{"id":10074,"date":"2025-04-17T07:54:22","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T07:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/?post_type=news&#038;p=10074"},"modified":"2025-04-17T13:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T13:55:42","slug":"top-super-smash-bros-ultimate-player-shifts-focus-to-street-fighter-6","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/gaming.news\/news\/2025-04-17\/top-super-smash-bros-ultimate-player-shifts-focus-to-street-fighter-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Player Shifts Focus to Street Fighter 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"spgn__article__hero__news horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__title wp-block-post-title\">Top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Player Shifts Focus to Street Fighter 6<\/h1>\n\n<figure class=\"spgn__article__hero__news__image --with-bg wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Riddles-beyondthesummittv.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1280x854 size-1280x854\" alt=\"Top Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Player Shifts Focus to Street Fighter 6\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1600px) 565px, (min-width: 1280px) calc(25vw + 172px), (min-width: 900px) 800px, (min-width: 380px) 91.8vw, calc(40vw + 178px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=412,height=275,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Riddles-beyondthesummittv.jpg 412w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=768,height=512,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Riddles-beyondthesummittv.jpg 768w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=792,height=528,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Riddles-beyondthesummittv.jpg 792w, https:\/\/images.gaming.news\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto,onerror=redirect,quality=80,width=1280,height=854,dpr=1,fit=crop,gravity=0.5x0.5\/https:\/\/s3.gaming.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Riddles-beyondthesummittv.jpg 1280w\" \/><figcaption>Michael \u201cRiddles\u201d Kim. 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Ultimate to focus on Street Fighter 6.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>He mentions the meta as one of the reasons that he lost motivation to compete in the game.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\n\n\n\t<li class=\"spgn__article__key-points__list__item\">\n\t\t<span>Riddles clarified that he will still attend LVL UP EXPO 2025 and Kagaribi 13.<\/span>\n\t<\/li>\t\t<\/ol>\n\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content horizontal-wrapper vertical-wrapper narrow\">\n\t\t<div class=\"spgn__article__content__main spgn__content\">\n\t\t<p>On April 17, Michael \u201cRiddles\u201d Kim announced that he\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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. 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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\u2019s going to focus on Street Fighter 6 instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He\u2019s 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 \u201cChrisCCH\u201d Hancock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Riddles is stepping away from Smash Ultimate, he clarified that he will still attend LVL UP EXPO 2025 and Kagaribi 13. 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