Maybe. It's possible he took these screens with the intention of revealing Diddy last week for the Japanese release of TF, but then Iwata decided to drop Little Mac on that day so Diddy got pushed back.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U Thread 5: Yarning for Yoshi
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Maybe. It's possible he took these screens with the intention of revealing Diddy last week for the Japanese release of TF, but then Iwata decided to drop Little Mac on that day so Diddy got pushed back.
Masked Man
I said wow
Good catch! I'm tempted to say that the arena changes exclusively for Little Mac.
Case in point: this picture.
The other possibility would be that a good number of Diddy's shots were taken before Little Mac's reveal and were possibly planned to be shown in time for the JPN release of DK:TR.
Benzychenz
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Probably my least played character in Brawl, but cool for the people that like him I guess.
Case in point: this picture.
good point.
Pop-O-Matic
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Something interesting...
The Punch-Out stage still says "Smash Bros." here again. Does it only change to Punch-Out if Little Mac is in the battle? Or maybe it's just an early picture?
It's possible Sakurai thought that the Direct would come after Tropical Freeze came out and assumed that we was going to reveal Diddy before Mac.
OminousShadow
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Diddy looks awesome.
Pics came much earlier than I expected
Pics came much earlier than I expected
TheLegendOfCap
Member
Something interesting...
The Punch-Out stage still says "Smash Bros." here again. Does it only change to Punch-Out if Little Mac is in the battle? Or maybe it's just an early picture?
I'm still believing that Sakurai had planned for Diddy to be revealed on the original Japanese date, but the Direct postponed it.
These pictures were probably ready for last week, and were taking into account that Little Mac would not have been revealed at the time.
Hence my belief that Sakurai just submits a newcomer video for the direct, but doesn't know when they air.
Someone tried to tell me its dumb and bad PR that they wouldn't tell devs when Directs are supposed to air. Hahah nope. He doesn't know when they air, he just gives them the videos.
Dimitri LH
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Quoting to reveal the prophet....you know things Villager. NOW SPILL IT!
Joking Joking
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Dixie is under Diddy's hat.
MrSaturn99
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I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Dhalsim stretches into battle.
MannyToons
Member
Woo! I was wrong. 
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Sakurai laughs at your patterns.
Animal Crossing stage was based on time of day, to be similar to actual Animal Crossing. We don't know in regards to the WVBA ring yet. Seems possible, but nobody knows but Sakurai.
That stage was based on what time it was on your Wii's internal clock. The Spear Pillar changes and Mushroomy Kingdom changes were random.
oreomunsta
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ShockingAlberto
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...he retweeted the Direct tweet and the Pic of the Day the day before said to watch the Direct. Same with Rosalina.
MaverickHunterAsh
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So next is probably Yoshi, but personally I'm hoping we get a random Ness or Captain Falcon reveal sometime in March too. I'm getting antsy about Ness especially!
C.Olimar788
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We don't know yet, but I really hope that it's the former. I don't think it's likely that Punch-Out!! gets any other stages besides the World Circuit, and it would be pretty lame if that stage was only a Punch-Out!! stage half of the time.
Shadow Hog
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Well this is oddly early
But hey, I'm up, so here's the clean:
But hey, I'm up, so here's the clean:
Damn! Diddy looking good as usual with some funny expressions.
Sakurai has really sped up these character reveals...Not gonna lie, I'm gonna be really annoyed if it's sped up just for the game to come out later this holiday instead of the summer time where the Wii U needs any boost it can get.
Sakurai has really sped up these character reveals...Not gonna lie, I'm gonna be really annoyed if it's sped up just for the game to come out later this holiday instead of the summer time where the Wii U needs any boost it can get.
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
I predict a tropical freeze of any substantial information for a little while after this reveal.
RealDeadOne
Member
Is anyone else really bothered by how DK and Diddy's feet/hands are completely bare, white human skin colored and even have fingernails
foxuzamaki
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I'm actually thinking something more akin to soul calibur 2 if anyone has played that game as extensively as I have
there are a couple of "plain" story stages that you can eventually unlock for multiplayer and such, some of them have differnt sizes, and some have fire and ice themes that you can toggle between before starting the match, with this in mind and that sakurai has members of tekken and soul calibur helping him make this game I wouldnt be surprised if a similar thing pops up in smash 4
I'M FINISHED!
Um exCUSE me Sakurai but CLEARLY the best choice for Smash Bros would be my fav niche character HOWEVER you are clearly INCOMPETENT and
Thanks, 3DS!
Masked Man
I said wow
I am very bothered by how his skin looks, and I don't like the fur at all, lol.
Awh. Sakurai didn't give him his new backpack
The fact he still has his DK64 jetpack is shocking to me.
It's more shocking when a returning character has anything new about them at all other than more polygons.
Ugh. So many characters are the exact same as they were in Brawl.
Also someone turn that blue Pikmin into a gangsta.
RomanceDawn
Member
You mean Monkey D Iddy.
Diddy looks good. I wonder if they made his attacks even stretchier because he was made to be even smaller. His concept art is almost too cute for me.
But Sonic has 1 eye with 2 pupils.
foxuzamaki
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Stop getting antsy about a character you know will return.
TheVampire
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Isn't Diddy Kong kinda not needed?
MannyToons
Member
OK. Fuck it, I'll say it. Diddy looks just as bad as Donkey. Why do they both look so awful...?
oreomunsta
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Benzychenz
Member
I was hoping Yoshi was going to look less stretchy and gross when he's revealed but looking at that Diddy Kong shot I guess it's not something Sakurai cares about
The second most important character in one of Nintendo's most popular series? Yes he's needed lol
The second most important character in one of Nintendo's most popular series? Yes he's needed lol
What do you mean? He's a fairly important Nintendo character and he's not a clone.
foxuzamaki
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theprodigy
Member
I see what you did there!
Well, he has prominent roles in:
DKC
DKC2 <-- Main Star
DK64
Diddy Kong Racing <-- Main Star
DKCR
DKC TF
Whiskeymatt
Member
Huh, lots of moveset tweaks to lots of characters so far. I'm starting to get hopeful that Namco's involvement is actually resulting in a more balanced game.
Diddy looks alright, I never actually played as him though.