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Super Smash Bros. Direct - Oct 23(US) & Oct 24 (JP/EU)
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Might be hard for Gamecube controller as the adapter takes 2 USB slots.
Without a doubt. This is incredible.
nckillthegrimace
Member
There's two more USB slots on the back.
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 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.
You can tell because of the wavy blue background.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
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.
If miiverse is any indication, people are going to have a blast drawing, me included.
J
Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Absolutely. If they keep adding stages and DLC characters I can see this game having the longest legs in recent Nintendo history.
Wii u has 4
You all brought this upon yourselves after seeing Ridley's shadow in the Pyrosphere last Direct but deluding yourselves all the same this whole time.
Vermillion
Banned
Seriously.
ãInaba Residentã
Banned
Not all the stages were shown.
crazy mewtwo reaction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iusv8XwkSaM&list=UUh0SxnImUvpWs_ZfEoyhkMA
renegade_dewitt
Member
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.
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!
SuperSah am cry
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Haha, love Etika
For whatever reasons I thought it had one at the front, opened it like once 2 years ago :x
Karsticles
Member
I will never get why people want to watch this fake crap. You have to be a little messed up in your head to record your reactions in the first place.
The joy he's experiencing is both hilarious and heart warming lol.
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.
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.
I am super excited for 8-player matches! I wonder how they'll actually play out. It got borderline chaotic with 4 people. Lol.
It will.
HypnoDarkrai
Member
If I'm not mistaken there's also Wooly World music in the Amiibo part of the Direct.
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.
If we needed any more evidence.
I'm upset. They should change Mega Man's to "Super Fighting Robot."
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
What makes you think he's not that expressive?
Cosmic Dreams
Member
That was hilarious
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.
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.
Seriously, I was clapping like a demented walrus when I saw Mewtwo's foot.
7DollarHagane
Banned
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.
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.
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.
renegade_dewitt
Member
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.
This is what I think are the starting stages:
Someone can edit in the clear icons.
Those are the big stages for 8 player Smash.
7DollarHagane
Banned
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.