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[Speedwagon]

Damn, Phosphora looks good. More Kid Icarus Uprising in my Wii U, please.

 

[theprodigy]

bwahaha how does Namco helping mean that the game won't be released overseas

lololololol

 

[foxuzamaki]

Alt text:

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And this is why Mac goes directly for Dedede upon first entering the ring in the trailer.

this, this is good.
also about time bitf!

 

[NeonZ]

Depends on what you mean by announced. It was announced in 2011 alongside the Wii U. Sakurai had said the announcement was to attract a team to work on it and that it was only kind of in his mind/notebooks at the time.

Then at a Nintendo Direct in...I want to say it was April last year, Bill Trinen announced that Namco was the developing partner on the game, specifically stating that using their resources was the way to get the game out as quickly as they could. The E3 trailer, which was the first footage for the game, came out the following June.

During the initial announcement about Namco's participation, in a page that they had talking about it, with a comment from Sakurai and another from a Namco person, they also claimed that they had a prototype running based on a ported Brawl.

 

[Shadow Hog]

bwahaha how does Namco helping mean that the game won't be released overseas

lololololol

Let me introduce you to this little series known as Tales...

 

[theprodigy]

Let me introduce you to this little series known as Tales...

that's Tales, this is Smash Bros

 

[J@hranimo]

Jeez, I had no idea that many people were blindly against their involvement with Smash 4. I saw nothing but good things with them joining to development team.

God I hope they are helping with the netcode as well. Amazing online Smash is really what is needed.

 

[Riki]

that's Tales, this is Smash Bros

Smash Bros published by Nintendo.
Bamco has zero say over anything.

 

[PadWarrior]

Man those knee jerk reactions are priceless

 

[theprodigy]

Smash Bros published by Nintendo.
Bamco has zero say over anything.

that's my point

 

[BlackJace]

I'm very excited by the game's online capabilities now that Bamco is involved. Here's hoping for more solid netcode from them.

 

[BGBW]

That trophy background is so much better than the one we got for Big Mac.

We already knew of this background though with the Saria one:

 

[Hyperactivity]

Looking at pic of the day, and I suddenly thought, tin KI:U, they should've gien some boss fights to be like the mini boss before MEdusa and the 1st phase of Pitoo's 1st fight (a.k.a air battles) Would've loved to fight Phosphora and

Spoiler

Great Sacred Treasure

in the air

 

[Toxi]

So is she an assist trophy?

Spoiling regular trophies is boring as fuck.

 

[Shadow Hog]

that's Tales, this is Smash Bros

I'm not disagreeing with your assertion that their assumptions were unfounded, I'm just explaining where they came from.

 

[IntelliHeath]

When palutena is announced when can ask a mod to change it to super bash sisters

Naw, I'm seriously consider it for official topic for Smash 4.

Depends on what you mean by announced. It was announced in 2011 alongside the Wii U. Sakurai had said the announcement was to attract a team to work on it and that it was only kind of in his mind/notebooks at the time.

Then at a Nintendo Direct in...I want to say it was April last year, Bill Trinen announced that Namco was the developing partner on the game, specifically stating that using their resources was the way to get the game out as quickly as they could. The E3 trailer, which was the first footage for the game, came out the following June.

So assuming Sakurai was not just twiddling his thumbs from 2011 to 2013, it's probably safe to say production started in early to mid-2012. As for whether that's enough time, it probably depends on how many people they have working on it and how much content it will have. No SSE mode will cut down on development time a lot. Namco tends to get games out on time. Network testing is probably going to be what takes up most of the last six months.

I wouldn't worry about it being rushed. If Nintendo wanted to rush the game, it'd be out when they needed it, i.e. now or last Christmas.

Correction: it was E3 2012 Direct that announced partnership between Nintendo and Namco.

 

[Azure J]

Then you have Sakurai saying this: here
"Knock off looking down on them with narrow-minded thinking."

There was a point where Harada had to clarify that Sakurai was in charge of everything: here.

