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[RK128]

"Q: Why would you want to release the 2 games mo's apart"

Gooood question.

Nintendo - "To give us the chance to move the game into next year of cou....I mean, to give the 3DS version room to shine!"

....Lets all face it, the Wii U version is coming either next Feburary or March (like how Brawl did); extra time to polish the game up and to give the Wii U more games for next year....

 

[Necromanti]

Really debug stuff? I thought it was for marketing reasons.

Debugging and balancing the game is a daunting task, so those 3DS users will come in handy in helping them find every bug before the Wii U release.

 

[AdanVC]

It finished! Where's Pac Man reveal trailer??

 

[Velcro Fly]

Namco can release a fighting game on multiple consoles at once, but Namco and Nintendo have trouble doing qa on a release for the Wii U and 3ds at the same time?

and if it comes out buggy people will say it's rushed

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Nintendo - "To give us the chance to move the game into next year of cou....I mean, to give the 3DS version room to shine!"

....Lets all face it, the Wii U version is coming either next Feburary or March (like how Brawl did); extra time to polish the game up and to give the Wii U more games for next year....

and miss out on christmas, with no games besides Smash? I don't think so.

 

[georly]

Namco can release a fighting game on multiple consoles at once, but Namco and Nintendo have trouble doing qa on a release for the Wii U and 3ds at the same time?

Not trouble, but they want to do a good job. Also, smash has way more variables to balance than a normal fighting game.

 

[EroticSushi]

Someone ask about Ripley already.

 

[Empyrean Heaven]

Like I said, I thought they meant for final smash transformations. I wasn't thinking.

 

[Spinluck]

Guys, Miis are banned in randoms because their movesets and stats can be customized. Other fighters with custom movesets and stats are banned for the same reason.

If Nintendo thought offensive Miis were a problem, they wouldn't have allowed them in Mario Kart.

That's how I took it.

They seemed extremely hard to balance, and weren't made with a set moveset.

 

[(mat)]

7:47
Michael "TYP" Cole: Q: why are character tansformations removed?
7:48
Michael "TYP" Cole: A: we want people to focus on single characters more deeply
7:48
Neal Ronaghan: Q3: any plans for the competitive scene moving forward?
7:48
Michael "TYP" Cole: Q: what plans does Ninty have for the smash tourney scene?
7:49
Neal Ronaghan: Sakurai doesn't work with the competive events directly. he loves the fans and will keep an eye on it

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Sakurai loves the fans and we love Sakurai.

 

[JavelinRobin]

"Jason Schreier @jasonschreier
Q&A with Sakurai now. Nintendo PR warned everyone not to ask about new characters, so sorry, no Ridley questions!"

Boo.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

"Jason Schreier @jasonschreier
Q&A with Sakurai now. Nintendo PR warned everyone not to ask about new characters, so sorry, no Ridley questions!"

Boo.

bah

 

[evanmisha]

Someone ask about Ripley already.

NeoGAF: Ridley's Believe It or Not

 

[Oersted]

Great news! Nintendo seems to care.

They always do. Exception is region-lock. So far.

 

[Immaculate]

"Jason Schreier @jasonschreier
Q&A with Sakurai now. Nintendo PR warned everyone not to ask about new characters, so sorry, no Ridley questions!"

Boo.

fuck

 

[oatmeal]

So I guess no MK8 announcements...

 

[Anth0ny]

sakurai wants to support the competitive scene

booooooooooooom

 

[Burning Justice]

Not correct. They just confirmed every character has 12 "moves" to be customized.

Yes, and I'm almost positive those movesets are confirmed to be banned in With Anyone as well. You can only use default movesets in With Anyone.

 

[rekameohs]

Sounds like the invitational was a big success

 

[-PXG-]

I messaged Neal, he appreciates you guys following the live blog.

 

[MAtgS]

No miis in For Glory maybe, but not For Fun either?

 

[Blues1990]

"Come on Nintendo. When is Mother 3 coming to the west?"

"Where is that new 'Stair Fax' game? Get your shit together, Nintendo!"

 

[ColossalLazy]

"Jason Schreier @jasonschreier
Q&A with Sakurai now. Nintendo PR warned everyone not to ask about new characters, so sorry, no Ridley questions!"

