Monday can often be a tough day, but we always have a new batch of Super Smash Bros. screens to bring some happiness to another week, along with the knowledge that the dual release is creeping ever closer.
Masahiro Sakurai's daily despatches bucked the trend of the previous two weeks by not revealing any new challengers. We're not that disappointed, however, as the Super Smash Bros. Director's Room still served up some rather nice screens at which to gawk. Reveals last week focus on mechanics, stages and assist trophies, with poor old Waluigi being an assist trophy once again — that surely rules out a Year of Waluigi, then. Despite the awesomeness on display some 3DS fans may be disappointed, however, as all of last week's screens showed off the Wii U version.
Last week's screens from Sakurai-san are once again below for you to enjoy; you can click on the date heading to visit the Miiverse posts in question and give them a Yeah.
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There are some fun screens this week, so let us know what you think in the poll and comments below.
What's your favourite Smash Bros. screen this week? (344 votes)
- Diddy brings the barrel power
- Mario and Bowser prepare for a Championship bout
- Fox kicks into action against Samus
- Luigi and Mario look on at a Waluigi cameo
- Dedenne makes its entrance in some style
- Um, I can't decide
- To be honest, I don't like any of them
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Mario and Bowser goons duke it out! Also, gotta love how they made Waluigi.
Love the look of that boxing ring!
Nice to see Waluigi back! Fans might be disappointed but hey, maybe if he gets a bigger role in another game there's hope some years down the line!
Dedenne is a Pikachu rip-off!! Who's with me?
I voted for Dedenne. Anything but Waluigi. Even Mario is hiding from him in that pic.
Look at the infinite in Mario & Bowsers pic!
@PvtOttobot
There's always a Pikachu ripoff in every new gen.
I kind of wish that Dedenne evolved or had a Mega form or anything else to make it more interesting. Even Emolga from Gen 5 was at least a bit more prominent and notable than Dedenne, I feel.
Dededene is cool, but I gotta go with Waluigi. Glad he's back and not as a character.
I've always hated Waluigi anyway.
My vote goes to Dedenne. Hope they show us more Pokémons in the near future.
@PvtOttobot And so is Pulse, Minun, Pachirisu and Emolga.
So Fox' kicks won't be infinite? Definitely gets my vote
I'm glad there's 2 variations of the ring.
I like Dedenne (obviously not competitively speaking). As others have said, it would have been nice if he had gotten an evolution. I'm pretty sure he was the only Electric-Fairy (I may be wrong), and that typing has potential.
I need this game(s) in my life. Right now.
You forgot the screen of the second variation of the ring.
@sinalefa Lol
That comment is more valuable than the screens. No more consecutive standard spam for fox, or any other character.
First time I chose 'none of them' - sorry, but no interest in Waluigi whatsoever.
I wonder when the Pikachu ripoffs will end.
The Fox and Samus image grabs my attention. Does that mean there isn't more of those attacks that you just keep doing until you release A,like Fox kicking endlessly,or Kirby's punches?
Guys. GUYS.
It says that it's a transition move. That doesn't mean there won't consecutive moves. It means that's how they finish.
I noticed that Dedenne's attack has an X shape; I wonder if there'll be another sixth gen Pokémon with a Y-shaped attack.
@B-Squared I always envisioned Wario and Waluigi as weight-lifters. I mean, everyone already knows Wario is Some Kinda strong-man. I'd like to see a Wario Land game where Waluigi can be tossed around and where Waluigi can toss Wario Around... I mean, the co-op could be really fun; adversely, the competition could be fun as well...
I like all of them. Are we going to know the release date at E3?
OT: were are the eshop offers for this week in Europe? Can't find them anywere...
Isn't Dedenne just a Pikachu rip-off?
Technically there were 6 pictures this week with the Punch Out stadium in the comments.
@Shiryu I never noticed that. That's pretty cool.
You guys should have made the caption "Diddy! Denenne! But no DeDeDe!"
@GalacticMario28 Good looking out! That's an interesting tidbit.
Unless you're a newer fan of Pokémon, shouldn't you all realize the there's a new member to the Pikachu family every generation.
Gen 2: Pichu, (Marrill might count)
Gen 3: Plusle, Minun
Gen 4: Pachirisu
Gen 5: Emolga
Gen 6: Dedenne
Dedenne looks cool, BUT TOO BAD, WALUIGI TIME.
