The Cut Final Smashes of Super Smash Bros Ultimate 

I feel like Triforce Slash was acceptable when Final Smashes were like a completely new thing. It's very reminiscent of super moves/ultimate attacks in other fighting games, where the characters just hit you a bunch of times with flashy effects happening. I think it definitely had its place as a very simple "this is what a Final Smash is" type of thing, but it does kinda suck that it's stuck around for this long on Young/Toon Link.

Rest in peace Wario Man 🙏 Also we hate Triforce Slash in this house

I'm surprised you didn't mention Ice Climbers. Iceberg works completely different in Brawl and Ultimate. In Brawl, it would just be a huge Iceberg that would cover the entire stage, but in Ultimate, you can control it and even ride on a Condor.

An interesting thing with Pit’s FS. The reason Pit and Dark Pit were made separate characters in Smash 4 instead of skins like originally intended is because it wouldn’t make sense for Dark Pit to use the Three Sacred Treasures (which doesnt make much sense in of itself because Bowser Jr exists), but since both Pit and Dark Pit have used the Lightning Chariot in Uprising, it basically defeats the original purpose of separating them

A lot of final smahses in ultimate feel the same. They're either a flurry of attacks or the character zipping around the screen or while attacking their opponent

6:11 why was that transition so beautiful

I miss transformations final smashes. Just becoming the best character in the game for 30 seconds was awesome. I feel they accomplished the power trip feeling that ultimate attacks like final smashes should better than every other final smash

I have truly missed the old times of the great OP Warioman. As a kid I would purposely play Brawl with the final smash ball just so I could play him. I didn't even care how much damage he could deal he was just hella fun to play as!

according to the negative zone trophy in brawl, it says something about how Luigi lived in Mario’s shadow for so long he learned the power.

I'm a Xenoblade nerd so I can explain quickly why Shulk's new Final Smash is bad: the FS is based on the game's Chain Attack mechanic, where you could choose the moves of your party members in sequence while the enemies were frozen. The problem is that the party is only 3 members at a time, but Ultimate added a fourth party member for some reason (Xenoblade Chronicles X did have a party of 4 members but that's an unrelated game). And yeah, Fiora being added is a spoiler but other stuff like Spirits also spoil the same thing

NOBODY tell me that Wario Man should have been cut. It was the coolest thing ever

Two Little Tidbits: 1: Two Cut Final Smashes do technically still exist in Ultimate in the form of Assist Trophies. Ashley functions very similarly to Negative Zone, and does fit her well as Witch who transforms people. And of course, Chef Kawasaki brings back the Chef Kirby Final Smash. 2: Dedede Special is a reference to something, though in a very loose and underwhelming way. The little bomb Dedede pops at the end is a reference to the "Egg Catcher" Sub Game from Kirby's Adventure (as well as Return to Dreamland Deluxe). It definitely would have been a cooler if they fully committed to the reference and had Dedede launch a barrage of eggs and bombs, though I am at least happy we landed on Masked Dedede.

ganondorfs final smash also has a functional difference: his stun hit had longer range in brawl and 4 (seemingly endless) while ultimate has it only be the swords

I used to use sonic when i was a kid in brawl and it made me realize why transformation smashes were deleted. A lot of them can fly but if you fly off stage and it untransforms you lose a stock (they don't clearly show when you untransforms)

Odyssey central: I hope triforce slash never returns. Smash 6 triforce slash : hello.

You do not know how much of a godsend I thought Masked Dedede Rush was back when it was first shown off. Dedede Burst felt like they just deliberately ignored Masked Dedede as the obvious choice of a Final Smash because "oh no, Superstar Ultra wasn't a game Sakurai worked on".

I had an interesting idea with Mario’s FS since they want to keep it the same way. Why not have Mario turn into Fire Mario for the final smash. Before firing the fireballs, he’ll hold the fire flower up and transform. Not only would this be more accurate to the Mario games, but it could also make up for the fire mario costume being cut from Ultimate!

13:55 I think they changed it because the 3DS version couldn't handle the Waddlede's during development, so they had to change it on both versions.

