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[JohnTinker]

Alf assist trophy. He attacks in pog form with his good friend, Steve Allen.

Resident Evil Zombies as assist trophies?

 

[Zeed]

Come on, give us a Megaton...

 

[Thunder Monkey]

Alf assist trophy. He attacks in pog form with his good friend, Steve Allen.

Throws cat cutlets at unsuspecting electric rodents.

 

[sprsk]

I say today we get Snake.

 

[tribal24]

i say we get a metal gear related item

 

[Duderz]

Like the music to Metal Gear!

 

[JohnTinker]

Link's moveset

 

[Jiggy]

Japanese site updated. Seems to be Link's moves.

 

[gimz]

booo, i want new character, give us at least Snake

 

[rollingstart]

NICE! Gale Boomerang action!

and this puts those "down+B = wolf link" things to rest.

 

[Firestorm]

Tornado Boomerang
Hero's Bow
Spin Attack
Grappling Hook

=/ We know this stuff!

 

[Zeed]

Gale Boomerang instead of the old one, plus the Clawshot instead of the Hookshot, good stuff.

Tornado Boomerang
Hero's Bow
Spin Attack
Grappling Hook

=/ We know this stuff!

I am officially revoking your Zelda license.

 

[grandjedi6]

Japanese site updated. Seems to be Link's moves.

That's not a new stage or kirby related :/

 

[MrCheez]

I wouldn't hold out for Snake... Sakurai already said that he intends to make the 3rd party characters unlockables, and I don't think the Dojo will feature any unlockable-related content until after the game comes out.

 

[Zozz]

Metroid stage

 

[DeathbyVolcano]

Eh, I like that they updated the items for the new series. Clawshot looks great.

 

[Jiggy]

Is that the water bomb design? If it is, that probably confirms at least one level will involve water somewhere...

 

[JohnTinker]

Metroid stage

Try again

 

[Taurus]

Come on, give us a Megaman...

Fixed that one for you.

 

[YourMaster]

I never liked the TP- boomerang, but I think it sooths this game better.

 

[Firestorm]

Gale Boomerang instead of the old one, plus the Clawshot instead of the Hookshot, good stuff.


I am officially revoking your Zelda license.

I'm sleepy and was reading off the French site, so sue me =P

I didn't like TP as much as OoT, LA, and tWW anyway

 

[rollingstart]

The Gale Boomerang deals damage when thrown at an enemy, but when it comes back, it also lightly pulls the foe’s body.

cool, new effect.

You can charge up the Spin Attack!

could you charge the spin attack in Melee? if not, cool, new effect.

 

[Zeed]

Wow okay so there ARE changes here.

You can CHARGE UP the Spin Attack

...and the boomerang brings enemies back.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

Some interesting new tidbits: Homing tether recoveries, a functionally different boomerang, and a spin attack that can charge. This week is off to an okay start.

 

[Duderz]

Is that the water bomb design? If it is, that probably confirms at least one level will involve water somewhere...

I don't think that's the water bomb design - that one had a open mouth on it.

 

[Dark Ninja]

Wow okay so there ARE changes here. You can CHARGE UP the Spin Attack...and the boomerang brings enemies back.

The clawshot too
"it automatically flies to the closest ledge"

 

[atbigelow]

Is that the water bomb design? If it is, that probably confirms at least one level will involve water somewhere...

Nope. That's the normal bomb.

 

[rollingstart]

the Clawshot autolocks onto ledges? thats pretty cool, it seems like they are trying to get people to use those grapple hangs more.

 

[Keru_Shiri]

I wonder if they sped up the Bow and Arrow any?

 

[Jiggy]

I don't think that's the water bomb design - that one had a open mouth on it.

Oh yeah, that's true. Been a while since I played TP.

 

[rollingstart]

I wonder if they sped up the Bow and Arrow any?

he did make a comment about speed, the first thing I thought of was a faster bow charge.

 

[Somnid]

There seems to be a grab highlight in the moves, perhaps those will be better specialized by character too?

 

[Nintaiyo]

I'm wondering whether they exchanged the ability to aim the bow by holding down the button longer for being able to shoot it faster.

 

[Duderz]

I wonder if they sped up the Bow and Arrow any?

I sure hope so.

These definitely seem like welcome changes - Link was never a very good character IMO in either Smash Bros., hopefully that will change here.

 

[Zeed]

Here's an uncanny comparison shot:

 

[PkunkFury]

nice that they revealed all the moves this time instead of leaving us with two. Especially since its a character who's moves we pretty much new. Also good to see a few itmes have changed up

 

[superbank]

Pretty cool. Adding to and altering his current weapons. The Boomerang will be pretty nifty. The one thing that makes me mad is the bomb. It better do something special. For some reason I thinking I'll be irritated by the bomb and wish they made it a wolf transformation move.

 

[Nabs]

this game is going to be soooooooo good.

 

[jsrv]

This makes me want to play Twilight Princess again. Still at the water temple, and really hate that stage.

The design for Link is taken from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, so his special moves have also been designed a bit differently.

I guess there's a chance they'll use TP Ganon and maybe put Midna in there somewhere? (Assist if anything)

 

[Nintaiyo]

If Link can charge his spin move, I wonder whether a charged up spin will propel him higher if he uses it in mid-air.

 

[Zozz]

good stuff

 

[Zeed]

I guess there's a chance they'll use TP Ganon

The Ganon design was done by the Twilight Princess team, we already know that.

The one thing that makes me mad is the bomb. It better do something special.

Bomb recoveries, man. Bomb recoveries.

 

[Big Icarus]

The update seems to suggest that Link shoots arrows faster now too.

--- Wow. A whole page of people beating me.

 

[Somnid]

So, I guess that wraps it up for Link, we know everything (of interest) about him. Mario next?

 

[usea]

Spin attack can charge now? Sounds like it could be much weaker than the melee version to me. In melee, one of the main reasons the spin attack was so good is that it came out on frame 1 or 2. If it can be charged, it's almost certain that it will have a moderate to slow start up time. If you look at basically every other chargable move, none of them come out that quickly. The quickest one I can think of off-hand is samus's fsmash. While quick for a fsmash, there's a big difference between it and a move as quick as link's upb.

Hopefully it still sends victims at incredibly evil angles.

 

[Duderz]

I guess there's a chance they'll use TP Ganon and maybe put Midna in there somewhere? (Assist if anything)

I'd say Midna will be riding Wolf Link as an assist, while TP Ganon will be Ganondorf's final smash (wish it were OoT's Ganon, though.)

 

[Smelly5ocks]

good update, but nothing we didn't already know (except gale boomerang). My favorite part of the update was learning that the tether recovery has a bit of an auto aim.

 

[Zeed]

I'd say Midna will be riding Wolf Link as an assist

Nah, I think she'll have her pumped up helmet and throw all those glowing red arms everywhere, like at the end where

Spoiler

she attacks Ganon solo

.

 

[Duderz]

Nah, I think she'll have her pumped up helmet and throw all those glowing red arms everywhere.

Even better!

 

[Phatcorns]

So uh, i was looking at the "devil" assist trophy. Can we assume that widescreen would affect this trophy? no widescreen confirmed?

oh, and just random speculation, Zelda's Final Smash: something to do with the three goddesses?