Are all those from a GAF thread? Either way, holy shit. :lol

 

[IntelliHeath]

During the initial announcement about Namco's participation, in a page that they had talking about it, with a comment from Sakurai and another from a Namco person, they also claimed that they had a prototype running based on a ported Brawl.

That's correct. I should post my old summary based on SSBB and SSB4

 

[Toxi]

Bring back Trophy Event Matches. I fucking loved fighting on top of Majora and Entei.

 

[BGBW]

[thread=479521]You can just read GAF's responses in the news thread[/thread]

 

[theprodigy]

Bring back Trophy Event Matches. I fucking loved fighting on top of Majora and Entei.

new version: fight on top of Yveltal
that's why Xerneas has been shown instead

 

[Loco4Coco]

Stickers might not come back cause they were really for the SSE. No Ridley stickers

 

[GamerSoul]

I'm not disagreeing with your assertion that their assumptions were unfounded, I'm just explaining where they came from.

Yep I hated not knowing if we're going to get a specific Tales or not back when I was into the series more. I also did not like how they cut Cassandra from Soul Calibur 5. That was messed up and I can't forgive them for that. Patroklos is not the same v.v /rant.

Other than that Namco was probably the best choice, imo.

 

[Azure J]

[thread=479521]You can just read GAF's responses in the news thread[/thread]

Reading that first post made me realize, there's a fuckload of talent working on this game.

Edit: LOL just saw that I was the second poster.
Edit 2: IntelliHeath is the first big name going on the wall of shame.
Edit 3: Well, Oblivion's consistent.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

Reading that first post made me realize, there's a fuckload of talent working on this game.

Edit: LOL just saw that I was the second poster.

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :b

 

[DaBoss]

lmao

I am still worried about Nacmo's filthy hands on our precious Smash. I don't want them to changing the fighting engine or anything bad.

 

[Baron von Loathsome]

[thread=479521]You can just read GAF's responses in the news thread[/thread]

Now I want there to be a Tekken character just to see whether Salsa follows through with his assertion.

 

[Starphoenix]

Remember that Kid Icarus: Uprising Wii U rumor? Maybe that's actually a thing. Food for thought.

 

[rawktapus]

Alt text:

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And this is why Mac goes directly for Dedede upon first entering the ring in the trailer.

Kind of off topic, but it's cool to see how much the BiTF guy has grown as an artist since the start of the comic.

 

[Azure J]

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :b

Hey, this news came out of fucking nowhere in a time where I had just started looking back at my one true gaming love once again (Marvel 3 was getting a little too stupid and my Wii backlog was finally winding down) wondering when the next one would happen.

Suddenly Sakurai.

Suddenly "so we're gonna work with NamcoBandai's elite to speed this up and provide consultation here and there."

Suddenly memories of interviews long past about Sakurai wanting a balance and design committee to work on game aspects creeped back into the front of my mind.

Suddenly Smash was being talked about seriously again. [It also doesn't help that the scene is in the middle of the most dramatic "revival" ever.]

Suddenly, the realization that we'd be seeing the game in 2 years became harder to fight against.

If anything, I needed like 3 more WHATs.

 

[BlackJace]

Kind of off topic, but it's cool to see how much the BiTF guy has grown as an artist since the start of the comic.

Seriously.

 

[Azure J]

Man, that thread has so many good quotes:

Gonna be pretty great when the first trailer comes out and the reaction is "...why the fuck does it look so similar?!"

I seriously loved how in multiple places I saw "not much different than Brawl" or hyper critics going on about frame data that could (and has been; see momentum carrying in Little Mac's trailer) changed since the first trailer's debut.

Kind of off topic, but it's cool to see how much the BiTF guy has grown as an artist since the start of the comic.

Whenever I come to these realizations, I remember how I have this drawing tablet but can never either find the time or devote myself enough to getting better.

I gotta change that. Drawing is the one skill I want to learn more than anything else.

 

[FUNKNOWN iXi]

lmao

Keep your dirty paws off our threads Heath! Those dirty, dirty paws!!

