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Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: new update available, 15 additional 8-player stages
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Beelzebufo
Banned
Just woke up and missed the "8-player" 
This should make classic interesting at least.
This should make classic interesting at least.
Maybe in 2005 but 2010 onward most companies will charge you $5 or more for new stages
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Pretty sure people are talking at that one person for confusing this as something paid, no one's praising the update for being "free". And the praise is coming from what the update is.
You didn't really think this through huh?
Seriously. Bring on the subscription fees Nintendo! We're waiting!
Did you perhaps consider they were praising the content of the update? Or did that thought not cross your mind as you raced towards the reply box to post your witty "welcome to the 21st century Nintendo!" comment?
I'm happy that that there is more content for me to play with my friends. I don't think anyone is relating this update to Nintendo's business practices but instead to their increased utility.
DownGrader
Member
It seems that 1.0.2 update slightly changed post-battle amiibo configuration too!
In 1.0.1, when you finished your work with amiibo and wrote the data in it, you were being brought to "Games & More" menu, with the cursor on "amiibo" button, so you had to press a button to re-scan your amiibo for presents. In 1.0.2, you are being brought directly to scanning prompt, which is a quite more comfortable if you want to collect presents right after battle.
In 1.0.1, when you finished your work with amiibo and wrote the data in it, you were being brought to "Games & More" menu, with the cursor on "amiibo" button, so you had to press a button to re-scan your amiibo for presents. In 1.0.2, you are being brought directly to scanning prompt, which is a quite more comfortable if you want to collect presents right after battle.
Nothing wrong with praising free content...
trouble reading?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
And somehow you missed the posts of people speculating on how they can use it to enable certain functions. And how people were wondering how the changes work considering there are reasons these stages were not available in 8p to begin with.
Again, did you not think this through?
It is if you play eight player smash regularly, specially considering some of the stages available for that mode are too big for small TV screens.
And this
balladofwindfishes
Member
It shakes up classic mode quite a bit, adding a few more levels to rotation, so it shouldn't be such a bore of repeated levels all the time.
This is great to hear, considering I'd do battle with 7 other amiibos & it was a HUGE pain to scan them, then rescan them to get the presents, then scan again.
Also great to hear about more 8-player stages. I really enjoy the mode, but started to notice just how scarce the number of stages were. Thankfully, this sounds like it'll fix it, even if certain stage elements are removed, though I guess it was done so to keep the game running smoothly.
It's an update that gave us an option we didn't have before and people appreciate it.
Simple as that.
Davey Cakes
Member
This is wonderful news.
The initial selection of 8-player stages was severely disappointing. I guess this makes up for it.
The initial selection of 8-player stages was severely disappointing. I guess this makes up for it.
Good news is good news.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Would you have been happier with "8 Player Map Pack: 4.99" ? It's a free update for a newish game that adds more content, even if the assets are re-used. The stages are slightly modified for 8 player smash, so there was some work involved besides just enabling a check box.
Other companies have charged for far less content than that.
Reading through the thread and nobody is really praising Nintendo, just people being excited about the new changes.
sixteen-bit
Member
Whoa, free content update? What a concept.
Playing HD games on that TV offends me.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
You make it sound like people here are saying "all hail Nintendo, our lord and savior". People are just happy with the update, no one is making a golden ox to send towards Sakurai for the update.
Again, did you even read the posts? Only one guy made a mistake and everyone pointed that out.
Wouldn't surprise me though considering how Gaming Side has gone into shitter.
Beelzebufo
Banned
Even Sony has them now! Nintendos always late to the party. Hey Nintendo, last gen called, we like paying for free shit!
Davey Cakes
Member
It's today's AAA gaming climate. Nintendo didn't even have to do this.
Free updates SHOULD be praised in the age of DLC, season passes, and free-to-play.
Not just them, either. I praised Renegade Kid when they added 20 free levels plus the deluxe content to Mutant Mudds for free. These sorts of updates are nice and reinvigorate the games involved.
