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  Stephen B  
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on the Wii U
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Welcome to the official discussion thread for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U on the Wii U!

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Every new generation a great dawn emerges where a new game in the acclaimed Super Smash Bros. series graces Nintendo's newest consoles… for the Wii U, that time is almost upon us. Nintendo is truly pulling out all the stops with this one. Here's the breakdown on what we can expect… (Learn more at the Super Smash Bros. website.)

1.) 45+ playable characters (new characters, returning fighters, or accessible via alt costumes)
2.) Releasing November 21st, November 28th, or December 5th depending on your region
3.) Tons of content; from trophies to levels to music tracks to items to pokemon to modes… it seemingly never ends!
4.) Customizable Move-sets
5.) Many control setups; Wii U Gamepad, standard Wii U options, Gamecube controllers, even your 3DS!
6.) Online capable (and encouraged)
7.) Check out Nintendo's 50 Things You Should Know about Smash Bros!
8.) Stages exclusive to the Wii U version. Some epic stages!
9.) Amiibo Support for all existing Amiibos
10.) Gameplay lands somewhere between Melee and Brawl


As you can see, there really is something for everyone, perhaps more than ever before. As I wrote this whole post up, I was listening to the Super Smash Bros. Brawl soundtrack and remembering the hours and days and weeks and months of fun I've had with that game. This will be no different and really will shake the Wii U community up in the best ways. Nintendo is on the eve of quite possible the most acclaimed game the console will have. This is a very exciting moment for Nintendo gamers. Speaking back on the music, you can listen to a bunch of neat samples from the upcoming game at the SmashBros.com Music Page. Be sure to check out Kapp'n's Song! It's a personal favorite of mine. The 3DS version is to have two-songs per stage but the Wii U version is meant to have that and more, even some songs from past games as well.

Please enjoy a few of my favorite images found on the official Super Smash Bros. website.



The release date in North America is November 21st and it was just moved up to November 28th in Europe. For all other regions you can expect December 5th. In the mean time, there's always the 3DS version which looks incredible in it's own right! You can discuss it in Jargon's thread here; Super Smash Bros. 3DS. We should aim to keep this thread focused on the Wii U version so that the 3DS discussion ends up in it's right place. Keep in mind that the Daily Updates are still being provided by Sakurai (for a few more weeks at least) and the best place to find and discuss those is Stephen's Super Smash Bros. News Discussion (Roster Spoilers) Now With Daily Images thread. I do my best to update that daily with the Sakurai posts.

Who is your main? What are you most excited for? Finally, be sure to have your friends added on your Wii U! I'll do my best to keep this thread updated with the various users who are playing this online.

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U: The Negative World Roster
NW User Name - Nintendo Network ID - Nickname

DrFinkelstein - a00link - Stephen
ploot - realploot - Pauloot
deathly_hallows - ch_rls - ????
Jargon - Hendrik - Hendrik
chrisguy - chrisguy - ????
Ludist210 - Ludist210 - Lewis
GameDadGrant - GameDadGrant - ????
anon_mastermind - Mastermind85 - ????
VofEscaflowne - VofEscaflowne - ????
kriswright - kriswright - ????
Cryojin - Cryojin - ????
TheOldManFromZelda - OldManFromZelda - ????
Smerd - Smerd20 - ????
achhibbar - achhibbar - ????
Mop it up - Mop_it_up - ????
TheBigG753 - TheBigG753 - Greggy
Cubed777 - C77777 - ????
nate38 - VictorVonPlugman - nate
kgtennispro - kgtennispro - Kenny
chrisbg99 - chrisbg99 - Chris
Brick - Brick20 - Brick
pokepal148 - pokepal148 - ????
PogueSquadron - PogueSquadron - Jamie
Super_Conzo - Super_Conzo - ????
Beardednerd - beardednerd - Dave

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09/15/14, 00:22    Edited: 01/14/15, 13:34
 
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  Mr_Mustache  
@Smerd

I've beaten the Wii U All-Star Mode a few times, with different characters. I think I did it on Normal, too. HMM.

EDIT- Is Lucina unlocked from the start?? I had her "spoiled" in Fink's pic, but then I see she's up there on the grid...but I've never seen her in the game. Whats the big idea?
11/27/14, 09:51   
Edited: 11/27/14, 09:52
  Jargon  
Do any of the challenge boxes lead to hidden characters coming to fight? Because I swear I've done all the standard things for unlocking characters and I still haven't gotten all of them. I'd rather not look it up, but I suppose I already know who they all are so wouldn't be that big of a deal.
11/27/14, 10:14   
  carlosrox  
How many replays can be saved? I've saved like 20 or so at this point. Surprised it's so many.
11/27/14, 10:46   
  Cryojin  
Good set of matches, folks! I got too overzealous with Diddy on that last one, though.
11/27/14, 11:23   
  Octorockin  
@Cryojin

Yeah, those were fun! I enjoyed our 1 on 1 battles.

