Topic: Super Smash Bros. for WiiU (& 3DS)

[pokepal148]

A few random thoughts:

1. Some of the Final Smashes have not been changed, including but not limited to Mario, Fox, Bowser, and Donkey Kong. I never liked Bowser's because he has way too much history to just transform into a character Sakurai invented for Melee. I was really hoping he would get the Koopa Clown Car and you could fly around and drop Mecha-Koopas or those giant marbles. Donkey Kong's is similarly terrible. Give him Rambi. It's just so weird that they went out of their way to give Kirby and Luigi new Final Smashes, but kept others the same. Not that I use the Smash Ball terribly often, but go HAM or go home.

If dedede's final smash is changed I'm going to be very displeased, just saying.

I'm still slightly annoyed by the changes made to the waddle dee toss. I enjoyed the random nature of waddle dees and felt they added alot to dedede as a character. the waddle dees are just so much fun to watch as they get pummeled around the stage and waddle doos have ended up saving a match for me(by locking a fleeing opponent so I could send them flying.)

I also even had a waddle doo screw up someones recovery and steal a kill for me (both the person who would have gotten the KO and the person who I stole it from were less then pleased, that part didn't end well for me I must say)

[Luigi Dude]

Well beside the Wireframe alt, Little Mac now has his pink hoodie alt as well which is a full custom change instead of simple recolor like Link's Skyward Sword alt last week.





I'm starting to think Sakurai just hates the Zelda series at this point.  Well the dream is still alive for non Zelda characters at least. : :



Edit: Of course come to think of it, maybe Link could still have some kind of alternate custom that Sakurai hasn't shown yet that is a full custom change.  Little Mac's Wireframe alt is technically a recolor (a really good one but the overall model is still the same) as well while this new one is the first real full model change with new clothing for Mac.  Maybe every character will get one full alternate custom that's different while the other ones are just simple color changes like previous games.  Sakurai might have felt the Skyward Sword model wasn't important enough to get a full change but there could still be another Link custom from a Zelda game that will get the full alternate treatment like Mac just got.

So the dream is still alive for everyone again, even Zelda characters.

[Adrock]

I have this really disturbing image in my head of Sakurai cackling manically last week as he posted the Link pseudo-costume Miiverse update. He probably also just paused a match where he, as Kirby, used a new Final Smash on a level 1 Ganondorf who still has a Captain Falcon-inspired moveset.

[nickmitch]

The Villager alts and Male Wii Fit Trainer still give me hope for some more solid ones.

[azeke]

Are you getting tired of your boring old sanity?
Do you want have your mind challenged and blown up?

Linger no more and watch this right this moment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qqA54K-jE

[Luigi Dude]

Are you getting tired of your boring old sanity?
Do you want have your mind challenged and blown up?

Linger no more and watch this right this moment!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5qqA54K-jE

[Luigi Dude]

So we're getting a new character Monday








Right now Shulk is the odds on favorite to be shown out of the three characters left in the leak.  Since Ike was shown just two months ago it seems too early for another Fire Emblem character like Chrom, and the Chorus Men seem more like the weird Game & Watch/ROB character Sakurai might want to wait until the games release to show.


Of course, once again the leaker never revealed Rosalina so there could be another new character that no one knows about ready to be shown.  Either way, Monday is going to be crazy.

[Oblivion]

Apparently some higher up who worked on Xenoblade retweeted the 3DS Direct tweet, so NeoGaf is currently going crazy believing the new character to be Shulk.

[nickmitch]

I wonder how many new characters Sakurai is planning to reveal prior to the release?  He said he's nearing the bottom of the barrel of reveal videos, but I wonder if that barrel was size for that summer 3DS release.  Might not be more than 2 left? Maybe?

[Shaymin]

Apparently some higher up who worked on Xenoblade retweeted the 3DS Direct tweet, so NeoGaf is currently going crazy believing the new character to be Shulk.

The same person who RTs every Japanese direct announcement that Xenoblade Chronicles X has ever been in?

Though I think there's another possibility for that Xenoblade slot...

[Oblivion]

Apparently some higher up who worked on Xenoblade retweeted the 3DS Direct tweet, so NeoGaf is currently going crazy believing the new character to be Shulk.

The same person who RTs every Japanese direct announcement that Xenoblade Chronicles X has ever been in?

Though I think there's another possibility for that Xenoblade slot...

Yeah, I believe its the same dude. I'd love it for Reyn to be in the game over Shulk only so I can use a "Reyn Time" taunt the entire time.

[Adrock]

Rayman trophy. Hmm...

