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

[Ra]

New update with Olimar today. He now has Special moves. HUZZAH!

[ThirdMarioBro]

I'm reeeeeeally hoping for alternate costumes/models to alleviate the need for clone characters. Think about it. Mario > Dr. Mario. Fox > Falco > Wolf. Peach > Daisy > Rosalina. Sonic > Knuckles > Shadow (for anyone who gives a fu*k). See where I'm going here? They would all share the same move sets, so no real work has to be done other than art. Sakuari claims that Wario is the only one with an alternate costume, but the current rumor is that Wario is the only one with a default alternate costume/model, and you have to unlock the rest. People assume that model work is difficult and takes too much time for something like this to happen, but keep this in mind. All those models used to make the Melee trophies (just over 300 or so) plus all the character models (25) and the stage model work for the entire game of Melee were whipped up by the art team in a little over 11 months. Obviously Brawl has had over three times the development time, and many times the staff. I expect unlockable alternate costumes/models.

I'm also hoping for another Pokemon trainer, perhaps the rival who could come with a set of modern Pokemon to face off against the original three. The trainer is sort of a taunt of how awesome Pokemon could once again be if they would reinvent the worn out formula for Wii or something (but they won't, so screw it).

Regardless, the Brawl leaks will start coming soon when the media copies start coming out. Most of the Japanese media already have their's. The Famitsu review should be Monday-ish, then the media blitz slowly begins to shift into high gear.

[Peanut]

I'm actually completely against that costume idea. No. No. No. No. No.

I could see something like Mario having Dr. Mario, but not the alternate of certain characters being COMPLETELY DIFFERENT CHARACTERS. That's just f*cking stupid.

[Dr. Doom]

I agree entirely. I never really wanted it to go that far.

I wanted to be more elaborate but I got like an hour and a half of sleep. I can't really think...

[Mecha Cow]

I agree with Peanut; I really want alternate costumes, but to have both sets represent different characters entirely would be awkward and dilute the significance of both characters involved. Think about it, how lame would it be if Luigi was just an alternate for Mario?

That being said, I totally understand what TMB is getting at, though.

Even though Wario is the only character that really needs an alt. costume, it doesn't make much sense to have him be the only character that has one. It wouldn't surprise me if the other characters had unlockable costumes.

[Ra]

The different characters thing I can only see working with Sonic turning into Shadow. Other than that I can't really see it working that well. However, there really should be alternative costumes for characters. If it's just limited to Wario then I would be very surprised. Hopefully the costumes, if any, will be unlockables. Until further notice, I guess we'll just have to play the waiting game.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Shadow can kiss my ass. I suppose Peanut and Mecha are right about not diluting the characters with alternate skins, but I still want alternate costumes. If Soul Calibur can do it, so can Smash.

[Ra]

The more I think of it, the more I'm hoping for alternative costumes. It would be a nice change instead of leaving it with putting Pokemon in funny hats. Hopefully the folks working on the game will have enough time to slip in extra costumes. Maybe give Pokemon Trainer a girl skin, if they have the time. I doubt we'll see it, but I kind of like the idea...

[Peanut]

Pokemon Trainer already has 4 confirmed colours. One of which is actually an original GameBoy monochrome colour, which is not only hilarious, but completely awesome.

[Ra]

Really? Wow...that bit of info kinda went right by me. Oh well. I love monochrome, so I'm happy.

[Peanut]

It's not really surprising. You need to visit some of the very low rung smash bros websites to hear this kind of stuff. I hate going to these places, usually because the scum that infests them are the biggest idiots I've ever had the displeasure of seeing. The tournament kids who take it way too seriously, and the Nintendo fanboys who blow their loads over horrible rumors about stupid obscure Japanese characters being in the game.

However, they're always the first places to get any real information that isn't posted on the Smash Dojo. There was some convention in Japan this week, and there was a new playable of Brawl there, so a lot of new info got out.

[Ra]

Ah, well that explains how I didn't know about that. Usually I don't go to those places for all the reasons you just said. Looks like I need to go and take a little poke around then.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Yeah, I did that as well. Apparently the new demo had Rosalina as an assist trophy.

[Cure]

Nothing exciting today, but it's cool to know what to do to unlock some of the harder stuff. There were some trophies in Melee that I would not have known how to get if it weren't for gamefaqs.com.

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by Masahiro Sakurai

Due to delays in the completion of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, we’ve had to change the release date of the game to Sunday, March 9th.

I deeply apologize to the people who have looked forward to playing the game for so long and ask that you hold on just a little longer. Thank you for your patience.

Anybody who has kept up with Nintendo releases since around 2002 when Iwata took over knows good and well this is a load of ********. Nintendo always delays any releases they have for the first two months to the end of March so that they release with big numbers at the start of their next fiscal year. Hell, April 9th? I don't think so. Expect it to slip a couple of weeks further. First of all, their fiscal year doesn't start until March 24th. Second, I can't think of a single time in the past FIFTEEN ****ing years that Nintendo has released a game on a Sunday. With them its the work week or nothing.

Nintendo fans take it in the ass once again so that their investors get to see a big numbers in what is sure to be a financial letdown from last year.

Nintendo--so goddamn ****ing predictable. Looks like its time to cancel my paid-off preorder. I've got to move that money to other February purchases rather than think for a month and a half how hard its going to be to dodge spoilers from the Japanese version all over YouTube.

Excuse me while I take down my sig and avatar. The hype train just came to a full stop, and you're going to have to find somebody else to post unofficial updates, because otherwise the Japanese import kids are going to spoil the whole damn game for me in that month in a half.

*edit*

Screw it. I'll join them. I'm not waiting two ****ing months.

[Cure]

Oh, well. **** happens.

[Spitfire]

I'd rather they take longer and release a better game then rush it out and release a half ass'd game with glitches.

[Deathknight]

I seriously doubt it's glitches they're fixing. They just making excuses to delay it as far as I'm concerned. REALLY F***ING PISSES ME OFF! I've been waiting years for this game and they pull this crap way too many times. It's inexcusable as far as I'm concerned.

[Cure]

I'm not saying that it's OK, but like TMB said, this is Nintendo. Am I the only one not surprised by this?

[Dr. Doom]

Originally Posted by ThirdMarioBro

Anybody who has kept up with Nintendo releases since around 2002 when Iwata took over knows good and well this is a load of ********. Nintendo always delays any releases they have for the first two months to the end of March so that they release with big numbers at the start of their next fiscal year. Hell, April 9th? I don't think so. Expect it to slip a couple of weeks further. First of all, their fiscal year doesn't start until March 24th. Second, I can't think of a single time in the past FIFTEEN ****ing years that Nintendo has released a game on a Sunday. With them its the work week or nothing.

Nintendo fans take it in the ass once again so that their investors get to see a big numbers in what is sure to be a financial letdown from last year.

Nintendo--so goddamn ****ing predictable. Looks like its time to cancel my paid-off preorder. I've got to move that money to other February purchases rather than think for a month and a half how hard its going to be to dodge spoilers from the Japanese version all over YouTube.

Excuse me while I take down my sig and avatar. The hype train just came to a full stop, and you're going to have to find somebody else to post unofficial updates, because otherwise the Japanese import kids are going to spoil the whole damn game for me in that month in a half.

*edit*

Screw it. I'll join them. I'm not waiting two ****ing months.

Jesus ****ing Christ, man, don't you have another family reunion to go to or something? I'm ready to not hear from you for another several weeks. Or ever again. That's fine, too.



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