Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

@Sony_70 I'm sorry, but they just made Sonic more colorful. Big deal. I LIKE the fact that they made Sonic and several other characters more colorful or more realistic, but (with a few exceptions) they all look the same. It's a new paint-job, not a brand new car like Brawl was (for the most part).

@Mickey
How do you know Smash Bros Wii U isn't a new car?.. wait... Just kidding, but seriously, we don't know much of anything. Don't you think you're jumping the gun a bit? Besides, Sonic has looked the same since Master System.
Blue, hedgehog, what else do you expect?

@Mickey
It's probably because these characters don't need a lot of updating. A lot of assets in Wii games were made at near-HD quality, and levels were rather simple to handle all the polygons. Right now they're aiming for a more seamless experience, where characters don't stand out from the arenas. Anyway, I think that characters will get updated as time goes by, because they're brand-new (they might look similar, but models are completely rebuilt) and some appear to have weird textures (uneven quality, resolution or mapping).

@SCAR392 You clearly didn't get what I was trying to say. I'll try again for you.

The character models are, for the most part, just the Brawl ones with a new paint job. I'm not expecting Sonic to look radically different, I just would've preferred if they did more than make Sonic more colorful. Brawl's characters (with few exceptions) looked different from the Melee characters and that was cool for me. SSB4's characters look like the Brawl characters except more colorful. Do you get what I was trying to say now?

@adamkop I would've liked some updates. For instance: SS Link instead of the same TP Link we had in Brawl. I could probably name a few more but I'm afraid I'm not eloquent enough to convey why I dislike some of the other ones.

@Mickey I actually have to agree with you on this. The graphical jump between the last three games was pretty obvious from the get-go, but here beyond the brighter more vibrant colors and the HD shine, there isn't a ton of difference from Brawl. But then again there will most likely be a final polish before the eventual release, and everything does look better overall as is right now.

WAIT A MINUTE!

Forgive me, good sir. But I think you should take that part back.

PS: Oh, and Sonic's first real appearance (not counting Rad Mobile since that was on Arcades) was on the Sega Genesis.

Keep in mind that we've barely seen the game actually running. From the footage i've seen though, I think there's a pretty noticeable difference between SSB4 and Brawl.

Again, I'm talking about the character models.

It's ok, I feel the same way. From the looks of it now, it's a Brawl 2.0, and I don't expect anything more than a Brawl 2.0, not until I see it.

Hmm.. I was expecting Sonic on 'Sonic Lost Word' release day..
If I had to daydream I would image that another Sonic Character will be revealed then!
But I think it won't happen.

@Mickey
My imagination recognizes retro Sonic and modern Sonic as the same, because it's technically the same character, and the difference isn't that much to begin with.

You expect Sonic to have fur or something? How do you expect to have completely different models when the character hasn't changed at all?

EDIT: BTW, my point was that he's basically been the same for over 20 years. Maybe if you clarify exactly what you expect, people will understand better.

@SCAR392

There. That is what I expect. And how do I expect "completely different" (didn't put it that way but whatever) models when the character hasn't changed "at all"? First: You're right. The character hasn't changed. It's just that the original model from Brawl wasn't a very good representation of Sonic. Now, I could sit here, typing out every subtle difference between Sonic from Brawl and Sonic from the games, and it wouldn't make any difference. Quite frankly, it'd be a waste of time. The point I'm trying to convey to you here is that I'm disappointed that there isn't much of a difference between a lot of SSB4's characters and Brawl's characters in terms of looks.

@Mickey
Ya, and that's exactly my point that he can't really be changed much unless you want to add fur, or redesign the character.

He's a simple character. I get what you mean my graphical improvements, but Smash Bros. was basically a launch game and they spect more time on Brawl than Melee. There's only so much graphic fidelity you can achieve on such simple characters. From what I can tell, you're pretty much asking the characters to be completely different.

Sonic looks the same in Lost World as he does here.

@SCAR392 No, that wasn't what I was saying. My point is that the character himself hasn't changed, it's just that the Brawl version of the character looks different from the regular version of the character. It's like Bowser from Brawl. They changed the character model slightly to look more like the actual character. It didn't have to be a completely different character model, it could've just been a subtle change, but all they did was make the character more colorful like a couple of other characters in the game that we've seen so far.

I won't ask you to look at Sonic through a looking glass and spot every little difference, but what I will ask is that you understand that there is a difference.

Guys calm down you both been going at it.....just saying

Kay. I'll calm down now.

@SCAR392 We're done talking about this.

Sonic is cool and all, but Nintendo needs to:

1. Give us Captain Falcon, Falco, and Marth already. These three characters alone account for nearly 40% of the total Melee competitive scene...
2. Make the game more like melee. Seriously, just watch:

What really excites me is the fact that there STILL hasn't been any actual newcomer announcements since the 3 that were revealed at E3! Anything can happen with the newcomers!

OMG, YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
Sonic, Mario, and Mega Man in the same game! I can now die in peace...
...But not until I play this game.

There is something I still haven't gotten over - the name of the game. "Super Smash Bros"... Really? I have Super Smash Bros. It's for my Nintendo 64.

This isn't a reboot, why is the name being rebooted? Is its full name "Super Smash Bros for Wii U" like the banner says on the website?

Why not call them "Super Smash Bros Wii U" and "Super Smash Bros 3DS", then? Or even "Super Smash Bros U" or "Super Smash Bros 3D"? The only difference in terms of the name is that the logo appears red on 3DS and blue on Wii U. Even "Super Smash Bros Blue" and "Super Smash Bros Red" would make more sense than the same name twice.