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@Turbo857 I never understood the hype behind the tellius games starring ike, I played every fire emblem so far and the only ones I find bland and disappointing are the tellius and shadow dragon, I find them too easy and unappealling. I got path of radiance at the same time I got sacred stones, path of radiance bored me a lot, but sacred stones had me hooked after I chose Ephraim´s path.

I also disagree with your opinion regarding Binding Blade, yeah, the game throws a lot of characters at you, but once you know which ones are gold and which ones are garbage, then start building your team, the game starts to roll in an unbelievable way. Unlike Shadow Dragon, in which all characters were bland and boring, and the game forced you to kill characters to access he gaiden chapters.

BEST.PLUSH.EVER.

@WaveBoy That is the only third party character that is missing: Simon Belmondo from Konami's Castlevania. Too much perfection in a game should be a crime.

Man, every other pic this week pales in comparison with the ultimate gaming team of mario, megaman, sonic and pac-man. I mean, that is the perfect smash bros. photograph and the perfect pic to announce the game with the line: "4 LEGENDS, 1 GAME, TOGETHER AT LAST. SUPER SMASH BROS. 4".

I would literally cry seeing that.

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@thesilverbrick I agree on Sheik being non-relevant compared to Zelda, but she is truly pathetic fighting in my opinion, slower and less powerful than Sheik, the only good thing about her is that she's pretty good keeping her distance and her far away attacks, that's it (Her final smash doesn't count as Sheik has the same one).

@Dodger I hear ya, in 64 and melee Mario was a pretty good character. Enter brawl and he is heavier, FLUDD is useless as crap and don't get me started on his final smash, pathetic and predictable, not to mention very dodgeable, I too was hoping for FLUDD to be removed but nope. Even the characters with crappy recovery moves could outmaneuver FLUDD; if the move remains the same as in brawl, Mario could only possibly kill Mac with it when recovering, the crappiest character in the air.

@BulbasaurusRex Sheik was nerfed alright, but he/she/it was much more of a challenge to fight than zelda, her techniques leave a lot to be desired since melee...

I really don't get why Sakurai decided to keep Zelda as a character now that Sheik is a separate entity, everyone I know chose her because of her Sheik form, Zelda by herself is truly pathetic fighting. Greninja and Zero Suit Samus are the winners here, love what Sakurai decided to do with Samus

I really don't get tourney fanboys and their obsession with melee, yeah, it was a hell of a game, I love it, but brawl was such a great game on its own right, flawed yes, but there weren't the usual tourneyfags obsessing towards it, that's why I love the wii sequel, it's a complicated game with its own merits. That's the crappiest part when you create a masterpiece, everybody expects more of the same instead of innovation or something different. Don't have anything against project m, but it isn't my cup of tea staying in melee mode forever.

20 days 'til fire emblem anniversary, hope Chrom will be announced that day.

@Sir_Anthony Nope, assist trophy.

I don't see why people keep posting more opinions on this thread, the consensus is (including my opinion of course): PAC MAN IS GOOD TO GO ON THE NEW SMASH, ANYBODY ELSE IS TRASH AND DOESN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY HE HAS.

There, no point arguing this much more, Sakurai will find a way to give him a pretty awesome moveset and a great final smash, period.

Man, today's revealed 3DS stage looks freakin' awesome!!!!! Super mario 3D land's stage reminds me of how awesome delfino plaza's stage was in brawl.

@ScorpionMG The problem is, smash 4 also releases in 2014, so...

@Emaan I fully agree, this appeals not only to us pure gamers, but also kids, teenagers and adults would find it pretty cool. Lame family publicity is the worst gaming publicity, glad that at least nintendo of japan is becoming aware of that.

@Rosalina It's because they're appealing to classic 90's mario here, so, no Rosalina.

Having said that, this is the best publicity I've seen in a LONG time, Nintendo of Japan really did a wonderful work with these illustrations, they're simply beautiful and clearly do the right thing explaining the wii u's gamepad functionality.

Koume and Kotake????!!!! Damn Sakurai, this surely will be the definitive smash bros. game, a lot of cameos and cool stuff, yeah!!!!

@Rafie I don't see sony or microsoft doing anything for him, at least sakurai put his donkey to work getting capcom's permission to put him on smash 4, not to mention his team redesigned him in glorious hd, along with the yellow demon, rush and dr. wily's stage, not counting that they are going to orchestrate megaman tracks for the game. So, yeah, nintendo deserves the ip, as they are the only ones who have done anything for good ol' rock recently.
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Megaman is pretty much dead to capcom at this point, so I would recommend them selling the ip to nintendo, just watch how gorgeous megaman looks in hd, I'm pretty sure nintendo would figure something out with him as a company asset.

