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@vitalemrecords The lack of slopes is the only thing keeping you from the game?

@crimsontadpoles Neon Green vs. Pink

Oh wait.

Still kinda love the idea that Miyamoto is the Koopalings' mother...

Banjo & Kazooie — "Words are cheap." Sure, but I doubt Microsoft would be demanding big licensing fees for the character. It's Smash, so Nintendo's not going to do Banjo an injustice AND most companies don't charge people to advertise for them. Of course he wants the duo in. That decision rides on Nintendo, though, not Microsoft.

Waluigi — He already has an assist trophy. Yes, he should have been a fighter with a moveset representing the spinoffs he occupies (sports, party and karting paraphernalia), but it would be too confusing to be mid fight with Waluigi, grab an assist trophy and suddenly there's another Waluigi running around.

Resetti is nice, but truthfully, I only want Wendell.

@Sakura Levels are built as you play instead of painstakingly (or creatively) designed beforehand. It's not a shortcut, since it's very complicated to make a good system. When you hear the term "procedural design," think Minecraft. The world always has the same elements, but the landscape is different every time you restart it. That means a level designer hasn't created an area you can explore with truly unique elements and gimmicks, but it also tends to mean more replay value since you're not seeing the same things and facing the exact same challenges every time.

With the quality of this and Shin'en's past work, with the developer's Nintendo exclusivity, and with how much Nintendo is promoting this thing, I can't understand why Nintendo hasn't just given them the license to make this an F-Zero game. They wouldn't lose any money on it or have to waste time making an F-Zero "no one wants" because they can't think of anything "new for the series."

Everybody wins.

The name's Yoshi, Alex. With a long O. He says it himself all the time in his games. It's like mispronouncing Pikachu as Pickachu, Bulbasaur as Boolbasaur, or Alex from NintendoLife as Awlex from NinteendoLife. Any of those pronunciations would be stupid because the names are clearly pronounced for us OVER AND OVER by the subject itself.

@Miiamoto A peanut.

Yo(e)shi, Brits. Long O. Not Yo(h)shi. Yoshi. He says it himself. It's not hard.

LOVE the Scrubs reference. Subtle, hilarious, perfect.

@Just_Ethan And yet a suspiciously high score given the strength of the shortcomings mentioned in the review text.

When you saythe game is "perfect" for some people, I think you'll have a hard time justifying a below average score.

Still, thanks for this. The review convinced me to give this a solid go and I can't wait to see what it's all about.

I just want to know when I can order Shovel Knight. That there's an amiibo I need.

I just keep idly hoping I can get these characters in Hyrule Warriors without having to buy a $40 game I don't want.

That's pretty cool and I look forward to playing it, myself. I just wish there was a way to force the player to collect a certain number of coins before the exit could be reached. You know, the kind of gimmick that level would have if it were included in a real Mario game, instead.

I noticed the wheels were square, but figured it was just a quirky design. I didn't remember it being so on 3DS, but figured I just didn't notice the detail on a small screen.

Nothing really lost, though, in my estimation. I almost find the square wheels more charming.

@manu0 That's good. Europe shouldn't have any "advantage." Neither should North America. Or Oceania. Or Japan.

I was hoping for some kind of discount for owners of both Gunman Clive games, but oh well. I'll eventually still get this, anyway.

@buildz No, literal cancer literally kills people. Literally.

Please show respect.

Wow. That's a pretty brilliant idea. I hope a few more people tackle this theme with even more complicated levels. I'd love to play through a series like this.

Interesting. Thanks, guys. I legitimately didn't know. All I had in my head was that they were the ones who made those Heavy Fire games on WiiWare.

Has Teyon made a good game before?

Wow. The poll this week is almost 50/50. That's crazy. I admit it's not a real good week, but I dunno. A couple of those Wii U discount games are pretty good...

All I saw was:

"Video: Learn More About the Experimental Rayman 4 That Ancel Was Considering Instead of Beyond Good & Evil 2."

@TG1 Oh. That's huge. I'll wait for an update. Thanks.

I'm still not actually sure how to engage in the tournament. I set one up for friends only, lasting a month, with the winner being whoever gets the most wins, but...

How do we then play matches considered part of the tourney?

Nintendo UK consistently outclasses Nintendo of America now in every department. Club Nintendo, The Nintendo UK Store, special events, and now this. Nintendo actually believes in engaging and growing its British fanbase, which is something I envy greatly.