If anything, I needed like 3 more WHATs.

Needed like 10 more WHAT's IMO. It was quite the BOMBA at the time lol

 

[PadWarrior]

We already knew of this background though with the Saria one:

OH wow I forgot about that one.

 

[theprodigy]

lmao

EXPOSED

Pssssh, I overreacted on that day because of their bad reputation in the past. At least, they have gotten better over the time.

excuses, excuses

 

[IntelliHeath]

lmao

Edit 2: IntelliHeath is the first big name going on the wall of shame.

Pssssh, I overreacted on that day because of their bad reputation in the past. At least, they have gotten better over the time.

EXPOSED

If y'all actually read the thread and y'all will see how quickly I got over with it when I gathered more informations from the articles and comments.

Edited: Now you edited your post. I'm serious. There are many hates for Namco-Bandai in the past on almost everything hence SCAMCO being their nickname.

 

[MrSaturn99]

LOL I forgot about that Sakurai comment.

[thread=479521]You can just read GAF's responses in the news thread[/thread]

hahaha this thread is hilarious

 

[theprodigy]

Edited: Now you edited your post. I'm serious. There are many hates for Namco-Bandai in the past on almost everything hence SCAMCO being their nickname.

I just want to get in as many appropriate avatar quotes as I can

 

[IntelliHeath]

I just want to get in as many appropriate avatar quotes as I can

Hahaha. To be honest, my reactions are something that I'm not proud of. I jumped into the conclusion without thinking because I don't really like Namco-Bandai during that period.

 

[Riki]

Remember that Kid Icarus: Uprising Wii U rumor? Maybe that's actually a thing. Food for thought.

I would wonder who was making it, though.
Project Sora is disbanded and Sakurai is already working overtime on Smash.
If it's just an up port, then maybe. But that seems a bit silly.

Spoiler

I'd still double dip

 

[Meesh]

Damn, Phosphora looks good. More Kid Icarus Uprising in my Wii U, please.

I must be in weird world 1-1 cuz this is the only "surprise" character I've been genuinely let down with.

I keep hoping for more non-Nintendo characters, something that'll really take me by surprise...at this rate I don't see too much happening.

 

[Red Arremer]

But... that's just a damn trophy, not a character. <_<

 

[Meesh]

But... that's just a damn trophy, not a character. <_<

LOL sorry, my bad...for some reason I thought she was playable. Ah well, move along, nothing to see here...

 

[RiggyRob]

SmashGAF has convinced me that I need to play Kid Icarus Uprising - should I play it before Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright vs Layton and A Link Between Worlds or after?

 

[MrSaturn99]

SmashGAF has convinced me that I need to play Kid Icarus Uprising - should I play it before Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright vs Layton and A Link Between Worlds or after?

now

 

[ffdgh]

SmashGAF has convinced me that I need to play Kid Icarus Uprising - should I play it before Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright vs Layton and A Link Between Worlds or after?

Now...NOW.

 

[PadWarrior]

I just really join Gamefly and rent Uprising. I heard the controls are a little different. Does Redbox rent 3DS games?

 

[theprodigy]

SmashGAF has convinced me that I need to play Kid Icarus Uprising - should I play it before Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright vs Layton and A Link Between Worlds or after?

obviously you should pick the 3DS's best game first

Spoiler

that's Kid Icarus: Uprising, for those keeping count

 

[J@hranimo]

SmashGAF has convinced me that I need to play Kid Icarus Uprising - should I play it before Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies, Phoenix Wright vs Layton and A Link Between Worlds or after?

Now! All those other games can wait. KI:U is worth it!

 

[User 73706]

SSB4 |OT6| Asked for Scott, got Cuaron

SSB4 |OT6| Why did they send me suns / when I asked for slaughters?

Explanation:

Spoiler

Luma is a star. Ridley slaughters people. Inverse of the famous Mulan lyric.

SSB4 |OT6| nintendo am dragon their feet

SSB4 |OT6| Sakurai does what Bamcodevelops

SSB4 |OT6| trophies, train rides and trolls