Since summer 2013 Masahiro Sakurai — lead designer and overall head honcho of the Super Smash Bros. games — has been dutifully posting new screens for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS titles every working day. His Miiverse Pic of the Day posts were essential viewing for those hyped about the games, as they combined a mix of reveals and informative details with some rather humorous images of characters being rather silly.
We delivered weekly summaries, for the most part, though diverted our efforts elsewhere in the last couple of weeks as the posts were mainly menu screens and details already well known. There was a simple reason for this, as the games were already out and all secrets had already been revealed. There was nothing left to say, yet Sakurai-san gamely kept going until the title's arrival in Japan on 6th December. It was then that he called time on the enterprise, bidding us adieu and reminding us to look forward to Mewtwo's arrival as DLC in 2015.
With the passing of an era we thought we'd throw together one final collection, this time a collection of ten of our favourite posts. We've opted for those that are humorous, primarily, stretching across both the Wii U and 3DS versions — you can see this final hurrah below. It's been emotional...
So there you have it. Let us know which of these you like in the poll and comments below, or direct us to your own favourites from Sakurai-san's long-running Miiverse series.
What's your favourite Smash Bros. screen in this list? (249 votes)
- The Villager pinches Luigi's nose
- Princess Peach likes a man with an attractive earring
- Donkey Kong is entranced by a bomb, Link looks worried
- Toad learns his place as Peach takes cover
- Zelda's ready to strike as King Dedede sees stars
- Donkey Kong is simply hilarious when pummelled by the home-run bat
- Bowser's delighted to find a fairy
- Charizard tests its teeth, without success
- Shulk is a noble hero... until he's down to his speedos
- That finger clearly doesn't smell good
- Um, I can't decide
- I don't like any of them!
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Amazing.
I admit I miss this Monday (sometimes Tuesday) feature. Too bad no other Nintendo team follows Sakurai's lead.
LOL at that Donkey Kong and Link pic(the third one)
Adult Link at the corner - "This is not going to go well..."
Shulk's one xD
It's been a long ride...
Nothing tops Konkey getting whacked in the...
@Tsurii897
Aren't the Splatoon ones on Twitter and in Japanese? Maybe if they are translated then we can convince @ThomasBW84 to create a new feature with them.
The one with Peach, Toad and Link made me lol the most. I can only imagine peach saying "take him instead, I don't care" and Toad just respond "why princess why". You can even see the look of betrayal in his eyes, or maybe that's just fear.
@sinalefa We've done a couple of news summaries, with the last one a couple of days ago - https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/12/splatoon_developers_continue_to_paint_a_picture_of_progress
Best pick is the one where Little Mac is floating in the air in the Mario galaxy level and his (you know what) gets pierced by the airship. It looks kinda painful, but hilarious at the same time.
They were all great!
These pic of the days were the best way to get me hyped for smash (other than the mega man reveal). I hope they do this for more games
@sinalefa Fans are making their own pics of the day http://smashbros-miiverse.com/fanpic
I love the impicaions of the Dedede one XD
But guys, you forgot about Alfonzo.
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