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New Smash Bros Update Goes Live Friday

New Smash Bros Update Goes Live Friday

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On July 31st the next firmware update will be applied to both the 3DS and the Wii U versions of Smash Bros. In addition to the usual tweaks and bug repairs, this update is anticipated to add all the features Nintendo has hyped in past Nintendo Directs and at E3. Nintendo promised back in June that some retro battle stages would be making new appearances in both games. On July 31 that happens: the Kirby’s Dream Land stage, the original Hyrule Castle stage and the Peach’s Castle stage, all from the original N64 game, will be added to the roster as DLC (and yes, you will have to pay this time: $1.99 a stage, or $2.99 a stage to get it on both platforms at once). One new feature that will be free is the long-overdue ability to instantly upload your Smash replay videos to YouTube. Once you sync up your Smash game with your Google account, you will be able to preserve any of your favorite matches forever, or

There Will Be More Super Smash Bros DLC Characters

There Will Be More Super Smash Bros DLC Characters

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Source Gaming translated an interview in the latest Weekly Famitsu with Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai where he spoke about the recent additions to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS, and his plans for the future of those games, which isn’t over yet…. “There is a fighter ballot on the official Smash for Wii U/3DS website. We’ve received an extremely large number of votes, but of course, Lucas, Roy, and Ryu were in development even before the ballot was created. I had a grasp on their popularity and demand, though. From now until the end, it is going to be fan service, but I can’t keep the development team together forever, so there’s only going to be several more characters. I also ask for your patience, as we need time to develop more content.” The latest update to the Smash Bros. roster went up this month and added Lucas from Mother 3, Roy from Fire Emblem (and Smash Bros. Melee) and Ryu from Street Fighter. These came as no surprise since they were revealed by a fan analysis of the data inside a Japanese update to the Smash Bros firmware months ago. But it is relieving to get confirmation that it won’t stop there. Whoever is coming next is anyone’s guess. Sakurai didn’t drop any major hints in Famitsu, and from the sound of his tone, it may be a while before the characters he has in mind are functional enough for a leak to be possible. Unofficial surveys online indicate Shantae, Shovel Knight, Bayonetta

Mewtwo Is In Smash Bros…..Who’s Next?

Mewtwo Is In Smash Bros…..Who’s Next?

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Today is the day you can officially start adding Mewtwo to your Smash Bros. roster, on both the 3DS and the Wii U, thanks to a patch that’ll be applied the next time you turn on your game (you still have to download the 150th Pokemon separately). Some alterations to the game itself also came from this patch. According to the Internet’s analytical watchdogs, some of Lucina’s moves are now stronger and Pac-Man’s slow-throw animation is faster. Most importantly, the Smash developers seem to have listened to players’ complaints that Diddy Kong was unbalanced and have properly “nerfed” the character, making him considerably less powerful and therefore less of a cheat online. But now that we have Mewtwo, who’s next? We know Lucas is coming, and that Nintendo has asked for requests regarding possible new characters…but are there any hints out there? A user on the Smash Bros. forums has decrypted the new patch and has found some curious data files in the 3DS version…..like voice data for Roy, the

Nintendo Confirms That ANY Gaming Character Is Up For Consideration For Super Smash Bros.

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Nintnedo dropped a bombshell at the recent Nintendo Direct event. Mainly in that there was a ballot opened (of which you can partake in here) for fans and gamers to suggest what characters should be put into the game as DLC characters, not unlike what happened with Mewtwo and the newly revealed Lucas. Now obviously there is some more to it than just suggesting a name. You have to state who they are, what game they’re from, and give a reason for their inclusion. This had led to a number of Nintendo fanboys and fangirls suggesting Nintendo characters that should’ve been in the game, but didn’t make it. Like Isaac from Golden Sun, Wolf Link and Midna from Legend of Zelda Twilight Princess, and even characters like Wonder Red from Wonderful 101 and Bayonetta from…well Bayonetta. But this had led to a question, is there a limit on who can be suggested? Can it only be characters who have been on Nintendo platforms? Or can it expand beyond that? Nintendo

Banjo In Smash? XBox Head OK With The Idea

Banjo In Smash? XBox Head OK With The Idea

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As you’re filling out the Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot, you might assume there are certain realistic limits to what you can suggest. As nice as it would be to see a Rare character or two appear in the game, appearing there googly-eyed like the Nintendo 64 days never left, you know Microsoft would never allow it. Or wait, maybe they would. Someone asked the president of Microsoft’s XBox division, Phil Spencer, if Banjo was a possible candidate for Smash DLC, and Phil responded. Pedro @PedroDarkinson @XboxP3 Nintendo is holding a poll for the next Smash Bros DLC, and Banjo is a popular choice! It would mean so much if you could get him in Phil Spencer @XboxP3 @PedroDarkinson I think it would be cool if Banjo was in the next SSB DLC. We’ve worked with Nintendo on Rare IP before, no issues. Between this and Jetpac appearing intact in the upcoming Virtual Console release of Donkey Kong 64, it’s nice to see the wall between Nintendo and Microsoft slowly crumbling.

