Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U Thread 6: Final Destination confirmed for not fun

Since today's theme seems to be "reading too much into inane tweets":

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Clearly, a character that was a newcomer for Brawl will be revealed as a veteran tomorrow. That narrows down the pool significantly.

You're all very welcome.
 
SmashGAF how much did Brawl suffered from delays?

I'm not really sure but.. it wasn't a whole year right?
Tomorrow is the day.

Where are all the Majora's Mask gifts and images SmashGAF?

This thread will explode tomorrow.
 
NOA likes to keep summer bare and then just release everything in the fall and winter. Nintendo Japan doesn't really care. So I'm not saying Smash will release in the summer (it might but it probably won't), but if it does, I would bet NOA delays it a few months.

NoA's irrational hatred of Summer releases seems limited to July. What was the last game they put out in July? Dragon Quest IX?
 
SmashGAF how much did Brawl suffered from delays?

I'm not really sure but.. it wasn't a whole year right?
Tomorrow is the day.

Where are all the Majora's Mask gifts and images SmashGAF?

This thread will explode tomorrow.
I think it was a 2 month delay first and then another 1 month delay.

It went from December 2007 to Feb 2008 to March 2008.
 
My ridiculously safe bets for tomorrow's direct:

Sakurai presents
1-3 newcomers
1-3 veterans
1-3 new features detailed (anything from single player content, collection, customization)
Additional footage of characters that have been revealed but haven't had any/much video coverage (zelda, diddy kong, etc).
Additional footage of stages that haven't been shown on video yet.
Music being played in the background of in-game footage.
Some highlights of changes mades to veterans that haven't been shown on video yet.

:p
 
My ridiculously safe bets for tomorrow's direct:

Sakurai presents
1-3 newcomers
1-3 veterans
1-3 new features detailed (anything from single player content, collection, customization)
Additional footage of characters that have been revealed but haven't had any/much video coverage (zelda, diddy kong, etc).
Additional footage of stages that haven't been shown on video yet.
Music being played in the background of in-game footage.
Some highlights of changes mades to veterans that haven't been shown on video yet.

:p

4 veterans to be revealed now

:P
 
My ridiculously safe bets for tomorrow's direct:

Sakurai presents
1-3 newcomers
1-3 veterans
1-3 new features detailed (anything from single player content, collection, customization)
Additional footage of characters that have been revealed but haven't had any/much video coverage (zelda, diddy kong, etc).
Additional footage of stages that haven't been shown on video yet.
Music being played in the background of in-game footage.
Some highlights of changes mades to veterans that haven't been shown on video yet.

:p

Honestly, that's pretty realistic.
 
Well, i asked my retail source and they didn't hear about any smash delay. They knew about the recent Donkey Kong delay before they officially announced it. So there's that. To be fair, they never announced a date tho.
 
Ok, someone provide a master list of all the bets made on this direct.

Here are mine:

A total of 3 characters shown [1 veteran, being Ness. 2 newcomers]
1 veteran + 1 newcomer
Mii, or Pac-Man to be revealed
Avatar Robin to be revealed
At least 2 newcomers
There will be no new 3DS info, besides from what we have already seen from PoTD [So, if it popped up there. It doesn't count.]

You all need to attend a gamblers anonymous meeting or something.

No. I DONT HAVE A PROBLEM!
 
Well, i asked my retail source and they didn't hear about any smash delay. They knew about the recent Donkey Kong delay before they officially announced it. So there's that. To be fair, they never announced a date tho.

Also like I said before, we are getting the twitter for the games soon. If the game will be delayed to 2015 what they hell are we going to get out of the twitter of an unreleased game for almost another year? Unless they hit a situation where the game will implode, I don't see how we go from Sakuria saying that the game dev process is running smoothly and ahead of schedule (this was in one of his tweets, yes?) to being knocked into 2015.
 
More I think about, less I believe there'll be a delay.

How long have you been watching this industry? How about Nintendo? Where there is smoke, there is many times fire in my experience. That posting had a number of characteristics that concern me (and I'm not saying its 100% true, just that I'm very concerned):

1. The posting didn't go out of its way to leak key information about the game itself, but happened to reference a release date -- something that doesn't matter to most of the public or to the information flow of the game.
2. It was supposedly from a known poster of jobs, someone who regularly puts his recruitment efforts on the site. Additionally, the time frame of hire is the most important attribute of a job posting.
3. It was removed very quickly.

Assuming this means the posting was accurate, it is indeed possible there is some other smash bros. game in development, but the references to Wii U / 3DS make this highly unlikely. That would imply that there is indeed a high possibility for delay. I guess we'll know, or not know more tomorrow.
 
