[Nintendo Direct 6/21] Super Smash Bros 4 a collaboration w/ Sora & Namco Bandi Games
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Yep.
Sakurai is still in charge and this means we're likely to see it sooner than expected.
Not only that, but having a crew that already works under the same banner, know one another and what they are capable of sounds a lot better than the "band of mercenaries" development team cobbled together for Brawl.
Won't happen, Sakurai has discussed this in the past.
http://www.destructoid.com/gdc-08-masahiro-sakurai-talks-brawl-development-71767.phtml
A Tales character would essentially be a Fire Emblem character clone. So that's out.
chickdigger802
Banned
hmmm wonder which namco cast(s) will appear.
What is the face of namco these days, pacman seems right, but he's not... much of a fighter?
I'm picturing yoshimitsu as being a well fit. Up+B his helicopter thing? And isn't he like in every namco fighter already?
What is the face of namco these days, pacman seems right, but he's not... much of a fighter?
I'm picturing yoshimitsu as being a well fit. Up+B his helicopter thing? And isn't he like in every namco fighter already?
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I remembered someone linked Wolf's Victory pose and Loser poser from Star Fox Assault, so I assumed that Namco helped Nintendo to make that game.
It's their chance to correct Wolf's Victory and Losing pose.
It's their chance to correct Wolf's Victory and Losing pose.
Was not accusing you of such, you misread. I was saying it's a good idea for a sequel especially since Sakurai is trying to find a balance for casual and hardcore. I don't see how it's outsourcing if it's a collaboration, and if this was a complete outsource, this is probably one of the best companies they could get to do so. "Scamco" and DLC practices aside, like TruePrime said they have Gundam VS, Tekken, and Soul Calibur staff helping on this, this is anything but a bad thing. Plus I doubt Nintendo will allow them to go crazy with DLC, and even then stuff like Tekken Tag 2 seems like some parts of Namco get it.
Just add Yuri from Vesperia. Good to go.
Given Sakurai's stance it seems very unlikely it will be more then a select few. He was pretty adament that the 3rd Parties stay limited and not be the main draw.
I really doubt that will change, and just because Namco is deving I doubt they get many more then anyone else, hell Gamearts did the grunt work for Brawl and it's not like we got Alex and Hiiro.
Chet Rippo
Member
It would make far more sense to have Lloyd, since he's been on a Nintendo system before, and was in a pretty popular game in the west.
Oh, my choice wasn't based on sensibility or anything of the sort. If anything I do agree that Lloyd might be the face of series here in the West but I still would rather have Yuri than Lloyd.
Well Yuri will be when Project X ships later this year.
I do think Nintendo would want Llyod though over Yuri given they didn't get either Ves or Ves 2.
I need Taki in her Red Ninja Suit from SCII.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Twist: They decided to go with Absel from ToG?
chickdigger802
Banned
meh, I'm not picturing any tales guy appearing in this for some reason =/
We would all cry.
I think we will see Tales in some form. I don't think we will see them as a PC though.
He'd fit well (see Narikiri Dungeon X for how he feels in a 2D game), but it'd be kinda weird considering it only came out on PS3 in English speaking territories.
But I think Pacman or a Tekken character (Kazuya or maybe Harada himself like in SC5 :lol)would fit best before any Tales character. Cless or Lloyd is a maybe but I doubt it.
Chet Rippo
Member
I would rather have Tear, but that's never going to happen.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NOT SCAMCO 
FUCK YOU SAKURAI
FUCK YOU SAKURAI
Hitlersaurus Christ
Banned
I just hope they don't drop the guest characters from Brawl.
I don't see why they would.
Sonic does very well on Nintendo platforms and this will only help that. Sega and Nintendo are still close.
