Smash WiiU & 3DS Miiverse Daily Pic - September 2nd

[Smashboards]

Super Smash Bros. for WiiU & 3DS director Masahiro Sakurai said: "Pic of the day. This time, you can challenge every fighter in All-Star Mode from the moment you turn on the game!! This is a survival battle with limited recovery items and no option to continue. However, this mode will be incomplete until you've unlocked every fighter... Until then, you can only play against characters that are already available. This is a picture of the bottom-screen menu, with a padlock indicating that the mode is still incomplete."

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He included another picture and a comment: "In these battles, multiple opponents appear in one stage, and you clear the battle by defeating a number of them. The rest area that appears between battles displays the next opponents and the year the characters made their first appearances, and it also holds recovery items and an occasional reward. The characters you fight against appear pretty much in chronological order. Behold, the history of Nintendo games!!"

 

[Joe73191]

awesome seeing this. can't wait to play all star mode.

 

[EdgeTheLucas]

I had many reactions when I saw the PotD. All of them were hype, and I had trouble choosing between them.

SO YOU GET ALL OF THEM:

THIS IS MAJOR

HOLY SH*T THAT'S WHY THE LEAK STILL HAD ALL STAR MODE LOCKED. THEY COULD ACCESS IT, BUT THEY REALLY DIDN'T HAVE EVERY CHARACTER YET!!

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH

FOR THE REMAINING VETERANS:

(and just MAYBE )

THERE'S HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPE

LET'S VIRTUALLY HUG EACH OTHER

I betcha Smashboards is gonna explode because of this news.

I KNOW I AM

 

[z00ted]

RIDLEY CONFIRMED

 

[Turmalinium]

Yes! The hope for other newcomers is still not lost!

 

[ミスティック Speed]

MEWTWO CONFIRMED!!!!!!

 

[Gimj]

DECONFIRMED.

 

[SaucyDancer]

MEWTWO HYPE

 

[LancerStaff]

Ha, it's almost like Sakurai wanted to tell us the leak wasn't complete.

 

[AkashicSword]

This is good news to a lot of people, actually.

 

[NATGamer]

Haha! Yes!! The leak truly didn't have all the characters. Hopefully we get the hype 3 and maybe a few others (like Isaac).

 

[Shirma Akayaku]

EDIT: A new list made by a friend.

Spoiler

1. April 28th, 1980 - Game & Watch
2. May 22nd, 1980 - Pac-man
3. July 9th, 1981 - Mario
4. July 9th, 1981 - Donkey Kong
5. July 14th, 1983 - Luigi
6. February 1984 - Little Mac
7. April 21st, 1984 - Duck Hunt Dog
8. July 26th, 1985 - R.O.B.
9. September 13th, 1985 - Peach
10. September 13th, 1985 - Bowser
11. February 21st, 1986 - Link
12. February 21st, 1986 - Zelda
13. August 6th, 1986 - Samus
14. December 19th, 1986 - Pit
15. December 19th, 1986 - Palutena
16. December 17th, 1987 - Mega Man
17. April 20th, 1990 - Marth
18. July 27th, 1990 - Dr. Mario
19. November 21st, 1990 - Yoshi
20. November 21st, 1990 - Captain Falcon
21. June 23rd, 1991 - Sonic
22. April 27th, 1992 - Kirby
23. April 27th, 1992 - King Dedede
24. October 21st, 1992 - Wario
25. February 21st, 1993 - Fox
26. February 21st, 1993 - Falco
27. March 23rd, 1993 - Metaknight
28. August 27th, 1994 - Ness
29. November 21st, 1994 - Diddy Kong
30. February 27th, 1996 - Pikachu
31. February 27th, 1996 - Charizard
32. February 27th, 1996 - Jigglypuff
33. November 21st, 1998 - Ganondorf
34. November 21st, 1998 - Sheik
35. April 14th, 2001 - Villager
36. October 26th, 2001 - Pikmin & Olimar
37. July 19th, 2002 - Bowser Jr.
38. December 13th, 2002 - Toon Link
39. February 9th, 2004 - Zero Suit Samus
40. April 20th, 2005 - Ike
41. July 17th, 2005/September 28th, 2006 – Lucario (There’s no specification as to whether the movie appearance counts or not)
42. November 1st, 2007 - Rosalina
43. December 1st, 2007 - Wii Fit Trainer
44. June 10th, 2010 - Shulk
45. March 22nd, 2012 - Dark Pit
46. April 19th, 2012 - Robin
47. April 19th, 2012 - Lucina
48. October 12th, 2013 - Greninja

