How much time have you spent visiting Tortimer Island in Animal Crossing: New Leaf, scavenging for bugs, fish, and hidden treasure? I know I’ve spent far too many hours doing just that! Director Masahiro Sakurai has revealed on Miiverse today that Tortimer’s Island is one of the new stages appearing in the 3DS iteration of…
Super Smash Bros. fans should be very aware of Smash Attacks (not to be confused with a Final Smash); powerful hits that are activated by tilting in a chosen direction while hitting the attack button. Little Mac’s Side Smash is a standard, straight punch — but there are additional layers of complexity that can potentially…
The following scenario should be a familiar one for Smash players: you’ve inflicted tons of damage onto your foe, and you’re ready to deal the final blow. As you run full pelt towards them, you suddenly find yourself smacked into the air in the opposite direction, after having something thrown at you. You just ran…
Masahiro Sakurai has given fans of Ocarina of Time quite a treat today with his Smash 4 pic of the day, revealing that Kotake and Koume will appear in the Gerudo Valley stage in Super Smash Bros. 3DS, causing trouble for players as they have been for the last 15 years. Previously, we reported on…
In the latest Super Smash Bros. 4 Wii U ‘pic of the day’ posted by Masahiro Sakurai on Miiverse, Pokémon Dedenne is apparently using the move ‘Discharge’ against Marth in the new boxing ring stage that was recently unveiled. Is Dedenne a new playable challenger in the game, or is he merely a Poké Ball…
Masahiro Sakurai has posted his latest ‘pic of the day’ of Super Smash Bros. 4 for Wii U on Miiverse, revealing that once again Waluigi is returning as an Assist Trophy. This, in turn, means that Waluigi will not be joining as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Unfortunately, not every character makes…
Director of the Super Smash Bros. series, Masahiro Sakurai, has revealed on Miiverse that in Super Smash Bros. 4, when two consecutive attacks land on an opponent, a finishing move will always take place. The above picture displays Fox’s finishing move, a “finishing kick”, which occurs after his standard combo of two consecutive attacks is…
In this latest screenshot of the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. 4, Masahiro Sakurai reveals that there are two different versions of the boxing ring stage in the game. One is the Smash Bros. version, as portrayed above, and the other is from the Punch-Out!! series. “Pic of the day. There are actually two…
On Miiverse, it has been revealed by Super Smash Bros. 4 director Masahiro Sakurai that Diddy Kong’s rocketbarrels are returning from Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and they now possess the ability to launch along “a more horizontal trajectory”. The rockets can also now be knocked off by other challengers if Diddy is hit while he…
To commemorate the launch of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze in Europe and North America, Masahiro Sakurai has announced on Miiverse that Diddy Kong is once again returning as a playable character in Super Smash Bros. 4. Diddy Kong previously made his first appearance in the Smash Bros. franchise in Super Smash Bros. Brawl for…
In today’s latest screenshot from Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, Masahiro Sakurai compares the height of both Little Mac and Samus. While Little Mac may be smaller than his fellow challengers, he uses his grit and punching gloves to knock out opponents regardless of their size. It will be very interesting to see Little…
In this latest Super Smash Bros. pic of the day, a Nintendog towers over both Mega Man and King Dedede in the 3DS version of the game. As Mr. Sakurai notes, the Super Smash Bros. series isn’t always true to scale when it comes to size. Whether this Nintendog is an assist trophy or not,…
In today’s daily screenshot for Super Smash Bros. Wii U, a brand new item was revealed: a fairy in a bottle! According to Masahiro Sakurai, the man at the helm of the Smash Bros. project, the bottle can heal those who have even accumulated over 100% damage. It is unclear if this heals fighters completely,…
Masahiro Sakurai has released the newest Super Smash Bros. Wii U screenshot of the day through Miiverse, this time featuring the newly introduced Little Mac from the Punch-Out!! series and Mega Man. Little Mac was officially introduced as a playable character in Smash during last week’s Nintendo Direct. Little Mac is strong with his punches,…
Masahiro Sakurai, who is currently at the helm of the latest installments of the Super Smash Bros. series for the Wii U and 3DS, recently talked about the development time of Japanese games in his weekly column in the Japanese publication Famitsu, and how it differs from Western development times. Hit the jump to view…
