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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate character rankings debunked.

In a new video, game creator Masahiro Sakurai says all SSBU fighters have an online victory rate between 47.18 percent and 51.43 percent, giving them all about the same shot at winning.

And that one character you think is OP? Sakurai blames the online “echo chamber” for pushing the idea that some fighters are stronger or weaker than others.

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