Sakurai: Next Smash Bros. "May Take a While"

i knew about this 3 days ago

Great!!!!

I'm guessing it will come out in 2015 or even later...

Hasn't this been said many times before? I thought everyone knows this or is it just a reminder?

Who would have guessed? Remembering how long it took Brawl to come out (over a year), I'm not surprised... this time I'll try not to care about its release date so it'll just... COME UP on me... it worked for Skyward Sword but if they're going to launch another Smash Dojo then I know there's no way in hell I'll be able to simply "not care" about this game...

Never mind smashing people's excessive expectations, Sakurai. You've got a good reason.
At least there'll be no excuses if KI: Uprising doesn't turn out as good as we hoped.

He said this just a few days after Nintendo mentioned the game at E3'11.

Pfft. I'm not surprised to be honest. I wonder if Sakurai is getting sick of making Smash Bros.

2014 or Bust!

As long as it has dynamic content updated through the new supposed online awesomeness. New characters, stages - they could all just come over time, keeping the game fresh and the character roster varied and exciting. We'd all be playing like mad if that were to happen!

My best guess would be somewhere in 2014. Please don't rush out the game, Sakurai! cough cough Mario Kart cough cough

What a surprise.

Thank you captain Obvious!

This means we aint gonna see it for years. Shouldnt Icarus be done by now?

Oh gee you guys are all real clever aren't you? Chill out. Sakurai relayed this to the press yesterday and James is just reporting on it like he should.

I'm fine with Sakurai taking as long as he wants. Iwata kind of sprung this on him, which if I remember correctly he wasn't terribly pleased about. He wanted to do Kid Icarus to take a break from Smash Bros...and it keeps pulling him back in!

i agree with joevox316.

We should probably add on about 3-4 delays.

It's cool Sakurai, take all the time you need I say. This news shouldn't be a surprise to anyone, and the fact that he still hasn't started leads me to believe we definately won't be seeing anything about this game at E3 this year. It shouldn't be that big of a deal, assuming Nintendo has plenty of other Wii U software to release in the meantime.

@joevox316 +1 for the Godfather reference.

I remember when Sakurai said that he wished Brawl to be his last Super Smash Bros. As any other game would just be an expansion and he wished not to destroy what the franchise was about. Whatever he meant by that, I am glad that he has decided to work on the new Super Smash Bros.

@Hyperstar96 http://ds.mmgn.com/News/Mario-Kart-7-development-an-act-of-emerg

I'm not surprised either. Considering that the first Brawl trailer was in 2006 and the game didn't come out until 2008 leaves me to guess that (especially since they haven't even started yet) it won't come about till 2014-15. And we'll be REALLY lucky to have any sort of mention (let alone trailer) of Smash Bros. in this years E3.

I hope to see it sometime late 2013 or early 2014. I just hope we get it before the PS4 is out.

late 2014 (optimistically) 2015 confirmed.

No chance of a 2013 launch, that's a dev cycle of like 1.5 years. No where near enough to make a brand new Smash bros much less two versions

My prediction

We will get a tiny little teaser at E3 2012
an trailer in E3 2013 and a release window of early 2014
then it will get delayed a bunch of times and end up late 2014 or sometime in 2015

Just take my money for Kid Icarus and start making new Smash Bros.

as long as nintendo produce and release more games for the wii U and 3DS, i'd be happy to wait.

Glad to hear it, don't waste you time on another Smash Bros. game. There are plenty of other great Nintendo franchises that could use some love.

He's gonna make it in flash so it should be here soon, it's just a bluff.

@iroxyorsox i knew this at E3 2011, so there.

I'm fine with it as long as Wii U will let me play Brawl on a REALLY GOOD
wi-fi (something I can't do at all on Wii 'cause it won't let me find opponents).I'm always stuck in the lobby no matter how hard I try to set the router and the Wii.

Why does this game HAVE to be made by Sakurai? There's plenty of talented people over at Nintendo. Why don't they put someone else on it?

If Nintendo gives Sakurai a big team to work with- albeit, a team he can actually work with, it may come out sooner. For some reason, Nintendo doesn't give him a big team.. :/

I'd say 2013-2014...

Old news, but a Smash that won't launch with a Nintendo system of 3 straight systems. I'm still waiting to see what will be Nintendo's flagship system seller for the WiiU.

I can wait but PLEASE NO 3RD PARTY CHARACTERS!

My guess is Late 2014.

Allowing us to create our own characters (using miis etc) or inventing our own combination of special attacks (yoyos etc)and then being able to fight online with them against each other.. that would be cool

I know the game is still a long ways off but I'm curious to see how they'll implement the WiiU controller.

Masahiro Sakurai: "It may take a while."

turns into Nicolas Cage YOU DON'T SAY?

