Polar Bear appeared in mine twice, once as a bit of a boss. It was an event, there was a timer in the corner and another number showing me how far from it I was. Then I had to beat on it for a while, but after killing it, you got a lot of powerups, equipment, etc.
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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS |OT| It's out in Japan
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Polar Bear appeared in mine twice, once as a bit of a boss. It was an event, there was a timer in the corner and another number showing me how far from it I was. Then I had to beat on it for a while, but after killing it, you got a lot of powerups, equipment, etc.
I saw Sneaky Spirits. I was recording but I don't want to trawl through the footage to find it.
Jawmuncher
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Snakes not even a trophy.
That's either the best news or the worst news.
That's either the best news or the worst news.
A Link to the Past
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The clear weakness of the newcomers pack is that Isaac, Impa, and K. Rool got in over a Rhythm Heaven character. :v
A Link to the Past
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Btw, has anyone noticed whether there are any non-original Smash Run enemies that represent series not represented by playable characters (aside from Sneaky Spirit and Polar Bear)?
If not, I think it's fair to say that a Rhythm Heaven character was definitely considered. Specifically Chorus Kids - Sakurai probably was designing a tandem gimmick, but had to cut it for the same reason he had to cut Ice Climbers.
If not, I think it's fair to say that a Rhythm Heaven character was definitely considered. Specifically Chorus Kids - Sakurai probably was designing a tandem gimmick, but had to cut it for the same reason he had to cut Ice Climbers.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Seeing those trophies.... D:
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I swear that I saw it too. No worries!
From what I see, there are no monsters from series that have no playable representatives other than Rhythm Heaven and Ice Climbers. I'm more surprised that Fire Emblem and Xenoblade don't have any enemies in Smash Run.
Masked Man
I said wow
Yeah, I interpreted their music selection to imply that we'll be hearing it in the Wii U version. They also announced that Michiru Yamane (of Castlevania / Suikoden fame) will be arranging music from Fire Emblem Gaiden for the Wii U version.
Right here. The main body of the text references various cute and/or oddball characters that have appeared in the various titles in the series, and finishes with: "This time, from the quirky and charming Rhythm Heaven cast, we bring you the Chorus Kids."
KelpPlankton
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Thanks, guys. I was curious if those made it into the final game.
I think them existing is strong support for Ice Climbers and a Rhythm Heaven character having been worked on as a playable in some form during development and ultimately cut from the roster due to... who knows what. Time, performance issues, late approval for someone Sakurai wanted more, could be anything.
I still haven't seen any enemies that aren't from playable franchises outside of those two on any streams. Of course I'm counting Find Mii enemies as being for 'Mii' as a franchise and the SSE enemies being for Smash itself, and the Pookas from DigDug being related to Pac-Man's presence, buuuut outside of those there's nothin.
Benzychenz
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I'm 100% convinced Ice Climbers and Chorus Men were both planned but cut due to technical troubles on the 3DS.
I'm going to be upset if they're not in Wii U. Fuck cutting content for the sake of parity.
I'm going to be upset if they're not in Wii U. Fuck cutting content for the sake of parity.
DICKS AHOY
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Are there any Xenoblade or Wario enemies? Only franchises I can think of I've seen nothing of in Smash Run.
theprodigy
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good news: you won't need to riot
Gonzo The Great
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The only Wario enemy in Smash Bros. is Sakurai.
A Link to the Past
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It's funny because it saddens me!
Imagine if this picture was leaked a month ago. I think lives would have been lost.
The annoying this is that we are going to have to hear about so and so being DLC for months. Mario Kart DLC was announced three months after release, so basically we have to hear "RIDLEY WILL BE DLC" for months.
Yup, pretty much. It could be a game changer
KLatin Scelus
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Can I at least pray that the Shake King makes a cameo/ trophy?
His boss battle theme is so epic.
Characters will not differ between the games.
That's good to hear...tho it's gonna be a serious pain getting everyone's customs.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Starphoenix
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Are you serious about that last part? That sounds almost like a character trophy. Wow... This is news to me.
Come to think of it, I wouldn't have minded some Risen enemies in Smash Run.
Then again I think Robin should have had this (spoilers) as his Final Smash.
PadWarrior
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Computer on level 9 has insane reactions lol
Yeah I don't see how people are saying they feel toned down compared to Melee/Brawl. They seem to block/roll/punish a lot more here. They're also pretty good at recovering.
liquidekkah
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They're stupid fast. Dat Ninja shielding
Karsticles
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Yeah, I put the AI at 7 or 8 after a while just because 9 will do ridiculous things like reflect every single projectile Megaman fires.
MiguelMexMIstery
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Oh my gosh that would have been perfect.
I'm pretty sure the only reason Robin has Chrom as his Final Smash (and victory animation) is because Sakurai wanted to include Chrom in some meaningful way since he's the not-playable protagonist of a game where other two characters are in.