Wait, a thought came to mind...

What if they're rushing Smash 3DS and Wii U out ASAP? As in, releasing it fairly soon and the alleged "Smash Bros 6" is a massive expansion?

As in to say, release a base game now, to maintain momentum for the consoles, which will tie us over until the large expansion next year?

Of course, this is a silly idea, but given a random super early Direct, nothing seems out of the impossible right now.
 
SmashGAF how much did Brawl suffered from delays?

I'm not really sure but.. it wasn't a whole year right?
Tomorrow is the day.

Where are all the Majora's Mask gifts and images SmashGAF?

This thread will explode tomorrow.

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There

Here are my abts btw

Troubed Bat: Im betting 1 veteran+newcomer
WiiRevolution1- Hes betting playable Ridley will be shown


Yeah, I think I have one more, if the person would remind it would be nice
 
I think the Super Smash Bros 6 thing was a typo. They probably meant Soul Calibur 6. Smash Bros has over 20 million sold but the job description noted 10 million, which matches up with Soul Calibur's lifetime sales.

I bet Smash Bros comes out by November.
 
My predictions for tomorrow.
Sakurai comes out and tells us all that this game is heavily focused towards the hard core.
As such all the updates he released on Miiverse are fake and he has spent the last 6 months tweaking Fox to be uber teir.
The game releases after the direct with Fox only, no items, and Final Destination.
Tripping is still in.
 
So hyped for tomorrow. I've been listening to/watching smash stuff all day so far
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXs4-M-ZiOg

One of the things that always impressed me with this short opening was how everything felt cohesive even while they were showing off so many distinct and iconic worlds. I am also of the belief that the segment of audio and video from 0:50 to 1:00 is the single best thing in the opening.

Meanwhile, Smash 64's opening has such great music.
 
iLasK4xH4Hchs.gif

There

Here are my abts btw

Troubed Bat: Im betting 1 veteran+newcomer
WiiRevolution1- Hes betting playable Ridley will be shown


Yeah, I think I have one more, if the person would remind it would be nice

HOLY CRAP

BEST GIFT EVER LOL

Mmhh I bet then 3 characters, 2 veterans 1 newcomer seems "real" but who knows!
I can't contain the hype
 
I think the Super Smash Bros 6 thing was a typo. They probably meant Soul Calibur 6. Smash Bros has over 20 million sold but the job description noted 10 million, which matches up with Soul Calibur's lifetime sales.

I bet Smash Bros comes out by November.
That would be one hell of a typo.

Maybe he used the Smash Bros format for the hiring page? That would make this scenario possible.
 
My predictions for tomorrow.
Sakurai comes out and tells us all that this game is heavily focused towards the hard core.
As such all the updates he released on Miiverse are fake and he has spent the last 6 months tweaking Fox to be uber teir.
The game releases after the direct with Fox only, no items, and Final Destination.
Tripping is still in.

If you remotely expect this from modern-day Nintendo, you're in for a shocker.
 
There's a very good reason why they've been holding out on giving a specific release date for Smash and it's probably just in case there is a chance it could get delayed. Since because it doesn't have a specific release date they wouldn't have to announce said delay if the expectation is still set for sometime in 2014 -- we wouldn't hear a sound of delay while it's possible that there was an internal "deadline" delay.

That said, the chances of it happening this time are really slim given the circumstances this time compared to Brawl. Yes, the precedent for insane delays are there but given what we know about the game's development it's extremely unlikely it'll get delayed.

So cool your jets about it. I don't even think there's ever been a precedent set where Nintendo has given a ballpark year for a game and then inexplicably delayed it to the next year. The only example I could think of is Pikmin 3 but even that's not a true example because they gave us the ol' "launch/release window" timeframe which isn't even a year like Smash 4's situation.

It's gonna come this year. There's no reason why it wouldn't unless the man keels over and dies while he's playtesting. :p
 
Wait, a thought came to mind...

What if they're rushing Smash 3DS and Wii U out ASAP? As in, releasing it fairly soon and the alleged "Smash Bros 6" is a massive expansion?

As in to say, release a base game now, to maintain momentum for the consoles, which will tie us over until the large expansion next year?

Of course, this is a silly idea, but given a random super early Direct, nothing seems out of the impossible right now.
Nintendo is the new Capcpom? Well gaming was fun while it lasted.
 
Do people actually think Ridley will be shown during the direct?

If he's in the game he's definitely going to be an unlockable and will probably not be shown pre-release.
 
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