@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.

@unrandomsam It wouldn't have helped one bit, because mother 3 suffered various delays and when the game was FINALLY being completed, nintendo had already begun working on the gamecube and its launch titles, so nope, I don't think it would've been a million seller at that point since the DD wasn't much of a success, even in Japan. Also the limited edition game boy micro console of mother 3 is the most beautiful gamer-related thing I've ever seen in my life.

@TwilightV It's not a shame, it's a relief that happened. Itoi was very frustrated at how things were turning out to be in the N64 iteration, he was also disatisfied with the music and certain aspects of the storyline, hence why Lucas was introduced in the gba iteration of the game.

Another HUGE OBSTACLE for him was 3-D visuals, as he had only previously worked in 2-D, it was a total pain in the donkey for him learning to do that, since he stated he would've loved mother 3 to be a snes title from the very beginning.
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Itoi was very wise in moving Mother 3 to the gba since it resembled much more the prequel mother 2 in all aspects, also it would have faded much more into obscurity if it would have come out for the DD on the japanese N64.

Also glad Itoi reconsidered the main character for the game, because Flint is your average joe and a very interesting character on the game but his son, Lucas, deserves much more the spotlight, only for that climactic battle at the end of that epic grand finale.

As much as I love star fox, f-zero or metroid, I would like to see them work on a new revival for a long long long LONG forgotten ip like ice climbers for example. I see a lot of potential in that franchise, instead of just climbing and climbing, they could make it like an adventure type of game, where you could upgrade your equipment or even make it rpg style and level up popo or nana, I don't know, but it's something I feel nintendo owes them.

@Goginho Yeah, I get your points, mainly that luigi is missing his counterpart, and while that's obvious even to me, the problem is that we do not know him very much as to expect him to be as mainstream as any other mario character and be playable like rosalina; I agree with you on the point that is nintendo's own fault that he is an obscure character, but like I said before, the character that deserves the assist trophy to fighter trait like little mac had is Isaac, golden sun for the win!!!!

Glad he is coming back as an assist trophy once more, as he was one of the best assists you could summon. I agree with many here that there are much better characters to be added to the roster than him, like Isaac from golden sun for example.

@Goginho Because contrary to wario, waluigi doesn't have his own series and he only appears as a filler character in sports games. Rosalina is a much better choice for a new Mario character because her popularity and inclusion in recent games (especially Super Mario 3D World where she is amazing) make her even better than peach, something waluigi lacks in comparison.

@ColdingLight I didn't mind him that much, I personally hated much more the star fox spammers (fox, falco, wolf) and the fire emblem abusers (marth, ike). Seriously, everybody online only used those 5 characters in the matches online I had all the time.

@Bulbousaur Haha I know, I was just being sarcastic, of course those 3 will be back especially yoshi since he was an original smasher since the n64 days, he appears in a lot of games, and he has 2 new games on the way, mainly yoshi's new island and I believe he will be announced on the release date of that game as they did with diddy today.

@thesilverbrick It could work if you ask me, sakurai is an expert in making things work out. I'm neutral if he makes them a team or not, I just want to see dixie on this smash iteration.

I really wonder if that rumor going online is true, the one that states that diddy and dixie kong will work as a tag team like zelda and her alter ego sheik, maybe sakurai will wait a little more to reveal that, that is a pretty nifty idea.

It was plainly obvious that he was going to return. I'm really wondering if yoshi, ganondorf or falco are going to return? I really doubt it.

@Austroid It's weird indeed, since the ambassadors got 10 gba games, I also figured out that nintendo would eventually launch the catalogue on the 3ds instead of the wii u, same goes for the ds games. Nintendo's decision on this is very weird indeed, the next announcement will be gamecube games for the 3ds virtual console. The gba games announcement is not THAT BAD, at least nintendo FINALLY delivered in that department.

Meteos-Hell yeah!!!!

New super mario bros.-Definitely, a must have for the ds

Mario kart ds-Before kart 7 this was the definitive mario kart edition, yes please.

Grand theft auto and dragon quest-Not a fan of those series, so meh

Pokemon black and white 2-Would be wonderful but fanboys need to realise already that nintendo isn't interested to release any pokémon game in virtual console format, period.

Castlevania Order of ecclesia-Awesome game, I expect to see it there.

