Super Smash Bros Brawl site goes live

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-09-07 02:50pm

Awesome, fantastic update.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-09-10 03:11pm

Today's update is so-so.

Munchlax

Munchlax is the pre-evolved form of Snorlax.

It slowly walks around.

It’s extremely carefree, but it’s said to be the glutton of the Pokémon...

An item appeared!

Don’t eat that!

I guess Munchlax is a bit of an item hog. Any item it gets, it eats! It’s kind of hard to tell it to stop, though.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-09-11 08:45am

While today's is a little better:

Sep. 11 Tue. 2007

Lyn
Items

Lyn

A young girl from the Sacae plains, Lyn (whose true name is Lyndis) makes a guest appearance from the Game Boy Advance game Fire Emblem.

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Lyn descends gallantly. She looks tough.

She wields what looks like a classical Japanese sword, so she’s similar to Samurai Goroh, but her sword strokes are a little different from his reckless slashing.

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She crouches and builds up power...

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She vanished?!

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The flash of a blade!

You’ll get helplessly cut down if you suffer a solid blow from this blade. If you call her forth as your ally, grab your enemies to make them easier for her to hit.

It is, however, a damn shame she's not playable.

Ryushikaze · Post by **Ryushikaze** » 2007-09-11 11:04am

SAMAS wrote:While today's is a little better:

Sep. 11 Tue. 2007

Lyn
Items

Lyn

A young girl from the Sacae plains, Lyn (whose true name is Lyndis) makes a guest appearance from the Game Boy Advance game Fire Emblem.

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Lyn descends gallantly. She looks tough.

She wields what looks like a classical Japanese sword, so she’s similar to Samurai Goroh, but her sword strokes are a little different from his reckless slashing.

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She crouches and builds up power...

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She vanished?!

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The flash of a blade!

You’ll get helplessly cut down if you suffer a solid blow from this blade. If you call her forth as your ally, grab your enemies to make them easier for her to hit.
It is, however, a damn shame she's not playable.

Agreed. I wanted her and Hector to be playable, since I think they both had pretty interesting play styles, though Samus and Pit are filling Lyn's niche, and Ike's a good enough replacement for Hector, I suppose.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-09-12 10:22am

Now this is a nasty stage:

Sep. 12 Wed. 2007

Battleship Halberd
Stages

It has arrived! The Battleship Halberd! It’s Meta Knight’s battleship...isn’t it?

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This warship’s bow is dazzling!

This stage begins in a hangar on the high seas. The platform follows the Halberd as it departs.

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Ooooh. It’s so dynamic!

Eventually, you land on the ship’s deck.

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What you see in the background is a double-barreled battery. With an arm.

Use extreme caution near the double-barreled battery! It launches beams and missiles and even attacks with its arm.

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Dodge it well and try to make it hit your foe!

The Battleship Halberd appears not only in multiplayer Brawl stages, but also plays a very important role in The Subspace Emissary. That role is something you’ll have to look forward to.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-09-12 03:58pm

I hope the ship-bound portion of the stage is bigger than it appears.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-09-13 06:41am

Today's update shows the match maker screen, where you can add things like fire and bunny hoods to the start of a match.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-09-13 08:43am

A huge step forward from the last game. One of the things I wished you could do was mix and match special modes.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-09-13 02:56pm

This would be fun but the idiots I play Smash Brothers with usually play with 5 lives and no items. But you know what fuck those fuckers this update is great.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-09-14 06:34am

Wow. I really didn't expect them to make it back in.

Sep. 14 Fri. 2007

Ice Climbers

The one in blue is Popo. The one in pink is Nana. And the two of them get along great! ...I think.

These two move as a pair, with Nana automatically following along. There’s safety in numbers—protect and be protected!

Fittingly, I just beat Melee with them yesterday.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-09-14 01:20pm

Actually I'm sure that everyone in the last one will make in this one, with the exceptions of Dr.Mario and Young Link.

Qwerty 42 · Post by **Qwerty 42** » 2007-09-14 02:56pm

Elite Pwnage wrote:Actually I'm sure that everyone in the last one will make in this one, with the exceptions of Dr.Mario and Young Link.

There's a fair amount of weight behind the argument to drop Roy, as well.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-09-14 03:35pm

Losing Roy or Young Link would sadden me. Though I'd love to see a cel-shaded Link in Young Link's place, if it wouldn't look weird.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2007-09-14 09:25pm

Elite Pwnage wrote:Actually I'm sure that everyone in the last one will make in this one, with the exceptions of Dr.Mario and Young Link.

