Ping me when it’s in
SoSuper Smash Bros. Ultimateis pretty great, and it’s somehow still getting content and has remained relevant (checks calendar)…nearly two years after launch. That’s pretty great! But you know what’s not great? Its netcode and online play experience.
While you can chalk this up as “classic Nintendo,” new details from an upcoming Famitsu article seem to claim that rollback netcode was once planned forSmash Ultimate. The news comes from Nintendo insider and translator PushDustIn,who explained on Twitterthat rollback netcode was “looked into during development,” but due to some “adverse side effects,” it was dropped. More info is said to be coming once the full Famitsu column is available.
In otherSmashnews, more “adjustments” will be coming to 1v1 modes inSmash Ultimate, and Sakurai confirms thatSmashhas peddled over 20 million copies. Given thatit’s sitting at 19.9 million right now on Nintendo’s official site, that checks out.
If you’re curious, you may findmore info on how rollback netcode works here, or watch the below video! The short of it is, rollback netcode is harder to implement in many circumstances (but not all), so we don’t see it as often as the industry standard: delay-based netcode.