Obviously, this assumes the ESRB leak is 100% accurate aside from the cipher, because I just can't take those last five seriously. Just can't.

Other characters and where they would be, if they're in:
Ice Climbers - January 30th, 1985 (Right after Duck Hunt Dog)
Mach Rider - November 21st, 1985 (Right after Bowser)
Ridley - August 6th, 1986 (Right after Samus)
Snake - July 7th, 1987 (Right after Palutena)
Wolf - February 21st, 1993 (Right after Falco)
King K. Rool - November 21st, 1994 (Right after Diddy)
Dixie Kong - November 20th, 1995 (Right after Diddy)
Ivysaur - February 27th, 1996 (Right after Jiggs)
Squirtle - February 27th, 1996 (Right after Jiggs)
Mewtwo - February 27th, 1996 (Right after Jiggs)
Impa - November 21st, 1998 (Right after Sheik) | Alternatively February 21st, 1886 (Right after Zelda) as she appears in the instruction manuals, but not the game, itself.
Isaac - August 1st, 2001 (Right after Villager)
Krystal - September 23rd, 2002 (Right after Bowser Jr.)
Lucas - April 20th, 2006 (Right after/before Lucario, depending)
Chorus Men - July 31st, 2008 (Right after Wii Fit Trainer)

At this point, I'm not even trying to be realistic, anymore, so I'm just gonna stop before I start going on confirmed assist trophies.

The possible order of fights after Meta Knight: (Please note, I'm not sure if it's Japan only debuts, but that's what I'm going off of, Japan only.)

Mr. Game & Watch - 1980
Duck Hunt - 1984
R.O.B. - 1985
Dr. Mario - 1990
Wario - 1992
Ness - 1994
Pikachu, Charizard, Jigglypuff - 1996
Sheik, Ganondorf - 1998
Villager, Olimar - 2001
Toon Link, Bowser Jr. - 2002
Zero Suit Samus - 2004
Ike - 2005
Mii Fighter, Lucario - 2006
Wii Fit Trainer, Rosalina & Luma - 2007
Shulk - 2010
Lucina, Robin, Dark Pit- 2012
Greninja - 2013

It could be out of order, but I tried my best based on Japan's release dates. Also note, that only the years are in order, not the individual days that the characters appeared in.

 

[Deleted member]

History of Nintendo you say? :3

 

[AuraShaman]

What do we say to the Ridley detractors...?

Not today! SICK BURN, YO!!

 

[SaucyDancer]

I've got it all figured out.

 

[Kingkool]

Can someone please explain to me why this confirms that the leak was incomplete? I thought that I read that one of the leak pictures had all-star mode locked in it. Wouldn't this PotD deconfirm that since All-star mode is unlocked from the get-go? I'm probably mistaken about this i'm just looking for clarification.

 

[jaytalks]

i think thought that this has anything to do with the leak is ridiculous. Sakurai clearly has carefully mapped each POTD. Hence, it's Shulk in the picture, only days after his reveal.

 

[RedRambo4]

I guess Captain Olimar is gonna be one of the last people you fight

 

[Shin F.]

Can someone please explain to me why this confirms that the leak was incomplete? I thought that I read that one of the leak pictures had all-star mode locked in it. Wouldn't this PotD deconfirm that since All-star mode is unlocked from the get-go?

