Mario Galaxy's Rosalina & Luma Joins Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U Game Roster!

It is officially confirmed that Rosalina and Luma will be playable characters in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U! These two first appeared in the Super Mario Galaxy games for the Wii.


Rosalina also appeared in Super Mario 3D World as an unlockable character. It is also confirmed that Rosalina will also be a playable character in Mario Kart 8 for the Wii U. Other newcomers previously revealed added to the SSB 3DS/Wii U are: Mega Man (Mega Man), Villager (Animal Crossing) and Wii Fit Trainer (Wii Fit).

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U is set to be released this 2014.

Zelda: Majora's Mask's Skull Kid Confirmed to Appear in Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U

It is officially confirmed that Skull Kid from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask will make an appearance in Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS/Wii U as an Assist Trophy!

This revelation also confirmed the return of Assist Trophies, which first made an appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. Here's what Director Sakurai has to say about it:

Pic of the day. Here's a new Assist Trophy--the Skull Kid! I repeat, it's an Assist Trophy, not a new fighter. The characters announced on the website are the fighters!

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U is set to be released this 2014.

Fire Emblem's Marth Joins Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U Game Roster!

The official Super Smash Bros. website revealed that Marth from the Fire Emblem franchise returns as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U!

Marth made his video game debut on Fire Emblem: Ankoku Ryū to Hikari no Tsurugi (which later had a remake as Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon). Years later, he made his Super Smash Bros. debut on Super Smash Bros. Melee along with fellow Fire Emblem character, Roy.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U is set to be released this 2014.

Male Wii Fit Trainer to Appear on Super Smash Bros. for 3DS & Wii U

Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai revealed on Miiverse that a male Wii Fit Trainer will appear in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.

As of this writing, it is still unknown if the male Wii Fit Trainer is a new character, an assist trophy or just an alternate costume for the female Wii Fit Trainer.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U will be released next year.

[Source: Siliconera]

Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 3DS Release Date Leaked?!

Tech retailer site Newegg listed that the upcoming Super Smash Bros. game for the Nintendo 3DS will be released this May 16, 2014. The site doesn't list the release date of the Wii U version.

The same site previously posted the listing for Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon for the Wii U, confirming that the information was "from the manufacturer" only to remove it later. In short, the only thing certain right now is that the Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS/Wii U will be released in 2014.

[Source: Gamnesia]

Xerneas to Appear in Super Smash Bros. For 3DS & Wii U

The official Super Smash Bros. website posted a new screenshot for the upcoming Nintendo 3DS and Wii U game, which features a certain Pokémon from Pokémon X.

For those who can't recognize the horns in the picture, it's Xerneas, the Legendary Pokémon of Pokémon X. Director Masahiro Sakurai didn't reveal if Xerneas is a playable character or one of the random Pokémon that will pop out once you throw a Pokéball in the game.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS & Wii U is set for a 2014 release.

[Source: Siliconera]

Sonic the Hedgehog Joins Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U Game Roster!

The second third party character for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U is finally revealed and he is no other than Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog! It was previously announced that Capcom's Mega Man will join the game's roster of playable characters.


He first made his Super Smash Bros. debut on Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Nintendo Wii. Outside of Super Smash Bros., Sonic appeared with his 16-bit era rival Mario in the Olympic Games video games and has a new game called "Sonic Lost World" for the Wii U and Nintend 3DS.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U August Update

More updates for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U was revealed this month. First is that Luigi is once again, confirmed to be playable in the game. He first made his SSB appearance as a secret character in the first SSB game for the Nintendo 64.

Super Smash Bros. director/creator Masahiro Sakurai posted a new screenshot of the game last August 6th, revealing a new stage for the game. According to Siliconera, this is a stage based on the classic SNES & Nintendo 64 flight simulator game, Pilotwings.

Another game screenshot features Mega Man performing Ryu & Ken's trademark Shoryuken (Dragon Punch) move from the Street Fighter franchise. Mega Man's successor, Mega Man X can learn this secret move in Mega Man X2.

This move can also be seen as Mega Man performing the Mega Upper from the Marvel vs. Capcom games, which is one of his moves in the said game.

Lastly, Sakurai recently confirmed via Miiverse that the players have an option to make the black outlines thinner or make them completely disappear in the Nintendo 3DS version of the game after posting a new screenshot of the game featuring the Wii Fit Trainer & the Villager.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U is slated for a 2014 release.

UPDATE (8/23/13): Special thanks to Lagosta for the minor correction.

Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U Will Not Have Cinematic Cutscenes or Story Mode

Director Masahiro Sakurai revealed in an issue of Weekly Famitsu that cinematic cutscenes and story mode will not return in Super Smash Bros. 3DS/Wii U.

The reason behind this decision is that the movie scenes that they worked hard to create are just uploaded online. He added that, "You can only truly wow a player the first time he sees [a cutscene]. I felt if players saw the cutscenes outside of the game, they would no longer serve as rewards for playing the game, so I've decided against having them."

Instead of having cinematic cutscenes, the new characters will have intro video sequences. As of this writing, the only new playable characters in the game are: Villager, Mega Man and Wii Fit Trainer.

Lastly, even if the game doesn't have a story mode, Sakurai assured that the 3DS version would include a feature that would "act as a separate mode from the standard versus play."

Source: Kotaku

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Developer Direct Video

The official Nintendo YouTube channel posted the video of the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U Developer Direct. The video features game director Masahiro Sakurai telling us the features of the new game and the abilities of the additional character.


The video features the differences of the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U versions. Aside from the differences, the video also features the changes and updates they made on some of the older characters in the Super Smash Bros. roster.

In addition to that, the video features the additional characters of the game and their abilities; namely, Mega Man, Animal Crossing's Villager and the Wii Fit Trainer.

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U is slated for a 2014 release.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U First Game Trailer

Here's the first trailer of the Super Smash Bros. game for the Nintendo 3DS and the Wii U. The new trailer features Animal Crossing's Villager as one of the playable characters.


The trailer features the franchises part of this crossover fighting game, namely: Super Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Star Fox, Kid Icarus, Donkey Kong and Pokémon. It was also earlier reported that Mega Man is also playable in the game and can use the abilities of some Robot Masters that he defeated.

Super Smash Bros. for 3DS/Wii U is slated for a 2014 release.

Mega Man Joins Super Smash Bros. Wii U & Nintendo 3DS Game Roster!

Nintendo revealed in their Nintendo Direct livestream that Mega Man will join the roster for the new Super Smash Bros. game for the Wii U and the Nintendo 3DS!


A video showed him using the powers he acquired from various Robot Masters. The powers that were shown are: Crash Bomber (Crash Man), Hard Knuckle (Hard Man), Slash Claw (Slash Man), Super Arm (Guts Man), Flame Sword (Sword Man), Spark Shock (Spark Man), Metal Blade (Metal Blade), Leaf Shield (Leaf Man) and Flame Blast (Flame Man). In addition, Rush is also confirmed in the game as well!

Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS is slated for a 2014 release.