I thought it might be a good idea to summarize everything that has been learned this week that wasn't posted on Smash Bros. Dojo, since it won't make it into the Dojo Update Discussion.
If I seem to have missed anything, feel free to add it!
ESRB RatingTeen for Cartoon Violence and Crude Humor
New ModesWi-Fi Co-op Mode (Team Adventure?)
StagesNorfair (Metroid)
Assist TrophiesAiran (Sin & Punishment)
Jill (Drill Dozer)
Little Mac (Punch-Out!)
Metroid
Orange Star Army (Advance Wars)
Pokeball PokemonGardevoir
Latios & Latias
New ItemsSpikey? (Kirby)
Smart Bomb (Star Fox)
Returning ItemsBeam Sword
Bom-omb
Capsule
Fan
Fire Flower
Heart Container
Motion Sensor Bomb
Party Ball
Poison Mushroom
Screw Attack (Now a "badge" like the Franklin Badge)
Star Rod
Super Mushroom
Warpstar
Final Smashes- Sonic : Super Sonic - Fly around and crash into other characters to damage them.
- Peach: "Peach blows kisses that puts multiple enemies to sleep and peach fruit apparently falls from the sky to be used as health recovery items. In addition, 2D drawings of Peach appear from both sides of the screen."
- Zero Suit Samus: Samus gets her Varia Suit back as damaging energy radiates around her.
- Ike: "involves guiding an electric ball of some sort, kinda like Volt Tackle."
- Meta Knight: "a black screen and a flash of his sword, which hits a near enemy."
Alternate Colors/Costumes- Link: Dark Link from Twilight Princess
- Donkey Kong: White Hair
- Diddy Kong: Purple Hat/Shirt
- Pit: Yellow Toga
- Ike: White outfit
- Yoshi: Rainbow of colors (same as Melee)
- Mario: Fire Mario color scheme, plus Melee colors
- Meta Knight: White, Red, Green, and Dark Blue w/Red Eyes
- Pikachu: Blue goggles on forehead (Like Pichu in Melee)
Misc.- Three taunts per character
- Many more modes to come!
- Custom character entrances return from SSB
- End-of-match screens are more SSB-esque, but still have stats like Melee
Gameplay Videoshttp://media.wii.ign.com/media/748/748545/vids_1.htmlhttp://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/supersmashbros/media.html?tag=tabs;videoshttp://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/15422Edit: Added info from Bill Aurion (Thanks!)