The transformation Final Smashes are the ones I truly miss.

Psychologist: why does she bother you? Odyssey: *ITS ROSEALENA* 🤬

I just wish they kept more “crowd control” final smashes. I don’t like how final smashes don’t affect the whole field much anymore and just target a small section or guy

Man I miss transformation final smashes. "Oooh but the flow of battle" they're banned in competitive anyways make them cool and broken

Fun fact: in Ultimates files, there are new textures for DKs Bongos implying Kongo Beat was likely considered to return in some form

Also worth noting is that Ness and Lucas's final smashes were slightly changed, both are PK Star Storm but gameplay wise they changed In Brawl the stars will fall of randomly In 4 they were concentrated in a single burst that you can control its direction And in Ultimate you can the stars will fall randomly fall but you can control the area where they fall (also in Ness's final smash in Ultimate Paula and Poo acompany Ness meanwhile in Lucas's he will be acompanied by Kumatora and Boney)

I'm really addicted to your videos man, good job with the editing and the production

In my opinion, it's kinda weird that Pokémon Trainer's Charizard doesn't Mega Evolve for triple finish. Granted, Mega Evolution wasn't in FRLG or HGSS (the games that have the Pokémon trainer we see in Smash wearing what he wears in smash), but Charizard cannot mega evolve on its own in both the games and anime, so consistency with the base games was not an issue.

Dude I have never seen a Smash Fighter done dirtier than Sonic. Man cannot get a break.

13:17 You make a very great point there. It's like as if they overcompensated for how immensely OP Sonic's final smash was in brawl and four.

Anybody who’s first, I have a blue shell😈

the reason why smash 4 changed dedede's final smash is actually most likely because of the 3ds' limitations not being able to deal with all of those enemies especially with 4 player smash

1:03 Actually, I think that move is loosely based on Mario's special move in Super Mario RPG called "Ultra Flame". Or at least, it looks very similar.🤔🔥

Actually Luigi's old Final Smash Is a reflection of how he felt when he was in Mario's Shadow.

Actually Dedede's Brawl final Smash has a origin reference. It references Dedede being the King of Dream Land. The Enemies he spawns are normally seen on levels on Dream Land and are their residents. Waddle Dees are literallyy some of his main subjects. That is shown on Planet Robobot and Star Allies intro cutscene

Transformation final smashes were fun asf

I wish we still had controllable final smashes

I really hated that they removed the transformation smashes and the reason they were removed was bad, you're telling me that they disrupt the flow of the game when the only way that would be a real problem is a competitive scene where they're never used in the first place, then there are items that fulfill similar purposes as to what the smashes do.

From what I remember, I believe King Dedede's Final Smash was changed for Smash 4 because the 3DS would get laggy with that many character models on screen in larger games, similar to why Ice Climbers were cut.

One thing I do prefer about the cutscenes is that they are so much more badass as a finisher.

This was exactly the kind of video I was craving after watching ur final smashes ranking

*I'm really glad you included Ash-Greninja in this video, it is a nice addition, similar to Lucario!*

I love your videos man. Also I really miss King de de de's finale smash

That thumbnail is such a banger

Nobody gonna mention Advent Children Cloud getting a visually distinct Final Smash? It has different text and more swords; what more could you want!?

I wish Pit kept Three Sacred Treasures, I personally feel it's his all-time best one.

Transformation smashes must have been a lot of fun. They should have made young link put the feirce diety mask. That would have been a lot of fun. I dont see why nintendo does not want transformation smashes.

I had so many memories with Yoshi, Snake, Luigi, Falco, King Dedede and I personally don’t like that they seem to be prioritising these more quick, ‘one on one’ strikes, as I prefer the older more ‘fun’ ones from brawl. But I do understand that they are trying to create a more standardised competitive gameplay for ultimate, which would require them to make such alterations. Anyways, another great video! Loved to see some of the older final smashes and completely forgot lucario had a different one in smash 4!

