supersmashbros
Latest
'Super Smash Bros.' for Wii U lets you bring toys (and yourself) into the game
Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U isn't just leaning on your nostalgia to clinch a sale; it also has a few technological tricks up its sleeve. Nintendo's latest brawler will let you bring the characters from its NFC-based toys (now known as Amiibo) into the game by tapping them on the Wii U's gamepad. They can fight alongside you or in your place, and they'll gain abilities as they level up. Other titles (including Mario Kart 8, Mario Party 10 and Yoshi's Woolly World) should support Amiibo in the future, as well. If you'd rather introduce your own persona, though, you can. Super Smash Bros. has an option to add your Mii, giving it both a character class as well as a handful of special moves.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS coming in 2014, brings Megaman along for the ride (video)
Microsoft's got the Xbox One, Sony's got the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo? Nintendo's got Megaman. In its pre-E3 broadcast, the console maker has announced that a new version of party favorite Super Smash Bros. will be arriving on the Wii U and 3DS at some point next year. The company has taken the chance to freshen up the smashing lineup, adding the Villager from Animal Crossing and adding Megaman from, er, Megaman to the roster. If you'd like to see the announcement trailer for yourself, head on past the break and scrub forward to the 34 minute mark where it's now available in its standalone glory. Follow all of our E3 2013 coverage at our event hub.%Gallery-191051%
Revolutionary: Playing. Creating? Sharing!
Every (other) Tuesday, Mike Sylvester brings you REVOLUTIONARY, a look at the wide world of Wii possibilities. Custom level creation in console games has come a long way. It used to be, if you wanted to share a track that you built in Excitebike, you had to invite friends over to play your creation on your cartridge, until you powered off your NES and the track was lost forever. Nowadays our levels can be saved to internal storage, and shared by removable media, or across the internet to survive for posterity. It's a feature that's fully supported by all consoles this generation, and big games are highlighting it amongst their bullet points. System sellers like Halo 3, LittleBigPlanet, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl are trojan-horsing the concept of custom level creation into the consciousness of the console-consuming collective. Former Sony exec Phil Harrison popularized the term "Game 3.0," but we'll be taking a look at how it is playing out on Nintendo's platform.
Wii gets the Super Smash Bros crystal ice treatment
Captain Awesome and the League of Awesomeness were unavailable for comment. Now if you'll excuse us, we need to go die a few hundred more times in pointlessly difficult platforming levels. Bowser version is after the break.
Smash Bros. Brawl dated for Europe ... at a 'later date'
Since 'June 2008 or beyond' didn't exactly resonate with European Wii owners, Nintendo has quickly, albeit indirectly revised its update on the European release of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In a statement responding to yesterday's concerns about Brawl missing from a tentative Q1/Q2 release list, Nintendo has said: "All Nintendo software titles launching in Q2 2008 have not been finalized or confirmed to date. Nintendo will communicate on all software titles launching in Q2 2008 for Wii and Nintendo DS at a later date" -- oh, except for Mario Kart Wii, that one's definitely coming Q2.Nintendo can dangle Mario Kart in our faces all its wants, but that won't change the fact that its stance on Brawl in Europe remains as vague as ever. Europe's used to waiting, so c'mon Nintendo, either end it with a swift kick to the dome or just lay the bad news on us.
Smash Bros. Brawl not expected in Europe until Q3 '08
Nintendo hates Europe: Confirmed? It's not the steadfast and ever-lingering sort of hate, but rather that insidious aura which prompts someone to suffocate you with a pillow as soon as you're comfortable enough to share a bed with them. After all, our gaming pals in Europe didn't have to endure entirely ridiculous waits for Metroid Prime 3 or Super Mario Galaxy, and managed to enjoy both excellent titles while they were still fresh in the memories of those on more privileged continents. Even next year's Mario Kart Wii got a spot on Nintendo's latest second quarter release list.Cross-over cartoon violence spectacular, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, was sadly omitted from said list, prompting Videogamer.com to politely ask Nintendo when Europe could expect its arrival. "If the game is not listed on the schedule up until the end of Q2 it is currently not due out until after that time," came the bloodcurdling answer. That places Super Smash Bros. Brawl in June at earliest, roughly four months after the game's American release in February. We hope this is nothing more than a precaution (would another delay surprise anybody?), as we simply cannot comprehend this level of cruelty being inflicted upon Europe intentionally -- and we watch the Royal Variety Performance every year.