It wasn't locked, it just had a lock over it like the above picture which shows it was incomplete, and that thus not all characters were unlocked yet. It was speculated that it may have been locked just because ESRB didn't need to see it or something, but this shows that the leak with the roster most likely didn't have everyone.

 

[Lord Danongore]

Can someone please explain to me why this confirms that the leak was incomplete? I thought that I read that one of the leak pictures had all-star mode locked in it. Wouldn't this PotD deconfirm that since All-star mode is unlocked from the get-go? I'm probably mistaken about this i'm just looking for clarification.

Well the rumor is that the padlock was on it, which means that other characters were left to be added.

This also helps the theory that there are certain characters that can only be unlocked by linkin the 3ds and the wii u versions.

 

[grizby2]

looks like is making his return

 

[Kingkool]

It wasn't locked, it just had a lock over it like the above picture which shows it was incomplete, and that thus not all characters were unlocked yet. It was speculated that it may have been locked just because ESRB didn't need to see it or something, but this shows that the leak with the roster most likely didn't have everyone.

Oh ok thank you. I actually thought that everyone knew that the leaked roster wasn't complete due to the obvious empty space at the bottom of the character select screen so I wasn't quite sure why everyone was so excited but I guess this confirms it.

 

[mark welford]

rejoice!!!!!!!! wolf and ice climbers still have a chance!!!!!! amen hallelujah thank god almighty!!!!

 

[Kirbybrawl]

I doubt the all star mode screen will update with each individual character we unlock. Maybe it'll completely change when we unlock all the characters and have the whole roster posing together

 

[Kingkool]

So who are the popular guesses for the remaining roster slots? My guess would be Mewtwo, Dixie, Wolf, Ice Climbers, and Ridley. Although I'm still not 100% convinced about the last two

 

[IsmaR]

And on the 2nd day, Sakurai said 'Let speculation go raw until the very end.'

 

[ShiroiKen]

Final boss!... Rosalina?

 

[Man Li Gi]

For Sakurai and all these Smash "fans" happy with the possible exclusion of the veterans and newcomers.

 

[Delzethin]

So the padlock does mean there are characters left to be unlocked! And now, the question on everyone's minds:

Was the leaked screenshot of All-Star Mode taken at the same time as the CSS?

 

[Deleted member]

Now let's just hope this All-Star mode won't be as atrociously unbalanced as Brawl's.

 

[TrevonMarrast]

Daddy Sakurai has more in store for us....

#Sakurai Will Provide

 

[•Col•]

I get the sense that this PotD was specifically chosen by Sakurai to keep the hype train alive for other characters because of the leak that happened.

 

[Kind Dedede]

Wait, why is there a lock for a potential Mr Game & Watch (1980) and not for DHD (1984)?

 

[Stacko]

Hopefully we'll get another Newcomer trailer on Friday, then the following Friday, Then... Oh wait, the game comes out that following Saturday for Japan.

 

[Stacko]

Wait, why is there a lock for a potential Mr Game & Watch (1980) and not for DHD (1984)?

I believe the lock is just there to show that the All-Star mode is incomplete!

 

[IsmaR]

Final boss!... Rosalina?

Would think Greninja is the last one, at 2013.

 

[RascalTheCharizard]

When I read the first sentence I was like "WOAH! We really aren't holding back on the spoilers huh?"

But then I read about how you won't see characters that aren't unlocked and then I went "Oh."

 

[TrevonMarrast]

Hopefully we'll get another Newcomer trailer on Friday, then the following Friday, Then... Oh wait, the game comes out that following Saturday for Japan.

There was a trailer last week so I doubt we will get one on Friday, maybe the Monday of the following week.

 

[TrevonMarrast]

I've got it all figured out.

lol, that would be awesome

 

[Deleted member]

For Sakurai and all these Smash fans happy with the possible exclusion of the veterans and newcomers.

How did you upload that youtube video?