Sakurai is probably still friends with Kojima and even if Kojima never really bothers with Nintendo's platforms they still recently had Snake Eater on 3DS.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
This could go horribly wrong... soooo fucking wrong
I can already see how the game will have less production value than the others in the series and how it will be filled with crap characters and stuff from scamco... the only bright side would be a good gameplay for the competitive scene
fuck this shit why not stick with the tradition? Other franchises needs to be outsourced/reinvented
This could go horribly wrong... soooo fucking wrong
I can already see how the game will have less production value than the others in the series and how it will be filled with crap characters and stuff from scamco... the only bright side would be a good gameplay for the competitive scene
fuck this shit why not stick with the tradition? Other franchises needs to be outsourced/reinvented
Why do think it would be overloaded with Namco stuff?
This is still a Sakurai game, this is still Smash Bros 4.
They didn't announce NintendoXNamco.
Azusa or bust.
Meatvillain
Banned
Want King of all Cosmos, Dig Dug, Mr. Driller, Pac-Man and Klonoa. Hope this collaboration works out, not passing any sort of judgement at this point.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Seriously if any fucking im@s characters make it in even as assist character before any of the Ouendan/EBA cast Nintendo can officially be declared dead. 
icwatudidthar
Seriously if any fucking im@s characters make it in even as assist character before any of the Ouendan/EBA cast Nintendo can officially be declared dead.
They are so going to be DLC characters in Japan.
Because it's codeveloped with Namco?
Nintendo will beg to have more characters possible in Smash not only from namco and they will sure use this opportunity to throw all their stuff
EmCeeGramr
Member
Why are people acting like Nintendo just handed Namco the SSB name and licenses and walked away?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
Not likely.
Sakurai has said time and again that 3rd Party stuff is going to stay at a minimum. Not only that but we didn't get ANYTHING, no Grandai/Lunar/Ect from when Gamearts did the grunt work of Brawl.
There is zero reason to think the game will be anymore loaded then Brawl was with the Sonic cameo's and Konami with MGS stuff. It would really take Sakurai completely changing everything he has said up until this point.
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
What happened when Metroid was handed to Team Ninja, again? Though admittedly most of that game's stupidity was Sakamoto's fault.
This could go horribly wrong... soooo fucking wrong
I can already see how the game will have less production value than the others in the series and how it will be filled with crap characters and stuff from scamco... the only bright side would be a good gameplay for the competitive scene
fuck this shit why not stick with the tradition? Other franchises needs to be outsourced/reinvented
What a bad post. This is exactly why they have been doing this: They need more development power and people already used to HD. What "tradition" anyway? Brawl was already handled by a team built specifically for it, based on Games Art. The best people from Bandai Namco can't be bad, and Sakurai is still the director after all.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Just having a low exception with SSB4 then we should be fine. Two articles/announcement already killed my hype, so it will make waiting less painful for me.
Edited: At long, they didn't change Smash engine then I'm okay with it. However, they could screw it up, just like Team Ninja and Metroid.
EmCeeGramr
Member
Completely different situations for a bunch of reasons.
Far more comparable to Brawl being developed by Game Arts.
Chet Rippo
Member
Because people don't read.
makingmusic476
Member
This sounds like a terrible idea. What the fuck Nintendo?
Project Sora isn't huge, and increasing the dev team from the outside is something that needed to be done.
They still have Sora/Nintendo in charge, it's not like Namco can do whatever they want.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I do and I just have bad feeling about it.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
10/10
makingmusic476
Member
I guess. And given the pedigree involved, I'd be super amped if this were a collaboration for a new IP.
I just fear Smash won't quite be Smash anymore, and it'll be filled with even more non-Nintendo characters.
Really unsure how I feel about this, but I guess I'm mostly optimistic. Can't be worse than Brawl.
And SCV's netcode was good. So if Namco's at the helm, maybe online won't be a complete trainwreck this time.
Not really crazy about any potential guess characters that Namco could offer though.
And SCV's netcode was good. So if Namco's at the helm, maybe online won't be a complete trainwreck this time.
Not really crazy about any potential guess characters that Namco could offer though.