Has anyone noticed that Waluigi is a lot like Luigi in many ways? Including being forgotten all the time and always in the shadow of Wario. Luigi at least has his own games though.
Gotta go with Diddy here. The effects they added to his barrel are looking pretty sweet, and it's awesome to hear his rocketbarrel attack will be more practical to use now. Diddy's face and the blown away figures of Villager and Mac are priceless.
I'll be honest, none of them stand out, though if I had to choose one, I'll be fine with Waluigi Time, though I do look forward to seeing some more Pokemon like Dedenne.
Article's subheader should've been "Diddy! Dedenne! Dedede in a ring!"
Dedenne all the way!
Hoped for some more 3DS. As I'm not really into Smash it's the version I'll be getting for the novelty of it
Someday it will truly be Waluigi Time....sigh....
Why the heck doesn't Nintendo Life post the BONUS screenshots? -_-
@WaveBoy Actually, that isn't Little Mac's stage. It's possible to switch between the two stages (not sure how yet though). This article just forgot to put in the second picture, showing the Little Mac version:
Wah, wah, Waluigi... got screwed over.
Haha, Waluigi is an assist trophy again.
@PvtOttobot I am! Totally!
Just give us the damn game already!
There's a "leaked" list for Smash Bros 4. A fair amount has been right so far, though it comes from neogaf so take it with a grain of salt.
If the list is real, then King K Rool, Ridley, Chrom, Palutena, Pac Man, some Zelda character, and Miis are newcomers, while Mewtwo, Snake, ROB, Mr Game & Watch, Ice Climbers, Meta Knight, Falco, Wolf, Jigglypuff, Pokemon Trainer, Ness, Lucas, Wario, Yoshi, Ganondorf, and Captain Falcon are returning veterans.
Would make for one pretty good lineup.
@IceClimbers Can you post a link? I believe you, I just want to see this for myself.
@Bass_X0 That has already been said... DANCE! FLASH! AH!
All great pictures this week.
@WaveBoy
But what if Mario was in the fight? Would Alfonzo take his place as referee?
Alfonzo: "Leave it to me!"
@Knuckles Here's the link. Again, this is from neogaf so take it with a grain of salt. Though the page looks more like someone who reposted the contents of the original leak, so I'm not sure where the original source is.
The list doesn't seem too unrealistic.
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=97190399&postcount=7815
If the list is real, then the final roster will be:
Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Rosalina, Link, Toon Link, Zelda/Sheik, Ganondorf, some Zelda newcomer, Donkey Kong, Diddy Kong/Dixie Kong, King K Rool, Samus, Ridley, Kirby, King Dedede, Meta Knight, Fox, Falco, Wolf, Pikachu, Lucario, Pokemon Trainer, Jigglypuff, Mewtwo, Pit, Palutena, Marth, Chrom, Ike, Ness, Lucas, Olimar, Villager, Captain Falcon, ROB, Mr Game & Watch, Ice Climbers, Wii Fit Trainer, Yoshi, Wario, Little Mac, Sonic, Mega Man, Snake, and Pac-Man.
That's one massive lineup of 47 (might have miscounted) playable characters, not counting Sheik and Dixie Kong. Brawl had 35 playable characters (not counting Sheik, Zero Suit Samus, etc).
If this is real, then this will officially be the best Smash Bros ever.
I think anyone relying on that list too heavily is setting themselves up for disappointment. It'd be kool to have Dixie interchangeable with Diddy though, especially if we throw in Cranky too, similar to how the Pokemon Trainer was in Brawl.
I really don't see Snake making a return though, especially since we have Megaman as a third-party character.
It's not too late for Pacman though and there are several others I'm hoping for too
But not Wario...
Never Wario...
@IceClimbers I saw that list days ago on another website and it seems pretty legit and awesome, but I really doubt ALL of brawl characters will make a comeback since sakurai stated that certain characters won't make the cut. I believe characters like Ike, ROB, Ice climbers or Snake won't make it since that'll be way too many characters for a smash roster and there are characters that already replaced them, but hey, everything can happen.
I choose the Fox picture Samus looks way more detailed and I like the colors coming off Samus.
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