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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Demos Playable at Best Buy

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On Tuesday, September 4th, 2018, Best Buy officially announced that certain Best Buy stores in the US will have playable Super Smash Bros. Ultimate demos available on various weekends from September 8th to October 7th. This is the first time a retailer will have an Ultimate demo before the game launches on December 7th, 2018.

This information won’t come as a surprise to everyone, as a similar announcement was accidentally posted earlier this month on Best Buy’s official website and was noticed by fans before being taken down. This latest announcement seems to be the real deal, however, as Best Buy’s official Twitter account posted the news as well.


If you want to know whether or not any of these lucky Best Buy stores are close to you, check out Best Buy’s page for the locations along with the exact times that store will have the Ultimate demos ready.

Author’s Note: Are you interested in going to any of these events, or are you in the same boat as Zero Soul and live nowhere near any of these Best Buys? Let us know in the comments!
 
Mitchell "Zerp" Brenkus
Zerp
Mitchell "Zerp" Brenkus
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Zerp is a devout Jigglypuff loyalist and solo-main who has played Super Smash Bros. since before Brawl was a thing. His passion for the franchise has always been strong yet his passion for the competitive scene itself wasn't as strong, it was always just a passing interest. That changed though when he finally went to a tournament, and he has been hooked ever since.

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I heard they will be giving out prizes and rewards. I wonder what they could be. :p
 
Zerp
WolfCypher said:
Hahaha!

I live 15 minutes walking away from the Denver location
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That's great, I hope you're able to go and have fun with the demo!
The_Bookworm said:
Too bad I am far away from those locations. RIP
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Same here lol.
Quillion said:
Still disappointed that it's not a Global Test demo.
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Yeah, I feel similar, I want to be able to play it too! Although, I think it's reasonable that they haven't yet, knowing us it'd get datamined in seconds. This is just my speculation, but I think we might get a Test Smash or whatever they decide to call it after the entire roster's revealed, that way they won't have to worry about leaks.
 
smileMasky
Zero Soul said:
That's great, I hope you're able to go and have fun with the demo!

Same here lol.

Yeah, I feel similar, I want to be able to play it too! Although, I think it's reasonable that they haven't yet, knowing us it'd get datamined in seconds. This is just my speculation, but I think we might get a Test Smash or whatever they decide to call it after the entire roster's revealed, that way they won't have to worry about leaks.
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I still think they will keep like 1 or 2 characters a super secret even after release because that happened before but thats just my opinion.
 
Benjakshin
I hope that this would mean a pre-release Demo on the E-Shop. I'd love to play Smash Ultimate before it came out at the convenience of my own house.

Edit: Grammar...
 
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IsmaR
Awesomeperson159 said:
Nintendo isn't stupid. They don't want to reveal a character, they remove all traces from the demo. Simple.
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Coding isn't that simple. Removing a significant part of data from even a test build could jeopardize numerous other things. And even if they did get it perfectly scrubbed, it's a ton of effort for very little payoff (assuming a majority of people acquiring said demo already have their minds made up on whether they're buying the game).
 
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ghastmine
Not excited for this. It has less locations than even the wii u and 3ds demo had and that had a long wait time for just one match.
 
Tino
Ah man. Atlanta is like a 3-hour drive from where I live but I don’t have time to go over there. Oh well...
 
Kabutops
I just hope the demo includes some characters that weren't playable at the invitational. I really need to see Jiggs and DDD.
 
WaLuP
I'm an 3 hours away from the Chicago area. Not quite sure if it's worth the trip but I'll try to make it. They Should've made this a global demo. But I understand if they think that maybe too much will be release and could get out. So keeping it limited is kinda great. It's not that bad of a middle ground.
 
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Can someone see if they can just plug in their Sm4sh Gamecube controller adapter into that Nintendo Switch for the Smash Ultimate Demo? We didn't have a Gamecube adapter available to buy back when Sm4sh had a demo.
 
Platty
StarDustStorm said:
Can someone see if they can just plug in their Sm4sh Gamecube controller adapter into that Nintendo Switch for the Smash Ultimate Demo? We didn't have a Gamecube adapter available to buy back when Sm4sh had a demo.
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It's four Switch Pro controllers plugged into a console with default controls. You have a choice to play freely or play in a mini tournament (with casual rules) for a hat. Everyone gets a pair of buttons for participating and a poster if you check into your nentendo account and show a QR code.
 
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