Your weekly weekend podcasting source recaps the biggest news in anticipation of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Youko returns with SamuraiPanda, Super, and TonyTH to discuss where their lives are at today, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate at E3 2018, SamuraiPanda’s hands-on experience with the game, everyone is back in the roster, Ridley hits the big time, Daisy joins the list of Echo Fighters, Launch Star rounds up this week’s Smash Blog updates, Smash Bros. and the “dorm room effect,” and a question from Grimace the Minace about Nintendo catering to the competitive scene

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(2:08) WHERE WE ARE TODAY

• (2:25) SamuraiPanda

• (6:40) Youko

• (7:22) Super

• (8:11) TonyTH

(8:55) SMASH BROS. AND NINTENDO AT E3 2018

• (10:04) Everyone Is Back

• (14:06) Echo Fighters

• (19:36) Ridley Hits the Big Time

• (22:46) Invitational Tournament

(24:02) HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH SMASH ULTIMATE

(38:22) SMASH BLOG UPDATES

• (29:27) Inkling

• (43:34) Echo Fighters

• (46:50) Nintendo Booth

• (49:00) Ridley

• (51:10) Launch Star

• (52:22) Daisy

• (57:21) ZeRo Wins the Invitational

• (58:01) Alola Vulpix

(1:01:13) THE “DORM ROOM EFFECT” AND VIRALITY

(1:10:10) MAILTIME

• Grimace the Minace: “Nintendo has been making a clear effort to build Smash Ultimate around making an accessible game that still caters to and satisfies a competitive audience. Do you think they will carry this forward into directly supporting an eSports scene, or are they simply trying to make the best game they can?”

(1:14:50) OUTRO

• Youko on Twitter – Smash Ultimate Reaction – The PowerSwitch

• SamuraiPanda on Twitter – Smash Ultimate Reaction – Panda Global

• Super on Twitter

• TonyTH on Twitter

• Show Me Your News on Twitter