Topic: Super Smash Bros. for Wii U - OT

This gif made my day.

I was hoping that the credits in the Wii U version would have been like in the previous games,I wanted to shoot the names.

Yep. It was straining from a lack of info from the WiiU version pre-direct for a while but it was worth it.

How many tracks are there in total in the 3DS version? The ND seems to indicate that there are about 3 times as many in the Wii U version.

Actually, it looked more like 4 times as many, but that's not the point. It likely doesn't represent the actual amount.

Wouldn't there be around 45 or so legal stages if you include the Omega versions?

I'm going to recreate all the stages in Smash 64. IN HD!!!

I've kinda been thinking, and maybe it's a stretch....

But this image alone could be a bit of evidence that Mewtwo is being largely reworked.

The clarity differences here and the very fact that they say "3DS" and "Wii U" obviously means that these are the models to be used in both versions, and not the official artwork of him. (the artwork could be of his Trophy pose, perhaps) Now, it is entirely possible that these are unfinished or static images of his model, but I'd guess that these are his idle stances. If that's the case, then I'd guess quite a few of his moves will be changed along with his stance, much like Bowser. Not to mention, though I'm sure even creating an already-existing character would take a while, I highly doubt they would take until spring and give him zero changes in the end.

...Or maybe I'm just over-thinking it.

Yeah, I guess. I wonder if custom stages will be legal...

I don't want 8 players online because maths. On the 3DS every 10th match or so I connect to some idiot who has a dodgy link. The rest of the time it's a very, very smooth connection. If there were eight players the online experience would be worse not better. It's not like it's Mario Kart where they can just let you lag and then try to predict where you'll be maybe a second ahead. They literally have to see what your input is constantly. Sorry, 8 player local is more than enough for a fighting game. Most fighting games don't even push beyond two players online!

Same here, plus Fourside.

Smash Tour looks amazing!

You sure had a change of heart on that.

That was a sudden change.

Heh, yeah had to bring this up. I can see why Sakurai chose to use final destination variants instead of removing hazards in the stages.
My original reason that was if you remove the hazards from the stage you pretty much lost the charm of the stage. Can feel off-putting at times when you just flip a switch choosing a stage for certain people.

But after looking up some of the stages from the smashwiki and SockoMario lists I deduced that the reasons for is because that the stage designs has to be balanced for tourney play and to make sure every character doesn't get an unfair advantage in any of the stages.

Examples:

Jungle japes. It'll be hard to send people in the sky getting them a KO. http://www.ssbwiki.com/Jungle_Japes

Luigi's Mansion has support beams that block projectiles and can also help out certain characters like Olimar. http://www.ssbwiki.com/Luigi%27s_Mansion

Melee's Yoshi's Island. The stage design is just plain bad (for tourney people at least) http://www.ssbwiki.com/Yoshi%27s_Island_(SSBM)

Bridge of Eldin. Walk-offs (i.e. accidentally walking off to the edge of the screen to kill yourself.) and camping.

and finally Corneria. even if the arwings are removed from the equation and the big laser being shut off you can still camp on the backside/laser side of the Great fox making for camping. http://www.ssbwiki.com/Corneria

There's other examples if you wanna look it up.

I'm sure someone will do a counter-argument on this....

Well for a start that doesn't necessarily solve the problem. Especially if we're talking about "friends" and not actual people you know and can ring up. Secondly by the time you've organised a time to play a match with 7 other people who all own the game and a Wii U? Odds are you could have instead organised a time to meet up in person and play the game with people who might not own the console.

That would literally make no difference. You could still have 8 friends with bad connections.

Honestly, why are we still debating this? It isn't in the game and it wouldn't make any sense for them to add it in the future. Move on...

So for the 8 player battles, do we know if you can hook up 8 wiimotes?

Up to 7 Wiimotes. Source: http://www.smashbros.com/us/howto/entry10.html