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Nintendo Announces Smash Bros And Splatoon eSports Tournaments

Nintendo Announces Smash Bros And Splatoon eSports Tournaments

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We’re all aware by now how slow Nintendo can be to react to trends it didn’t initiate. The company is a far better leader than a follower, and whenever it has to adapt to changes established by its competitors…it tends to stumble. We’re still waiting on a decent online plan. So it comes as no surprise it’s taken this long for Big N to respond to the esports industry and enter the field, but now they have. Presenting the first official, Nintendo-led esports tournaments for both Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Splatoon 2! Beginning next month, tryouts for the Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019 will begin at four designated locations across America. Three individual rounds of online events will be played there, and the winners will ultimately have their chance at the final event at the PAX East video game conference in Boston on March 30. “This inclusive pair of tournaments is a great way for anyone to

Hackers Uncover Clues To The Next Smash Bros Fighters

Hackers Uncover Clues To The Next Smash Bros Fighters

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No one outside Nintendo knows which characters will be added to Super Smash Bros Ultimate in the next few months. Shortly before the game’s release Piranha Plant was revealed as the first DLC character, to be followed by five more. During the Game Awards last month, Joker from the Persona series was announced as the second. Who are the remaining four? Data miners have been poring through the Smash Bros code and they say they’ve found some clues. Past unannounced fighters have been discovered this way. This time, the programmers knew there would be pokers and prodders, and were smart enough to use code names. Here are three placeholder names for upcoming fighters: fighter_kind_jack fighter_kind_brave fighter_kind_packu “Fighter_kind_packu” is more than likely Piranha Plant. But who are the other two? It’s possible “Jack” is Joker’s code name. It could also refer to Jack Frost, the mascot of Atlus’s Shin Megami Tensei series, but the likelihood of Nintendo picking two DLC characters from the same dev team is unlikely. “Brave” doesn’t apply

Special Limited Edition Smash Bros Package Contains 63 Amiibo

Special Limited Edition Smash Bros Package Contains 63 Amiibo

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Super Smash Bros Ultimate, like the previous two Smash releases, will be fully compatible with amiibo figures. If you’ve been slow to collect them, there’s a way to catch up…if you can manage it. Turns out the Japanese version of the game will have a special edition containing 63 amiibo inside. That isn’t every compatible amiibo, but it’s close. ROLL CALL: Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Luigi, Ness, Captain Falcon, Jigglypuff, Peach, Bowser, Ice Climbers, Sheik, Zelda, Dr. Mario, Marth, Roy, Ganondorf, Mewtwo, Mr. Game And Watch, Meta Knight, Pit, Corrin, Zero Suit Samus, Wario, Charizard, Diddy Kong, Lucas, Sonic, King Dedede, Captain Olimar, Lucario, ROB, Toon Link, Wii Fit Trainer, and….more than that, I’m done for now. The package even contains amiibo that won’t be released for several months, like Piranha Plant and King K. Rool. This set is available exclusively through Amazon Japan. This is a key component of their sinister plot to take over the world, as theorized by Beth Elderkin because she

Is This Proof Of A Smash Bros Ultimate Single Player Mode?

Is This Proof Of A Smash Bros Ultimate Single Player Mode?

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The popular assumption among Smash Bros fans was that longtime series director Masahiro Sakurai was planning not to include a single-player story mode in Smash Bros Ultimate. The reasons being: they’re time-consuming to make, they’re not as popular as the multiplayer mode, and you can just watch all the cutscenes on YouTube without playing. But one devoted Smash fan with visual effects training thinks he’s discovered evidence a story mode will be in the game. While watching the latest Nintendo Direct, he discovered that the secret menu item Sakurai wouldn’t show, which is pixelated in the video, becomes less pixelated for about two frames — enough to just make out a word. Using filtering software, he enhanced the contrast of the screenshot to reveal…..the word “SPIRITS.” What did we see in the Direct? Spirits. Specifically we saw Luigi become a spirit, and before that we saw Mario and Mega Man seemingly bumped off by Ridley. These were the kind of dramatic cinematics that made up the Subspace Emissary, to date

There Will Be Smash Bros Ultimate Amiibo — But How Many?