The match with Yoshi, Morton, and Larry was pretty funny. I saved that one for the vault.
11/27/14, 11:28   
  Cryojin  
Ah yeah! So much bouncing on the walls and ceilings. Madness! Sweet sweet madness!!!
11/27/14, 11:35   
  DrFinkelstein  
@Mr_Mustache

She's unlockable but been known for many months since Sakurai announced it, and of course the 3DS game. Didn't even realize she's still not unlock abl from the start here since some characters who are unlocked in the Wii U are locked on 3DS.

@Jargon

No characters are unlocked through challenge boxes. It's the other way around in fact for a few boxes. Have you done all the different things in the Multi Man Smash thing?
11/27/14, 15:34   
  carlosrox  
No one knows about the replay limit?


Online has been a mixed bag. I've had a few unplayable matches and some butter smooth ones and basically everything in between. Even within the same match it can fluctuate big time. The worse performances have been with my brother though, and net at his place has been rocky for a while. Mine doesn't have the best track record either, but I think the real issues are on his end because when I play with my friend it runs much better.

How do the rules and all that work online? I can't figure out who's allowed to change the rules and when. Is it turn based? Can I make private rooms? This one random on my friend list apparently hijacked my game and set the rules to some obnoxious 9 stock battle that took forever to finish. I was all like "fuck that guy". I also can't ever seem to change how the map selection works. It's always greyed out. I wanna set it to host only.

Anyone?
11/27/14, 20:18   
  kgtennispro  
@carlosrox

With Friend rooms, it's always set that the person that comes in last is the one that gets to redo the rules, including item set up.

Map selection wise everyone will always have a shot at having their map chosen, the only way to guarantee yours is picked would be to talk with them ahead of time and make sure they all pick the same one.
11/27/14, 21:12   
  carlosrox  
@kgtennispro
Why in the fuck would that be the case? That makes little sense. I've seen it switch though. It gives controls to different players sometimes I think.

So stage selection is effectively always random? Between the stages players have chosen I mean?
11/27/14, 23:13   
  Jargon  
@DrFinkelstein

Hmm, I thought I did but maybe I missed one of them. I'll check. Thanks.
11/27/14, 23:21   
  NoName  
@Jargon

The characters are unlocked only by way of the number of basic Smash fights you've had. Once you reach 100, you'll have all of the characters. The stages, however, require play in other modes of the game.
11/27/14, 23:33   
  DrFinkelstein  
@NoName

Not true. While that is one way, you can unlock them without having 100 matches. I only had maybe 3 or 4, but did a ton of single player stuff, and they all showed up.
11/27/14, 23:55   
  pokepal148  
@DrFinkelstein you can, if you want to tackle cruel smash early just get marth, keep pressing down b until someone is dead.
11/28/14, 01:31   
Edited: 11/28/14, 01:32
  Mop it up  
@Cryojin @Octorockin Yeah, glad you could join us! I'd like to think I did pretty well for my first time playing.
11/28/14, 01:33   
Edited: 11/28/14, 01:34
  Jargon  
I ended up looking it up and it seems if I had done all the challenges it would have indeed unlocked all the characters. Oh well, I wouldn't have known which ones so it's fine to get them unlocked quicker.
11/28/14, 01:44   
  Jargon  
Unlocked all the characters and stages (didn't look that part up) just in time for my first local multiplayer session with some fellow nerds from work.

Some thoughts after having played a solid amount:

-I may be the only person here this affects, but it bugs me that you can't set the C-stick to do tilts instead of smashes. That was my set up in Brawl and it's taking some getting used to go back to the Melee style.

-Early frontrunner for worst level is the Donkey Kong Country Returns one. I knew going into the background would be annoying just for being hard to see, but the chaos of the barrels and all the arrows and such just make it worse. My only real frustration with this game has been doing a horde event on that stage.

-The Paratrooper inspired event is so awesome. Just one of the many signs that Sakurai wants to pay homage to all classic gaming, not just Nintendo stuff.
11/28/14, 14:30   
  nate38  
@Jargon I don't have the game yet, but I could have sworn I saw someone post that there's an option for tilts on the C-stick.
11/28/14, 17:39   
  carlosrox  
@Jargon
You're crazy, that stage is awesome. Only weak links are the boss heavy stages. I tend to do Omega versions of those.
11/28/14, 21:23   
  pokepal148  
I like how charizards custom specials are set up in a way where they are much more useful for him then the standard versions.

Seriously, Dragon Rush is better then Flare Blitz (mainly because it's harder to avoid)

Rock Hurl is so much more useful then Rock Smash (which lets be honest, in this game is only good for scaring people away when you try to land because nobody wants to be near charizard with a rock) it's not even funny.

@carlosrox I haven't really minded the pyrosphere.

Gaur plains is fine because metal face seems to mind his own business if you keep away.

Norfair is still f-ing awful.
11/28/14, 23:04   
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