Video: Catch Up With All The Super Smash Bros. Final Presentation Footage

The biggest surprise for me was the glasses.

I want to say it here in the catch-all blogpost: @LasermasterA... I'm sorry.

@ekreig I was just about to comment the exact same thing! Well... I might not have called the fanbase that, but yeah. Sakurai really does look younger, which is surprising, as he himself admits to constantly being stressed during Smash's development, sometimes getting little to no sleeo and working weekend shifts.

I didn't watch the video, but are these the smash ballot characters? Will there be any more characters, or is that it?

@Not_Soos @ekreig The Fountain of Youth is his water cooler!

@Lightningturtle
Bayonetta is Poll character

Nintendo needs to learn how to pace their announcements. Cloud was a much bigger announcement in my eyes than Bayonetta, which really hyped me up for more from this Final Smash Direct. It's just like E3 when all the announcements before the show got me even more excited and thinking "If this is the appetizer, just wait for the main course!". I think I'm going to approach every Nintendo announcement that follows shortly after another with as small of expectations as possible, with little to no frills. I'm excited about Bayonetta but definitely expected more than that... Again, pace yourself Nintendo. Your lead-in announcements can't keep being better than the special announcements themselves.

@MarioPhD
I agree with this sentiment. Cloud was the best part of the three and Nintendo spoiled it last month. However, I dont think either of the other two would have been good for the Nov Direct. Corrin would have been far out of place, Bayonetta was the Ballet Winner and would have dropped hype for this direct. Really, I wish more that the costumes were dropped in Nov. instead.
More for Cloud though, the fact that SE agreed to DQVII and DQVIII would have meant that Cloud should also be included with those announcements. So I dont think there was much else they could have announced in Nov. and without Cloud in that it would have been lacking I feel.

My votes were for Bomberman and Simon Belmont (everyone under 25: "Who?"), but oh well, Bayonetta is a great addition.

@LordGeovanni Considering the announcement of the special editions of FE Fates in NA, I think Corrin would have made a ton of sense then: small announcement along with the Final Smash Direct announcement to follow it.. It wouldn't have been a closing announcement for the presentation, but I think bumping TP HD as the closer would have worked just as well and made this announcement even better with Cloud as the big reveal with Bayonetta. That would have been a slam dunk.

@yuwarite

I wish they would've made a bomberman eshop game for wii u...instead we got that terrible bombing bastards game.

Awesome! Big thanks to the fans in Europe who voted Bayonetta #1. I'm looking forward to the final set of characters. Another huge thanks to Sakurai-san for his dedication to this game. Definitely a must have.

Sooooo .... does this man ever age? He looks even younger than last time we've seen him and that after all that stress from developing all these DLC characters ... Is he a god? O.O

@evosteevo Sure no problem. Threw in some votes for Bayo, some for K. Rool and some for Isaac. Honestly, I still have a hard time believing Shovel Knight is nowhere to be seen. He's always been such a highly requested character and licensing certainly isn't that big of a deal with him.

I wish we could get the full ballot results or will they leave it a secret so they can pull characters from it for the next smash game?

Well, that's the end of that. It's a good thing that Sakurai decided to end all of Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS DLC debate with this final presentation.

Now my impression of this direct: It's impressive. It gave lots of information of what the characters do in battle. There was nothing but characters, and this is what people want, right?

For Smash Ballot character choice, I was very surprised when I saw Bayonetta gets included. When Sakurai said the ending will be climax, I tried to think of the character that's related to this word, but nonetheless, her reveal was a pleasent one. Truly a character that deserves a spot for Smash bros. game. Also Sakurai also explained why she was chosen as the last playable fighter, check that in the video.

Overall, Sakurai gave to the audience exactly what they wanted: More Characters. However, some fans were left disappointed (I'm not) because there requested characters didn't make it. This game is now Nintendo's most precious gem that you must have in your collection. It has a lot of downloadable contents like stages, characters and Mii costumes, and best of all, they're all optional. Thank you, Mr. Sakurai for the hard work you put for your fans. You have endured pain and it has brought fruitation in the end. We salute you!

