Luigi Confirmed As Part Of The Smash Bros. Roster On 3DS And Wii U

how sad this no ghost attacks all the same moves

Luigi time

Pretty disappointing that it's just a copy & paste of the SSBB version in HD. I would have liked some Poltergust 3000 moves etc.

Oh yeah

Here's hoping he has a new final smash based around the Poltergust

In other news, the sky is blue today.

It's almost as if he's one of the bros.

His move set has never had any dramatic changes, as there is no need for any.

I can't tell if thats Luigi or a Globox. They're just so alike.

Some moves based around his own games, like the poltergust 3000, or some ridiculous moves loosely based on mario & luigi, would be fun. But is shouldn't get too complicated. Adding the Poltergust 3000 sounds fun, but it shouldn't be overused too much.

Apparently this time Mario and Luigi will have Liam and Noel skins for more realistic brother on brother fighting.

Expected/10. Some characters are definitely gonna be cut, but I don't think anybody were seriously worried about Luigi being one of them, especially with how successful Luigi's Mansion 2 has been.

@19Robb92
Took them another 5 years to make a new SmashBro game, and they add little to nothing new to the game.

It's a bit surprising that they would reveal a hidden character so soon, but it's nice to know that Luigi is still going to be in the game regardless.

So after seeing a handful of pics, now everyone knows each and every move Luigi has.

@sinalefa I think some of us are getting to nit-picky since its been awhile are are expecting a lot of things. Which there's nothing wrong, with but the problem is, we haven't seen everything yet so its too early to really judge the game.

So disappointed in this - all of the characters are just copy->paste from Brawl.
Luigi just had his biggest success with Mansion 2 - how about basing the fighter on him? Using the poltergust would rock!
I honestly don't see how, barring the new characters, anyone is excited for this

@sinalefa But you must admit, the pictures that were shown, coupled with the videos we've seen of the other characters retaining the same move-set, doesnt bode well for new and exciting moves does it? Especially not when you realize that those same moves were also in Melee.

@Warbeard Pit got new moves, and bowser got a new stance AND Link got a new air imput.

I love how when we were kids, we would just eat everything that Nintendo (or whoever) released and loved every second of it. Now? We're a bunch of insatiable, cynical jerks who bemoan every minor thing.

Guys, it's Smash Bros. Luigi had the exact same moves from 64 in Melee. You didn't complain then. You didn't complain for Brawl "copying" melee (unless you're one of those "Wavedashing: my anti-Brawl" enthusiasts). Just stop. You know it's going to be good. Stop.

@sinalefa
I thought the same.

@bahooney
Well, when many of us were kids there wasn't an internet to bemoan every minor thing on.

Guys there is a rumor that Luigi will be in Mario Kart 8. SHOCKING!

That's pretty cool. Luigi has been my main ever since Melee and I'm happy that his position in the roster has been preserved for SSB4.

Also, about this "They Should Change Things" argument; While we're talking about an iterative product, we're also talking about a competitive product that is succeeding another competitive product. For Sakurai this is a no-win situation as people will complain either way, so I come to the judgement that whatever makes the game more fun to play is the right decision. Carry on, Sakurai.

@DestinyMan You should expect returning characters to be announced first.

@V8_Ninja
That's the thing. If they would change each and every moveset people would complain about the new movesets for characters they've mastered, because they would have to master them again. While some might like such a challange, some won't.

I don't get why people have to be so sarcastic about this addition. We will get many more confirmations of characters who were a given. They didn't even prepare a movie for Luigi and just showed some screenshots. It wasn't like 'Look, at this great additon that no one thought would happen, but we added it to everyone's surprise. Now, get excited!!!!!1111!!!!!1'.

@Silent

Yeah!

Man... Really hope Chrom makes it, that would be the final push to buy it.

Anyway, this is good news. How many characters does this make?

i see that some characters will be cut from the game going with 30 characters and thats it

@WinterWarm Fourteen. Only four spots remain...

Luigi is okay and all, but Nintendo, put Bayonetta in there!

Also, I am NEVER in support of grandfathering move sets "just cause". I'd rather the move sets stay RELEVANT and UNIQUE, as others have said, he should have the Poltergust.

@Big-Luigi

Eeeek! Has Marth been announced?

Someone! Anyone! Fire Emblem is dire! They have cool attire!

@Big-Luigi Where did you hear there would only be 18 spots available?

@SpinelessOyster It's on the SSB4 Website. Click on any character, scroll down, and you'll see the slots. I don't know if they'll add more or not, but that's all I see at that time being.

@Big-Luigi Oh ok. I saw that too, but I didn't make to much of it. I hope that's not what that means.

@SpinelessOyster
no def not, its just till they fill the spots than a new page comes in

I LOVE Luigi! He is my best Fighter in Smash! Maybe since he was announced so early, he will be a starter character instead of an unlockable, like Ness and Captain Falcon were in Melee!