I can't decide if I like the more technical power up-esq final smashes from brawl and smash 4 or the more (for lack of a better word) mindless ultimate final smash because I liked playing as wario man and giga bowser but then again it feels way more consistent in ultimate

I think the worst part of Wario Man's change VISUALLY is that they removed the WarioWare Touched reference, where in that game, if you feed standard Wario Nasty Garlic, he did a little spin before transforming into Wario Man, nice touch. But then they ruined it to be a standard charge forward for the cutscene FS... Lame

the robin final smash reference during the oit explanation killed me

The new pac man final smash also references the fact that Pac-Man can go to the left of the screen by always going right

babe wake up new odyssey central vid just dropped

00:40 technically Ness and Lucas' final Smash IS altered cause yeah it PK Starstorm but it's not the same between Brawl Sm4sh and Ultimate

15:54 the only really noticeable part of it is that the stars that shoot out of the power star bounce off of surfaces and go further where as the grand star grows faster and bigger than the power star

Im holding out hope for cut taunts. Also totk has some amazing references to older zelda games so enjoy, Odyssey

This was a Smashing good video(even if I disagree with close to half if not more than half of your opinions, but we're all entitled to one, so I can't complain too much)

To be fair, even though I miss wario man, it was easy to accidentally self-destruct with wario man because the motorcycle was so fast, as well as wario man’s super fart shooting you off the top of the screen

DRY BONES FOR SMASH

That thumbnail is amazing, I mean how could you NOT click on that

12:12 They could have just make charizard transform into charizard x DURING THE TRIPLE FINISH 12:48 He could do a combo while transforming into all his forms (werehog, excalibur, darkspine), then end with his super form as the final move

They should make a new classic mode so we can go in and customise our character final smash (of course only the fighters who had other final smashes)

Tbh with Bowser Jr's final smash I would like for the Koopalings to have a different one using Bowser's clown cart (a bit of reference for NSMB2). I haven't decided how would that work but still it would make more sense

4:12 I SEE YOU PHANTOM PUPPET

Dedede's Final smash has changed more often than the... Actually I can't think of anything lol

Sorry for being that guy but , the negative zone's lore is the following: luigi takes his rage , sadness and jelousy from being overshadowed by mario and forms it in a zone

the thing you aim Giga Bowser's punch with in ultimate is a reference to Yoshi's island

I think a great idea for a vid would be to think of an idea for a new final smash for every character

13:49 the bomb in smash 4 is from Kirby Pintball Land.

I find it cool how Nintendo keeps a few thing from the DK bongos 2 games with DKs old fs being a reference to donkey konga and his new one could possibly be a reference to DK jungle beat.

Actually, I believe that Mario Finale IS based off something- which is the Ultra Flame attack from Super Mario RPG! Also, Young Link's Final Smash really should've been Fierce Deity Link- or a version of it that's similar to Triforce Slash, but instead of it being Triforce-based, it's based off the Fierce Deity mask from Majora's Mask! As for Yoshi, his STAMPEDE Final Smash is also based off Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Yoshi partner's attack of the same name!

I think Luigi’s original final smash would have been a way better for for Waluigi had he been added,since weird dances are something Waluigi already does,and since he too has been overshadowed by the other plumbers

you have very good opinions on this game and seem to be very good at it so I was wondering how many hours do you have??

1:57 Odyssey you scared the crap outta me!

Ness's/Lucas's final smash actually also changed from Smash 4 to Ultimate. Their PK Starstorm used to cover the whole stage, but in Ultimate, it falls in more of a concentrated beam area that you can aim like Lucario's final smash.