Dang it, Japan... Why must you always be better than us?

I'm cool with continuing to add more Mii costumes, but I really wish 1) they'd add more regular clothing options not specific to this or that character, and 2) they'd add some more Mii attacks. There are too few options to really make the created fighters interesting for this long. I need more possibilities in order to keep buying the costumes and playing with new Mii Fighters.

But whatever. We all know I'll still purchase everything shown here and I'm pumped about more new stages.

Why is there no option for "I only use Miiverse to look for good custom Smash Bros. stages to download?"

If every release week was like this, the Wii U would be outselling Xbox One.

I got all excited for a second thinking we were actually getting more news about this, but as others have said, this is old information. I'm pretty sure it's even been posted here before.

That said I'm still stoked for this game. E3 put this game at my number three most anticipated Nintendo game with only Star Fox Zero and Fire Emblem Fates above it and bumping Xenoblade Chronicles X and The Legend of Zelda down to fifth and sixth. Good days ahead of us, folks.

I'm not saying Itagaki is right here, either, but this article certainly doesn't read like it's written by a journalist, something the writer wants very much for us to know he is, and something which he asserts makes him a great gamer.

I don't care how much gaming you've done in your life. Time does not equal skill. I spent nearly 1,000 hours playing Super Smash Bros. Brawl, several hundred in Project M and have put almost 500 in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (hindered only by obligations to my work and wife) already, in addition to who knows how many hours building that foundation in Melee and the original. And you know what? I'm still a decidedly AVERAGE Super Smash Bros. player. More than that, I've spent thousands upon thousands of hours gaming in nearly every genre known to man. In fact, I believe the only genre I've never played is a MOBA because I've never owned a computer good enough to. But despite this deep and wide experience with games over a continuous 20 years, all in all, I'm still a pretty poor gamer. I seriously struggle with Mega Man games, I've never beaten Super Mario Bros. 3, and I find Dark Souls predominantly unenjoyable. Time does not equal skill.

Your hurt feelings have no place in a news article, and neither does your embarrassingly flimsy defense. "Journalists." Heh. You were once. Get it together, NintendoLife.

And mocking his English in the tagline? That's not even poor form for journalists, that's shameful for people.

If you're supposed to play for a long time, why would you use a Pro Controller over the Gamepad? That makes no sense. With as light as the Gamepad is, there's no way it could ever get heavy, and playing on a Pro Controller for more than about two hours will cause pretty uncomfortable hand cramps from holding your arms in such an unnatural position.

What a strange thing to say.

@DoctorWily Sure, but it's held like a bazooka. It could go either way, but I'd prefer the bazooka-like shots.

I hope they release a Super Scope weapon, too. Probably as a blaster.

Some of the best (if not the best) minigames in the series, to boot.

I love Crystal Shards. It's the first game I ever remember begging my parents for, and I never regretted it.

If you're traveling backwards from the final boss to the first level, shouldn't the game get easier as you go? And shouldn't you be moving from right to left?

Hm. I might ahould pick this up. Good on the developer for continuing to build (heh) on their base game. Now, I'm just hoping future updates will be designed to add more unique features that further differentiate it from Minecraft, rather than make it more like Minecraft.

Every time they talk about it, I get a little more interested in this game. My wife and I love board games and after the painful letdown that was Mario Party 10, I'm looking forward to a proper TV board game.

Price?

Thank you for not saying that new/different is bad.

I only wish they'd keep the multiplayer-focused games on Wii U, instead of 3DS. Handhelds are so ill-suited for real multiplayer gameplay, so while I'm interested in Triforce Heroes and SUPER EXCITED for Metroid Prime: Federation Force, the latter, especially should really be on the home console, instead, where I can actually play the game with a team of my friends.

I'm so excited to finally get my hands on this next year and have a real reason to use my 3DS again!

I only want a Wendell amiibo.

This just keeps looking better and better. I really am stoked for this. My only wish is that they'd made this exact samw game for Wii U, so I could actually enjoy the co-op with other people. As it sounds, though, I'm sure the single player will be more than enough to keep me entertained for multiple playthroughs.

2016 Game of the Year.

That was an easy competition.

Why was Pokkén Tournament Wii U not announced at E3?

Is my money not good enough for you, Pokémon Company??

Surely NintendoLife Towers has better Smash players than this...