Boo.

Well you can ask about old characters.

 

[Caladrius]

Nintendo - "To give us the chance to move the game into next year of cou....I mean, to give the 3DS version room to shine!"

....Lets all face it, the Wii U version is coming either next Feburary or March (like how Brawl did); extra time to polish the game up and to give the Wii U more games for next year....

They absolutely need the game for Holiday. PS4/XBO don't have software momentum yet, so this is going to be their last big chance to actually move more units and regain some ground.

 

[Aaronrules380]

fuck

You say that as if it wasn't obvious that such questions would never be answered

 

[AdanVC]

So I guess no MK8 announcements...

There's hope for tomorrow.

 

[vinnygambini]

Namco can release a fighting game on multiple consoles at once, but Namco and Nintendo have trouble doing qa on a release for the Wii U and 3ds at the same time?

Nintendo product

Namco product

You answered your question.

 

[IntelliHeath]

Hopefully someone would poke at Konami's Relationship with SAkurai for Snake's Return but I doubt that they would be allowed to asking specific questions about characters.

 

[FSLink]

Yes, and I'm almost positive those movesets are confirmed to be banned in With Anyone as well. You can only use default movesets in With Anyone.

Yeah. Exactly. I misread your post, so disregard, lol

 

[greycolumbus]

NWR begging for Ice Climbers

 

[Thorakai]

He wants to support the tourney scenes with more games like Smash, annual smash confirmed!!111!!11!!!

 

[HawthorneKitty]

I forgot about the Ice Climbers today; I feel so ashamed.

 

[Pociask]

Would asking about DLC plans qualify as asking about new characters? Heck, actually, forget DLC, what about post release balance patches?

 

[Axass]

"Jason Schreier @jasonschreier
Q&A with Sakurai now. Nintendo PR warned everyone not to ask about new characters, so sorry, no Ridley questions!"

Boo.

I don't think they did this last year, there must be a reason, a BIG reason.

Spoiler

jk

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Meh Ice Climbers.

 

[RazorK1d]

No miis in For Glory maybe, but not For Fun either?

With Friends in For Fun mode yo can play with Mii characters online.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

"Jason Schreier @jasonschreier
Q&A with Sakurai now. Nintendo PR warned everyone not to ask about new characters, so sorry, no Ridley questions!"

Boo.

Expected, but god dammit.

 

[Shard]

I guess old characters are a loophole.

 

[(mat)]

7:50
Michael "TYP" Cole: Sakurai is not involved in tourney planning. He was impressed with the enthusiasm for this game at today's tourney. He wants to support the scene by making more games like these.
7:51
Neal Ronaghan: Our own Justin Berube is asking about balancing the game. he also wants the Ice Climbers back.

 

[BuggyDClown]

They absolutely need the game for Holiday. PS4/XBO don't have software momentum yet, so this is going to be their last big chance to actually move more units and regain some ground.

lol. Yet being the key word. This holiday/Winter we see a shit storm of big games coming to both systems. Without smash I still can't fathom how I can even try to play all the games I want too.

 

[Anth0ny]

someone ask if circle pad pro works with the 3ds game

"circle pad pro sales skyrocket"

 

[rekameohs]

Should ask what working with Kojima again is like to dodge a character question.

 

[Immaculate]

You say that as if it wasn't obvious that such questions would never be answered

i wanted another tease goddamnit

 

[Neoxon]

sakurai wants to support the competitive scene

booooooooooooom

Now's our chance.

Everyone, push for #BattlefieldForGlory & #StockForGlory, mainly the former so we can get Battlefield variants of all stages.

 

[traveler]

He actually disregarded the don't ask about characters thing for ice climbers? ICE CLIMBERS?!?! If you're going to break the rules, at least ask about something like Ridley or Geno or someone.

 

[Spinluck]

Namco can release a fighting game on multiple consoles at once, but Namco and Nintendo have trouble doing qa on a release for the Wii U and 3ds at the same time?

I can't believe some of the post in here.

 

[Mr. Smiley]

It finished! Where's Pac Man reveal trailer??

Tomorrow's Post of the Day

 

[jmizzal]

Costume move sets is banned online with anyone right too?

So Mii's only with friends was expected

 

[Gabeking]

Someone should ask about DLC