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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#28026: Nov 29th 2013 at 12:49:43 PM

I'm going to assume holiday 2014 barring any delays. Seems like a reasonable time frame if work was started in 2011 and Namco-Bandai is helping.

Comun Since: Jun, 2012
#28027: Nov 30th 2013 at 3:27:38 PM

Game Stop has just registered the 4 versions with the release date as April 8. I don't trust this too much, seems too good to be true.

NesClassic Meh-meh!? from Flyover Country Since: Dec, 2012 Relationship Status: In another castle
Meh-meh!?
#28028: Nov 30th 2013 at 3:32:06 PM

I was thinking earlier, and got a weird idea for Mega Man's Final Smash.

Black Hole Bomb- Mega Man shoots a sphere a short distance before it detonates (it can be moved up and down and detonated early). It sucks nearby people in and does damage to them before launching them out- it's a more powerful, projectile version of Power Suit Samus, basically.

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Odd1 Still just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson
Still just awesome like that
#28029: Nov 30th 2013 at 9:10:17 PM

[up][up]Gamestop also gave me a preorder receipt for GTA V saying that it was due to be released New Year's 2014. I don't think Gamestop is ever to be trusted with these things.

Insert witty 'n clever quip here.
Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#28030: Nov 30th 2013 at 9:16:53 PM

I would be amused by Ravio from A Link Between Worlds using the items you can get from his shop. Afer all, the items show a little picture of Ravio using each item when you select them in the shop.

B: Ice Rod: Ravio holds the rod up, and an ice block forms in the air. Releasing B drops it in front of him, damaging and maybe freezing the target.
Side B: Fire Rod: Ravio swings the fire rod, sending a little flaming whirlwind that crawls on the ground to deal damage.
Down B: Sand Rod: Ravio causes a line of three sand blocks to burst out of the ground, launching enemies or blocking projectiles. You can stand on the blocks, too.
Up B: Tornado Rod: Ravio zips into the air with a litle whirlwind, and then slows his fall with the propellors on the rod.

...okay, maybe it's not Ravio I want, so much as I am in love with the magic rods.

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#28031: Nov 30th 2013 at 9:19:36 PM

In that case, you might as well advocate for Yuga. His fire, lightning and portrait of ruin attacks might fit in well, and his Final Smash at least would be trivially easy.

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Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#28032: Nov 30th 2013 at 9:24:43 PM

Yuga might be cool. He does carry a bit of the Ghirahim problem of being a one-game villain, but maybe.

Since not all the stages have walls, maybe Yuga could portrait into the ground?

Another issue is that while Yuga's final smash is obvious, it has the issue of stepping on another character's toes, as it were.

If nothing else, I hope we get a Lorule stage in the 3DS version.

edited 30th Nov '13 9:40:50 PM by Enlong

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Blueeyedrat Since: Oct, 2010
#28033: Nov 30th 2013 at 9:53:37 PM

I expect at least trophies of the ALBW cast. The question is, do you think there will be a trophy of Ravio without his mask?

Enlong Court Dragon from The Underground Facility Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: is commanded to— WANK!
Court Dragon
#28034: Nov 30th 2013 at 9:58:22 PM

Maybe it'll be an easter egg if you zoom in on the trophy in the right way.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#28035: Nov 30th 2013 at 11:00:29 PM

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#28036: Dec 1st 2013 at 6:44:47 PM

Are there any more newcomers, you think?

Demonfly birdie fairy Since: Jul, 2012
birdie fairy
#28037: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:00:25 PM

It would be a pretty terrible move if there weren't.

"Tell them to shut up and have some faith in me." - dead flashback guy
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#28038: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:01:19 PM

I highly doubt we'll have less than ten newcomers. That would just be too few compared to previous games.

Pulse The Fool from Yadayadaville Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: Maxing my social links
The Fool
#28039: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:01:29 PM

Sakurai has flip-flopped quite a bit in that regard, but there's almost certainly at least a few more.

I sure said that!
Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#28040: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:01:41 PM

There may or may not be.

Sakurai did say he didn't want to just fill it with newcomers, so we might not get that many like the previous two games. For how many? No idea, honestly.

Shadow?
BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#28041: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:03:27 PM

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that they didn't reveal all of the newcomers on the first day we had footage.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#28042: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:03:56 PM

I don't think ten is excessive. I think he was just telling us that we shouldn't expect more than the previous games.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#28043: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:06:10 PM

I'm going to be somewhat pessimistic here and say he's going for a more minimalized game like SSB 64 and most "Vs. Mode and a generic ladder match mode" fighters, rather than the content-fests that were Melee and Brawl. And with more focus on balancing the existing characters than adding new ones.

I'd like if he gave us a screenshot of something besides just vs. mode, in fact. Anything; a menu, another game mode, ect. Until we see they exist I feel hesitant to believe this will be as grandiose a game as the last two.

I don't doubt the possibility he just hasn't shown much, but for now I'm erring on the side of pessimism.

edited 1st Dec '13 7:06:36 PM by Anomalocaris20

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#28044: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:11:08 PM

I highly doubt he's going to start removing features like that. He might not add anything new but I'd be shocked if he actually cut a bunch of stuff.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#28045: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:12:03 PM

And with development split between two versions, his election to not have an SSE-like story mode, and other such talk I'm just sorta expecting the worst in that regard.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
BadWolf21 Since: May, 2010
#28046: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:13:12 PM

The game should be able to handle at least as much as Melee was, since the 3DS is at approximately the Gamecube's level. And the Wii wasn't that huge a step up from the Gamecube, either.

It's still early. We might be as much as a year out from the launch date. We'll see more as we get closer.

Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#28047: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:14:02 PM

Story mode is the only thing he's explicitly said will be cut and even then I'm pretty sure he said it would just be the cutscenes. Adventure mode should still be in there. He's also got Namco-Bandai helping. I'm sure he'll be able to include a ton of stuff especially when he's said he won't let the 3DS version restrict the Wii U version.

CassidyTheDevil Since: Jan, 2013
#28048: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:14:32 PM

there's almost certainly at least a few more.

Like who? I can't think of anyone that seems likely.

Irene (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
#28049: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:15:32 PM

He's barely cut any features as is. We've lost a few Bonus Modes, and that's kind of it for features. He's changed up versions, like switching out the plain-as-day Lottery for the Coin Launcher, which is more active. He changed up the Target Tests to being generic. Story Mode only technically existed in the first game, but Classic was the same thing anyway. Just less specific and more random.

The only thing he fully removed was Board the Platforms and that was it. Even though he directly took out Race to the Finish, he did at least include something akin to that in the SSE, which is just that, you had a time limit on the stage that leads to the Meta-Ridley fight. It's obviously not the same, but at least the overall thing wasn't completely lost.(you do have to do some platforming, and get to the end, and like in the first game, deal with enemies, but for once, you have to fight, including a boss. Plus, obstacles as well) I'm glad the spirit of it wasn't lost.

I do miss Board the Platforms, though. That was very much fun, or at least rather challenging and unique.

[up] Nobody knows. Some are just sure that only 3 new guys doesn't seem right, that's all. Pure gut feeling.

edited 1st Dec '13 7:17:27 PM by Irene

Shadow?
Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#28050: Dec 1st 2013 at 7:16:18 PM

Ridley? Little Mac? Isaac? Medusa?

There are tons of characters that are deserving of a spot in the series and that's not even getting into some of the more obscure franchises. Nintendo has a lot more characters than you give them credit for.

edited 1st Dec '13 7:17:00 PM by Kostya


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