I assume as much, but is that confirmed anywhere? I wonder what the E3 Roster will be.
I doubt it's all of the announced characters. Maybe it's last year's reveal roster (since they've likely had the most work/polish)?
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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U Thread 7: How Can My Smash Brother Be This Cut
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I assume as much, but is that confirmed anywhere? I wonder what the E3 Roster will be.
I doubt it's all of the announced characters. Maybe it's last year's reveal roster (since they've likely had the most work/polish)?
DisconnectD
Member
Your logic here is extremely flawed man
Last year it was from Wednesday to Saturday, so four days of Smash being playable.
Edit: See below for correction.
Last year their "Nintendo Experience" was only two days and a very limited block of time.
The website for it's still up, actually.
Beelzebufo
Banned
This is kind of an overreaction. They want the press to play because the press reach more people than competitive players. It has nothing to do with gameplay mechanics.
Weird. I thought it was for the entire E3 week. That's going to suck unless they've extended it this year.
Can we get the IGN guy who couldn't figure out how to draw a circle on W101 in this?
Or the Gamespot guy who completely ignored the long tutorial in Skyward Sword?
Last year it was:
Tuesday: E3 Direct (12PM EST)
Wednesday: Best Buy Event (4-8PM)
Saturday: Best Buy Event (1-5PM)
one setup per store. I waited in like for 2 hour to play Wind Waker HD, and then another 2 hours to play 3D World. Smash Bros will probably garner 10x the interest of the crap they had last year, so unless they have more setups, it's going to be a mess.
They'll all pick Mario too, it will be great.
streetpass tho
theprodigy
Member
I fail to see how this is the case, as long as they play the same game types.
oreomunsta
Banned
Oh give them a little more credit than that! One of them may go out of their comfort zone and pick MetaKnight =]
The press can still play on showfloor, or whatever. The press can also attend the tournament. It sounds like they're opening up nokia theater to more than just the press.
Having pro players play, they will be able to show off that smash can be played at competitive levels, which then appeals to the pro scene, which can increase sales. The tournament will be covered by press anyway, just because it shows off smash gameplay and mechanics. Having people who have played smash once or twice (I'm sure a lot of members of the press haven't played smash since they had to review Brawl) will do nothing but show off casual gameplay and not the actual mechanics of the game. It demonstrates an entirely different side of the game. The casual, party-game side that brawl was slated toward.
After everything we've seen and heard, it sounds like nintendo actually wants this game to be competitive. They're balancing, tweaking, everything. They let melee be played at evo. They would probably MUCH rather have the newest smash played at evo (free advertising), but you can't do that if it's not balanced and played competitively.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Because people who follow the game enough to read reports from competitive players will also check news websites, while not everyone who clicks on news websites follows competitive players.
SkullHydra
Member
There's no Best Buy in my entire state that's doing the event.
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I may have zoomed in the Brawl shot too much, but it is clear the Smash 4 one is longer.
As for Samus, it seems to be the same length as Brawl's (how did I not know this before). The change however is that it seems the chain/whip no longer curves when the characters start their swing towards the platform. So it will straight during the swing.
And I don't see why that matters? There will be a playable demo of the game on the showfloor for the press to play most likely.
It doesn't matter who plays as long as the game is being played lol.
Have they announced that in the past hour? Because the link floating around here is from 2013
Shadow Hog
Member
Zero Mission says hi. (Well, it was kind of Ridley...)
But then all fall to Jim Sterling, breaking his "I will never attend press events" stance to rightly trounce all other competitors.
Baron von Loathsome
Member
At Sterling's demand, Sakurai will update Link's model so that he wears a blue scarf.
SkullHydra
Member
I'm betting it'll be the same cities they used last time, although they could surprise me and expand their range.Have they announced that in the past hour? Because the link floating around here is from 2013
MrSaturn99
Member
They've started revealing the locations? Where?
SkullHydra
Member
They haven't. I'm just overreacting because I'm assuming they'll use the same ones they did last year.
They'd be pretty silly if they did, since Smash is almost guaranteed to garner a larger crowd.
But they may be bottlenecked by something else.
The amount of Nintendo reps they can have. They had only 1 where I went. I left because it was a mess.
SoldnerKei
Member
now bring back bomb jump and we call it a deal
ShockingAlberto
Member
This post is a good example of why, if it were feasible, video game companies should just never interact with consumers.
Shadow Hog
Member
By the by, I forgot to post the clean image. Mea culpa, let's amend that:
Going by your interpretation of this exchange, wouldn't that mean Rodrigo, a Nintendo employee, would have to be participating in the tournament?
Doesn't make any sense...
I am taking it a bit to the extreme (especially my melee vs brawl comparison) but it does sent a totally different message to the smash audience if say, stephen totilo was one of the 16 vs someone like mew2king. The type of gameplay they will demonstrate will be vastly different. It won't answer any questions about whether smash 4 will actually try to be competitive or not if it's just random press memebers. What's the point of even having an invitational tournament if you're just going to have 16 below-average-skill players playing?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
That other thread was terrible
Beelzebufo
Banned
Toon Link will probably have it as well. I see no reason why not.Yep. I might start choosing him over Toon Link
I'm liking what I see so far.
The Play thread? Yeah...its a ride.
Even though i'm bad at wording things, and exaggerate a bit much, I hope you guys can at least get what I'm trying to say. :/
I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS CORRECT OR WHAT EVERYONE BELIEVES but there are people out there that can and will be influenced by whether or not smash is potentially competitive. Having 'Pro' players at the tournament tells a subset of fans 'Hey, smash is actually competitive, you should buy it so that you can be pro one day too!'
That's all I'm saying. You don't *LOSE* players by making your game competitive, or at least appear to be competitive. You can only gain consumers by doing so.
Edit:
Even if ridley isn't in smash bros, at least she's in star wars 7 - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5397459/
I AM NOT SAYING THIS IS CORRECT OR WHAT EVERYONE BELIEVES but there are people out there that can and will be influenced by whether or not smash is potentially competitive. Having 'Pro' players at the tournament tells a subset of fans 'Hey, smash is actually competitive, you should buy it so that you can be pro one day too!'
That's all I'm saying. You don't *LOSE* players by making your game competitive, or at least appear to be competitive. You can only gain consumers by doing so.
Edit:
Even if ridley isn't in smash bros, at least she's in star wars 7 - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5397459/
There's no Best Buy in my entire continent that's doing the event. ;_;
Baron von Loathsome
Member
Rogue Squadron stage confirmed.
friskykillface
Banned
where the link? i expect it to be cambridge MA for one of the locations
Baron von Loathsome
Member
They haven't confirmed any cities yet, he just mistook last year's list for this year's.
Freezie KO
Banned
This tourney news is so awesome. I live in LA, but assuredly I have to work.
Anyone want to post their "dream 16" for invites?
Anyone want to post their "dream 16" for invites?
Red Arremer
Member
Sakurai playing 2 controllers at once, for each of the matches.