JeTmAn81
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Level 9 Mega Man is a SOB against my Mario. I need to stop jumping stupidly onto his up smash.
linko9
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Nice, anyone tried Samus's long grapple beam?
friskykillface
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Might be another ice climber situation , couldn't get it to work on 3DS but this time due to 3 instead of 2
There would have been 12 total if the chorus kids fight as a trio, poor 3DS would explode
*waves at Wii u version*
Has there been any custom moves where you're all like
Cause so far, I haven't seen any. They all look like minor tweaks on the existing move that doesn't really change how the character plays in any meaningful way.
Ganondorf and Fox have custom moves that turn them into lean mean tier wrecking machines.
PadWarrior
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Villager was pocketing everything lol.
Azure Dream
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Ice Climbers were complicated because each one is two separate, fully-fledged, completely independent fighters, basically doubling the memory load, among other things. Chorus Men would presumably be a single fighter, just animated as if it was a trio (at max having a Pikmin-like "following" mechanic if there is a leader).
Has there been any custom moves where you're all like
Cause so far, I haven't seen any. They all look like minor tweaks on the existing move that doesn't really change how the character plays in any meaningful way.
What a shock that Sakurai's Palutena got 12 completely unique moves.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
liquidekkah
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A completely arbitrary decision, I assure you
OmegaSmash
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Check up on JoeInky's Samus write up. Some of her customs sound really great and can change her game plan significantly.Has there been any custom moves where you're all like
Cause so far, I haven't seen any. They all look like minor tweaks on the existing move that doesn't really change how the character plays in any meaningful way.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
It's not enough, it's not someone ripping his enemies with his claws
I agreed.
Fighting Lv. 9s are pretty much like this.
Maybe it just takes some practice. I'm glad the AI is very difficult though. It's no fun to get first every match!
balladofwindfishes
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My thoughts on the matter are that Ice Climbers and Chorus Kids were cut extremely late in development (like early 2014 late) and replaced with Dark Pit and Lucina. My opinion is that Doc was always in the roster and was shifted around to not make the other two clones look ridiculous in the CSS, as he's had a lot of work on him compared to Dark Pit and Lucina. You combine that with all the Melee nostalgia nods in the game and Doc makes a lot of sense. He was planned for Brawl, remember.
The smoking gun for me is the new Ice Climbers render/pose and Chorus Boys trophy and the treatment of Rhythm Haven as a playable series with trophy representation and Smash Run.
If we remove Dark Pit and Lucina, we can swap Game and Watch with Doc (and move Game and Watch to be with the other retro characters) and Ice Climbers and Chorus Boys fit cleanly in roughly the same area as Lucina and Dark Pit. Actually, the clone corner itself is located where Chorus Men would have been, since they were released in 2008, after Wii Fit Trainer, but before Shulk. This also might have allowed Shulk to move up a row and leave the third parties + mii to sit nicely at the bottom row.
And I entirely blame technical hurdles. Both characters had unique game play behind them that was just too much for the 3DS to handle with the quality Sakurai demanded. He wouldn't have cut Ice Climbers without a damn good reason to do so.
I think either both will be DLC if they can work out the issues with enough time, or will be exclusive to some re-release of the game on the new 3DS, or Ice Climbers at least will be in Smash 5. Guaranteed.
I guess that's just something we had to expect with a handheld Smash. But as much as I love Ice Climbers and miss them dearly, the handheld version is probably the best thing to happen to the Smash series.
The smoking gun for me is the new Ice Climbers render/pose and Chorus Boys trophy and the treatment of Rhythm Haven as a playable series with trophy representation and Smash Run.
If we remove Dark Pit and Lucina, we can swap Game and Watch with Doc (and move Game and Watch to be with the other retro characters) and Ice Climbers and Chorus Boys fit cleanly in roughly the same area as Lucina and Dark Pit. Actually, the clone corner itself is located where Chorus Men would have been, since they were released in 2008, after Wii Fit Trainer, but before Shulk. This also might have allowed Shulk to move up a row and leave the third parties + mii to sit nicely at the bottom row.
And I entirely blame technical hurdles. Both characters had unique game play behind them that was just too much for the 3DS to handle with the quality Sakurai demanded. He wouldn't have cut Ice Climbers without a damn good reason to do so.
I think either both will be DLC if they can work out the issues with enough time, or will be exclusive to some re-release of the game on the new 3DS, or Ice Climbers at least will be in Smash 5. Guaranteed.
I guess that's just something we had to expect with a handheld Smash. But as much as I love Ice Climbers and miss them dearly, the handheld version is probably the best thing to happen to the Smash series.
Mihael Mello Keehl
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I know its old but you have the craziest avatar on this site.. its like they both either laughing or crying their asses off and I cant scroll down without blowing a puff of air out of mouth begining to laugh. Every single time lol
...Classic mode and All star mode are going to be a pain on the the highest difficulties.
A Link to the Past
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What if Sakurai added Dr. Wario and Dr. Luigi as DLC, placed them next to Dr. Mario, and gave them all a pill as their character symbol
Velcro Fly
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I SD like 5 times a match as Mega Man. With no one else just him. Wish he had a little bit longer range on the flame sword.
To be fair, Dual Strike is a unique mechanic that represents Awakening as a whole, and so much of the story is about the relationship between Chrom and Robin. Two parts of a greater whole and all that. It's totally justifiable as a Final Smash, and it's not spoilery.
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