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Super Smash Bros. Direct - Oct 23(US) & Oct 24 (JP/EU)

Subaru

Member
Compatible Controllers

In an eight-player battle, the following controllers can be used.
○Wii U GamePad (Max 1)
○Wii Remote or Wii Remote Plus* (Max 7)
○Wii U Pro Controller (Max 7)
○Nintendo GameCube controller** (Max 8)
○Nintendo 3DS series system*** (Max 8)

Is this true?
 

Neiteio

Member
I apologize, I have no way of knowing whether this has already been pointed out in all these pages, or even if we already knew about this.

There's a Yoshi's Wooly World stage.

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You can tell because of the wavy blue background.
Good catch. It's not just the wavy blue background that gives it away as a Wooly World stage, but also the segmented "cushion" ground. It's also located next to the Yoshi's Island stage from Super Mario World.
 
I can beleive the painting tool is as powerful as some of the WiiU/3DS paint programs (obviously there seems not to be real different paintbrush types, but they could have gone with the mediocre shit of red, blue and green and 3 thickness and call it a day).
If miiverse is any indication, people are going to have a blast drawing, me included.
 

L~A

Member
Does anyone have a list of stuff they announced at the direct? Don't see anything in the first post & I'm at work.

Here's the official PR, forgot to add it to the OP.

For the first time in the Smash Bros. series, eight players can join the mayhem at once

24th October 2014 – Nintendo has unleashed a deluge of information about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, launching across Europe on 5th December, including an eight-player mode, special offers for fans who get both Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions and a variety of options and surprises exclusive to the Wii U version. Nintendo revealed these and many more details in a live-streamed video announcement named Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: 50 Must-See Things, which is available to watch now on YouTube or via the Nintendo Direct website.



Some of the topics covered in the video include:

Eight-Player Mode: In a first for the series, a special mode lets eight players fight simultaneously in local multiplayer. This option appears only in the Wii U version, and lets players compete on special, larger stages to accommodate all the characters.
amiibo Figures: Once a player touches an amiibo figure to the NFC touchpoint on the Wii U GamePad, the character joins as a “Figure Player”. The amiibo figures can gain levels to become stronger as they gain experience through battling and are fed equipment by the player. Players can also have amiibo fight each other, and amiibo will bring you presents from the battles they fight in.
Online Multiplayer: This time it’s possible to team up locally with a friend to compete “With Anyone” online, amongst other options. In the future, players will be able to set up customised Tourneys and there will also be Official Tourneys. Voice Chat with Friends through the GamePad before and after battle, on the Fighter Selection and Results screens.
Custom Stage Creation: The touch screen of the Wii U GamePad makes it easier than ever for players to build their own stages and, after a future update, share them with friends and other players around the world.
Controls: The Wii U version features more controller options than any other game in the series, such as the Nintendo GameCube Controller through the GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U, amongst others. In addition, players who own the Nintendo 3DS version of the game can use their Nintendo 3DS or 2DS systems to control the action on the TV screen in Smash Mode on the Wii U version.
Importing Fighters: Fans of the Nintendo 3DS version of the game can immediately benefit from the fruits of their smashing labours. Players can import custom Nintendo 3DS fighters (including Mii Fighters) to the Wii U game, along with their customised equipment, costumes and hats.
Special Soundtrack Offer: Everyone who registers both the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U versions of Super Smash Bros. on Club Nintendo during the promotional period will receive a two-disc soundtrack of music from the games*.
Mewtwo: This veteran fighter will be made available as free downloadable content in Spring 2015 for anyone who registers both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions of the game with Club Nintendo during the promotional period*.
Modes: The Wii U version of the game offers many new modes and different ways to play that keep players coming back for more, including:
Smash Tour: A fighting party game that looks like a board game. Players use items, spin a wheel and advance around the map. Up to four players can compete at once as they navigate the board and gain fighters and power-ups they can use in a final battle.
Special Orders: In Master Orders, the more difficult the order from Master Hand you undertake, the higher your reward – but you only get to try once. In Crazy Orders, you pay to enter and battles get harder the longer you survive. Will you know when to stop and reap your rewards?
Special Smash Mode: Players can customise battles and play any way they like.
Coin Battles: Players compete to collect coins from other players.
Stamina Matches: Players fight until their hit points reach zero.
Classic Mode: One or two players fight through a series of battles and advance as long as they survive. Many random events can shake things up, and players can adjust the intensity settings. The more difficult the game, the greater the rewards.
All-Star Mode: Unlike in the Nintendo 3DS version, opponents appear in reverse chronological order, and two players can battle through this mode together.
Event Mode: One or two players take on set character and theme-based battles. Clearing stages helps players see the way forward.



