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Cross-Platform Smash Bros. coming to 3DS/WiiU, [Has Not Started Development]

That was the best part about Brawl- reading the Dojo updates everyday. Not actually playing the game, but just getting hyped about it. :p
 
Astrosanity said:
Hyped, but how they announced this at the conference was a massive cocktease and I wish they just hadn't mentioned Smash in the first place. Good to know it exists, but it's not like anybody ever doubted there wouldn't be a sequel, right?
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There are always some, so it's better this way. This acknowledgement of the game just gets the eventually downward spiral into roster wishlist started faster.
 
Cautiously excited for this as opposed to the hype I had for last two games. Just hope it's more like Melee than Brawl.
 
User33 said:
I was just about to post this.

Its 7 pages long, and Google Translator tells me Smash Bros talk makes up almost the entire interview. I saw something about 50 characters, but he could be saying "no more than 50 characters".

In any case we need a translator.
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Oh God, 50 characters CONFIRMED!!

... at least that's what's going on in my head.
 
L00P said:
something something, 3DS...something something Wii U something....100?!

100 characters??!
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no.... 100 in 100. I think they were joking about winning that much. Plus 50ish characters as it seem. I could be wrong since they said that they haven't decide with characters. Hype dropped until next e3. (I did suspected that it was not even started since they didn't shown nothing new about it)
 
So first trailer in a year.
In 2k5 Iwata announced new Smash Bros. even though they didn't even have a single team member for it, Sakurai himself approached Iwata about it after the conference (it was confirmed in an interview, wasn't it?)

With Sakurai confirming "he will get to it" already a trailer at E3 2012 is highly possible.
 
Partial summary of the Iwata Asks from translator on /v/:
It first describes what E3 is and stuff (I guess the Japanese don't know too much about it). It says something along the lines of a new Super Smash Brothers being released for the 3DS and the Wii U, with the two games being developed "parallel" to each other. I assume this means that they're two different games or versions or something.

He talks about how the 3DS version is supposed to be, like, an introduction the series. It's supposed to introduce Super Smash Bros. to an audience that might not be familiar with it.

He talks about employment or something. Uh, I dunno, something like he had to turn down a lot of applicants for the development team because he wanted to try and keep the same people who've been making the Smash Bros. games from the start.

He says today is May 11th (which means this is an old-ass interview) and that he's been hard at work on the game for 2 years now.

He says that he's been coming up with ideas for the series for a while, but he couldn't make the game because there was no hardware for it (basically he's had the ideas floating around in his head for some time, but he couldn't develop the games until Nintendo finished up making their new consoles).

He says that there's been a lot of trial and error with the development of the game because they didn't quite know what the 3DS had "tucked in the box", so I'm guessing they've been playing around with the hardware and seeing what kind of stuff they can do to make the new games unique.

He says that in the two years since they started working on the game, he's confident that things will run a lot smoother because they've been able to get their hands on the final hardware of the 3DS.

They make some joke about how they would come up with an idea for something in one game and then say, "But that's not going into the other one!", which I guess goes to further support that the two games are going to be different (the example they give is a 'stationary aircraft').

He says that it kind of hurts him to pick and choose features for the games because he knows that Smash Bros. fans are so eager for the games, and he doesn't want someone who buys it on the 3DS to feel like they were gimped out of stuff that's on the Wii U version.

He says whether or not one game would be an extension of the other was never really considered. He says something about having 50 characters on the console version, double the stages they had previously, and delivering all of that with gorgeous visuals.

He says that the handheld version is appealing to him because it's unprecedented for the series and there are a lot of possibilities that aren't necessarily on the console version. He mentions it being more like the original Smash Bros. on the N64, noting that you can set handicaps in matches (I dunno, I thought the others had that as well).

He says that the 3DS version will be more "individualized" or something. He says that collecting figures and raising stats is an artificial reward and that the reward you would get from playing the 3DS version would be an "experience increase in the skill of your fingers". I think he's saying that they plan on throwing out the figure collecting on the 3DS version and focusing mainly on the fighting.
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Hmmm... some of this stuff is contradictory to what we've heard about the game not officially being in development yet. I guess he's been working on the 3DS version first?

More should be coming
 
Not expecting much with regards to crossplay, because of how it was worded. Something along the lines of "CONNECT BOTH VERSIONS TO SHARE TROPHIES!"
 
Triton55 said:
Partial summary of the Iwata Asks from translator on /v/:


Hmmm... some of this stuff is contradictory to what we've heard about the game not officially being in development yet. I guess he's been working on the 3DS version first?

More should be coming
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I think some of it has to be about Kid Icarus such as the in development for 2 years part. Or did it specifically mention SSB?
 
Here's the rest of the translation, again from some guy on /v/

Fuck me. This translating shit is giving me a headache. Some of the stuff he says doesn't make sense.

Anywho, he goes on to mention something about "stationary machines" which could or could not be arcade cabinets (it kind of sounds like what he's talking about, but I'm 99.99% sure he's referring to the Wii U). He talks about practicing and improving your skills on the 3DS version and then taking your new-found skill to a public forum (probably by playing online on the console).

He claims the Wii U version will be in HD, run at 60 frames per second, have "very gorgeous graphics", dynamic effects, and smooth character movements.

He makes the comparison that the 3DS version is your "take home" version and your Wii U version is your "public" version (again, very reminiscent of fighting games on home consoles and their arcade cabinet counterparts).

They talk about how the Wii U version has more 'volume', which I assume to mean it has more content, but he points out that the base game hasn't changed very much.

They talk about blowing each other, which I assume is their phrase for winning against each other. He talks about how he wants the good people and the not-so-good people to have a fair match and still have competition between the two.

