Top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Player Shifts Focus to Street Fighter 6
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- Michael “Riddles” Kim is stepping away from Smash Bros. Ultimate to focus on Street Fighter 6.
- He mentions the meta as one of the reasons that he lost motivation to compete in the game.
- Riddles clarified that he will still attend LVL UP EXPO 2025 and Kagaribi 13.
On April 17, Michael “Riddles” Kim announced that he’s going to stop competing in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and will instead focus on Street Fighter 6. Riddles is considered one of the best players in Smash Ultimate and was ranked 31st in the world.
In a video, he detailed why he felt this way. According to him, the state of Smash Ultimate has depleted him of all his motivation to compete. This is likely referring to the meta that is currently dominated by what most Smash Ultimate pros consider lame.
Characters like Game and Watch, Steve from Minecraft, and Sonic have been dominating the meta after the game’s final patch. These characters promote a lame playstyle, which involves running around and avoiding interaction with the enemy as much as possible. Presumably, because of this, he announced that he’s going to focus on Street Fighter 6 instead.
He’s been seeing results in Street Fighter 6, but has not won anything as big as his Smash Ultimate wins. His recent one was a third place at Battle of BC 7, where he lost to Christopher “ChrisCCH” Hancock.
While Riddles is stepping away from Smash Ultimate, he clarified that he will still attend LVL UP EXPO 2025 and Kagaribi 13. The latter is a historic tournament where 85 of the top 100 players will be in attendance.
