Great Rumbler Wrote:Come on!!

Quote:I think you're looking at this from entirely the wrong angle, Lazy. This is a Japanese game after all. So, for example, if Vaan [FFXII] are Raiden [MGS2] or considered "average" then Brawl Sheik is more like Grizzly Adams.

DMiller Wrote:I think Nintendo is trying to pull a trick on us.

Shigeru: It's not a trick...it's an ILLUSION!

Laser Link Wrote:Arrested Development has been the best thing about the past few months. One of my friends has the entire series on DVD and we'll get together and watch 2 or 3 episodes at a time. It's brilliant! I may be new (and sadly, too late) to the scene, but I love it.

And AD is the only reason I found out about Juno, which is pretty great too.

Great Rumbler Wrote:You guys need to watch The Office!

Dark Jaguar Wrote:http://www.thetanooki.com/2008/01/21/three-new-brawl-characters-accidentally-revealed/

Nintendo appears to have slipped up. These characters can at least be said to be coded into the game, though whether they are complete at all beyond that is unknown. What's good is that with the presense of Jigglypuff and Ness it seems to me that they do at least WANT to have all the previous contenders in there (meaning that Captain Falcon and perhaps Ganondorf might also return). This however is reaching. Again, the most I can say is they at least have the code for those characters (at least in portrait form) in the game.

A Black Falcon Wrote:http://us.wii.com/iwata_asks/ssbb/vol1_page1.jsp

Such a strange way to make a game...

(The secret development team behind the game revealed!)

Quote:Iwata
Therefore, we tried to think of ways to avoid this form of online gaming and ways to fashion an environment in which parents would feel safe letting their children play games online, debating at length on topics like how to create an online environment free of harassment. As a result, our concept of the WFC slowly began to take shape with two separate modes of play; players could play with friends or play with people they don’t know. It would be more about the fun of sharing rather than simply competing. Amazingly, these were the proposals I found in the first document you gave me.

Sakurai
That’s right. When people think of playing Smash Bros. online, they think about battling opponents to see what happens based on their record of wins or losses, or about holding tournaments online. But I felt that this would make it a service from which only a select group of players could derive enjoyment. For Smash Bros., there are small communities here and there where there’s fun in winning and losing, even when there are more skilled players than others. But if you make an environment where everyone is trying to climb their way to the top of a single tall mountain, it’s clear that the people having fun would be limited to a small number of individuals.
Iwata
Those in the top five might feel pretty good about themselves, but what happens if you’re number 15,398 in the rankings? People considered formidable in their own particular community wouldn’t be the least bit pleased.

Sakurai
Furthermore, since Smash Bros. is likely to have a broad gaming base, those that enjoy playing it within their own community might still end up number 100,000 in the rankings.

Iwata
We were in nearly complete agreement on these things without ever having talked about it. Maybe it was because of our long experience of working together...or possibly our shared roots. (laughs)

Quote:Sakurai
Simply stated, the Stage Builder enables players to build their own stages. Just like the name says, right? (laughs) (See document) By combining several different components, like platforms, the width of the stage, and traps, players are free, to a certain extent, to create their own stages. They can upload these stages to Nintendo’s server, where it is then sent to other players. In other words, once everyday, a new stage made by someone, somewhere can be sent to your Wii.

Iwata
And the stages sent in this way then disappear.

Sakurai
Right. We figured making these stages available for just one day would make it more interesting.

Iwata
Treasuring every encounter, right?

Sakurai
Right. We wanted players to look forward to these encounters.

Iwata
And, if the stages piled up, it would be difficult to choose from such an endless supply. I think it’s the right decision considering that players have a limited amount of time to play games.

Great Rumbler Wrote:Battling against three other people in the same room is the superior form of multiplayer anyway.

Dark Jaguar Wrote:The funny thing is that list is still not completely filled in. Still, I think at this point I can totally rule out Megaman as Capcom is not listed in the credits. That goes for Square-Enix too (no Sora, though he'd fit just so very perfectly). Simon Belmont could still be in there though.

Laser Link Wrote:I still have a soft spot in my heart for Olberman from the Sports Center days, so hearing him yell "Come on!" at the end was amazing!

EdenMaster Wrote:Give it up, DJ :D

The final character list has been leaked, Mega Man, Sora, and Simon are not in ip :P