Smash WiiU & 3DS Miiverse Daily Pic - January 30th

[Smashboards]

Smash Wii U & 3DS director Masahiro Sakurai says "Pic of the day. Both Link and Pit use bows, but when they fire simultaneously, their arrows meet and cancel out closer to Pit. Besides attack power and projectile speed, there are many elements that affect tactics, such as accuracy, vulnerability after attacking, and even seemingly unrelated features like a character's physical abilities."

 

[KoRLumen]

... Huh. Where's the pic?

Edit: Aha, there it is!

 

[Jerm]

This picture means that Pits arrow takes much longer to fire as opposed to Links arrow, since they fired at the exact same time but Links arrow pretty much almost hit Pit. I guess this is what Sakurai meant in terms of balancing, instead of messing with the power of the attack he will focus on other aspects like accuracy, vulnerability lag after attacks, load up time to execute attacks etc.

 

[Alex Night]

So at least that part of Smash Bros won't change. Good to see that the clanking system is still in effect. Somewhere out there, M2K is waiting for that frame data.

 

[BigHairyFart]

What the hell is wrong with Pit's neck? And his left arm? And, well, everything about him looks disfigured.

 

[Sonicguy726]

God pit looks deformed in this pic

 

[Daftatt]

in smash 4 when pit fires an arrow he dislocates his shoulders and breaks his neck and back, taking 8 damage.

 

[ChickenWing13]

Pit looks like he DJ scratchin

 

[DaDavid]

It's. .. an uncomfortable looking pose, but it looks like something one could do without breaking their bones haha.

At any rate, it's awesome to see Sakurai making the younger/casual crowd aware of the more tactical/technical aspects of Smash via Miiverse. Gives me hope that his goal is to make the game more competitively viable, but also help people become aware of that play-style so that people don't feel alienated or whatever his fear with making Brawl was.

 

[Alex Night]

It's. .. an uncomfortable looking pose, but it looks like something one could do without breaking their bones haha.

At any rate, it's awesome to see Sakurai making the younger/casual crowd aware of the more tactical/technical aspects of Smash via Miiverse. Gives me hope that his goal is to make the game more competitively viable, but also help people become aware of that play-style so that people don't feel alienated or whatever his fear with making Brawl was.

I think I like that idea. Honestly... While they should put in a more competitive feel into the game, they should also keep in regard to the people who play Smash solely for fun. Break the competitive barrier in a way that an inexperienced player can learn to be competitive should they wish to win. If they did it like that, then I'm sure that Smash Bros. 4 can have a chance of a longevity similar to Melee. That is the difference between a good game and a great game.

 

[Louie G.]

Alright Sakurai, this is getting a little annoying now.

 

[Alex Night]

Alright Sakurai, this is getting a little annoying now.

Could you elaborate on that thought a bit?

 

[Louie G.]

Could you elaborate on that thought a bit?

All these troll Kid Icarus pictures.
As a Palutena fan I'm getting somewhat impatient...

 

[Justin Bailey]

I like how Sakurai is slowly being more technical with some of these pics.

Now if he starts talking about frame data and hitboxes... :D

 

[Will]

I love that pose of Pit's.

 

[DaDavid]

All these troll Kid Icarus pictures.
As a Palutena fan I'm getting somewhat impatient...

Same boat sort of. Maybe I'm not as big a fan, but I'm finding it best to just turn off my hype until we get news of a Direct. But when we do... I'm gonna feel the anxiety.

I like how Sakurai is slowly being more technical with some of these pics.

Now if he starts talking about frame data and hitboxes... :D

I doubt he'd do so in those terms haha. But I wouldn't by surprised to see him comment on how interact different and how it's important to know where your hits land. In fact, that statement of "accuracy" in today's pic might have been the user-friendly way to reference to hitboxes?

 

[TopTierPichu]

he is revealing all this KI stuff just to troll us for getting Palutena leaked

 

[KayB]

Is Link crouching while firing the arrow?

 

[DaDavid]

I don't know about teasing us with KI stuff, since I doubt he'd change is schedule based on a leak, but the fact that the last two weeks KI has been fairly prominent suggests that maybe the leak showed who it showed because her time was near...

About Link though, doesn't he always crouch? o.O I haven't played in a while.

 

[Sunnysunny]

Yea, links always leaned back like that when he charges his shot.

Also I like Pits pose. He stands like a dork. lol.

 

[DaDavid]

I suppose given the personality given to him in Uprising it's not too out of character? haha.

 

[link and ike lover]

Link rules!!

 

[xXDarkRisingXx]

Lol what in the name of god is wrong with pits model? Maybe hopeful they fix that because, lmao

 

[xXDarkRisingXx]

Link rules!!

Yes he does bro

 

[Alex Night]

Link rules!!

Link is my boy on Project M along with Mario. Both of them rule.

 

[SuperNova!]

Pardon me, who has never played Wii Sports, but is that Woohoo Island (or whatever it's called) in the background?

 

[xXDarkRisingXx]

Pardon me, who has never played Wii Sports, but is that Woohoo Island (or whatever it's called) in the background?

Yes it is my friend.

 

[SuperNova!]

Yes it is my friend.

Wow, I can't believe I was right!

 

[link and ike lover]

Link is my boy on Project M along with Mario. Both of them rule.

Cool! Do u main him in brawl?

 

[Bravo]

Link is getting buffed by Sakurai?! Impossible!