I don't care if it "disrupts the flow of battle", cutscene final smashes do that too. I mean, do you really like having to sit for like 5 seconds just so your opponent's FS finishes playing? It gets worse the more people there are in the match. With Negative Zone in particular, I really hope they give it to Waluigi if he ever gets in. First, Waluigi is known for being a cheater and Luigi's nemesis, so it'd make sense if he copied a move from the latter. Second, the FS is a dance, and one of Waluigi's few major roles as an antagonist was in Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix. Third, such a bizarre FS fits perfectly with Waluigi's overall character. Finally, the FS was based on how Luigi is always obscured by his older brother, and like you said he originally was just a pallette swap and nothing else. It perfectly fits with Waluigi, a character who has never had an actual role in a Mario game outside of spin-offs, is always obscured by the other three, has bad chemistry with basically everyone else aside from Wario, was created just so Wario could have a tennis partner, and has been relegated to be an Assist Trophy in Smash for over a decade. It'd make sense for him to vent all that negative energy in the form of a FS.

Sakurai said it on a interview about they changing dedede final smash, he said that the old one would not work on the 3ds version of smash 4

A lil small detail ya missed but, Triple Finish is different between games as Squirtle uses Whirlpool in Ultimate while Brawl it is supposedly just blasting out Hydro Pump. Which is makes sense them using it in context of the old pokemon games where those where the strongest moves of their respectful types, that being Fire Blast, Solar Beam, and Hydro Pump. Though the whirlpool is a fine change as it helps catches and drags opponents into the middle of the Smash Attack.

I really want Kirby to get a new Final Smash. Ultra Sword is cool, but Kirby has more cooler final attacks than just a big sword. And personally, I think what the Final Smash is based on is... really boring. So, the actual Ultra Sword Finisher from Return to Dreamland and Return to Dreamland Deluxe is really boring. Kirby just slowly hits Magolor in sudden quick blinks, and the final hit looks like it goes OVER the guy instead of through. TL;DR, it feels incredibly weak in the base game, and just feels slightly stronger and flashier. Also, the Ultra Sword is SUPER BASIC. It's just "big sword does big slashes". They already messed with Kirby for sword by randomly turning his up smash (a move from the Cutter copy ability) into a sword rather than an actual cutter. What do I want? Hypernova. Everyone just forgets it but it's so fitting. Just use it like a reverse, stationary version of the Inklings' Killer Wail Final Smash.

Remember when we had PLAYABLE final smash?

i like how nintendo replaced transformation final smashes with cutscene final smashes to be "less distruptive" despite the fact that people cannot do anything when cutscenes are happening

Fun Fact: Dr. Mario was originally going To be a costume on smash Wii U/3DS but would end up being a separate character in order To not anger melee Fans (honestly I'm glad Dr. Mario is a separate character).

One time I was playing as Samus in Brawl with my friends, and was absolutely destroying them. That was, until I got a final smash, and changed into zero suit samus. I have no idea how to play her well, so I spent the next 5 minutes desperately trying to deal damage and survive until I got another final smash. I'm glad the transformation thing was removed in ultimate.

Triforce Slash is based on the fact that the main goal of alot of Zelda games is to collect all 3 pieces of the triforce to restore peace. In the Brawl description of the Triforce Slash trophy, they state that Link uses the Triforce of Courage to constantly stab his opponent. In Zelda 1, your main goal was to get the Triforce of Wisdom to kill Ganon because it was the ONLY WAY to kill him. That's why Triforce Slash is a thing. And also I don't get the hate that it gets other than the fact that more than one Link has it and the "My favorite game isn't referenced in his Final Smash" bias.

One thing, Mario Finale has a loosely based reference of the Ultra Flare from Mario RPG. The Triforce Slash is actually based on the final hits Link does to Gannon in Ocarina of Time. Yoshi’s Stampede! is also based on the tyke Yoshi’s Stampede move in Paper Mario TTYD. Negative Zone is based on how Luigi is the eternal understudy

You picked the best cut final smash for the Thumbnail. I truly miss Wario Man.

I dont get Sakurais logic that "transformations affect the pace of a match" like what ???? And sitting there watching a cutscene doesnt ?????