Bring back Roy!

No duh.

Take as long as possible! Just make it a great game (which I'm sure it will be).

Dear Nintendo: Take all the time u need.

The new Smash Bros game needs more female characters. Just sayin.

Sakurai: Next Smash Bros. "May Include Mario As a Playable Character"

F-zero needs some love...

@48

Source?

I liked the Third Party characters. It most likely improved sales and allowed new abilities (we could have had more Fox clones). I'd love to see CommanderVideo or Quote make an appearance to represent an indie-dev.
@Kevin: I agree!

More third party characters: Sonic and Snake back to Smash bros. and the new characters: Megaman, Pacman, Travis Touchdown and one of Ubisoft (Rayman, Prince of Persia or Splinter Cell)

im going to guess 4 years

Lol yes I hope Mario is in it. Not alot of chance of that happening but I can hope.

will the WiiU and 3DS interact with each other?

I think they should bring Rosalina into the series

they should take as long as they need making good games take time

More villains

Kinda figured.

the Shiek/zelda character better be in there

I already have it for wii and when it comes out for 3ds i am so getting it

I already have it for wii and when it comes out for 3ds i am so getting it

He can take all the time he needs to make a great game.

Its actually coming out December of 2012. By the way, add me on your 3ds Ninty Fan. I need your friend code too.

Please keep pokemon trainer with squirtle, venasaur and charizard and not the new ones

My guess:

• E3 2012: concept art, a basic screenshot, and some core announcements about ideas for the game.
• Late 2012: A 15 second video. Some more news.
• E3 2013: A demo. More trailers. More news.
• Late 2013: Release in 1-2 months.

I just want this game to be developed already, and with characters like mega man knuckles shadow(playable). Also allow the 3DS to be used as a wii u controller in smash 4, and a better online, but please just do it better than brawl( if he can top that then he is the second greatest game creator ever, first being miyamoto (sorry if misspelled)) who am i kidding he is a gaming lord

@kevin
yessssssssssssss. i doubt they will though.probably a new fire emblem characters

So... Lemme get this straight... What consoles are the next Smash Bros coming out on? Wii U? 3DS? Both? It would be cool if it was both, HD on Wii U, 3D on the 3DS.

Wait... Idea... Based on someone else's comment... Online play! I haven't played much Brawl yet... If I'm being a Noob right now... But online multiplayer on the 3DS... That'd be awesome...

@3Dangerous3Dash
There will be two different games, one for the Wii-U and one for the 3DS being developed at the same time.

We'll probably get a teaser at E3 like with Brawl.

I wouldn't hold my breath for any meaty news this year, but I can dream!

Fix. The. Online. Really, if the online will be both superior/stable enough to Brawl's, then that is a very good start, when they do begin. 2cdly, like I just tonight said on the article about the Maka Wahu glitch in MK7, Nintendo should include, or rather, set aside, on the 3DS game card a good amount of blank space for patches, & to a lesser extent dlc.

They need to also make the online extremely flexible, so lag is not common.

I'm sure this has been known since last year...

All I want is more F-Zero stuff. Captain Falcon has been in every SSB game, yet no other F-Zero characters have been playable. Come on, Nintendo!

Well they don't really have any new new characters to add since Nintendo haven't come up with any new character based franchises since Pikmin. :/
If they could just fix online, I'd buy it.

Love all the character ideas here. I have to add two genius ideas mentioned in other News articles. Nikki and Mallo as assisting characters would be amazing.
@mushroomer (40.): Such an awesome idea being able to play as your Mii. If included i hope that they let you change the pitch of your Mii's voice though. (Unlike in MK7 where i can't really stand it.)

add characters from lesser known nintendo games and franchises and maybe 1 or 2 more 3rd party characters, as well as option to play as your mii, and you're set.

i want to costomise and unlock my miis powers and for rosalina shadow sonic and daisy to join in.

i want to costomise and unlock my miis powers and for rosalina shadow sonic and daisy to join in.

Alex from Eternal Darkness for SSB4, plz.

I still play Brawl now and then so It's all good

hands on the smash bros game!

It's not like this was unexpected. I mean, is it just me, or did they resort to making this game just for better sales for the 3DS? I'm in no way complaining, but it would seem like a last resort.

i cant wait ima get for 3ds and wii u if i get a wii u

Of course. I jumped out of my chair when they announced SSB3D but once I had calmed down (and read interviews), I figured it probably wouldn't be out for a while. If one version gets scrapped then sadly, it will be the handheld version that I've wanted for forever. OK, maybe not forever but if it really does take 3 to 5 years then assuming that the 3DS will last about 5 to 8 years like most systems do, the 3DS will probably be closer to being replaced then the Wii U.