E3 2011: New Super Smash Bros. game in development
Nintendo announces fresh entry in the brawler series for 3DS and just-announced Wii U; titles promised to work together on both platforms "in some fashion."
LOS ANGELES--The Super Smash Bros. series has been dormant since 2008's well-received Super Smash Bros: Brawl, but now the fighting franchise is leaping back to life.
During Nintendo's E3 2011 media briefing this morning, the gaming giant announced that a new Super Smash Bros. game is currently in development.
Nintendo did not offer much in the way of details relating to the new game, but did note that the title is currently being created for the just-announced Wii U and 3DS. Additionally, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said both games will work together on both platforms "in some fashion."
Fore more on Nintendo's latest announcements, check out GameSpot's live show from E3, which begins today at 12:00 p.m. PDT.
For more info on Nintendo's latest console, the Wii U, be sure to check out our Nintendo Wii U: Everything You Need To Know feature or watch Nintendo's E3 2011 Press Conference to see the full reveal.
Seriously for this they could add a few characters, a few levels, and new trophies and sounds and masterpieces and use the same graphics engine from brawl or even melee and i'd be happy. Interesting idea is putting all the info on the bottom screen like health and stock or time and that'd clear up the screen a lot
Sorry, but Kid Icarus Uprising multiplayer is so awesome, that this game won't be able to replace the awesomeness. Trust me, Kid Icarus Uprising is the BEST FIGHTING GAME OF ALL TIME ON ANY DS SYSTEM...
They spelled "for" wrong. It's "for" not "fore". Still, I'm willing to bet the new game will be amazing.
this game alone will make me buy a 3ds and a wii u
Must have game!!!!
my top 5 characters bowser junior, lanky/chunky kong (most likely wont happen), megaman, ryu, charmander top 5 unique aspects i want more hadcore styled fighting with epic combos, evolving pokemon, MUCH improved level custimization, story mode with less repetetive enemys, more UNIQUE characters, for example ice climbers, pok.trainer, olimar PLEASE SEND THIS TO NINTENDO
Cmon, why would they worry about Kid Icarus over SSB? I bet the majority of gamers would choose Super Smash over Kid Icarus any day.
@Drazonix shut yOUR MOUTH YOU OVER-HYPED 4TH GRADER 1. the games still in development,2.Nintendo doesnt just let anyone know theyre charecters and 3.F-zero isnt a charecter so shut up.
GUARANTEED NEW CHARACTERS Megaman F-Zero Ichigo Ryu Naruto Goku Sora Luffy etc...I know this because Nintendo sent me a message when I e-mailed them. Be happy at the characters people.
hopin for like 50 characters in the new roster i would love to have a wide selection. giv us some amazing surprises too. please fix wifi to be competiive and not lagy every game
waluigi, daisy, toad, toadette, koopa kid also for some reason they added wiggler and the bee from mario galaxy in mario kart 7 so them too
@megakick Nintendo said the Wii will coexist with the Wii U during it's beginning of release.
[like]... needs chrono
Ghirahim or Demise!
Im getting this.....Just imagine how much fun im gonna have.
Will buy.
Megaman would be an excellent addition to SSB, I am also in favor of them putting Banjo and Kazooie in
best fight game ever!!!! hope they put kisuke from muramasa
You can't play smash bros on a tiny 3DS screen, idiots. Gimme my thumbs down!!
if they don't have mr resseti i'm going to nintendos head quarters and slapping the lead designer in the face
Far as characters go, they really need to have somebody like Geno or Mallow. If they might again have non-Nintendo characters like they did in Brawl, then those two would fit perfectly because they aren't owned by Nintendo (ending credits in Mario & Luigi references this toward Geno), but they starred in a Mario game.
i hope naruto is in the game
if it takes them a while to make the game it wont be that bad if its something good we are waiting to play
fox should have a new move where he says "do a barrel roll" and a bunch of cruisers come on the field and start doing barrel rolls, that could even be a final smash if there are any. or if they want they can make it better by adding peppy and giving him that move
Super Smash Bros. is the most fun fighting game EVER. I need it once it comes out (soon I hope).
*flashback to the day sonic was confirmed* I can not wait. =)
Woot , more reason to buy a nintendo system for me *-*
@Birkin I see your point, and for one I adored the Rocket Knight series. Unfortunately Konami has discontinued the series for such a long time, so I don't know the likely-hood of that happening. But who knows? Heck, Nintendo put Pit in Brawl, and until recently we only knew one other game with his name in it, and that was in the 8-bit era. I'm not sure if they would put both Sparkster AND Axel Rod, but I would like to have one put in. Megaman, on the other hand, is an easy add to the SSB series in my mind. Either him or X, they're pretty similar.
PLEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEE COME OUT SOOOON!!!!!! I am NOT letting this game go by unnoticed! Nor will anyone else, I believe.
OH MY GOSH I WANT IT SO BADLY WHEN IS IT COMING OUT!!!???????!!!!!?????????
I can't believe it! Super Smash Bros. 4 is in development.
Another Super Smash Bros. game? *INSTA-PURCHASSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSE*
I honestly would be happy if ichigo kurosaki and renji were in the game. the bleach games were on wii and ds. and the games were published by SEGA lately nintendo and sega have been working together so it seems fair.
@LMW-STU i can honestly say that the game would probably suck if they were to take out sonic and snake, add no more non-nintendo characters, and add useless nintendo characters since nintendo knows damn well that the best nintendo characters were in brawl.BUT im not saying that all nintendo characters that werentin brawl are useless. just most of them. i mean cmon TOAD? TOADSWORTH? SHADOW MARIO? DAISY? TINGLE? you people are either stupid or insane. at least in my list of non-nintendo charcters, almost all of them were actually on a nintendo console.
I'm gonna buy this on day one. Even if I don't have the system by then. I need this freakin' game. Playable characters I'd like to see: Waluigi, Daisy, Shadow Mario, Bowser Jr, Mega Man, Isaac
Damn I really hope konami adds sparkster and possibly axel gear to this one, not putting sparkster in brawl was criminal, just looking at mugen and their fighting mixup vids both of these guys can put up a good fight and could easily be more than a match for everyone, unfortunately knowing konami we'll probably only get snake on his own and possibly raiden :( or the belmonts, wish konami would get off the mgs koolaid and put sparkster in this, he badly needs the attention and this could be the right boost he needs to get it, and megaman also needs to be in this, samus vs megaman would be interesting.
zero (megaman zero) and megaman (classic) better f****** join this new super smash bros game as playable characters >:)
Not really suprising news, seeing how successful SSBB was. And people, stop saying who should be in it! Especially non-Nintendo characters. Sonic and Snake were one-offs.
but i think nintendo SHOULD NOT put things in the wii u version that arent in the 3ds version(I have a 3ds and im not buying a wii u)
@zombiewombat, well if they put non-nintendo characters like sonic and snake in brawl. might as well add more non-nintendo characters. cmon wouldnt you like to see link and ichigo kurosaki fight? or samus vs mega man
C'mon people, this is game is supposed to NINTENDO characters, not random people from other franchises
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
So WII is dead? Instead of NINTENDO making a new powerful console NINTENDO makes baby steps with WII U? How many consoles does NINTENDO plan on making? NINTENDO is the new SONY.
@megakick, where have you been. The Wii is all but dead. Also, I know I've posted it before, but I want tot see Knuckles, a better Sonic (he sucked in Brawl), I want Jigglypuff to be killed in the opening scene, never to return again. And I want some variance with all the existing characters. We don't need two links who control the exact same way, we don't need both Ness and Lucas, and We don't need mario and luigi to be so similar (IT would be awesome if they gave mario a down B move like pokemon trainer, where he changed costumes... Tanuki suit anyone). As for other characters. Still waiting on Mega Man, but since that's not happening, would settle for a Custom Robo character. could always use a few more pokemon, but nothing crazy, maybe two new ones. Replace a Link with Skull Kid. And lastly, throw us a crazy curve ball. A character we never would have imagined. Like a Persona character or something crazy like that, something so out there that it'll be like "really? that's just weird, but awesome."
What happened to the WII? NINTENDO is dropping WII support?
Master Chief better be playable.
GENO GENO GENO GENO GENO GENO!!!
I bet the'll add tag team to this one mayb Mew should be a playable character instead of an item and they should make a bunch of pokemon trainers eachn with three different pokemons and switch pokemon faster so the combos will be much awsomer
Characters I would like to see playble: Zant, Vaati, Waluigi, K.Rool, Funky, Lanky, Chunky, Tiny, Koume, Kotake, Cackletta, Fawful, Midbus, Mega Man or Zero, Saturos, Mernardi, Alex, Issac, Garett, Shadow Mario, Shadow Peach, Dark Samus, Ridley, Meta Ridley, B&W trainer, Bisharp, & Zoroark. MAKE IT HAPPEN NINTENDO!
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