Masterpieces: This menu gives players a peek into the past lives of some of the Super Smash Bros. characters. Players can play cut-down versions of selected characters’ greatest games.
Stages: The Wii U game offers more stages, with more variety, than any game in the series. There is now an expanded version of the original Battlefield stage named Big Battlefield. The Great Cave Offensive, based on the underground labyrinth found in Kirby Super Star, challenges players to avoid potentially lethal danger zones – or throw their opponents into them. The Jungle Hijinxs stage, based on Donkey Kong Country Returns, features dual-plane battles with a foreground and background, and blast barrels that shoot players from front to back and vice versa. After launch, a new Miiverse stage will feature players’ posts from Miiverse, where posts will appear in-game to cheer on the fighters.
My Music: The game includes hundreds of songs and jingles that players can listen to, as well as settings to customise what music plays during gameplay. Players add songs to their library by collecting CDs that appear while smashing or after completing challenges.
Movies: When players clear Classic or All-Star Mode, they’ll be treated to a brief movie featuring whichever fighter they used. Every fighter has a movie, so it’ll be a challenge to view them all. Additionally, HD versions of the new fighter introduction videos are available to watch.
Ridley: Fans have been clamouring for Ridley to appear in a Super Smash Bros. game for a while and now they’re getting their wish – but true to form, Ridley appears in an unexpected way. Players will find him in the Metroid series-inspired Pyrosphere stage, but he does more than just hassle players. If one player attacks Ridley enough, Ridley will join that fighter’s side and attack others. Players (including the one on Ridley’s side) can KO Ridley to earn the point for match results. If Ridley consumes the energy to the side of the ledges, he will become Meta Ridley – and all the more vicious!
Characters: The Wii U version offers players 40 characters plus Mii Fighters from the start. Each character’s moves match those found in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, so players who hone their skills in the portable game will have an edge over opponents in the console version of the game.
 

Hip Hop

Member
I'm really happy Onett is in the game, my favorite stage of all time. But there is really no Corneria?

Shame, really. It should have been on the Wii U. It's a classic.
 
Heh, guess I'll watch it when I get home then.

This is how much content was covered in the Nintendo Direct announcement today:

Eight-Player Mode: In a first for the series, a special mode lets eight players fight simultaneously in local multiplayer. This option appears only in the Wii U version, and lets players compete on special, larger stages to accommodate all the characters.
amiibo Figures: Once a player touches an amiibo figure to the NFC touchpoint on the Wii U GamePad, the character joins as a “Figure Player”. The amiibo figures can gain levels to become stronger as they gain experience through battling and are fed equipment by the player. Players can also have amiibo fight each other, and amiibo will bring you presents from the battles they fight in.
Online Multiplayer: This time it’s possible to team up locally with a friend to compete “With Anyone” online, amongst other options. In the future, players will be able to set up customised Tourneys and there will also be Official Tourneys. Voice Chat with Friends through the GamePad before and after battle, on the Fighter Selection and Results screens.
Custom Stage Creation: The touch screen of the Wii U GamePad makes it easier than ever for players to build their own stages and, after a future update, share them with friends and other players around the world.
Controls: The Wii U version features more controller options than any other game in the series, such as the Nintendo GameCube Controller through the GameCube Controller Adapter for Wii U, amongst others. In addition, players who own the Nintendo 3DS version of the game can use their Nintendo 3DS or 2DS systems to control the action on the TV screen in Smash Mode on the Wii U version.
Importing Fighters: Fans of the Nintendo 3DS version of the game can immediately benefit from the fruits of their smashing labours. Players can import custom Nintendo 3DS fighters (including Mii Fighters) to the Wii U game, along with their customised equipment, costumes and hats.
Special Soundtrack Offer: Everyone who registers both the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U versions of Super Smash Bros. on Club Nintendo during the promotional period will receive a two-disc soundtrack of music from the games*.
Mewtwo: This veteran fighter will be made available as free downloadable content in Spring 2015 for anyone who registers both the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS versions of the game with Club Nintendo during the promotional period*.
Modes: The Wii U version of the game offers many new modes and different ways to play that keep players coming back for more, including:
Smash Tour: A fighting party game that looks like a board game. Players use items, spin a wheel and advance around the map. Up to four players can compete at once as they navigate the board and gain fighters and power-ups they can use in a final battle.
Special Orders: In Master Orders, the more difficult the order from Master Hand you undertake, the higher your reward – but you only get to try once. In Crazy Orders, you pay to enter and battles get harder the longer you survive. Will you know when to stop and reap your rewards?
Special Smash Mode: Players can customise battles and play any way they like.
Coin Battles: Players compete to collect coins from other players.
Stamina Matches: Players fight until their hit points reach zero.
Classic Mode: One or two players fight through a series of battles and advance as long as they survive. Many random events can shake things up, and players can adjust the intensity settings. The more difficult the game, the greater the rewards.
All-Star Mode: Unlike in the Nintendo 3DS version, opponents appear in reverse chronological order, and two players can battle through this mode together.
Event Mode: One or two players take on set character and theme-based battles. Clearing stages helps players see the way forward.



Masterpieces: This menu gives players a peek into the past lives of some of the Super Smash Bros. characters. Players can play cut-down versions of selected characters’ greatest games.
Stages: The Wii U game offers more stages, with more variety, than any game in the series. There is now an expanded version of the original Battlefield stage named Big Battlefield. The Great Cave Offensive, based on the underground labyrinth found in Kirby Super Star, challenges players to avoid potentially lethal danger zones – or throw their opponents into them. The Jungle Hijinxs stage, based on Donkey Kong Country Returns, features dual-plane battles with a foreground and background, and blast barrels that shoot players from front to back and vice versa. After launch, a new Miiverse stage will feature players’ posts from Miiverse, where posts will appear in-game to cheer on the fighters.
My Music: The game includes hundreds of songs and jingles that players can listen to, as well as settings to customise what music plays during gameplay. Players add songs to their library by collecting CDs that appear while smashing or after completing challenges.
Movies: When players clear Classic or All-Star Mode, they’ll be treated to a brief movie featuring whichever fighter they used. Every fighter has a movie, so it’ll be a challenge to view them all. Additionally, HD versions of the new fighter introduction videos are available to watch.
Ridley: Fans have been clamouring for Ridley to appear in a Super Smash Bros. game for a while and now they’re getting their wish – but true to form, Ridley appears in an unexpected way. Players will find him in the Metroid series-inspired Pyrosphere stage, but he does more than just hassle players. If one player attacks Ridley enough, Ridley will join that fighter’s side and attack others. Players (including the one on Ridley’s side) can KO Ridley to earn the point for match results. If Ridley consumes the energy to the side of the ledges, he will become Meta Ridley – and all the more vicious!
Characters: The Wii U version offers players 40 characters plus Mii Fighters from the start. Each character’s moves match those found in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, so players who hone their skills in the portable game will have an edge over opponents in the console version of the game.

Yea, some crazy stuff indeed!
 

georly

Member
Here's the official PR, forgot to add it to the OP.

Ridley: Fans have been clamouring for Ridley to appear in a Super Smash Bros. game for a while and now they’re getting their wish – but true to form, Ridley appears in an unexpected way.