Plus I'm not even showering praise on Nintendo, I'm just happy that a great game gets to see more content.
DownGrader
Member
Well, you still need to scan them twice, but at least you don't have to press A so many times.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Everybody take that good L sooner or later. Today is just that day
Amazing. If these are deemed tournament legal, like pyrosphere, then you just do 5 players, SD 3 of them, then start the match. Pain in the butt, but at least it's possible.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Perfect. At least five people is pretty common in my group
nice derail.
Can't you just go into 8 player smash mode with any number of players?
EDIT: apparently not. Next patch, please, or just another toggle on the stage select
They're clearly still working on the game. While i'm not EXPECTING a hazard toggle, it's not impossible for them to implement it.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I always figured LC should have been 8 player from the start, but I guess the background transitions are too much.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Am I forgetting something? If you remove Ridley from pyrosphere what seperates it from its Omega form? Are there some platforms I'm not remembering?
ashleythedragon
Member
Sorry for being piss poor and preferring spending the little money I can spend on vidya on new consoles I can play with than on a new TV to see my older games sightly better ( or worse, since I'm mainly a retro gamer) while my old TV still works.
Diddy Kong
Banned
Why even post lmao? EA would charge $10 for this.
Two platforms above each edge
Edit: Not sure how it works with 8-player though as I haven't checked it out
arturo2666
Banned
Don't see it mentioned anywhere else, but it appears that they've also added 1v1s in Spectate mode (so you can bet on them now) in addition to the 2v2s and FFAs. I've been using Spectate mode to rack up gold lately so it's a welcome addition.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
Pack it up guys, close down the thread. Jigolo says we shouldn't be excited.
Oh wait, no one cares that you're not excited. Just go be not excited somewhere else so you can stop shitting up the thread.
Think he's referring specifically to the Wii U's wifi, which is known to be sucky.
Starwolf_UK
Member
Again detailed patch notes would be lovely. I don't imagine they've fixed the problem of adding customs to characters (you have to do it via the custom menu, you can't do it from most character select screens like on the 3DS version) and the game forgetting who you are all the time (the amount of problems caused by tap jumping [saoiler]more like crap jumping amirite[/spoiler] coming back on because of this...).
Given how much of a selling point 8-player smash is it is nice there are more playable stages though like many here are saying it begs the question of why not a hazards off option for normal play.
Given how much of a selling point 8-player smash is it is nice there are more playable stages though like many here are saying it begs the question of why not a hazards off option for normal play.
It didn't help that I had my Wii U on standby for a few hours, nothing happened so bootup up the system to menu then started the game, nothing happened, tried to go online in-game, got kicked out, then quit the game and only then did the patch download. If this was a 3DS I'd just go to the eShop type the word update into the search box and be on my way.
I'm getting visions of the SSB 3DS tournaments I saw in Japan where a spectator player 3 (with capture card) would be Jigglypuff and shield themselves to death (I think they stopped doing this after finding it affected Lucario's Aura for no reason).
This, it's disgusting how Classic mode (the main of the serie) went in a downward spiral, it's surprisingly bad in Smash 4, lack of stages, lack of classic break the target, lack of interesting one-on-one battles, no metal mini bosess *sigh*. All Star mode went right because they didn't touch it.Title should really mention that they're old stages with the new ability to play 8 player mode on them.
I hope this is reflected in Classic mode, because that mode is really boring thanks to the lack of stages.
Why are only some Omega stages useable in 8 player smash anyway?
So now on, single player modes will be only side modes, with multiplayer stuff being the focus...
I really don't see the appeal of 8 Smash, it's a mess where you can't even play decently, it's totally unbalanced for projectile based attacks, and projectile based characters don't stand a chance.
Edwards_Omatic
Member
Admittedly WiFi, but I really don't want to fork out the cash for one of those Lan adapters to maybe get a better connection in Smash.
It's crazy, we have 152mb/s internet (around 18ms ping) and yeah, it's unplayable on that connection.... The Wii U isn't far from the router either.
Ah well.