I love how people automatically, MAGICALLY know that he wont have new moves... They didn't even show footage of him in action, he could have a brand new moveset and still feature old moves. NO ONE KNOWS

@Murduskull - You nailed it. So many gamers jump to conclusions and go insane over nothing. Unbelievable.

Well, this was a pleasant surprise. Sure, I would have liked to get a new or more uncertain character, but I wasn't really expecting anything from this Direct(since it was supposed to be about 2013 games).

@ the people complaining about no Poltergust:
Heaven forbid a character have a consistent moveset across multiple games.

Luigi's coming! I'm so excited! All of this excitement is making me eat tons of burritos and melt my toilet! I was about to cry in a corner because I thought that 2013 would take Luigi away, and SSB in 2014 wouldn't have him! I'm so glad, I'm about to exxxplode!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW YEAHHH MY BRAWL MAN!!

Now nothing else matters, oh yeah.. my loved punchbag Jigglypuff.

weegee

I think they should put the Cho Aniki Twins as characters in this. (Get them a large amount of publicity anyway).

And this is one less fighter to worry about, given apparently not all characters are going to come back. Although the Year Of Luigi, combined with Luigi's status as a veteran ever since the N64 days, made this pretty much a given.
That said, this still made my day, considering that - other than being my favourite Mario character, if not my favourite Nintendo character overall - I pretty much main him (alongside Sonic, Toon Link and Pokémon Trainer in Brawl). 3DS Smash-verse Luigi: in other words, awesome!

@Neferupitou We'll see about that. Come see me online when this drops. Jiggly will be NO ONE'S punching bag.

Who would've thought Luigi: the only brother in Smash Brothers, would make it?

Now 'reveal' Captain Falcon being included alongside a brand-new F-Zero title for Wii U.

I don't get why everyone is complaining about move sets... I'm sure there will be some mechanics that are different in the final product that will make it feel fresh, but it's still a fighting game at the end of the day. There will be things that will carry over. It's like complaining that Ryu and Ken always have the hadoken in every Street Fighter and the input never changes. How many complain about that? No one to my knowledge. If anything they'd get mad if you did change it.

Well that's a no brainer, but I would like it if he had some new moves.

A Poltergust 3000 Final Smash would've been cool, but I'm just glad to see him.

Luigi's one of my favorite characters to play as, so I'm happy :3

In other news, the planet is round

@JQuest Well to be fair, while they (Ryu & Ken) have the same basic special move set....the properties is very much different. Like for example Ken's Shoryuken emits fire when you use the mp or hp and adds more hits than Ryu's. While Ryu's Tatsumaki Senpuyaku (hurricane kick) doesn't add as much hits as Ken's does, but it's a lot stronger. Just making a point here.

I for one don't care if his moves are the same or not. This was a no brainer for Luigi to be in this game anyway. I thought they were going to announce or confirm characters that aren't expected to be on here. Still, I'll take any news of the new Smash Bros as good and welcoming news.

@The-Chosen-one Good! I didn't think that would have been it for characters.

That attack luigi is doing to mario is the exact move in the beginner karate kata called "shuto waza dai ich" means driving knife hand technique number one. He even has the chamber hand right

@LordJumpMad Please let me use this crystal ball you have that lets you know everything about a game that won't be released until next year and that we have next to no actual info about. I'd like to use it to find my TV remote.

Come on, folks. We haven't seen his B Down special yet.

He's usually a hidden character. I wonder if this means he will be playable from the start, since he's confirmed early.

@Big-Luigi it can have unlock characters in the game making it to be a 30 characters hidden in the game that would be 12 character

@ shonenjump86:
I think this just means Ninty has confirmed the character due to the Year of Luigi, as well as confirming a character who has always been an unlockable fighter in every installment for those who were afraid Luigi's moveset being too similar to Mario's would prevent the former from joinign the fray. Remember Sonic and Snake? Yeah, they were unlockable, but their third-party status made them huge selling points: same for Luigi here.

Aw but I want the Luigi with a vacuum, not the one that is a Mario clone.

I hope the announcer still calls his character like a question. "LUIGI?"

Luigi Confirmed As Part Of The Smash Bros. Roster! WOW.

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I am obviously joking. The news would be the inclusion of a non Nintendo character on Smash Bros.

Personally I'm glad that they're getting some of the "obvious" reveals done right along side some of the less certain reveals.

eh. i hope they officially release sonic as a character.

If he wasn't in the game, I would have been pissed.

@AlexSora89
Yeah, good point

@shonenjump86
Thanks. Besides, the Luigi fandom is huge - I'm a Luigi fan myself - and I think Ninty's realized the mistake of not making the character fully playable in the Super Mario Advance 4 version of SMB3, or in New Super Mario Bros. Wii.
We are many, Nintendo! Make Luigi playable as often as you can!

Gotta have-em'.

I think that they would do dreamy luigi's attacks for his final smash