Nothing new is shown, but they do have some great new footage.
Title: RE: Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Arbok on January 04, 2008, 06:23:34 PM
Love the mammoth sized Pikachu... animation is so smooth while he's walking too.
Title: RE:Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Luigi Dude on January 04, 2008, 06:59:46 PM
Nice, can't wait to see the next batch. Mario Galaxy had quite a few adds in Japan so it's likely Smash Bros will as well. Plus it makes sense since the first ad highlights Mario, Link, Pikachu and Kirby by name. My guess is that later adds will do the same for the rest of the starting lineup.
Oh and watching those ads just reminds me how much I love the Main Theme of the game.
Title: RE:Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Arbok on January 04, 2008, 08:00:14 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Luigi Dude Plus it makes sense since the first ad highlights Mario, Link, Pikachu and Kirby by name. My guess is that later adds will do the same for the rest of the starting lineup.
Someone was dead on, as the next advert has the Pokémon Trainer, Yoshi, Ike and King Dedede.
Also, sounds like the Pokémon Trainer is voiced by Rica Matsumoto in the Japanese version, who does the voice of Satoshi (Ash) on the show.
Well for a game like Brawl, I figured Nintendo would really get the hype machine for this game. But I didn't expect the third ad to appear this soon. I guess the 4th add should be coming soon as well.
And on the issue of Pokemon Trainer, that does indeed sound like Rica Matsumoto. I'd imagine how popular the anime has been in Japan for the last decade, she was the ONLY choice to do Pokemon Trainer. If Sakurai picked someone who was Matsumoto to do Pokemon Trainers voice, I'd imagine the Japanese fans would have flooded his computer with hate mail the next day.
Title: RE:Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Killer_Man_Jaro on January 04, 2008, 09:33:47 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Luigi Dude Well for a game like Brawl, I figured Nintendo would really get the hype machine for this game. But I didn't expect the third ad to appear this soon. I guess the 4th add should be coming soon as well.
Correct! The fourth advert shows off the online mode.
Title: RE:Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Luigi Dude on January 04, 2008, 11:24:32 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Killer_Man_Jaro
Quote Originally posted by: Luigi Dude Well for a game like Brawl, I figured Nintendo would really get the hype machine for this game. But I didn't expect the third ad to appear this soon. I guess the 4th add should be coming soon as well.
Correct! The fourth advert shows off the online mode.
Good God, this is crazy. Well I'm finally going to bed now but if I wake up and see that's there's a 5th ad I'm going to jump out the window. I'm not used to being right like this all the time, it's scary.
Wait a second, if my predictions are all coming true now then I must strike while the iron is still hot.
CHARACTER PROFILE: CAPTAIN FALCON!!!
I just had to do it.
Title: RE: Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: nickmitch on January 05, 2008, 01:56:20 AM
About Pokemon Trainer's US voice, I would rather them use the guy from Pokemon Chronicles than Ash. Ash's new voice is kind of lame.
Title: RE: Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Adrock on January 05, 2008, 03:39:29 AM
The US ads are probably going to be lame. I suspect a "Wii would like to play" style which is really the exact opposite direction Nintendo should go for this game in particular. Sonic and Snake (and any other 3rd party character(s) they have planned) should also be shown (edit)...... even if they're unlockable characters. Sure, it spoils the surprise, but it's sure to drum up even more buzz for the game.
On a related note, the US ad for the original Smash Bros. was probably Nintendo's best commercial ever.
Title: RE:Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Ceric on January 05, 2008, 01:37:20 PM
Title: RE: Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: linkogecko on January 16, 2008, 01:14:37 PM
Title: RE: Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: NWR_pap64 on January 16, 2008, 01:26:42 PM
Olimar's Final Smash is just as we expected! S_B was pretty spot on, too.
Title: RE: Japanese Brawl ads!
Post by: Tanookisuit on January 16, 2008, 02:10:04 PM
This site has some great gameplay footage. It's from October, but I've never seen it posted here. Look at the videos titled after the stages (ie- Delphino Island).