Code Hunter is currently working on Project U, also known as Project Ultibyte, for PC. This is a 2D free fan fighting game, similar to Super Smash Bros. Below you can find its first trailer and as you can see, it feels like a dream come true for all Smash PC fans.
Project U aims to capture the essence of classic arcade and console games, blending nostalgia with intense combat. In short, think of it as a Super Smash Bros. free 2D game for PC.
What’s cool here is the amount of characters you can select. Project Ultibyte has basically anything you’d like. You can play as characters from pretty much all known franchises. Sonic, Mario, Donkey Kong, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, Pokemon, Zelda… they are all here. And that’s the beauty of fan games. Contrary to licensed games, free fan games can have a huge roster of characters.
Not only that but the fighting mechanics look pretty solid. The hits and the reaction animations are already great. Moreover, all characters have different movesets. For instance, Sonic can use some of his own skills. Scorpion can use his moves from UMK3 (as well as his spear). Ryu can shoot fireballs. Diddy Kong can use barrels from the DKC games. And so on.
Project U will have three game modes. The first one is the Crusade Mode. In this mode, you will be able to duke it out with up to 6 players. Then we have the solo mode. This will have a variety of 1-player modes. Finally, there will be Online Mode. In this mode, you can challenge other players online.
There is currently no ETA on when the game will come out. Naturally, though, I’ll be sure to keep you posted.
Let’s also hope that the game won’t be shut down. Yes, this is a free fan game. However, it has characters from a lot of franchises. And while SEGA is fine with fan games, some other companies may not be OK with such a project.
Enjoy and stay tuned for more!
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Devs are going for maximum nostalgia (and lawsuit) bait.
Nintendo will be like: hot pain in buttaroo
No ETA because posts like this with have the big hitters shut it down for use of their characters. When will you learn to only advertise these when complete.
Never understood the appeal for the Smash Bros genre.
It's been popular for decades though.
If I want a fighting game, I prefer something deeper, like the Virtua Fighter games, or Real Bout Fatal Fury. I tried once a Smash Bros game (forgot which one), and it was just dumb button-smashing with zero strategy.
the appeal of smash bros is from its large cast of recongizable characters and the fact it plays like a cross between a platformer and fighting game.
there IS strategy in smash bros because theres actually depth to the game despite its simplistic nature but yo each they're own
Nintendos lawyers: naah bro
This sucks dookie actually, and creator is racist
No like really this guy's genuinely not a good person, surprising this got an article
This just seems like a lazy Super Smash Bros Crusade reskin, before they released version 9.5. The names of the modes are the exact same and the hud placement is very similar. The game also uses AI voice acting at the end of the trailer for the announcer call, but I guess I shouldn't be surprised a site named "Dark Side Of Gaming" wouldn't find this a problem at all.
this game is nothing more than a cheap reskin of the already existing well-known fangame smash bros. crusade – hell, even the article blatantly mentions one of the game's gamemodes as "crusade"; once you start making comparisons between it and crusade's 9.3 version (the version that got reskinned), everything becomes clear
the creator worked on this reskin over the course of three years out of spite for people who called him out on stealing the content of other creators and putting it into his own projects without so much as asking for any form of credit, even in his own trailer you can tell that all those bosses featured – marx, rayquaza, etc, are all just the master hand boss from crusade but with different sprites and the exact same behavior
it's a wonder how this got an article at all; for the record, the only reason this "fangame" could possibly get a takedown notice from nintendo or whatever is bc you're literally publicizing it with an article and rocking the boat
This man has done absolutly everything for me in the past few years. and to those who treat crusade like it's the second coming of jesus I got a few things for you lads… Code hunter has treated me with nothing but respect, he brought me in when the crusade team seemed to fail and see that I could get better. code hunter believed in me and took me in when it was a dark time. sure I had some words towards you. but for most of the crusade team who still acts like their in grade 2 with the ammount of cussing and insults come my way. may in inform you to grow up. with this project code hunter is doing is so great. I have also taken your so called "great game" and picked it apart after learning to code better than you nerds and now have a project that makes your game look like a starter game in scratch. have fun, stay petty and good day to you 5 year olds