Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

HADOKEN!!!!!!!!!

(Now I want to nickname my Lucario Ryu)

Why should the Aura Sphere be slower when it's bigger? -_- That doesn't make any more sense than if it were faster when it's bigger. It doesn't matter, but why are we nerfing the Aura Sphere, guys? Because it "doesn't make sense"? THAT doesn't make sense. Sakurai just made it more rewarding to charge a full Aura Sphere.

By the way, I love Lucario's new Aura Sphere design! c:

Edit: Let's just pretend this is directed at Romeo.

You know, I can't help but find it a little suspicious of how long it's been since the Pyroshpere stage was shown including the foreshadowing message along with it. If Ridley was indeed just a stage hazard, wouldn't we have known about it by now?

Then again I wouldn't put it past Sakurai to keep us guessing if he's playable or not. Heck, we could have another Toon Link/Alfonzo scenario going on.

@WingedSnagret Well, the game is still in development.

How great would it be to see a giant Alfonzo terrorize the pyrosphere?
A little scary if you think about it, to be honest...

It's risk-reward. You take the time to charge it all the way up without getting hit or interrupted, and it's a much better attack. Making the powerful version slow makes it rather pointless as it's easy to shield, dodge, or just flat-out ignore completely. You'd never use the full size, if it were slow, you'd only use the small, fast one, because it's the only one that'll actually hit the opponent.

This one, I wouldn't suggest looking to far into. As much as it seems significant, it really isn't. There just likely hasn't been a reason to talk Metroid, lately, and unlike Kid Icarus and Kirby, which are two game Sakurai himself developed, and unlike Mario and Zelda, which are two games that are extremely big to Nintendo, Metroid is neither and has had no recent events to bring up discussion. Donkey Kong is about to get a release, so I expect it to get a bit of attention, this month, and it looks like Sakurai's finally starting to reveal Poke'mon for the game, so expect a few of those to be revealed, this Winter/Spring. Now my question: when does the main man plan on bringing us Star Fox news?

Same. Though before that, this also made me want a Smash Bros. anime:

Lucario was my favourite before, and I think it's going to stay that way. That attack is huge!

My Smash 4 Roster:

A new move? Nice! Glad to see they're playing around with it a bit. Gives me a bit more hope that Lucario might actually be worth playing in SSB4.

What did I just watch? DO NOT WANT!
How is Chrom a stupid choice, but Lyndis is perfectly ok? Why do people keep bringing up Sheriff and all these other super old characters that would have relatively no movesets? Let Game & Watch and ROB (assuming he returns) be the retro reps. We have enough.

Let me see if I can explain the "no Ridley" argument better. Bowser is big. But big is not Bowser. He can be hardly any bigger than Mario or the size of a castle without breaking the suspension of disbelief because we've just gotten used to it, at this point. Olimar is small, but small is not Olimar. His size it defined by the size of things around him, and if you remember, he was introduced fighting a giant ROB. This was in order to make him continue to feel super small, even though he wasn't, compared to the other players. Ridley is big. Big is Ridley. He is defined by his ruthlessness, destructive nature, and by being freakin' huge. He just doesn't feel right, when shrunk down to Samus's size. As a boss, he can retain the size and scale to pick up Samus in one hand. As a playable character, he cannot. Ridley should not be made playable, as it would make him less of what he is.

Check again, there, buddy. That's his Up-Special. Even if they've renamed it, it effectively does the same thing, except now it appears it can be charged, or the charge depends on how strong Lucario's aura is, and a strong enough aura can get you completely murdered.

Good to see that Lucario is bieng buffed up.

I prefer Riolu instead of Lucario. Super Smash Bros needs more adorable characters.

@UGXwolf: Best Ridley reasoning I've ever heard, and I agree completely.

It seems Lucario is getting some nice changes. I can only hope that his up-special now can actually damage other characters or have some sort of battering effect. The aura itself is also looking fantastic. It's......quite beautiful.

@MegaStoneSmash91 I'm really loving the Aura effects, too. I get the feeling this couldn't have been done on the Wii U, and I'm proud of it. It's about time someone started using those graphical advantages!

EDIT: Upon re-reading Sakurai's massage, it seems very clear that he's implying this is one of those "increased aura effects" from before. More Lucario moveset and aura effects tomorrow, then?

I thought I addressed that. in Ridley's first appearance, he wasn't intimidating, either.

Cool pic, but it seems... overwhelmingly safe. With the exception of Bayonetta's inclusion, I can't find anything that's even remotely arguable. Even then, Bayonetta is an entirely possible addition.

That said, were this the real roster, I would be very annoyed at a few things:

-Exclusion of Wolf
-Exclusion of Ike
-Exclusion of Lucas

These characters have massive fanbases, two of them in Japan, primarily, but Ike and Chrom wouldn't render each other pointless, like Ike and Marth did with Roy. If they kept Toon Link, I find it hard to believe they'd kick Ike.

I also don't feel there's a reason to exclude PKMN Trainer. I'm inclined to consider this a very interesting fake, rather than a likely leak. Yes, I'm aware personal incredulity isn't a logical argument. I still don't feel this roster is right.

That leak is obviously fake. The real roster is below:

Ha, yeah, like they'd include a stupid character like Wii Fit Trainer.