@roccochacon He said that he would pick the top requested fighter in the ballot, and he did. So what would be the point of showing the detailed result of the ballot?

@Azooooz
That's an easy one: To give people more substance to complain about! ;-]
If people saw that Shovel Knight came in first in NA and somewhere in the TOP 5 in EU, they would start complaining why he didn't get chosen.
I too think that Shovel Knight probably could have been included, but I think they would have had to imagine too many moves for him and that this might be the reason for not including him.
I voted for, but didn't expect Bayonetta. I think he was one of the characters most suited for the inclusion.
When seeing the inclusion of that other FE-character I already expected people to hate on it. And to be fair, it's not really as if that series needed that many representatives while more popular franchises don't get any.
On the other hand I like FE and this character seems to have an awesome moveset. They could have pushed that character to the next SSB, but maybe that was too distant compared to FE:Fs close release.
I don't like the design of Cloud and since I never played a FF game, I don't have any sympathy for him. Though his stage looks great!
So far I only downloaded Mewtu (more because of boredom and Pokemonfandom than anything), but Bayonetta and that FE-guy will join my roster for sure!

Overall, I thought it was a great presentation. They always go into great detail with each character in terms of move set, animations and how they relate to their respective games. Corrin was a bit of a surprise, and although I don't have the personal attachment, they've really thought through the move set.

It's great to see Bayonetta in there too. They've worked seriously hard to add characters and I loved the ending of the presentation. Classy stuff. Now can Nintendo please let him have a vacation?!

I'm a big fan of the Fire Emblem series however, six characters is three (or even four) characters too many.

I actually groaned out loud when I saw Corrin whereas I was pleased to see Bayonetta; a rather stark contrast between the two reveals.

I think Cloud should have been saved for last, but hey ho!

A real shame that Shovel Knight wasn't included, and the lack of variety with The Legend of Zelda characters is a bit of a damp squib.

All-in-all, Super Smash Bros. U has a pretty good roster that will keep us fans going for quite some time. A bit sad that these Smash Directs have come to end...

@Churchy
Or, better yet, hire the Project M staff to outsource more DLC.

I swear I want those bayonetta glasses...
EDIT: Found them...trying to decide if I want to spend 350 on frames alone...just not sure if they would fit my face...

@AlexSora89
Haha don't be. Sure for me the direct was a bit of a disappointment but I can see why it might be regarded as a huge success. I do however, despite being a huge Fire Emblem fan mind the excessive representation of the franchise. Also Corrin spoils a lot of aspects of an unreleased game.

I do however still believe that Bayonetta (again a fan of her) although presented as the ballot "winner" was just the choice out of top contenders that Sakurai (and Nintendo) were interested in putting in the game. I mean, what is even the criteria of a "realizable" character?

Will have to move on for now, but I still hope that a GS4 will come out in the next few years,giving the franchise a much needed revival and a greater chance in the next Smash. And then there is always the possibility of GBA being considered "retro" enough by the time of the next game, for Isaac to be a rep.

Edit: It is a shame Project M had to end prematurely though. And Isaac was also almost complete as well -_-

Wow O_O a character WORTH buying (Bayonetta). She's awesome and looks fun to play as! The others? Well...

-Mii outfits: I hate this crap when Capcom does it so no free pass for Smash

• Roy + Lucas: Make sense, but should've been free

-Ryu: In WAY too many fighting games already, boring, and his game is PS4 exclusive...makes no sense.

-Corrin: Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh I love FE, love it to death, but it's getting WAY too much representation in this game. Not to mention the series is getting the Onii-chan/Waifu treatment like Persona...

-Cloud: Dumb, just dumb. Never been in a legitmate FF game on a Nintendo console, overrated as all heck, and the cool aspects about him keep getting butchered by rabid beggar fans and Square Enix. (Have fun with your episodic remake )

yaayyyyyyyyyyyy