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Who's the little guy? Is he from Kirby? Maybe they announced him as a helper character but I don't remember, there were so many of them.
 
IIRC that's called Joe something-or-other. and even more IIRC he's an assist trophy.
 
Yippi! Ice Climbers are back!

I personally want everyone back, and then a ton of new charecters.


Does anyone like the idea of The Baby Bros. being together like the Ice Climbers? That would be sooo cool. They would have those mover from the Mario and Luigi games.
 

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I liked them. Couldn't play them worth crap, but they were still fun. The way they played was very different, and I liked that.

I liked playin with them also. Definitely a hard character to use, but fun. It's awesome when they both get a weapon. Sucks that they rely on eachother for they're 8b special, it's hard to get back on stage with 1 person.
 
I liked playin with them also. Definitely a hard character to use, but fun. It's awesome when they both get a weapon. Sucks that they rely on eachother for they're 8b special, it's hard to get back on stage with 1 person.

Yeah, I agree. But it's fun you say, "You killed my wife!"
 
TOLD YOU SO.

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Housten, we have online play!!!


This game supports Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. If you connect your Wii to the Internet, you can enjoy linked battles with distant people!

For details, click here.

But because this form of communication is greatly affected by the distance between you and your opponent, your brawls may not run smoothly if you’re really far apart—like, for instance, if you’re connecting between Japan and America.

The more distant you are, the worse your connection becomes, and the slower it feels. I apologize, but I hope you understand.

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This is the main menu for Wi-Fi!

There are two primary connection methods. The names of these methods are "With Friends" and "With Anyone." The menus and structures of each method are pretty different.

With Friends
Wii friends who have registered one another’s names can play together freely.

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Register your friends!

If you’re registered as friends, you can check each other’s status. If a friend is online and you earn his or her consent, you can enter a battle.

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You can change your icon...

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And even send short messages during brawls!

These short messages are entered in advance, and you send them by taunting. There are four messages for the four directions on the + Control Pad: Up, down, left and right.

With friends, you can brawl any way you like. And there are other modes besides just free-for-alls.

With Anyone
You can also battle with people you don’t know who are looking for brawls. The most important point here is that you will not know each other’s names.

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If you think of your opponent as a simple scarecrow, any psychological barriers may melt away.

Your opponent will not know your name or any information about you, and neither of you can send short messages. There will also be no battle records kept for this mode, so whether you win or lose, it doesn’t matter. Just sit back and play.

Now, while you’re waiting for a match to start, you can kill time with a little practice on Sandbag.

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Practice, practice!

We’re planning a number of services that make use of Wi-Fi, but we’ll reveal them gradually with the other modes. Enjoy.

Okay, so no stat tracking. Doesn't sound too in-depth. But it's there. I'm happy.
 
Boom boom, shake shake the room!

We’re planning a number of services that make use of Wi-Fi, but we’ll reveal them gradually with the other modes. Enjoy.

This was all so predictable. They're going to town with Brawl.
 
So, online matches seem more likely now. But there's still no guarantee that the finished game will still have them. We can't say for certain that Smash will have an online mode until the game is actually released. ;)

As for the no stat tracking....that's for the "anybody" battles. Stats do appear to be tracked for battles against friends. As for extra content...how about downloadable characters or stages? The ability to send screenshots to friends (ala Prime 3)? Support for voice headsets during battles?
 
So, online matches seem more likely now. But there's still no guarantee that the finished game will still have them. We can't say for certain that Smash will have an online mode until the game is actually released. ;)

Hah, whatever, it's goin' to have online play. They wouldn't have announced it on the official site so it's like %99 certainty that it will retain it's online-ness.

As for the no stat tracking....that's for the "anybody" battles. Stats do appear to be tracked for battles against friends. As for extra content...how about downloadable characters or stages? The ability to send screenshots to friends (ala Prime 3)? Support for voice headsets during battles?

I'm hoping for ranked matches. I really want a few modes, like hardcore (no items and level stages) and then to the more crazy modes of rank. A team rank mode would be awesome too. I don't want to be randomly matched up to noobs or to super players that do nothin but play 24/7 and not have good competition. NINTENDO ADD RANKED ONLINE PLAY!
 
So, online matches seem more likely now. But there's still no guarantee that the finished game will still have them. We can't say for certain that Smash will have an online mode until the game is actually released. ;)

I'm hoping that ;) means you're being sarcastic. They've clearly already written it in to the game, they've announced it five billion times and finally on the official website and they've shown screenshots of it.
 
I'm hoping that ;) means you're being sarcastic. They've clearly already written it in to the game, they've announced it five billion times and finally on the official website and they've shown screenshots of it.

:D At this point, after all of these announcements, if they didn't include online matches, there would probably be hundreds of unhappy people.
 
See, Nintendo? Now that wasn't so hard. If it's got online brawling, post it on the official site and shut everybody (including me) up.

On the downside, what's left to say about the game between now and release time?
 
See, Nintendo? Now that wasn't so hard. If it's got online brawling, post it on the official site and shut everybody (including me) up.

On the downside, what's left to say about the game between now and release time?

the multitude of other characters, new characters, trophies, modes, items, music (which are usually bundled with other posts), videos, levels.

*Taken from an old Joystiq post where I wondered about how many news posts could be left :eek:
 
See, Nintendo? Now that wasn't so hard. If it's got online brawling, post it on the official site and shut everybody (including me) up.

On the downside, what's left to say about the game between now and release time?

One new Pokemon a day. When you run out of them, one new assist trophy per day. After you run out of them, one new stage a day (including "returning stages"). After you run out of them, one item a day (including "returning items"). When you run out of them, post more 30 second clips of the intro. When you run out of them, show off more online functionality. When you're done with them, show off more music (there's 2-4 tracks per stage). Then show more returning characters.

I think that covers October and November ;)
 
One new Pokemon a day. When you run out of them, one new assist trophy per day. After you run out of them, one new stage a day (including "returning stages"). After you run out of them, one item a day (including "returning items"). When you run out of them, post more 30 second clips of the intro. When you run out of them, show off more online functionality. When you're done with them, show off more music (there's 2-4 tracks per stage). Then show more returning characters.

I think that covers October and November ;)

Yeah, I suppose. But a feeling of exhaustion has set in me; I just want the damn game to come out at this point.
 
Yeah, I suppose. But a feeling of exhaustion has set in me; I just want the damn game to come out at this point.

I agree. At this point, Nintendo should just blackout any new information about the game. We already have all the information that we need to know, to want to buy the game. Nintendo should let it be. From now on, everything else should be a surprise. I completely agree with you that there should be no more new information until the game is released/goes out for review.
 
I'd like them to not reveal any more characters, so I can be very pleasantly surprised when a new challenger approaches when I play.
 
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