I was reading the tag info for super-smash-bros-ultimate, which reads as follows:
A 2018 fighting game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd., published by Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch. It is the fifth installment in the Super Smash Bros series.
(emphasis mine)
However, a friend of mine insists that Masahiro Sakurai, the creator, refers to Smash Ultimate as the sixth game in the series, since Smash for Wii U and Smash for 3DS were technically two different games. That being said, neither of us can find proof of this online (though we do see discussions about it like this one).
I know this may be trivial to my enjoyment of the game, but if I want to let my inner pedant shine, what number in the series is Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, technically?
Best Answer
Sixth
According to Sakurai it is the sixth because in an interview in 2013 he refers to Smash for Wii U and Smash for 3DS as "versions four and five within the series".