I miss the transformation final smashes. Such a power trip. But I get why they got changed for balance reasons. R.I.P. Super Sonic

Giga mack? Sounds like a close court case. Anyway, At the beginning of the video, you said that there was a let down on the two link final smashes. So what they could have done for young like was have the moon crash down or have him use the fierce deity mask. But here’s where it gets hard! Toon link can use Elzo to shrink everyone to a small size. Or toon link can split into 4 and IDK. However, four swords games are the lowest part of Zelda (except for the CDI) so I don’t know if people will get it as much. Toon link could run over people with the spirit train or summon leprechaun man and weird ninja guy from spirt tracks to kill you. Or this doubles as from phantom hourglass and the Wind Waker The ghost ship comes and capture the enemy and will do a sting hit. I would most likely want to see the ghost ship since The Wind Waker is my favorite game ever. ALL OF THESE WOULD BE BETTER THAN THE GOOBER SLASH!!

Fun fact: kirby’s new final smash actually inspired a change to happen in kirby’s return to dream land deluxe Spoilers below In the remake, kirby lets out an anime esc cry when using the ultra sword to deal the final blow to the 1st phase of the final boss Magolor. With the scream being absent from the wii original, this is a rare instance of a series taking from smash bros.

I have a few ideas for new final smashes for some characters that I think have some lame final smashes in ultimate/ characters that have had the exact same final smash. I want to share them in order to get the point across. Mario: Fire Mario (Transformation) Donkey Kong: Barrels (Functions like in SSF2) Ness: PK Rockin' Ω (Ness' signature move in Earthbound/Mother 2) Dr. Mario: Dr. Mario on the NES (Dr. Mario throws a giant megavitamin that can capture up to 7 players. You get to play a quick game of Dr. Mario, ending with all viruses, the players, eliminated.) Young Link: Fierce Deity Mewtwo: Shadow Mewtwo (Basically, the Shadow Ball move from Pokken Tournament.) Meta Knight: Galaxia Darkness (updated to be in line with SSF2) Pit: Great Sacred Treasure (Pit's mech used in the final battle of Kid Icarus Uprising) Wario: Wario-Man (Controllable) Pokémon Trainer (Separate final smashes for every Pokémon): Hydro Pump (Squirtle), Solar Beam (Ivysaur), Mega Charizard X (Contollable) (Charizard) Sonic: Super Sonic (Controllable with more powerful attacks) Lucario: Mega Lucario (Controllable) Toon Link: Four Swords Mega Man: Super Rush (Plays like in Super Smash Bros Crusade) Little Mac: Giga Mac (Controllable) Pac-Man: Super Pac-Man (Controllable) Robin: Updated Pair-Up (Lon-qu (idk Fire Emblem lol) if both Lucina and Chrom are selected, Lucina if Chrom is selected, and Chrom if no one is selected) Shulk: Chain-Attack (JUST KEEP THE ONE FROM SMASH 4!!! I DIDN'T PLAY XENOBLADE 1 YET!!!)

If in the next smash they qds a mr. L costume, I'd love for mr. L to have the old negative zone

Bro recorded fast for TOTK XD. I'm watching this well playing TOTK.🤣

My favorite cut Final Smash was Ukulele Pichu’s solo. …oh, wait.

They should have compromised by making Charizard become Mega Charizard X during the Triple Finish... that would have been _amazing._

It would be really sick if Fox's final smash became Landmaster again but as a multi hit like the rest. He calls up the Landmaster to crush the enemy with its weight (This being the activation confirm hitbox) and then (If enemy was hit succesfully) Fox shoots the Landmaster until it explodes dealing massive damage and knockback.

Cant wait to see some TotK content here! Speaking of which, how are you enjoying the game so far?

1:41 I'd have it so each beat zooms the screen in a bit, leaving people less area to avoid the attacks from the bongos

I don’t know why but 14:24 had me rolling to Pluto

Still can't believe Dry Bones got cut.

How about for Sonic, since Frontiers now exists, he can just use his finisher against Knight as his Final Smash. In fact, update Sonic's moveset with Frontiers moveset. That would be really fun to use.

I actually really like Triforce Slash, mostly because I care more about how powerful final smashes are than whether they reference something or not. Triforce Slash in Smash 4 did 60% damage and killed really early. Ancient Bow and Arrow in Ultimate does a pathetic 35% damage and kills later.