Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's next DLC fighter, Min Min from Arms, is almost here. The new character arrives later today, June 29, alongside the game's 8.0 update, which adds a handful of new Mii Fighter costumes and a new feature for Spirits mode.
Like previous DLC characters, Min Min will come with her own unique stage, Spring Stadium, as well as 18 music tracks taken from Arms, Nintendo's 2017 stretchy-arm fighting game. Fittingly, Min Min excels at long-range battling, using her retractable arms to attack opponents from a distance, and she can swap between three different Arms on the fly with her down special.
- Min Min’s final smash fires her arm forward in a straight line to hit a single target. If the attack lands, the Arms cast unleash a flurry of blows in a cinematic, finishing with a final Dragon hit by Min Min herself. Super Smash Bros. Sakurai Presents 'Min Min' That’s the full confirmed Min Min moveset for Smash Ultimate.
- Min Min, a character from Nintendo’s other fighting game, Arms, brings the Smash Ultimate roster to a number so staggering you really don’t even need to keep count anymore.
SSBC +13 ↺12 Super Smash Bros. HL2 +15 ↺6 Half-Life 2. MK8D +14 ↺2 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. SA2 +8 ↺7 Sonic Adventure 2. SADX +9 ↺4 Sonic Adventure DX. P3FES +2 ↺8 Persona 3 FES. HL +8 ↺1 Half-Life.
Min Min is the first character to arrive as part of the Fighters Pass Vol. 2, which costs $30 USD and grants holders access to all six upcoming DLC fighters as they release. Players also have the option to pick up the Min Min character pack individually for $6 USD.
In addition to Min Min, five new Mii Fighter costumes are also arriving today: Ninjara (Arms), Callie and Marie (Splatoon), Heihachi (Tekken), and Vault Boy (Fallout). Each outfit costs 75 cents and is not included in the aforementioned Fighters Pass.
Finally, the 8.0 update introduces a rematch feature to Spirits mode. From your Spirit List, you can initiate a rematch with a Spirt you've already unlocked and aim to earn a higher score. You'll also win additional Spirit Points based on your score.
That's not all that's new for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate; Nintendo is also giving away another freebie for the game. Nintendo Switch Online subscribers can claim another free Spirit Board Challenge Pack, which includes a handful of helpful items for Spirit Board mode.
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Min Min became available as Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's 81st character during an era where the world was essentially on lockdown due to the COVID-19 global pandemic of 2020. Offline tournaments around the world were suspended with the hopes of curving the spread. As such, players were relegated to playing online for the foreseeable future.
It's often argued that playing Super Smash Bros. Ultimate online offers a completely different experience compared to playing offline. This means that some characters might come across as being less effective than normal while others benefit from a reduced reaction speed in an 'online meta.' With Japan now transitioning back to offline tournaments, it's starting to look like Min Min might might be a fair bit stronger offline. Funnily enough, this is resulting in the character acquiring a lot of hate in the Japanese region.
It seems that a Min Min user that can react properly is able to create situations against the opponent where it is impossible for them to not get hit. She's able to do this thanks to the range of her ARMS attacks and the ability to chain one forward smash into another.
This comes on top of an already strong set of combo options. If Min Min ever catches a player asleep at the wheel, she can instantly perform a simple 0-to-death sequence.
Once Min Min is able to assert stage control, it can be extremely difficult to reset things back to a neutral state. It can be argued that Min Min has the best edge guarding tools in the game.
Could it be that Min Min is stronger than most players' initial impressions? Is Min Min destined to be the 'Bayonetta of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'?
Larry Lurr has recently uploaded a couple of videos that showcase how Min Min's meta is developing in Japan's offline scene and how players are reacting.
Fans not only dislike playing against Min Min, but it seems that many are also not a fan of watching her. Matches that showcase Min Min losing tend to hear louder cheers from the crowd in video uploads. Meanwhile, videos that have Min Min winning the set are seeing more dislikes than likes.
Some Japanese players have begun taking tournaments with the noodle aficionado of the Mintendo Noodle House. Even top tier competitors like GW|Zackray are having difficulties beating her consistently.
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Just observing the facial reactions of certain individuals as they get hit with Min Min's developing bread and butter setups is also quite telling. This is all resulting in Min Min becoming very hated in the Japanese scene. Are Smash scenes in North America and Europe next?