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What Is The Future Of Smash Bros?

What Is The Future Of Smash Bros?

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The Japanese video game magazine Weekly Famitsu has been publishing a column from Smash Bros creator Masahiro Sakurai for several years. This week, Sakurai’s final column came out, and it is of course all about Smash Bros — his experiences developing the latest installment, the truth behind some behind-the-scenes decisions, and where the franchise could possibly go from here. It’s that future question that’s most interesting. Ultimate was the largest Smash ever made…so large, in fact, that we can’t conceive of it getting bigger without it becoming unwieldy. But any REDUCTION in size will just be met with anger from the series’ VERY outspoken fanbase. If every single one of these eighty-plus characters does not return for another game, the Internet will be filled with “WHERE IS SO AND SO” demands. And if the next game doesn’t add anything new on top of that, the fanbase will ALSO be angry. But like we said…unwieldy. Sakurai doesn’t seem to know either. He says in Famitsu that he’s not thinking of a

Super Smash Bros. Creator Working on New Game

Super Smash Bros. Creator Working on New Game

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It looks like game developer Masahiro Sakurai, creator of Super Smash Bros. and Kirby’s Dreamland, is working on a new game project. What new project that could be is a complete mystery. This is from a translation by Source Gaming of Sakurai’s Weekly Famitsu column. You can check out the tweets on the subject below. It’s completely unknown what the game could be. One would hope that it could be a new Super Smash Bros. game for Nintendo’s next console, the Nintendo Switch. Sakurai reportedly confirmed that he’s working on a new game, and he also looked around the development room, noting that there weren’t a lot of people there who have previously developed game projects for the Famicom (NES). Sakurai noted that “he’s getting older.” PVPLive reports that a new Super Smash Bros. game for the Nintendo Switch is rumored for a 2017 release. So, it could be that game, or it could be another Kirby game. Or, it could very well be something completely different, such as Kid Icarus.

Super Smash Bros. Wii U Sells Over 490,000 Copies In First Three Days

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Nintendo has announced that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has sold over 490,000 copies in its first three days in the United States. The publisher revealed that the 490,000 units refers to both physical and digital copies. This also marks the fastest selling game on the Wii U in the United States, surpassing Mario Kart 8. Worldwide, Mario Kart 8 sold 1.2 million copies in its first three days. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U still has to launch in Japan on December 6, and it’s already available in Europe, but Nintendo has yet to reveal the sales. Super Smash Bros. for 3DS, which launched in September in Japan and October in the rest of the world, sold over 1 million copies worldwide. It looks like the Wii U version will cross the one million mark as well. We’ll update you when sales for other regions are released.

New Zero Suit Samus Skin For Super Smash Bros.

New Zero Suit Samus Skin For Super Smash Bros.

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Zero Suit Samus’s position as Nintendo’s fan service appeal was cemented Tuesday after Super Smash Bros. Game Director Masahiro Sakurai revealed a new alternate costume for the character. Sakurai revealed a screenshot of the new costume in a Miiverse update depicting both the Wii U and 3DS versions of the outfit. Notably, the costume takes the design of  an armorless Samus from the Metroid Fusion and Metroid: Zeo Mission games, where players could unlock an image of an armor-less Samus by beating the game under a specific time limit and unlocking a certain number of items. Alongside the new screenshot Sakurai wrote, “Pic of the day. Looking at the number of days we have left for development, it would be an impossible task to create this… That’s what I told my staff. But thanks to the determination of her female designer, these Zero Suit outfits got completed in time. From the ending of Metroid: Zero Mission, here’s Samus in shorts!” Pictured above, the new costume’s design is notably barer in fabric

E3: New Fighters for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

E3: New Fighters for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

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Nintendo announced at its E3 press conference that both the release dates for its Wii U and 3DS versions of the newest Super Smash Bros. game would be moved. Depending on what version you planned on getting this could be either good or bad, with the 3DS version being pushed back to October 3rd 2014 and the Wii U version being released during the holidays. On top of that Nintendo released information regarding new fighters for the game including Lady Palutena from the Kid Icarus franchise and word of the introduction of Pac-Man. Palutena’s introduction was accompanied with a animated trailer depicting the goddess’s arrival to the arena, but the trailer also featured the introduction of Dark Pit from Kid Icarus Rising, hinting at his possibility as a playable character. Though whether he’d be acting as another palette swap for Pit or as a whole new character remains wholly unanswered. On the other hand, Pac-Man’s announcement went by only with a few screenshots depicting Pac-Man in all his yellow glory. It