There Will Be Smash Bros Ultimate Amiibo — But How Many?

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For those of you wondering if there would be Smash Bros Ultimate amiibo, the answer is “yes.” Nintendo’s Japanese website confirmed that new amiibo would be out upon the release of the game. Nintendo had confirmed previously that amiibo would still be a part of Smash Bros Ultimate and that all previous amiibo would work with the Switch game. The big question is….is Nintendo planning to reissue all 66 (and counting) current Smash Bros characters in new poses, or are they just talking about making figures for the newcomers? At this early stage, we don’t know, but we have enough information to speculate. Ridley, the Inklings and Daisy were confirmed as Smash Bros Ultimate amiibo shortly after they were revealed in their trailers. Today Nintendo of Japan followed that up by revealing that returning characters would be getting amiibo as well, confirming Ice Climbers and Pichu. (We’re guessing Snake is on the way, even though they’ve said nothing. Get in line for that one.) The amiibo market has cooled down

Smash Bros Details out of E3

Smash Bros Details out of E3

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Nintendo showcased the new installment of Smash Bros and gave us a lot to look forward to   This year’s Nintendo Direct gave us an in depth look at the new Smash Bros which has been officially titled Smash Bros Ultimate. From tweaks to the game, characters, and more. They gave it the spotlight for it to shine. The roster in this game is the largest yet because all past characters are available to play. This includes past DLC characters. There are also new types of characters that are based off of other characters called Echo characters. One of these characters shown was Daisy as a clone of Princess Peach. Though there are two new characters added to the roster that were announced. Previously announced was the inkling boy and girl. However as a surprise announcement Ridley from the Metroid franchise is now a fighter. You will also have new variants of costumes and characters. For example you can have a male or female Pikachu and Pokemon Trainer. With costumes

Masahiro Sakurai Will Direct The New Switch Smash Bros.

Masahiro Sakurai Will Direct The New Switch Smash Bros.

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Masahiro Sakurai was the brainchild behind Super Smash Bros. when it first appeared on the Nintendo 64. Since then it’s grown into one of Nintendo’s biggest hits with a VERY VERY devoted fanbase (we mean very), and each entry has been personally approved by Sakurai, every step of the way. And boy, does he get involved. Sakurai confessed in an issue of Famitsu that he goes far enough to program much of the games himself. “With the previous Smash Bros. games, I would input all the fighter specs and attack hitboxes, and with the new games I’m doing something very similar.” It’s a lot for one man to take on, but as he puts it, “It’s faster and more accurate to do it myself than to tell someone else over and over again what to do.” Sakurai puts so much of his heart and soul into Smash that a sequel without his involvement would feel unavoidably different. He complained of exhaustion after Smash For Wii U And 3DS and there

Bayonetta Finally Nerfed For Good In Smash Bros

Bayonetta Finally Nerfed For Good In Smash Bros

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A new update for Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS went live this week. Nintendo doesn’t release official patch notes for Smash Bros; thus fans are forced to look into the game code and figure out what is different. It turns out, this time….nothing. Every character is the same as they were pre-patch….except for Bayonetta. Also known as The Girl Who Broke Smash Bros (until now), Bayonetta’s addition last February resulted in an over-reliance on her superpowerful feats of hair magic; effective against godlike beings but perhaps overkill when used on Pikachu. Her presence threatened to spoil what until now had been the most balanced Smash to date, but Update 1.1.5 brought the witch down to Earth and this next one, Update 1.1.6, finished the job. If you feel like looking at it, here are the full notes on changes made to Bayonetta courtesy of Smash Boards. No more cheating, people; git gud. Down tilt: Hitbox Size: 3.5 -> 2.8 FAF: 36F -> 38F Fair: First Hit Damage:

Smash Bros. Producer Wishes Geno Could Have Made It In

Smash Bros. Producer Wishes Geno Could Have Made It In

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In a new interview with the Japanese website Nintendo Dream, Smash Bros. producer Masahiro Sakurai was asked which character he wanted to include in the latest Super Smash Bros (which just wrapped its DLC production this month) but couldn’t. Sakurai immediately mentioned Geno. In fact, he wanted Geno in the game all the way back in Brawl. Geno is a living puppet that was introduced in the Super NES classic Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. Aside from a silent cameo in 2003’s Game Boy Advance title Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga, the character has never appeared again. The leading fan theory is that Square-Enix, who developed Super Mario RPG for Nintendo, has partial ownership of the Geno character and, for whatever reason, won’t sign off on his return. This has never been confirmed, but the fact that no other original character from Super Mario RPG has made a playable return anywhere is pretty convincing evidence. It’s not entirely true that Geno isn’t in the game at ALL.

Good News, Darlings: Nintendo Is Rereleasing Bayonetta 2

Good News, Darlings: Nintendo Is Rereleasing Bayonetta 2

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Last month Nintendo revealed the final member of Team Smash, as chosen by a worldwide poll: Bayonetta. And it had an interesting effect on the once-pokey sales of her critically praised sequel from 2014. Suddenly, thousands of gamers realized “Oh right, I need to get around to playing that,” and headed out to the store. Up until that point, copies of Bayonetta 2 were relatively easy to find. I’ve seen the same three sitting around in a Fred Meyer display shelf for months. Then Bayo’s Smash trailer broke and all those copies vanished into thin air, as well as every other copy in unassuming supermarkets, every GameStop copy both in stores and online, and pretty much anyplace else the game was once sold. All gone. And you can bet no one was happier than the scalpers, who bought any remaning copies in existence and marked them up on eBay to ridiculous levels. Sometimes when this happens, Nintendo does nothing about it and all existing copies remain rare and valuable forever.

Super Smash Bros Melee Gains Replay Feature

Super Smash Bros Melee Gains Replay Feature

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Read the title a second time. We’re not talking about the current Super Smash Bros available for 3DS and Wii U. This is a new feature for the 2001 release Super Smash Bros Melee, for the Nintendo Gamecube. ….No, it’s not official. A programmer named Dan Salvato has been working on a plussed-up super-mod for Smash Bros. Melee called 20XX Tournament Edition that will expand the game’s features. Player names can be longer, matches can be edited to remove items and power-ups hardcore players see as unfair, and menu music can be customized. Salvato decided to let one of those features out early, as a singular mod: a replay feature. With replay installed, you can record any match in full, then play it back. The ability to record and replay matches is possible in the current Smash Bros series, having made its debut with Brawl in 2008, but it was never added to Melee. Until today! The replay feature for Melee is actually more advanced than what is currently in

Yarn Yoshi and Mewtwo Amiibo Release Dates Announced

Yarn Yoshi and Mewtwo Amiibo Release Dates Announced

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Nintendo has been unveiling some very interesting things for fans and gamers in the last few days. First came the reveal of release dates for some of its really big holiday lineup, and now we’ve also gotten information about two highly anticipated Amiibos (via a press release) that’ll be coming this fall/holiday season as well. First up is the Mega Yarn Yoshi and its Amiibo. While there is already Yarn Yoshis (three different colors I might add) that you can already get, you’ll be able to get the mega-sized one for yourself on November 15th in the US and November 27th in Europe. Don’t worry, the functionality will be the same, but this time you’ll get a second Yoshi to help you in the game, a very gigantic Yoshi that is. For Smash Bros. fans, a highly anticipated Amiibo is heading your way. Mewtwo, the first ever DLC character for the game, has officially gotten an Amiibo release date. In the US, you’ll get the Mewtwo Amiibo (if you can find

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