[NWR_insanolord]

Rabbids are the new playable character, confirmed.

[Spak-Spang]

and what a fun surprise.

[Stratos]

So does this mean all of those "completed Wii U games" will be released?

[Adrock]

So does this mean all of those "completed Wii U games" will be released?

Ubisoft: LOL, no. **** you all.

[Luigi Dude]

Well seeing that Lucina only gets a small box on the official website instead of a larger banner like the completely unique characters and her moves in the video look identical to Marth, I think it's safe to assume she's an alt for Marth.

So yep, looks like some characters becoming alternate characters with different voices is indeed happening.  So Docter Mario should pretty much be a guarantee by now and Daisey being a Peach alt should happen as well.  The Palutena trailer also makes Dark Pit as a Pit alt pretty obvious as well.

Well the dream of different alternate customs for characters with some of them being different characters is now a reality.  Looks like we won everyone.

[Spak-Spang]

So does that mean Alternative Costumes…or does that just mean we actually have more clones taking up character spots?

It is nice to have 3 characters revealed in one video.  And it makes you think…you can't guess at all how many characters can be in the game. 

Even if we knew that only 2-3 more new character videos are waiting.  That could still mean 1 Vet character and 1 or 2 new characters revealed. 

I predict that Ganondorf will be revealed with Chrom in a video intro. 

[Adrock]

Chrom looked like Robin's Final Smash.

[MagicCow64]

Well seeing that Lucina only gets a small box on the official website instead of a larger banner like the completely unique characters and her moves in the video look identical to Marth, I think it's safe to assume she's an alt for Marth.

So yep, looks like some characters becoming alternate characters with different voices is indeed happening.  So Docter Mario should pretty much be a guarantee by now and Daisey being a Peach alt should happen as well.  The Palutena trailer also makes Dark Pit as a Pit alt pretty obvious as well.

Well the dream of different alternate customs for characters with some of them being different characters is now a reality.  Looks like we won everyone.

Huh. Maybe? Is it possible? It just seems too good to be true. Like, wouldn't they be worried about confusion over the same character having different names? At the same time, it's hard to see Fire Emblem actually getting four slots.

Overall, the best part about this is the that it really "smashes" that leak wide open, especially if Chrom isn't playable, which he doesn't look to be. Now anything could happen again! (it won't)

[Luigi Dude]

You know, with Captain Falcon also being shown along with Robin and Lucina, does anyone else get the feeling Sakurai is going to show all the characters before the games release?  We already had 2 Fire Emblem characters shown before today, and Sakurai had no problem leaving Captain Falcon hidden in Brawl.  Robin and Lucina (even if an alt for Marth), could have been some kind of unlockable to get in the game as well.  Revealing all this information now when he doesn't have to show this much, kind of points to that.

As we all know from his trolling, Sakurai understand the internet and message boards really well.  I'm sure he saw with Brawl how some stores in Japan broke the street date and released it a few days early and less then 24 hours later, the entire roster with pictures and movies of them were all over the internet.  I wouldn't be surprised if this time he's like "**** It", the entire internet is going to get the roster spoiled for them days before release anyway, so he wants to be the one to do all the spoiling this time.

I mean before today, we only got new reveals during Nintendo Directs.  Well know that Sakurai has no problem revealing new characters and trailer on the main site without a Nintendo Direct, who's to say he doesn't have a few more of events like today planned in the next few months?

[Adrock]

I expect him to reveal everything or close to it before the game's release, particularly because he was so butt hurt over people watching the Subspace Emissary cutscenes online. He seems to have the attitude this time of putting his hands behind his head, leaning back in his chair, and saying, "**** it, man." He's having a ball toying with people's emotions. Maybe it's personal. "So, today I released that clip of Ridley's shadow." /crosses off "Caterkiller" from list

[Khushrenada]

Honestly, it's probably best if he does reveal all characters ahead of time. This way, there won't be false rumours that such and such a character is unlockable and doesn't actually exist. It might help quell some disappointment ahead of time by people upset that such and such a character didn't make it in by giving them time to get over it before the game releases.

[nickmitch]

I think he'll reveal everything pretty close to the release, with possibly a Nintendo Direct focused on the move-sets of some of the more unique characters.

But to me, the trailer made it seem like Chrom was an alt.  Not sure about that one.
Lucina not having the full size block like other new comers was weird, eventhough she's labeled as a new comer on her page.  Not sure if that means she's Marth's alt like Luigi Dude said, but that theory makes sense.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

Other than Zelda games, this could wind up being the last new game I buy ever.