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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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  nate38  
@Hero_Of_Hyrule Haha, makes sense. I'm guessing they'll have that for all the DLC fighters.
04/15/15, 17:59   
  DrFinkelstein  
@TriforceBun

PacMan faster.... hallelujah! I love him but yeah his grab is slow.
04/15/15, 18:28   
  carlosrox  
B-b-b-but Sakurai hates Smash and his fans!

Oh fuck yes nerfs on things I strongly disliked like Diddy, Ness, and Sonic!! And a Pacman buff just as he's becoming one of my main mains?? Grab buff? Awesome!!

I'm gonna have to wait to play Mewto cuz I didn't get the 3DS Version but I'll at least be able to see him when I play with my bro online tonight. Can't wait to try him out, I hope his style appeals to me. I don't even remember what he plays like, I never used him all that much. Was he even in Brawl? Totally forgot.
04/15/15, 19:43   
  carlosrox  
Oh and that Ryu rumor seems pretty unlikely but I'd hypegasm if it were actually true.
04/15/15, 19:44   
  r_hjort  
Nerf Ness?! How dare they!!! This is an outrage!
04/15/15, 19:47   
  nate38  
Seems to be disagreement on whether or not Ness's back-throw actually got nerfed. Now I'm seeing it hasn't changed at all, but there might be more lag after a missed grab attempt, making it easier to punish. I'll bet a lot of these early "changes" are just people seeing something that isn't there. But there do seem to be quite a few legit buffs and nerfs going on.

Someone should play with two Wii Us running the game (one updated, one not) and try things out with the Gamepads side by side. And use a Wavebird controller with two receivers on the same channel, so you could control each game with the exact same inputs at the exact same time. I wish I had another system to try that with.
04/15/15, 20:32   
Edited: 04/15/15, 20:32
  r_hjort  
Possibly nerf Ness?! How might they maybe have dared!!! This may or may not be an outrage!
04/15/15, 20:45   
  carlosrox  
Deja vu.
04/15/15, 20:50   
  DrFinkelstein  
@carlosrox

No he wasn't. I didn't think I cared because I didn't miss him in Brawl, but when I introduced my nephews to Melee last year I realized that I honestly enjoy playing as him. I'm happy to see him back.
04/15/15, 22:08   
  anon_mastermind  
Mewtwo sucks just as much as he did in Melee...
04/15/15, 22:10   
  carlosrox  
Wasn't Lucario a Mewtwo clone? Is that still the case?
04/15/15, 22:15   
  Hero_Of_Hyrule  
So it turns out that I got the email at 9 AM. In Gmail, I had to click "more" on the left and then "all mail" to find it. This struck me as odd, since Club Nintendo order confirmations would pop up in my inbox, rather than being hidden within "all mail" without any sort of notification.

@carlosrox

No, but they are similar in a few ways.
04/15/15, 23:22   
  Hinph  
Ryu in Smash would actually be quite awesome. He's certainly worthy, and they already have a licensing relationship established with Capcom for Smash. I hope that one is true.
04/16/15, 00:58   
  carlosrox  
@Hinph
Yeah I just wonder if that could be taken as conflict of interest. And it'd seem weird to me cuz like Goku, I just think he's TOO much of a standout to he included. He's already the face of an entire series that's still going, and a fighting one at that, and one that has ignored Nintendo home consoles for a very long time. SFV is also just around the corner and that's obviously a no show on Wii U so it'd strike me as a weird move. Based on his status as an icon, a fighting icon, and a former Nintendo icon (though not exclusively)though, he makes sense. So, some of the reasons he makes sense are also some of the reasons he doesn't make sense :p

Bonus points if they pull off his original SF2 sprite look off (apparently 4 was going for that but I fail to see how, the art style in 4 looks dumb to me; too american). I'd love that. His moves would be easily translatable over to Smash as well!

Well here's hoping.

PS. Still rather have Simon Belmont first.
04/16/15, 01:29   
  Hinph  
@carlosrox

Oh yeah. Belmont will always be my number 1!

I agree that I'd like to see a more classic looking Ryu if it happens. The newer version of the character is too damn muscular, like The Rock post-steroids.

I feel bad that Sakurai can't seem to keep things a surprise... We were probably supposed to have this revealed in a video at the E3 Direct!
04/16/15, 03:17   
Edited: 04/16/15, 03:22
  nate38  
@Hinph Yeah, I liked how Ryu looked in Tatsunoko vs. Capcom more than SF4. I thought that looked more in line with his classic style instead of the new 'Roid Ryu.
04/16/15, 03:49   
  ploot  
@carlosrox
It still makes more sense than Snake! And I liked Snake.

I would LOVE for Ryu to show up. I was a SFII fiend back in the day, and I still dabble in Ultra SFIV.
04/16/15, 04:11   
  carlosrox  
@ploot
Yes I have very, very tender feelings toward the entire SFII "series". If he were to make it I'd assume we'd get a Ken alt? Can't ignore Ken, he's Ryu's other half!!

@Hinph
I wouldn't say the surprise is spoiled yet, I'd be truly shocked if this happened even with this rumor out there. He'd be a huuuuuuge get for the series. Arguably more than any other third party thus far or any you could think of.


I'd like to think Simon Belmont has gotten tons of votes and if at all possible Sakurai may be considering the idea. There's no way he's not up for consideration. He's an obvious choice.

Goemon is apparently a very requested character overseas which makes me very happy. Hopefully he also has a chance.

So I'm guessing Sakurai was talking out of his ass and there could be a NUMBER of characters in the works?
04/16/15, 05:33   
  Brick  
So how does Mewtwo play? Hopefully he's stronger than his Melee days.
04/16/15, 06:10   
  ploot  
@carlosrox
The Nintendo Direct made it seem very likely there will be more than one future DLC character (minus Lucas of course).

@Brick
Mewtwo is similar to his Melee days, but he's buffed a bit. He now has a reflect move, for instance.
I've actually played a few really good Mewtwo players online already!
04/16/15, 06:40   
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