Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Has Transforming Stages
(GameSpot DS News)

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate boasts a massive roster that`s only growing bigger as we approach the release date. But it`s not just in the character select screen where you`ll be spoiled for choice. The game contains a ton of stages too, and they can actually transform in the middle of a match.During a Smash Ultimate-themed Nintendo Direct, game director Masahiro Sakurai showed off the feature, in which a battle took place in a Metroid-themed stage. A flash of light appeared and then it became a stage themed after the The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. You will be able to choose when to turn on the feature using the `Stage Morph` option.Sakurai also addressed just how many stages will be available in the game. It has more than 100 in all, but counting stage variants he says it`s more than 300. All stages can be selected from the very beginning, and they`ll be listed in the order in which they appeared in the series.Nintendo seems to be packing as much as it can into for this `Ultimate` iteration of Smash Bros. The roster itself includes every character to ever appear in the series along with a handful of new ones--Simon and Richter Belmont, King K. Rool, Chrom and Dark Samus Echo characters also debuted during today`s presentation. It also has more than 800 songs, both original tracks and homages to classic music. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is coming to Nintendo Switch on December 7.