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Super Smash Bros. for 3DS |OT| It's out in Japan
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Dr. Mario should have a beard.
I think it launched a little earlier than expected; at least I thought it was earlier than people here were telling me it would be. If so, that could have eased things up. Some people weren't expecting it yet, while others downloaded ahead of midnight.
Pease don't be a repeat of heavy kart 8...
Pancakes
hot, steaming, as melted butter slips into the cracks, drizzled with sticky sweet syrup OH GOD
I thought subspace emissary was a step in the right direction.
Most fighting games get boring after you finish the single player campaign modes with all the characters and finish the various challenge modes. Not much can be done.
Speedwagon
Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel. Yabuki turned off voice chat in Mario Kart races. True artists of their time.
I just experienced the "Nana! Popo!" chant while using Villager in All-Star mode. 
That's uh... That's way more sinister than I expected.
Aaronrules380
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I really wish I didn't have classes at 8 am on Fridays. Given I'm in central time, I probably won't have time to play after downloading before going to sleep
The time for the download must have been agonizing.
But yeah, you should have checked sooner. It did go up early. I found the pages where it happened, with some quotes:
Now downloading.
Downloading it now!
Seems to have gone up early.
Jawmuncher
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That is true. Probably the weakest aspect of the genre now that I think of it.
SSE could have been good if the CG didn't take so much space and the story wasn't ridiculous.
OmegaSmash
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More fighting games should just do what MK and Injustice do in terms of Single Player content. Though Blazblue and Persona 4 Arena are also pretty good in that regard.
A Link to the Past
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So will the US have its own countdown soon
Icelandic_Jazz
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I'll have to read more into VIing but I have a sneaking suspicion that competitive SSB4 is going to be mainly off-stage fighting/chasing. Characters who can Wall of Pain I can see doing very well.
Jiggly could be making her comeback.
A Link to the Past
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One of the worst part is that we got like nearly 80 trophies of SSE enemies.
Jawmuncher
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I'm still curious no retailers have detailed their midnight plans if any yet.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Look so good. Did anyone tried to KBI out of it? (Vectoring or Hitstun shuffling)
Yeah, I agreed with you that Heavyweight getting the benefits out of this changes but at same time you have to consider that heavy characters always get shafted because quick characters are faster or better than heavy characters are. Hopefully it's good balance but we will see.
The Great Gonzales
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As long as the regular Vs. mode is good even by yourself, most fighting games don't need a bunch of single-player modes to sustain them. I hardly ever touch the single-player modes in Smash now that I have everything unlocked; I always just fight against the CPU in Vs.
Jawmuncher
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I know for myself I never have as much fun with CPUs as I do player , hell not even close actually. To each his own obviously.
A Link to the Past
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It super sucks that Sakurai limited Vs. mode by not including Special Smash
I want to have Jigglypuff on Tiny Smash w/ Poison Mushrooms and Parasols, do you know how adorable that is
KakesuSora
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The manager at my local Gamestop said they're having a midnight release for Smash 3ds
johnsavage
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I swear I saw a very short list for best buy locations doing a midnight release, but I can't find it anymore
Jawmuncher
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Well that's good. Guess I'll try calling around again. Would like to go there instead of a 24hr walmart to see the fan turnout.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
I feel like SmashBoards wants SSB4 to fail just so they can stick with Melee/Project M.
On the left we see a typical person enjoying a game of Sm4sh. To the right, a member of SmashBoards.
There are few people that want SSB4 fail so hard at competitively because they can't really stand competitive players. I'm pretty sure that people really want Smash 4 to be successful since there are more variable in current fighting games. For start, more characters!
I think so but I can't speak for everyone.
There are many people that always make a spin off of new rumors/leaks. That's normal.
A Link to the Past
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So the retro characters we've seen in Smash history have been
Ice Climbers
Mr. Game & Watch
Pit
R.O.B.
Pac-Man
Duck Hunt
Who will be next
Ice Climbers
Mr. Game & Watch
Pit
R.O.B.
Pac-Man
Duck Hunt
Who will be next
Probably Ice Climbers.
Troubled Bat
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Spinosaurus
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Hours Left
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Mach Rider and peeps from Pro Wrestling I hope.
Jawmuncher
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The champion
Final Smash better be hitting everyone into the sewer
I want it to be ExciteBiker really badly, so I can play as someone with aerials based on bike tricks, but I know it's never going to happen.
I'm pretty sure it's the same thing as VI.
OmegaSmash
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The champion
He'd be the one rep that everyone would want cut.
I'd guess these as well.
I said this long before Duck Hunt was revealed, but each of the retro characters fills its own niche. They aren't arbitrarily added for the sake of including another retro character.
Mr. Game & Watch - Game & Watch handheld series
Duck Hunt - NES light gun series (Wild Gunman/Duck Hunt/Hogan's Alley)
Ice Climbers - 1984-1985 NES one-off action games (Excitebike/Urban Champion/Balloon Fight/Ice Climber/etc.)
R.O.B. - NES robot series (Stack-Up/Gyromite)
Pit - one-off Famicom Disk System games (Kid Icarus/Murasame Castle/etc.)
I could see Takamaru being added as an FDS replacement for Pit (who is no longer retro), but beyond that I have no idea.
A Link to the Past
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Sakurai discussed Excitebike with respect to Brawl if I recall, so it occurs to me that he may have considered Excitebike a viable contender for inclusion, had the complications not existed. I think if Sakurai could find a way to make Excitebike work in Smash, he'd be a newcomer at the drop of a hat.
EDIT: Though, Excitebike is no longer retro.
EDIT: Though, Excitebike is no longer retro.
Same but I'd rather fight a Lv5 CPU or something (not 9 due to their silly reactions) than play Single Player Classic for the millionth time. Of course playing against a human is best.
It's kinda neat that Villager got the reference to Balloon Fighter too since he was gonna be the retro rep before Sakurai decised on Ice Climbers.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
We haven't settle down with the name for that feature. D1 and the players want to call it KnockBack Influence, a guy that noticed the feature want to call it vectoring, and Sakurai and team already gave it the name, HitStun Shuffling so no one agreed on same name yet.
Jawmuncher
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I would think the creators name for it would be canon
chaosblade
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Hitstun Shuffling is SDI isn't it?
Hitstun Shuffling is SDI, not the same thing.
PadWarrior
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Good stuff dude! Persistence pays off!
Ice Climber's triumphant return.
Also, I want to see Ayumi Tachibana. Mostly because I really want to know how Sakurai would take an adventure game and make a moveset out of it, especially after seeing Duck Hunt's moveset.
Wait so once you air dodge, you stay invincible till you hit the ground?
MannyToons
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I would like Excite Biker.
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