SSBB Thread: IT'S OUT!!!!!!!!!!

[Dinny]

Hugely underwhelming update however:

Of course, if you don’t have a large number of friends, you may not have much need for a tourney.
Still, we’re working seriously to make this mode fun for even those people.

Is he hinting at online tourney here?

[Mecha Cow]

Yeah, it wouldn't surprise me if the tournament mode was Wi-Fi compatible.

[Deathknight]

You don't need that crappy mode to have a wifi tournament. That's what friend codes are for and setting up matches in advance. Tournament matches should always be 2 out of 3 anyway, tournament mode only allows a single match. Anyone can get lucky or have a bad match, that's why most tournaments are 2 out of 3 so you can redeem yourself. It makes it more like a normal fighting game.

[Dr. Doom]

In the MGS Movie thread in TV/Movies, I indirectly discovered a link on Kotaku to something about David Hayter confirming that he's already recorded his lines for the game. Not really a huge shocker or anything, but just nice to know, especially when you're paranoid about how the game will turn out like I am.

[ThirdMarioBro]

That gives me the same sort of relief I heard when I heard Martinet had already recorded for Luigi. Melee's voice acting was a rushed train wreck, and I was worried about Snake.


You know, after reading about how Nintendo has casualized Zelda on IGN, I'm more and more thankful that Masahiro Sakurai left Nintendo. That's why this game is turning out so well. Hell, he even kept Wavebird support.

Imagine what a waggle ridden piece of sh*t this game would be if it were being developed in-house. You just can't trust Nintendo to not sell-out anymore.

[Mecha Cow]

Lucas is a playable character. Probably a replacement for Ness, then.

[Peanut]

I (and many others) called this one. This was the plan for Melee, and with all the time Sakurai had to work on Brawl, it had to happen. This also makes the rumor that floated out with this one (that 2 of the original characters were getting the boot) much more likely.

However, let us not begin to count our chickens, because he did mention Ness. That comment could either mean that Lucas makes Ness obsolete, or he and Ness will have a chance to throw down in Brawl. I guess we'll need to wait and see.

[Cure]

I hope he's not exaggerating when he says he "fights splendidly".

[Dr. Doom]

It does bring more concerns to mind about people potentially being removed/replaced, whereas I was feeling pretty good about that before.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Remember, the fu*king Ice Climbers managed to wriggle back in. Don't give up hope yet.

[Dr. Doom]

Right, that's one thing I'm holding on to.

[愛]

They can't keep every character. The best you can do is hope your favorite character is kept in. If not, get better with a new character.

[Dr. Doom]

They certainly can. Why wouldn't they be able to? Look at Soul Calibur 3. It has, in at least some capacity, every character from the Soul Series, save for like Edgemaster and Charade, who does make an appearance, and the SCII Exclusives.

EDIT: And Seong Mi-Na's father.

EDIT: And Necrid, though he was just kind of a bastardization of other people's moves anyways.

[愛]

Because then they'd have to update the move list for every character, and let's face it, that can be overwhelming. I'd love for them to keep every character, but it's just not doable. Especially since we're talking about Nintendo.

[Mecha Cow]

Ness was originally going to be replaced by Lucas in Melee already. Take that however you will, but I wouldn't get my hopes up for Ness still being in the game.

Who cares, though? They're basically the same character anyway, and as long as they play the same it doesn't really make much of a difference whether Ness is in or out.

[Dr. Doom]

They wouldn't have to competely overhaul everyone. Look at Link. His moves were slightly changed but are the same for the most part. Most characters will probably end up fighting exactly the same way they did in the last game. Like Captian Falcon. Sure, they've added things to Mario, Link and Samus that have happened in their games since Melee, but what has Captian Falcon been up to lately?

[Deathknight]

I'm hoping Ness will be back and will rival Lucas. I really think it's crap that they planned to replace Ness since Lucas is more popular. People like certain characters better than others but that doesn't mean you shouldn't give the less liked one a chance to shine along with them. It's like saying since Mario is much more popular than Luigi they should only have Mario return but not Luigi. Ness and Lucas should be in Brawl but based on the comment I'm thinking it's not going to be that way. So what if Lucas is more popular, that doesn't mean that nobody likes Ness anymore.

[Cure]

Whoa, kinda crazy update today. I'm liking the stage, and the communications Snake has seem pretty entertaining, as well, but they can get old fast if they pop up outta nowhere.

[Dr. Doom]

Best update ever.

[Barkworm]

HAHAHAHAHAHA, oh my god, this is insane!!!