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Super Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS Thread 3: Ridley's Believe It or Not!

Lets start weekend gaf off with something different. Made this fake for fun :P

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Was that regular ass Luigi or Super Luigi (and confirming Mushrooms)?

That zoomed in angle messed with my spatial perception yo
 
Murmur EDIT: buzzkill Rosalina buzzkill tired buzzkill not happening
 
What a disappointing end to the week. Oh well.

After this and Pokémon X/Y's launches, I think we can be sure that game-release character confirmations are just as randomly possible as anything else Sakurai does with these updates, and certainly not a trend. :/
 
With Reggie saying Nintendo are going to be at VGX, is it possible we might see a "big" newcomer there, like Pac-man?

Not sure. But the VGX definitely isn't geared towards fans of Nintendo. At least that's how I feel from their past showings.

The funny thing about these updates, is that the possibilities for these random pics are nearly endless. It just depends on how far Sakurai is willing to go to consistently troll those drooling for info. I mean come on, I can replicate this picture in the last two Smash Bros. games. Lol.
 
Hahaha how does Sakurai do it? I bought into the hype and totally expected someone to be revealed today.

Looks like we won't get that Zelda character reveal until December 26, when ALBW comes out in Japan. On that note, why is Japan getting it so much later than the rest of the world?
 
Luigi is really relishing the smell of Marth's royal farts.
 
Well, Sakurai probably follow Japanese release date.

He definitely does, but my whole point is that Pokémon X/Y and Super Mario 3D World's Japanese release dates both came and went without any character reveal from Sakurai. That's proof enough for me that him revealing characters when new games release in Japan is just as random as anything else he does.

At this point, we have no reason to believe that ALBW's Japanese release will have anything to do with him revealing Zelda. :/
 
Not sure. But the VGX definitely isn't geared towards fans of Nintendo. At least that's how I feel from their past showings.

While I generally agree, there's a western base that absolutely loves Smash Bros, and during the E3 reveal at GTTV I think they were pointing out that it was the most hyped/discussed game after its reveal.
 
There's not just a western audience that loves Smash, people in general love Smash. Smash, like Mario Kart, is one of those Nintendo franchises people who love all kinds of consoles/franchises will almost always happily pick up and play with other people if they've a fondness for old school Nintendo.

VGA/VGX has generally catered towards the "blockbuster" style of game, and Nintendo has spent every year not really giving a shit. This is basically the first time they'll be making their presence known.
 
He definitely does, but my whole point is that Pokémon X/Y and Super Mario 3D World's Japanese release dates both came and went without any character reveal from Sakurai. That's proof enough for me that him revealing characters when new games release in Japan is just as random as anything else he does.

At this point, we have no reason to believe that ALBW's Japanese release will have anything to do with him revealing Zelda. :/

But several other character reveals did coincide with release dates. He literally puts in his posts "In celebration of ___'s release in Japan, here's _____". Therefore it is not as random as anything else. It's not a guarantee, but it does seem to be a fairly solid trend.
 
He definitely does, but my whole point is that Pokémon X/Y and Super Mario 3D World's Japanese release dates both came and went without any character reveal from Sakurai. That's proof enough for me that him revealing characters when new games release in Japan is just as random as anything else he does.

At this point, we have no reason to believe that ALBW's Japanese release will have anything to do with him revealing Zelda. :/


Well, we already have all Mario characters so they probably don't have other Mario character to show off at the moment.
 
We're getting Crash and Persona 5 exclusive \.

I would love it.
You're probably joking but I want to be serious since there are some people out there actually want that to happen: I don't think Persona is the kind of game that should be exclusive to Nintendo. Multiplat? Sure, that's fine. But it feels kind of wrong to suddenly to make Persona 5 exclusive to Nintendo systems for no reason when it has an established fanbase on Sony systems.

I can say the same to Crash but idk how relevant he is these days.
 
You're probably joking but I want to be serious since there are some people out there actually want that to happen: I don't think Persona is the kind of game that should be exclusive to Nintendo. Multiplat? Sure, that's fine. But it feels kind of wrong to suddenly to make Persona 5 exclusive to Nintendo systems for no reason when it has an established fanbase on Sony systems.

I can say the same to Crash but idk how relevant he is these days.

