Smash Ultimate wasn't one of the games we had pegged for a title that would egg its players on to spend extra real-life money, but apparently we were wrong.

Virtual currency is a big deal in today's society. In fact, the world seems to be moving towards a time when physical cash will no longer exist. We are already well on our way there, considering that we're already using cards, contactless, and even currencies that have no physical form whatsoever, such as bitcoin.

The video game world might well be a step or two ahead of the real one in terms of currencies. There are more games with it now than without and it can cause quite a headache for some players. That's because in many cases, especially on mobile platforms, developers ask players to spend real-life money on in-game currency. Whether that's okay or not has been a hotly debated topic as of late.

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Microtransactions and paying hard-earned cash for virtual currency is rife in the mobile gaming world. However, since developers are making so much money from it, it is starting to leak over onto consoles. In fact, if you head to the Nintendo store right now, there are Super Smash Bros. bundles that grant players some of those coveted gold coins in exchange for some real-world dollars.

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Developers are playing a dangerous enough game when it comes to asking for players' money on mobile. On consoles, that risk is magnified exponentially. For the most part, mobile games are free, so asking for money after the fact makes sense. When it comes to games like Smash Ultimate, though, most of its players will have already shelled out $60 for the game itself and won't be looking to spend anymore.

On the bright side, this isn't a case of the game freezing up simply because a player refuses to spend real money on gold coins. On mobile games, there can be instances where the game is almost unplayable should someone choose not to throw money at it. As for Smash Ultimate, unless you notice the bundles, you'll never know that the option to buy coins is there.

Providing Nintendo doesn't place elements of the game behind piles of gold coins and flaunts the fact that they can be bought in the eShop, these offers are simply for players who don't want to put the work in to get the coins the old-fashioned way.

Source: Nintendo

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