Thanks To Glitch, Everything’s A Tomato

Thanks To Glitch, Everything’s A Tomato

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When Leron Tomalchev started getting complaints from his girlfriend that her Smash Bros. game was acting weird, he asked what it was doing. She said everything had become a tomato. He checked it out for himself (and showed everybody else on YouTube), and sure enough, every item you interact with on the battlefield is now a Maximum Tomato, an item that normally restores all health. So now, as displayed on the video, whenever a Smash Ball appears, it’s a giant floating tomato. When he picks the Tanooki Suit, a tomato appears instead of a leaf and once touched, Pac-Man gets a tomato hat and a tomato tail. When he picks the Back Shield, Pac-Man gets a tomato on his back that follows him around. When he picks up the Franklin Badge, Pac-Man gets a little tomato covering his crotch as if to censor it. When he selects the laser gun, he gets a tomato that shoots little tomatoes. The big problem is displayed at the end when Leron tries to

Wii U Smash Bros. Updated With More 8-Player Madness

Wii U Smash Bros. Updated With More 8-Player Madness

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There’s a new update for Super Smash Bros. For Wii U as of today, and it’s free. (It’s also mandatory if you ever plan on playing online again.) The update expands existing battlefields to accommodate eight players, adding a total of 15 extra options for the eight-player battle mode. The 15 stages include nine in “Normal” form and six in “Omega” form: Standard Mario Circuit (Brawl) Pyrosphere Norfair Luigi’s Mansion Lylat Cruise Pokémon Stadium 2 Town and City Smashville Wii Fit Studio Omega Mario Galaxy Mario Circuit (Brawl) The Great Cave Offensive Lylat Cruise Pokémon Stadium 2 Animal Crossing: Town and City The series creator, Masahiro Sakurai, is proud of his new game but very worn out from the process of making it, as anyone who had the task of balancing 49 fighters would be. In his bi-weekly column in Weekly Famitsu, Sakurai answered a fan’s question about the difficulties making Smash with “It was very tough this time around…I doubt I’ll be able to go on making games if

Amiibos Activated!

Amiibos Activated!

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There is an old, long-running joke in cartoons where somebody will mention an idea, his partner will dismiss it, and then he’ll propose the same idea and remark, “How do I think up these things?” This was most famously seen in Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century, but has been repeated over and over by the likes of Plucky Duck, Timon, and now most recently, Nintendo. When Activision was developing the Skylanders franchise, they actually went to Nintendo first, hoping to create a co-production that would be a Wii exclusive. Nintendo turned them down, most likely because they didn’t think it up first and it would’ve meant swallowing their pride. Then Skylanders made a jillion dollars, and a Disney knockoff made another jillion dollars, and the big N suddenly thought: “Wait, I’ve got an idea! Little figures that you press onto a pad to make their likenesses appear onscreen! How do I think up these things, Porky?” “Abadee-abadeee-I have no idea.” As of today, alongside the launch of Super

E3: New Fighters for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

E3: New Fighters for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS

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Nintendo announced at its E3 press conference that both the release dates for its Wii U and 3DS versions of the newest Super Smash Bros. game would be moved. Depending on what version you planned on getting this could be either good or bad, with the 3DS version being pushed back to October 3rd 2014 and the Wii U version being released during the holidays. On top of that Nintendo released information regarding new fighters for the game including Lady Palutena from the Kid Icarus franchise and word of the introduction of Pac-Man. Palutena’s introduction was accompanied with a animated trailer depicting the goddess’s arrival to the arena, but the trailer also featured the introduction of Dark Pit from Kid Icarus Rising, hinting at his possibility as a playable character. Though whether he’d be acting as another palette swap for Pit or as a whole new character remains wholly unanswered. On the other hand, Pac-Man’s announcement went by only with a few screenshots depicting Pac-Man in all his yellow glory. It

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U demo at Best Buy during week of E3

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U demo at Best Buy during week of E3

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Nintendo announced Wednesday that Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will be playable at Best Buy locations around the U.S. during the week of E3 in mid-June. On June 11 from 4 to 9 p.m. and June 14 from 12 to 5 p.m. local time, more than 100 Best Buy stores around the U.S. will host “Super Smash Bros.Smash-Fest @ Best Buy,” an event that will feature the same demo of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U that attendees of the E3 2014 video game trade show in Los Angeles will be playing. Nintendo said that the first 70 people that pre-order a copy of Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS or Wii U will receive a collectible Super Smash Bros. gold coin and upon picking up their game on release will also get a $5 Best Buy Reward Zone certificate. The latest installment into the franchise has been playing a big role into Nintendo’s plans for E3 this summer, which includes a  L.A invitational tournament using the new game before its official release. The Smash-Fest