We're getting Crash and Persona 5 exclusive \.

I would love it.

It wouldn't happen since there is a rumor that Sony acquired back Crash copyright from Activation.
 
You're probably joking but I want to be serious since there are some people out there actually want that to happen: I don't think Persona is the kind of game that should be exclusive to Nintendo. Multiplat? Sure, that's fine. But it feels kind of wrong to suddenly to make Persona 5 exclusive to Nintendo systems for no reason when it has an established fanbase on Sony systems.

I can say the same to Crash but idk how relevant he is these days.

I just want to see the blood.

It wouldn't happen since there is a rumor that Sony acquired back Crash copyright from Activation.

https://twitter.com/amboyes/status/403770959137497088

Either way, Persona exclusive wont happen because Atlus isnt comprised of douches. UNLESS Sonic was in it, making it a sonic game
 
Sega is fronting for Nintendo. They will later reveal that Nintendo bought Atlus.
 
Wait till people 200% Super Mario 3D World.

Then the Wart speculation will really fly.
 
Lets start weekend gaf off with something different. Made this fake for fun :P

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This overused art would never make me believe this, even though I know this post isn't serious.

If Rosalina got in, I'm actually more intrigued by the design Sakurai would give her, considering how Peach got a redesign in Brawl, especially with her dress.
 
This overused art would never make me believe this, even though I know this post isn't serious.

If Rosalina got in, I'm actually more intrigued by the design Sakurai would give her, considering how Peach got a redesign in Brawl, especially with her dress.

Believe me I wanted to use another pic to really pull off the fake but decided against it for now lol.
 
Ah, all right... though I too would love to see Nintendo bring Wart back, even if only in another game based in a dream. Super Mario Bros. 2-2!

Miyamoto and company don't ever get tired of Bowser.

I'm afraid that Super Mario 3D World will be another New Super Mario Bros. 2. Another game with another good setup for another villain, that it is all thrown away for the purpose of extreme franchise formula safety. Nintendo can be so innovative and yet so predicable at the same time, I find it to be somewhat strange.

P.S.

I love Bowser.
 
I'm looking at Brawl's starting roster, and it made me very curious what kind of starting roster are we getting for Wii U/3DS. I'm still hoping for more secret veterans become starter characters and three more newcomers.
 
Smash 4 will have 32 starters if Sakurai sticks to the pattern.

*shakes Sakurai 8-ball*
*reply hazy try again*
 
I'm looking at Brawl's starting roster, and it made me very curious what kind of starting roster are we getting for Wii U/3DS. I'm still hoping for more secret veterans become starter characters and three more newcomers.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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Bowser
Diddy Kong
Donkey Kong
Fox
Ice Climbers
Ike
King Dedede
Kirby
Link
Lucas
Mario
Meta Knight
Olimar
Peach
Pikachu
Pit
Pokémon Trainer - Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard
Samus/Zero Suit Samus
Wario
Yoshi
Zelda/Sheik

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Bowser
Captain Falcon
Donkey Kong
Fox
Ice Climbers
Kirby
Link
Mario
Ness
Peach
Pikachu
Samus
Yoshi
Zelda/Sheik

Super Smash Bros.

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Donkey Kong
Fox
Kirby
Link
Mario
Pikachu
Samus
Yoshi


Our first iteration, we only had 8 characters. We got 7 more characters in second iteration which pushed us into 15 characters. Sakurai managed to arriving at 23 characters for third iteration. Right now, we only have 18 confirmed characters so far and we still have a long way to go.

Here is a list of missing starter characters

  1. Zelda
  2. Sheik
  3. Ice Climbers
  4. Metaknight
  5. King Dedede
  6. Ness/Lucas
  7. Captain Falcon
  8. Yoshi
  9. Zero Suit Samus
  10. Diddy Kong
  11. Pokemon Trainer

I have a feeling that we might see few more secret veterans that will become starter characters such as Jigglypuff, Falco and Mr. Game and Watch, along with about three more newcomers. Once Sakurai revealed Toon Link, Marth, and Luigi, I started to have a weird vibe that we mightn't have unlockable characters in the game. It's possible for a reason is that we are getting two smash games at once so I have a feeling that Sakurai were concerned that we wouldn't be motivated to unlocking the characters on both iteration.
 
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