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

They have been announced. I hear constant talk about the absence, of a story mode and what characters will be in the game. What interests me more at this point, however, is Classic Mode. Will Subspace Emmisary's events mean anything for Master Hand in Classic Mode?

 

All I want in this game is for Ganondorf to be a bit more effective (read: faster) in battle. I'm so sick of losing to high-tier CPUs.

 

I'm getting a 3ds next year for this and Mari Kart 7. When the characters in MK *** me off, I'll beat the **** out of them in SSB.

 

I want MewTwo back on the roster. With any luck he will return instead of that usurping fraud Lucario.

 

Wonder if any MegaPokemon will end up in this game (since that's one of the big things in the upcoming sixth generation). I wouldn't mind if Pokemon Trainer returned, that was always fun.

And yay, glad to see Sonic back. Mega Man and Sonic were usually some of the bigger third party requests. Hm, wonder how long until they have a new surprise announcement rather than confirming returning characters (although Sonic's place in the roster was in doubt).

 

What other major third party characters have announced games for the 3DS or Wii U? We already have Mario, Sonic, and Mega Man; we need a fourth to round out the nerd fantasy battles that you know will happen.

 

In place of Master Hand, they should have Link as the final boss. Why? Because Link is evil. I've been playing a bit of the original SSB, and the CPU Link is by far the most annoying to play against. His stupid sword (especially his up-B spin attack) is always there to greet me at the least opportune moments. His pulls off down-A stabs with all the cheating inhuman reflexes of a computer. His boomerang is annoying as ****. He does not die like a proper CPU player should. He steals my kills, usually with that stupid up-B spin attack of his. So yeah, Link is evil and should be the final boss of the new SSB. In the meantime, you can all help support my hatred for Link by playing a few rounds against a CPU Link in any of the SSB games and killing him repeatedly. Cheers!

 

I've always been annoyed by (normal) Link's relative weakness compared to a lot of other characters in the games because he's been my preferred Main pretty much ever since I played OoT. They'd better make him stronger this time.

I'm half-expecting at least one (okay, probably not more than one) Sonic supporting character at this point since it looks like he might be here to stay. The'd probably go with Shadow or something, but I'd prefer Tails.

 

That is what I thought too. Link has terrible jumping distance and is difficult to recover when knocked off the main stage. But probably it's because when an AI is controlling him, it starts to land all those powerful attacks with is cheating inhuman reflexes that a human player can't pull off. So instead of being my virtual punching bag, he starts to hit me back, or even (God forbid) KO's me. That is unacceptable. Hence why we need to kill Link.

Also, Yoshi ticks me off as well. Kill him too!

 

Yeah, the main problem with Link is his speed (or lack thereof), though I do remember the Sector Z level in the original being a nightmare for Link because it was next to impossible to get back to the main area after you fell to the lower portion below. Even with the triple jump more often than not you'd just barely not grab hold. Bleh.

Yoshi was worse, though, because he was the only one without a third jump ability. At least his normal jumps were reasonably high.

 

The Blu Blur and the Blue Bomber are all I need to be happy! Although I've been hoping for Ridley to be a playable character since Melee...

 

Wow, Rosalina is really high profile these days. Should be interesting to see what her fighting style will be.

 

I always love how whimsical these videos are- that's one of the best parts of these multi-franchise crossovers. Heh, Samus comparing heights. Cool to see another new addition to the game (all news about this game is good, but nice to get a brand new character rather than a confirmation of a regular character). Hm, with all the punches in that video, I wonder if they'll keep Captain Falcon in game. Sorry, just so many memories of hearing "Falcon Punch!", but not sure if they've confirmed Captain Falcon yet.

 

All I can say is it's going to be a long wait until December. For the moment, this is the only game coming out this year that I want.

 

The 3DS SSB I've been waiting for. I'd love to see Sora as a playable character