Dojo update: Meowth returns [update 1]
Skipping making an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Meowth is returning in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. As you might expect, his attack deals with showering the battlefield in precious, precious gold coins. For such a greedy little guy, it's somewhat odd that he'd choose to part with some of his fortune just to put the hurting on your enemies. But, at least he has the good greed to never part with that coin on his head. Are we happy to see him returning to the field of battle?Update: Turns out, there was another update at the dojo we overlooked. The controls for using the Wiimote are also explained.%Gallery-6869%%Gallery-3347% Read - Meowth Read - How to use the Wiimote
Dojo update: Donkey Kong and a trailer
The Dojo has updated again, this time providing us with a complete bio of Donkey Kong, along with a short gameplay video. The video, which lasts a too-short 15 seconds, shows off some of the characters' Final Smash maneuvers, as well as some of the stages already revealed. The bio on Donkey Kong is .. well, the usual bio thing we've seen for many character already.As usual, be sure to hit up our gallery below for some new images.%Gallery-3347%Read - Donkey Kong bioRead - Short trailer
Dojo update: Bumper returns
The dojo has updated, yet again, revealing an item from the first Super Smash Bros. game making its return. We recall many an occasion where the item was situated at the edge of a level, prohibiting us from getting back onto said level after we had been knocked far, far away. It's a pretty good weapon, we think, so we're glad to see its return.Check out some images of it in action in our gallery below.%Gallery-3347%
New E3 to not have playable Smash Bros. on display
According to the fine folks over at Game | Life, next week's E3 is going to be disappointing to fans of those brothers who make with the super smashing. Why? No playable version of the game will be available at the show. And, as much as we'd like to, we'll refrain from quoting that line about voices crying out and being suddenly silenced.The Nintendo representative that confirmed all of this to Game | Life said that due to the nature of the new E3, Nintendo decided to go with a smaller roster of games. With several new titles that we've never seen before likely to pop up at the show, Nintendo undoubtedly wants to keep the focus on them. Can't blame them, but with Smash Bros. being the high-profile title it is, we can't say we would've made the same decision.
Dojo update: Zelda bio
It's been a long weekend, void of no new information regarding one of the three biggest titles to hit the Wii this year. As we come back to work, it's nice to see the Dojo has updated us with a new character bio. Aside from her updated design, nothing particularly new is revealed, but at least we have new screens to gawk at.You can check them out in the gallery below.%Gallery-3347%
Dojo update: Lylat Cruise stage revealed
While battling atop space ships in the Lylat system is nothing new to the Smash Bros. franchise, the revised stage looks a lot better. Now, the ship warps to different sectors, making its way through epic space battles and even the atmosphere of Corneria. Heck, maybe we won't be battling exclusively in Hyrule anymore, with such a promising looking stage as this.Check out all of the new Lylat Cruise stage images in the gallery below.%Gallery-3347%
Smash Bros. update: Fall recovery tactics
The Dojo updates yet again, this time highlighting fall recovery tactics in the game. We all know the drill, someone hits you with the baseball bat or maybe Samus blasts you with a charged shot from her arm cannon and you go flying off the side of the stage and you have to try to get back. So you perform your mid-air jump, followed by your Up special move to get back. Nothing new, right? Well, at least we get some more images of in-game action.%Gallery-3347%
Wii Warm Up: SMAAAASH!
We've got a very simple question for you today: who's your favorite existing Super Smash Bros. character? Is it Ness, or one of the many inferior filler characters they put in so everyone wouldn't just pick Ness?
Wii Warm Up: The slow reveal of Smash Bros.
