should never pick. In the end, at a user level, what matters is what you enjoy, after all.