Advance wars days of ruin-Pretty good but dual strike was even better, would be perfect to see both released on the virtual console.

Fire emblem shadow dagon-The only true piece of poopoodoodoocacapoopledoople on this list, generic and boring as all hell. Gba Fire Emblems were far better on every aspect, colourful graphics, pretty good soundtracks and fire emblems 6 and 7 gave you ranks according how well you fared in the game, survival was vital, because if certain characters died, you weren't allowed to go into the gaiden chapters, thus it would affect your rank and ending. This piece of garbage on the other hand, made you kill a lot of characters to enter those gaiden chapters, the graphics were bland and uninspired and the music was meh to say the least. Please nintendo, ignore this game completely, even if it starred marth it was horrible.

TLOZ: Spirit Tracks-Same as days of ruin, a pretty good game on its own but overshadowed by phantom hourglass, but even then, I really hope to see it on the virtual console, an underrated gem, hope to see both ds zeldas on the virtual console.

Other great games I expect to see: Contra 4, Golden sun dark dawn, all 4 kirby games, mario and luigi 2 and 3 (awesome games, just loving awesome), warioware games.

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My vote next week will go to the new pic released today, the glorious new item from the legend of zelda: the fairy bottle.

@idork99 I don't know why, maybe it was retro studios involvement in mk 7 but that game felt so right, everything was perfect and I loved each track on that game. My personal favorites are music park, neo-bowser city and bowser's castle, it was amazing what they achieved with a portable game.

The wii game was pretty good if you had friends to play with, but the single player experience was HORRIBLE, simply put, I got so frustrated with the AI in that game that it remains the single mario kart game where I haven't unlocked everything or get a triple star rank in any of the cups, the AI just destroys you no matter what. It also didn't help when you went online and everybody picked either funky kong or rosalina, glad mk7 balanced everything out.

I might pick ludwig this time around, I usually stick with koopa troopa and yoshi but that little barsteward just has such cool hair it is near impossible to ignore him.

@Funny_Moblin MMMMM, you're right. Oh well, I was hoping to see a different final smash for him, like a series of punches before finishing the enemy with a star uppercut.

@evildevil97 Maybe Giga Big Mac isn't his final smash, it's just an extra skin of the character, like male/female wii fit trainer.

@BearHunger That's why I hated mario kart wii with all my might, everybody picked rosalina and funky kong, you could see in a single race like 4 of each one. I really hope nintendo doesn't make the same mistake here because mario kart 7 was the breath of fresh air the series needed so much after the wii installment, I really hope it plays like it.

That's it Sakurai!!!! Now we're talking when you say that your aim is to make the perfect smash bros. game!!!! Little Mac is the perfect addition to the smash bros. roster, oh yeah!!!!!

@AntiGuy Volcarona wasn't legendary, it was pseudo-legendary like most dragons. Most forgettable???? I think that honor belongs to phione or manaphy, the most boring legendaries from sinnoh, as nobody talks about them. I don't know where are you from, but where I am from, every pokémon player respects palkia and volcarona's abilities and power.

Also, I don't know if I am alone in this, but this is the first time that all images from the weekly super smash bros. update really appeal to me, all 5 images deserved my vote for all the awesomeness displayed in each of them.

@Kirk @Spuratis I used to feel the same until I got my hands on him on platinum version, where my riolu suddenly evolved into lucario, holy s~~t, every time I used him on a gym or at the elite 4, he totally owned them, his strength and speed are incredible, and since then, I've been a fan of him.

@Austroid I agree with you on that point, metroid prime 3 corruption was a 10/10 game, I was doubtful motion controls would suit metroid prime, man was I wrong, I even sold my prime 1 and 2 gamecube copies in favor of the wii trilogy disc. It is the definitive modern metroid game, no doubts there.

Dark samus is the perfect candidate for being another assist trophy, and I agree there must be another metroid item like the power bomb, speed booster, or anything like that.

Yeah, nintendo shoving aside this franchise in particular saddens me, even more than star fox. I really expect sakurai to include a second metroid arena like he did in brawl, we all metroid fans expect to see a prime 3 arena as well on this game.

@Austroid I get that but that is the main point of super smash brothers, revive something you believed dead or as you say "obsolete", like pit and the ice climbers for example. Ridley sure beats mother brain in terms of doing more, the metroid prime trilogy is an example of that.

I am glad sakurai is bringing her back as she/it looks amazing as an assist trophy.