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emb

Member
They actually made Ridley's Other M design look appealing

SAKURAI MAGIC, FOLKS
I'm not really sure where you're getting that. Well, by that, I just mean that I disagree. Other M Ridley looked like as bad of a design as always. Ridley looks like an interestingly dynamic boss, but his aesthetic looks terrible to me.
 

G0523

Member
For the controller setup, I'm gonna have 4 GameCube controllers, 2 Wii U Pro controllers, and 2 Wii Classic Controller Pros. Hopefully this won't overcomplicate things.
It will.
I am super excited for 8-player matches! I wonder how they'll actually play out. It got borderline chaotic with 4 people. Lol.
 
Good catch. It's not just the wavy blue background that gives it away as a Wooly World stage, but also the segmented "cushion" ground. It's also located next to the Yoshi's Island stage from Super Mario World.

If I'm not mistaken there's also Wooly World music in the Amiibo part of the Direct.
 

Axass

Member
They actually made Ridley's Other M design look appealing

SAKURAI MAGIC, FOLKS

He's very well animated, has some amazing lighting but still looks like shit model and texture-wise.

Still waiting for the far superior playable Super Metroid/Brawl version.

Eight-Player Mode: In a first for the series, a special mode lets eight players fight simultaneously in local multiplayer. This option appears only in the Wii U version, and lets players compete on special, larger stages to accommodate all the characters.

If we needed any more evidence.
 

pvpness

Member
Smash Tour reminding me a bit of Fortune Street. Which is a good thing. Tons of content. Expected, but still surprising at just how much. Really looks great.
 

Papercuts

fired zero bullets in the orphanage.
I don't think he looks good ingame but you can only do so much with that Other M travesty. More pressing is how it will be added to the list of unplayable stages because bosses just ruin the flow completely.

All I ask is for a non-omega option to remove that stuff. it already happens in all star mode so it's already fuckin' there.
 
This was fantastic.

This game really has an absurd amount of content. Should be a GOTY contender.

You could probably play this for the next 5 years and not unlock/get everything, lol.
 

Revven

Member
I don't think he looks good ingame but you can only do so much with that Other M travesty. More pressing is how it will be added to the list of unplayable stages because bosses just ruin the flow completely.

All I ask is for a non-omega option to remove that stuff. it already happens in all star mode so it's already fuckin' there.

What's even more disappointing is that we have definite confirmation at this point, at launch, there will be no stages that weren't already in Brawl. Any stage being brought back is going to be from Brawl. We aren't getting Fountain of Dreams, PokeFloats, Saffron City, Dreamland 64, Mute City, etc etc.

I can't even believe they brought back Mario Circuit when they created a new one of the same name. What kind of loon does that? Why? Why didn't you instead bring back a different Mario stage? Why even bring back any Mario stage from Brawl when its franchise was saturated with literally the same kind of stage in the 3DS version?

I just don't get the stage choices here. It really is looking quite bad in some spots.
 
This was fantastic.

This game really has an absurd amount of content. Should be a GOTY contender.

You could probably play this for the next 5 years and not unlock/get everything, lol.

Not just GOTY contender, it could even be GOTY, seriously, there are barely any GOTY this year, what with all the anticipated GOTY shifted to next year - The Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, Batman Arkham Knight, etc, gonna be an interesting end to 2014 that is for sure.
 
Not just GOTY contender, it could even be GOTY, seriously, there are barely any GOTY this year, what with all the anticipated GOTY shifted to next year - The Witcher 3, No Man's Sky, Batman Arkham Knight, etc, gonna be an interesting end to 2014 that is for sure.

I don't expect almost any of the games press to give this game much attention, unfortunately.

Bayonetta 2 and Smash will probably be forgotten by them come february.
 

arimanius

Member
Wow this looks fucking great. I sold my Wii U over a year ago. I may have to buy it again for this and also Mario kart. Anyone know if there's going to be a Super Smash bundle?
 
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