{"id":845588,"date":"2025-12-13T14:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/whos-the-best-smash-bros-fighter-they-all-are-sakurai-says"},"modified":"2025-12-13T14:41:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T14:41:52","slug":"whos-the-best-smash-bros-fighter-they-all-are-sakurai-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/whos-the-best-smash-bros-fighter-they-all-are-sakurai-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#8217;s the best Smash Bros. fighter? They all are, Sakurai says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/whos-the-best-smash-bros-fighter-they-all-are-sakurai-says.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>\nSmash Bros. fighters have an almost equal chance of winning a match, creator Masahiro Sakurai has said.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/masahiro-sakurai-launches-new-youtube-channel-on-game-development\">Sakurai&#8217;s YouTube series is still going strong<\/a>, with his latest video discussing balance in fighting games &#8211; something the Smash Bros. games have seen their fair share of controversy around.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe video includes win rate data from across the globe, revealing the highest win rate is 51.43 percent and the lowest win rate is 47.18 percent. It means all 87 characters sit within this win\/loss ratio, hovering around an equal 50 percent chance of winning.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/whos-the-best-smash-bros-fighter-they-all-are-sakurai-says\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/whos-the-best-smash-bros-fighter-they-all-are-sakurai-says\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smash Bros. fighters have an almost equal chance of winning a match, creator Masahiro Sakurai has said. Sakurai&#8217;s YouTube series is still going strong, with his latest video discussing balance in fighting games &#8211; something the Smash Bros. games have seen their fair share of controversy around. The video includes win rate data from across the globe, revealing the highest win rate is 51.43 percent and the lowest win rate is 47.18 percent. It means all 87 characters sit within this win\/loss ratio, hovering around an equal 50 percent chance of winning. 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