@Austroid It sure was a clever decision on sakurai's behalf, as it looks astonishing on wii u graphics. Mother brain was chosen because she is clearly samus nemesis (along with ridley) on the original metroid games, she is immobile, but she clearly will attack everything that moves as shown on the pic. I really don't understand the complaint.

@TJGamer Hey, there's no reason to fight or call this a "fight", I was just giving a piece of my mind and so did you like any literate person would do, we agreed on some points and disagreed on others, it's okay, to each their own I guess. I really still think this looks bad but hey, maybe I will like it when I play it eventually, who knows? life is mysterious sometimes...

I kinda disagree on the tv show because there hasn't been a decent based videogame cartoon that I've been fond of, but yeah, sega needs it because of a wider audience on their products like you said.

It's nice to have an argument with a person that also provides valid points without resorting to insults or acting like a 10 year-old, that being said, I wish you nothing but happy gaming.

PS I also loved the sonic archie comics.

@TJGamer I clearly see the points you're raising, I agree on nintendo exposing mario to a lot of changes like the series you mentioned, but it works because nintendo doesn't alter mario's image too much so that it causes a massive backlash from the nintendo gamers community, for example paper mario is a flat version of mario and mario and luigi's mario (pure mario there) is a cartoony version of him, I don't see nintendo altering his image too much there. I really would like to see sonic expand his series a little more, but I just don't feel this is the way to go for the new direction.

@DESS-M-8 The adventures of super mario bros. 3, double dragon cartoon, captain n: the gay master, mortal kombat: defenders of the realm, donkey kong country series and the horrendous zelda cartoons, what do they have in common? THEY SUCK. So... nope, I really don't want mario to become a badly written and animated saturday morning cartoon, not again.

@TJGamer You're comparing apples and oranges there.
First, while wind waker in fact was despised at first, it wasn't really because of the look of the game or how did nintendo redesign link in cel-shading, it was because nintendo teased an ocarina of time sequel using a video depicting a duel between link and ganondorf in realistic graphics and people were expecting that instead of ww.
Secondly, just compare at how sega redesigned this, sonic and amy's legs are even taller this time around, if they continue to do this, in 2025 or so, sonic will be a boss in shadow of the colossus 2 if they make a sequel because he will be a pair of leags and a head by that point, and I'm not mentioning knuckles, who is now the second red hulk. Now look back at ww once more, toon link's design isn't gigantic, hulkish, rogue-like, carries like 83731871 swords, or unappealing for that matter, it's a simple cartoonish design, it was a breath of fresh air in the videogame industry the way nintendo did it.
Lastly, sega isn't a company that has my 100% trust, even when it is supporting nintendo nonstop. I admit that sonic coming back to smash bros. with a new stage from a game that is a wii u exclusive is pretty awesome but just look back at sega's efforts when they try to INNOVATE AND TRANSFORM THE SONIC FRANCHISE: sonic 06, sonic and the secret rings, sonic unleashed, sonic and the black knight, sonic free riders, shadow the hedgehog, and so on and so on.

Bottom line: Sega isn't as good as nintendo when innovation is in play.

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Sega, for the love of God, just let sonic die for good, this is just TOO embarrassing, I know everyone's saying "YIPEE ANOTHER SONIC EXCLUSIVE FOR NINTENDO!!!!" but that's like being glad sony or microsoft didn't get gonorrhea or the clamps but nintendo did. You were doing good with sonic 4, then sonic colors, then we had generations which is the best modern sonic game then came along lost world, an ok super mario galaxy wannabe and now this????!!!!! good lord, you are regressing back to your sonic and the secret rings, unleashed and black knight days, just let the ip die with dignity.

Just look at knuckles, once a cool and slick character, now a brutus stupidus maximus with steroids.

@Blugrave I thank you for your sincerity on the matter and on my opinion, I don't really support the project per se, but I'll probably check it out once it is released. I'll take your point of checking the new trailer once nintendolife posts it here so I can see for myself those things you mentioned here. Anyway, good luck with your project.

I guess some people see what they want or wish to see, but I just can't stop thinking three words: cheapass metroid clone. I mean, it's great that these people got inspired by metroid and all but one thing is being inspired and ripping off a franchise is another.

This is like an amalgam between the 2 gba games if you ask me, and that's completely unoriginal; I bet that in the next trailer, abilities like the speed boost, the screw attack or the space jump look-alikes are gonna be shown.

I agree that nintendo is delaying the next metroid a lot but 1 thing that they're gonna do right is that when the next one hits, it's gonna hit hard, as it always happens with each new installment. I'm sorry, but this looks rushed and generic.