After a ton of buildup, the Super Smash Bros. Brawl website began updating this week, which is exciting in principle. The actual content of the updates, however ... well, let's just say we had already guessed that Mario and Link will be in the game. Today we get a small amount of news about a new item-- a Gooey Bomb that sticks to opponents.The whole development cycle has been like this-- we've gotten very little information of any kind about this game except what we already know (for example, the rules of Smash Bros.) It's kind of a tease. Of course, this just serves to build up anticipation of the final product.Would you rather get a huge blowout of info all at once, or do you enjoy letting the excitement build as you're fed tiny little morsels of information one by one? If you don't feel like talking about that, we suppose we could talk about the Gooey Bomb. One warning, though-- we've heard enough about banning items from "serious play" for one lifetime.
Super Gumby Bros. Brawl trailer
They haven't yet invented a number that accurately estimates how many times we've watched the Super Smash Bros. Brawl trailer that debuted at last year's E3 event. 15 bazillion? 32 robillion? 299 karmakarmakarmakarmakarma-chamelion? Nay, these numbers do not even begin to scratch the surface! Sgsugar's claymation remake of the trailer is more of a homemade project than a high-value production, but its stop-motion action is no less awesome. The misshapen models, amateurish sets, and inconsistent lighting only serve to increase the video's plasticine charm. Solid Snake's absence is disappointing but easily forgotten when the two-minute clip is filled with scenes like Pit firing an oversized arrow from his malformed bow or Wario's flatulent send-off. Jump past the post break for Sgsugar's clay-animated adaptation and Nintendo's original Super Smash Bros. Brawl trailer.See also: Super Smash Bros. Brawl gets hand-drawn and hilarious
Super Smash Bros. Brawl gets hand-drawn and hilarious
This fan-made video, which is available past the post break per our aggreement, is ... well .... it's just ... we're really having a hard time finding some adjectives to use. We like the video, don't get us wrong, it's good. It's just that, really, it's a sensory overload. All of the mental stimulation it provides, as well as the humor found within, make a potent cocktail. It's causing us to feel awfully inebriated ...We will comment, however, that Shin Akuma would NEVAR lose to Pokemon in a fight.
Nintendo World tour stocked with 88 titles
Nintendo World 2006 kicks off to tomorrow in Nagoya, Japan; making stops in Osaka and Tokyo later this month. The exhibition brings with it 88 titles, split evenly between Wii and DS.Visitors can expect the usual unusual assortment of "games" from Nintendo's vault, including an encyclopedia and healthy eats recipe collection. The rest of the lineup is mostly familiar, but there will be some significant debuts; the first level of (and possibly a new character from) Super Smash Bros Brawl among them. There are also plans to show off the Mii channel.Some new DS oddities have been unearthed as well, notably Picross DS ("paint by numbers"), 100 Poems by 100 Poets: DS Shigureden (presumably based on the art exhibit in Kyoto), DS Bimoji Training (Japanese calligraphy), and Namco Bandai's Mojipittan DS, a version of the popular fast-paced word puzzler.
WWE fused with Super Smash Bros: it ain't pretty [update 2]
What do you get when you stretch the skins of characters from Super Smash Bros. over wrestlers from WWE Smackdown!? A disturbingly compelling game along with a pimped out Mario, that's what. Watch as Mario and chums perform maneuvers from head slams to full frontal kicks in the face. There's even a Solid Snake cameo! Just don't show this thing to your kids, they'll never want to play a Mario game again. And yes, that pink fat dude is Kirby. Weiiird.Who's gonna be the next victim of pimp my video game?Update: the video has been removed from YouTube. Apparently it violated their copyright rules. If anyone can find the real video online then let us know and we'll update the post.Update 2: the video is back up, with no explanation as to why it went down. Check it out after the jump.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl, see it for yourself
After last's night Super Smash Bros. Brawl unveiling, Nintendo dropped a media disc on us that was supposed to house the Brawl teaser trailer. Yeah, well, it was done broke. But we did snag a bunch of pretty - too pretty, if you ask us - screenshots off of the thing before we tossed it. Have a look.
