Gaming NEW CHALLENGERS APPROACHING: Super Smash Bros. [Ultimate]

I've really got to get around to playing Fire Emblem soon. However, really happy to hear Captain Falcon is still in this, its always fun to hear "Falcon... PUNCH!"

 

I was hoping they would do away with clones in this game, but I guess not.

It certainly crushes my hopes for a revamped Ganondorf.

 

That hope was crushed a long time ago when Toon Link was brought back.

 

Ness and Jigglypuff are the only ones from 64 that aren't confirmed. While I of course hope that both will come back just because of them being there from the very start, I think Ness has a higher chance.

Jigglypuff hasn't been relevant for ages.

 

I would love it if they announced Wario, Ganondorf and Meta Knight all at once. The first has been all but confirmed since Ashley is an assist trophy, Ganon is pretty much a shoe-in (and he was apparently playable at the Smash Fest demo), and I can't see Meta Knight getting the axe given his popularity and prominence.

 

I remember seeing that news pop up last night, there was speculation that Rayman could have been announced for Smash, but then again probably not, as an announcement like Rayman would be much bigger than just a trailer. At the very least it'd be part of a Nintendo Direct or something.

Ganondorf hasn't been confirmed yet? With all the Zelda characters already confirmed (two Links and Zelda and Shiek as separate), I thought Ganondorf would show up again. Well, there's still time and he's likely to be announced eventually, just thought they would have confirmed his status by now. Meta Knight's a shoe-in given who is in charge of course. Nice to still have a few surprises, wonder how many more trailers we'll get before the release date.

 

And yet it's too expensive/time-consuming for Ubisoft to render female characters for Assassin's Creed.

(Sorry, I had to!)

 

With the September release date for Smash Bros in Japan, they plan to reveal the last bit of info, whether they are characters or stages, in one giant announcement next month.

http://www.gonintendo.com/s/233141-...stages-to-be-revealed-in-next-months-corocoro

 

I'm both excited for the next announcement and yet totally nonplussed because I'm like 95% sure I'm going to try to main Robin.

 

A Famitsu article on the latest characters have revealed that, while Lucina will have the same moveset as Marth, the key difference is that Lucina will do standard damage regardless of what part of her blade hits, while Marth's attacks done with the tip of his own blade will do maximum damage.

 

Marth is usually based around his damage being better at the tip of his sword than it is for the rest of his blade. Like, significantly better. Lucina is probably going to be like Roy where the damage is better away from the tip but has no bonus at the tip.

Also, the "fun fact" is that it usually doesn't balance out better - technical skill is the only limitation to Marth being better at dealing damage. Lucina will be easier for casual players (i.e. sane people) to use.

 

To add to that, some people who were at the E3 demo and tried Marth noticed a few things. Namely that he's not as fast as he was in Melee & Brawl, and the body of his blade is weaker, and the tip is stronger. While that "tip" factor has always been there, in 4, it's apparently much more prominent now.

So yeah it does sound Lucina is for those folks who want to have a much easier time. Or, as you put it, be less insane.

 

http://www.zeldainformer.com/news/corocoro-will-not-be-showing-the-fulll-smash-bros-roster

Well you can disregard that bit I posted earlier.

Still though, it seems we're getting something from SDCC.

 

Poor Bowler, er, Bowser doesn't get any respect. Zelda as Princess Peach 2 is also pretty funny. Not to mention Lucario as Blue Fox- wonder if that person actually knew who Fox was and based Lucario's "name" on that or just thought both were Fox people. And how come Shiek gets to be the ninja rather than Greninja?

 

Looking forward to this game.

 

Good news for Wario fans.