-Stage hazards toggle in stage select screen, alongside the ability to play any song on any stage (in exchange for BF/Omega forms only available through random select).
-The ability to set it so that top blast line KO’s are always one of either star, screen or blast KO’s, to ensure consistency. Star and screen KO’s in exchange are as long as they were in Melee.
-Alternate costumes are toggled using X and Y, team colors can be switched using L and R (or maybe ZL/ZR for pro controller and dual joycons) and ZL/ZR (or maybe L/R for pro controller and dual joycons) switch echo fighters/PT Pokémon. I wouldn’t mind if switching team colors with X/Y and alternate colors with L/R was implemented instead. Online arenas allow you to cycle back team colors using Y.
-Amiibos can be your partners or opponents in any non-vs multiplayer mode (home run contest, mob smash, spirit battles, etc)
-After each match, every human player’s token remains on the character they picked but unless one player picks up their token, everyone must press start to start the match. Pressing A on the “ready to fight” banner no longer starts a match either, you must press start.
-On the match results screen, players can press start to skip all info like past games.
-Team attack can now be toggled for individual teams (so red team can have TA off and blue team can have TA on). Threpink, purple, black and white are also added as additional team colors.
-Character order selection menu in squad strike allows players to back out in order to make any changes they want, and names are saved so you won’t have to reselect them.
-Handicap mode now toggles number of extra stocks/points you have, so +3 means you start each match with 3 extra stocks.
the alternate costume/team color and squad strike thing, having to reselect characters after every match and the number of times I pressed a on the ready to fight banner to accidentally start a match is enough for me to give ultimate a 7/10 overall due to inferior menu design. Having to reselect after every match is a nuisance for my friend’s dad and squad strike is a nuisance for my brother.
there’s probably more too.