Super Smash Bros Brawl site goes live

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-07-10 08:43am

SAMAS wrote:That skyscraper attack seems to have some serious area control going on there.

NBot as much as the Nintendogs puppy, but hey, what does?

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2007-07-10 11:17pm

Pity that Wright is going to be an AT though, rather than a playable character.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-11 05:09am

An old friend item is back.

Bumper

What?! Is this... Could it be?!

It’s the Bumper from the Nintendo 64 version of Super Smash Bros.!
Back again after a whole nine years... Well, I’ll be.

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Ahh... That really takes me back.

This is the kind of bumper you might see bouncing a pinball around. So if a character touches it, he or she will get knocked around as well!

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Watch out for those bumpers once they’re set!

Now you can set them in mid-air as well. This might lend itself to a few new and interesting strategies.

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Of course, just keeping people from making it back to the stage should be the most obvious use.

And don’t just set it randomly and wait for an opponent to walk into it – try to use it wisely in combination with your own attacks.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-07-11 09:32am

Archaic` wrote:Pity that Wright is going to be an AT though, rather than a playable character.

Yeah, cause he would have kicked so much ass. (I hope you caught the sarcasm in that)

Instant Sunrise · Post by **Instant Sunrise** » 2007-07-11 12:31pm

Just announced and Nintendo's Keynote:

December 3rd.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-11 02:33pm

They are certainy hitting heavey with the Wii.

But SSBB will really sell. Its slap bang in xmas.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-07-12 07:26am

He's the leader of the bunch
You know him well
He's finally back, to kick some tail!

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-07-12 08:53am

And it looks as though the Bridge of Eldin will actually be destructible by players.

Grandmaster Jogurt · Post by **Grandmaster Jogurt** » 2007-07-12 05:09pm

Ford Prefect wrote:And it looks as though the Bridge of Eldin will actually be destructible by players.

It looked to me as if the thing that blew the hole in the bridge was an explosive barrel, which seems more like a level hazard than a player-caused event. Especially with the bokoblin-looking man standing on the right.

Ford Prefect · Post by **Ford Prefect** » 2007-07-12 08:28pm

Grandmaster Jogurt wrote: It looked to me as if the thing that blew the hole in the bridge was an explosive barrel, which seems more like a level hazard than a player-caused event. Especially with the bokoblin-looking man standing on the right.

Oh wow, I thought that was Link.

Grandmaster Jogurt · Post by **Grandmaster Jogurt** » 2007-07-13 03:18am

Damnit. We get another boring level and it appears that Tom Nook is neither playable nor an AT. This is a depressing update.

At least we see that there's an Animal Crossing symbol in the game. That implies there'll be some sort of AC-based character, right? And maybe Tom Nook just won't be in the background when you play as him? But that one's just grasping at straws.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-13 05:38am

How many flat stages were there in SSBM? I can't remember them.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2007-07-13 12:35pm

Kirby's stage is reasonably flat. Pokemon Stadium is almost flat, with only a couple of platforms to it's name.

Not many more spring to mind.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-13 12:47pm

They will put more stages in SSBB so perhaps they are saving the more intence ones.

Mad · Post by **Mad** » 2007-07-13 01:28pm

Bluewolf wrote:How many flat stages were there in SSBM? I can't remember them.

How do you define "flat"? Here's a quick list, though I've left out some that might be a toss-up. (Flat Zone, Green Greens, the DK stages, and others mix things up a bit even though they're pretty flat.)

Battlefield
Standard flat + 3 platforms
Fountain of Dreams
Standard flat + 3 [moving] platforms
Yoshi's Story
Almost standard flat + 3 platforms
Past Stages - Yoshi's Story
Almost standard flat + 3 platforms
Past Stages - Dreamland
Standard flat + 3 platforms, plus wind
Final Destination
Flat.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-07-15 11:15am

Grandmaster Jogurt wrote:Damnit. We get another boring level and it appears that Tom Nook is neither playable nor an AT. This is a depressing update.

At least we see that there's an Animal Crossing symbol in the game. That implies there'll be some sort of AC-based character, right? And maybe Tom Nook just won't be in the background when you play as him? But that one's just grasping at straws.

The stage may be awful by all other standards, but it wins through sheer virtue of having K.K. Slider.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-16 04:16am

A musical update:
http://www.smashbros.com/en_uk/index.html
Star Fox: Space Armada

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-07-16 08:59am

Catchy.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-07-16 10:28am

Elite Pwnage wrote:Catchy.

Very.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-17 05:41am

A new pokemon today:

Deoxys

Now, this one is popular. This is Deoxys, a DNA Pokémon. It appears on command from a Poké Ball!

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When Deoxys appears, it hovers gently in the air.

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It slowly turns around...

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And unleashes Hyper Beam!

Hyper Beam is truly awe-inspiring. I’d try and avoid it at all costs, if I were you.

http://www.smashbros.com/en_uk/index.html

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-07-17 08:11am

I actually thought that Deoxys would be a playable character. I do not know exactly what gave me that impression.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-07-17 09:30am

Elite Pwnage wrote:I actually thought that Deoxys would be a playable character. I do not know exactly what gave me that impression.

Same here, I thought the transformations would be cool. Hyper Beam looks awesome though.

Bluewolf · Post by **Bluewolf** » 2007-07-17 10:50am

Elite Pwnage wrote:I actually thought that Deoxys would be a playable character. I do not know exactly what gave me that impression.

That'd be the new Mewtwo?

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-07-18 04:00am

Today's update is that Samus's Final Smash is a giant laser which is so powerful that it breaks apart her suit and she becomes Zero Suit Samus.

You can also pick up the pieces of armor and throw them, amusingly enough.

Yay for pictures of the Fire Emblem level: it looks like it's the most mold-breaking of the levels we've seen thus far.

Jul. 18 Wed. 2007

Samus: Final Smash

<Zero Laser>

Don’t fire! Do NOT fire that laser!

Why? ...Well, because it really hurts!

MAXIMUM CHARGE!

Now, fire! Whoa, that’s huge!

That weapon is extremely powerful. Her opponents’ damage meters skyrocket!

...But afterward, Samus has a problem.

All of her armor fell off!

Now she’s just Zero Suit Samus.

That really was her last trump card. She used a weapon so powerful, it destroyed her Power Suit.

Now it’s time for Zero Suit Samus to show what she can do.

It looks like you can throw the pieces of her suit that end up on the ground.

Hey. Stop that... QUIT IT! I mean it!

Take that!

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-07-18 10:13am

I think everyone suspected the whole Final Smash thing(it was on the first trailer, after all), but the armor-throwing is a nice touch. I wonder if they'll have a bonus for KO-ing Samus with a piece of her own suit?