Okay, okay. So to expand on that, he's saying that he wants the 3DS version to be more accessible. He wants good players and bad players to have the same amount of fun (which is why he mentions handicaps). He basically mentions that the 3DS version is going to be your "casual" version of Super Smash Bros. and the Wii U version will be aimed more toward "hardcore" fans.
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There are a few more pages but it's mostly just about hiring staff, balancing characters, and development in general.
 
They talk about blowing each other
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LOL?

Anyway, that info sounds great so far, hope we get a full translation soon. 50 chars? Double the stages? also sounds like the 3DS version will have RPG elements.
 
Super Smash Bros. 2 is an interesting working title. I guess it refers to the 2 different platforms and maybe that it's more like a sequel if you consider Melee and Brawl more akin to expansions of the original?

Oops, just realized that I skipped over that part in copy/pasting it here:

He talks about how secretive he had to be when making the game for the 3DS because when he was first approached about it, the 3DS hadn't been announced yet, that nobody knew about the new handheld. He says something along the lines of how he's been excited to announce the game, but he hasn't been able to because of the 3DS being so secretive.

He also says that a working title for the game has been "Super Smash Bros. 2"
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Ouch, so Sakurai is still going on about balancing competitive and casual players? If it isn't optional, than Sakurai needs to get his priorities straight.

But I digress. I'm expecting 40 characters in all, 45 absolute maximum. Specifically hoping for Muddy Mole, Takamaru, Medusa, Tingle, Fawful, Saki Amamiya, Isaac, Starfy, Captain Syrup, and Little Mac.
 
A Link to the Snitch said:
Ouch, so Sakurai is still going on about balancing competitive and casual players? If it isn't optional, than Sakurai needs to get his priorities straight.
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Sounds like the 3DS version is the "casual" version and the WiiU version is the "hardcore" version
 
Sakurai needs to add Jill so he'll pull a Kid Icarus with Drill Dozer. :(

(He made Kid Icarus largely because of Pit being in Brawl.)
Nirolak said:
Their development might go smoother if they stopped disassembling the team after ever game.
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To be fair, Sora is just one work-for-hire person - Sakurai. It would be nice he always had a development team on hand, but I don't think that's his style.

I am curious as to what kind of development group he will gather. A small part of me hopes it's people from Namco's Tales team.
 
I am surprised no one is shitting over the fact that there is mention of 50 fighters in the u version. That's 15 fucking more fighter!!!! There has to be viewtiful joe in the bunch!!!! Okay, I am getting way to hyped.
P.S.: From the text it appears that they worked mostly on the 3ds version so far.
 
Drkirby said:
Hope they go all out with the soundtrack like last time.
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They can just take the whole soundtrack from SSBB, add new tracks for returning and new characters/stages, and be done with that aspect IMO. The soundtrack was already RIDICULOUS, and anything that can make this release closer to 2012/2013 is better for everyone.
 
I hope there will be Capcom Characters this time and more from Sega and Konami.

Super Smash Brothers: UniverseS

or Hyper Smash Brothers Turbo HD: 4th Strike: Arcade Edition
 
Those translation sucks.

He didn't mention that the console version will have 50 characters.

The whole interview is just general discussion on the direction of the next Smash Bros game. Nothing is decided.

That "50 character" part of the interview was like "Naturally thinking, the next iteration of the Smash Bros game would be something like "Let's have 50 characters in the game" and "Let's have double the amount of stages in the game"". But then they go on and say that they want to do things differently, according to the strength of each version of the device whether it's handheld or console.

Don't believe anything about those translations. I am at work right now so I can't do any translation, but those surely cannot be believed.

The whole interview is basically a brainstorm of a brainstorm, just throwing around ideas and general directions that the game CAN go, but again, nothing is concrete.
 
Everyone should go out announcing games yet to start development or barely in development.

Nintendo E3 conference 2010 redux.
 
I want Jiro the armadillo from The Rolling Western here!

Anyway yeah, nothing much yet here.
 
Ookami-kun said:
I want Jiro the armadillo from The Rolling Western here!

Anyway yeah, nothing much yet here.
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THIS!!! He is a really fun character ^^
I hope that they don't forget him to be a downloadable game :(
 
mutsu said:
Those translation sucks.

He didn't mention that the console version will have 50 characters.

The whole interview is just general discussion on the direction of the next Smash Bros game. Nothing is decided.

That "50 character" part of the interview was like "Naturally thinking, the next iteration of the Smash Bros game would be something like "Let's have 50 characters in the game" and "Let's have double the amount of stages in the game"". But then they go on and say that they want to do things differently, according to the strength of each version of the device whether it's handheld or console.

Don't believe anything about those translations. I am at work right now so I can't do any translation, but those surely cannot be believed.

The whole interview is basically a brainstorm of a brainstorm, just throwing around ideas and general directions that the game CAN go, but again, nothing is concrete.
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I really hope that SSB U would have all characters that would shown up in SSB 3DS. It would suck hardcore if they decided to spread out characters between Wii U and 3DS.

Naturally, we should expect 50 characters from wii u. 36 > 50 which would be about 14 new characters. At same time, I don't expect anything big from Sakurai.

After all, I was bitter to see most of secret characters was returning characters.
 
Since the 3DS version will be a more single-player focused affair, I hope they put the Subspace Emissary-style mode on that platform then so they can focus on the multiplayer aspect of the console version...that seems like a nice balance.

Also since the 3DS version apparently allows you to "level up" the characters for the console version, does that mean they'll both have the same characters?

Either way, I'm pretty hyped for this.
 
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