Pichu will most likely be cut as well, despite the fact that Pichu has far greater potential than Pikachu.

I hope they start updating with more 3rd party characters. I mean, Snake is cool and all, but you can't do a 3rd party crossover without Sonic. It's just not right.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-09-14 11:27pm

Praxis wrote:Losing Roy or Young Link would sadden me. Though I'd love to see a cel-shaded Link in Young Link's place, if it wouldn't look weird.

Roy better fucking make it. It just wouldn't be the same without him. He's my personal favorite, and the character I know best.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2007-09-16 07:27am

Chances are, you're going to have to pull out that "I Like Ike" button from your grandpa's attic.

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2007-09-16 11:24am

SAMAS wrote:Chances are, you're going to have to pull out that "I Like Ike" button from your grandpa's attic.

Oh come on. That was harsh (and a really crappy pun to boot.) Though you are probably right. *Rummages through attic.*.

As far as characters cut, it wouldn't make much sense to remove Roy and add Ike. Ike is different enough in moves from Roy and Marth, so it would be a much better idea to just expand the difference between the two AND add Ike. Same can be said for, say, Dr. Mario, whom, for all intents and purposes, is very similar to regular Mario. (Like Falcon to Ganon, he's just slower and packs more punch.)

This is an opportunity to fix one of the problems with the original Smash Bros. by splitting off characters who are still really similar to each other, and expanding the difference.

Vanas · Post by **Vanas** » 2007-09-16 12:15pm

I can't help but pray they send in one of the Advance Wars characters. Preferably Sami, for machine gun and Bazooka fun.

Rather looking forwards to this now.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-09-16 12:39pm

Vanas wrote:I can't help but pray they send in one of the Advance Wars characters. Preferably Sami, for machine gun and Bazooka fun.

Rather looking forwards to this now.

Yeah, you do that.

I think we've seen the best characters already so the list is going downhill from here.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-09-17 10:15am

Elite Pwnage wrote:
Vanas wrote:I can't help but pray they send in one of the Advance Wars characters. Preferably Sami, for machine gun and Bazooka fun.

Rather looking forwards to this now.
Yeah, you do that.

I think we've seen the best characters already so the list is going downhill from here.

Typically Nintendo keeps the best characters secret, actually. I suspect we've only seen the starting characters.

Notice that Solid Snake STILL doesn't have a page on the Dojo? Probably because he's an unlockable.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-09-17 11:40am

Incase you haven't noticed they did show us some unlockable characters like Ike. And since we all know about Solid Snake what is this secret you speak of?

Ryushikaze · Post by **Ryushikaze** » 2007-09-17 01:43pm

Personally, I'd like to see Roy return, but for his style to more accurately represent his abilities in FE6. Roy, at the end, was a high damage low stamina character with the flexibility that his sword (The Rekka no Ken, IIRC) let him attack at range. I think giving us another Mix-em up like Link would actually be pretty interesting. Give him a a fixed range projectile attack, or something like that.

Schuyler Colfax · Post by **Schuyler Colfax** » 2007-09-17 08:08pm

And since no one has done this already, here

Golden Hammer

It’s a golden hammer. Just like the title says.

It appears on a very important looking pedestal.

It’s even more powerful than a normal hammer. And it’s even more rare.

Swing, swing, swing the hammer!

This hammer drops with fearsome force! Not only does it boast increased power, but you also swing it faster.

...And it may have even more effects.

If you rapidly tap the button...

You can float in midair!

What is this?! As far as hooks go, this is pretty odd. It may even be a little hardcore.

By the way... The normal hammer was known to occasionally lose its head...

Ever have this misfortune happen to you?

This item also occasionally malfunctions...

And it is then apparently called the Golden Squeaky Hammer.

Squeaksqueaksqueaksqueak!

Redleader34 · Post by **Redleader34** » 2007-09-17 09:32pm

Goldion Hammer! This weapon.. will be great to use, and yet another blow to the evils of the tornament... gamers..

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2007-09-18 02:05am

Elite Pwnage wrote:Incase you haven't noticed they did show us some unlockable characters like Ike. And since we all know about Solid Snake what is this secret you speak of?

A) How do you know Ike is unlockable?
B) Snake they showed off because of the publicity it would attract. Generally Nintendo doesn't show the majority of the hidden characters, and in Melee over half the characters were hidden. There is probably a whole TON of hidden characters.