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The Week in Review Edition #10
3/17 - 3/21
Writers:
@ Venus of the Desert Bloom
@TumblrFamous
@ ---
Editor:
@Aerodrome
Banner by @ Rocket Raccoon
Last week started great with much expectations with a possible Yoshi reveal on Friday. All of these hopes and expectations crashed and burned though with Yoshi not being revealed. In fact, it was a new 3DS stage from the Japan-only game "Tomodoachi Collection". This week (and the week before), proved to be good for the Nintendo 3DS as three stages: Tortimer Island, Lumiose City, and Tomodachi Colletion are revealed in a generally short period of time. This could be an indiciation that Sakurai is starting to focus more on the 3DS version. As mentioned earlier, the week started out great with confirmation that the franchise Captain Rainbow would be represented in Super Smash Bros. This representation came in the chubby form of a Little Mac trophy as he appeared in the game Captain Rainbow. Tuesday continued with the hype and excitement with a Pokemon X/Y stage revealed: Luimose City. Not much was shown of the stage though. Wednesday was either a good or bad reveal for Zelda fans as it was confirmed that Zelda's Din Fire had its explosive power increased though many thought it was best for it to be faster. Thursday confirmed the return of the Motion-Sensor Bomb ins an expected redesign. Many thought Yoshi would be revealed due to the North American release of Yoshi'ew New Island for Nintendo 3DS. While most characters are revealed following the Japanese release of their game, Diddy Kong was revealed during the western release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. However, this could of course be attributed to Little Mac being revealed prior during the Valentines Day Direct. Regardless, Friday proved to be an ill and dissapointing day for Yoshi mains and Smash fans who was expecting the green dinosaur. Instead, the third 3DS stage "Tomodachi Collection" was revealed.
I would like to say a big and huge thank you to:
[*} @TumblrFamous for writing Thursday's article.
[*} @ Mario & Sonic Guy for writing the amazing Rosalia Analysis Part 2.
@APC99 for writing the great Mario veteran analysis.
@ --- for writing Friday's PotD.
[*} @Groose for taking the interview.
@Smash Daddy
@MasterWarlord
@JOE!
@ForwardArrow
@FrozenRoy
Thank you guys for helping compile information concerning the MYM Thread of the Week and putting up with my barrage of questions
[*] Lastly, to all of the Smashboards users who posts really make up what the WiR is. Without your insightful (and crazy) posts, this thread would not exist so thank you very much!
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[collapse=Rules and Other Infos]This is the first edition of "The Week in Review". The Week in Review will be a series of articles I have made throughout the week concerning the Pic of Day through using posts, threads, and MiiVerse to pool information and opinions about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS . However, the articles are not only limited to my own observation but to those of the larger Smash 4 community. Users are encouraged to submit articles and observations as well as opinions concerning the pictures that were updated throughout the week. I will explain how you can contribute later.
So what can you expect from this thread? On Friday, I will update the thread with a new article which will contain the Pic of the Day, other relevant images, information, I will also be pulling out interesting and thought provoking posts that have popped up throughout the week on the various threads such as the Wii U Discussion thread, 3DS Discussion Thread, MiiVerse Photo Thread, Roster Discussion Thread, character support threads as well as the Super Smash Bros, Wii U/3DS Backroom thus linking them altogether. In addition, I will also be adding up any information that Sakurai has revealed outside of the website/MiiVerse such as interviews and news articles.
I will open the thread on the weekend for people to talk about how the week went and comment on the articles. However, I will be closing the thread on Monday in order to prevent premature discussion about the weeks updates. I will be operating on Japanese Standard Time since both myself and Sakurai (OMG both of us in the same sentence?!?!?!) live on JST. View the JST Page in order to fully understand how time works.
Additionally, while this thread will focus on solely the Pic of the Day, I will sometimes allow pieces to be written about Smashboards, the Smash Community, MiiVerse, or Sakurai information. Additionally, once we have more information regarding the nature of the character, I will allow a user to write up an in-depth analysis of a character, veteran or newcomer. So come show your stuff!
Why is this thread needed?
We do have various discussion threads pertaining to various aspects of Smash. However, this is less of a discussion thread and more like a newsletter. I intend to present the facts and portray an unbiased review of the week. It will also serve as a hub to collect information, pictures, and articles that have been released in a weekly format thus allowing users to review the past weeks for better understanding how to predict future updates or to comb through information in an effective manner. It will also serve as a place to users to present their information, opinions, and observations in a semi-academical format. More information is listed below. If you see an interesting, funny, thought-provoking, or ridiculous post either on the SWF or on MiiVerse, PM me about it and I will include it! If you want me to remove you from a certain Tag, PM me and I will take you off.
Also, I wanted to use this space to allow users to be creative and constructive in speculating Smash in a more journalistic manner. I will not edit any posts except if they are inappropriate, bypass the censor, hateful in nature, or irrelevant.
How can I help?
You can contribute to this thread in many ways.
1) You can serve as a guest writer. This is done by contacting me via PM and apply to be a guest writer for the current week. I am able to allow or refuse the guest writer based on past credentials and reputation within the Smash 4 community so please keep that in mind.
After approval, I can either give you a piece to write OR you can choose one yourself. It should be focused on a particular Pic of the Day. Please promptly let me know which one you intend to. If I do not hear from you within a day, I will not accept an article. The article itself should be professionally written with little to no grammar or spelling mistakes. Any sources should be cited with a link to direct readers. While I understand some updates may be hard to write for, please write at least two paragraphs for each update. Unless it is an update of Luigi's nose but I am sure someone can find some Freudian psycho-analysis about that update. Please refer to the first edition post about how to write an article (though I am pretty sure many journalist/lit majors can do a much better job than I can lol).
2) You can help me gather posts that are excellent or at least interesting in nature. PM me any posts concerning a particular update and I will then add it to the articles. I frequent the above mentioned threads on a daily basis but I obviously miss things so I am heavily dependent on everyone getting me those great and thought-provoking posts. I want this thread to showcase what the brilliant minds in the Smash 4 community can do!
3) While you can discuss past and future weeks, please refrain from dissecting or analyzing the previous/future weeks and save that for the current week.
4) Could someone be a dear and make a banner for this thread. It's not urgent but a banner would be grand.[/collapse]
Table of Contents
1.1 Day #1: More than a Month of Final Smashes
2.1 Day #2: The Grand Mario Tour
3.1 Day #3: Sleeping on the Job
4.1 Day #4: Sakurai's Gone Nutty!
5.1 Day #5:
6.1 Week Overview
7.1 Editorials
8.1 Week in Review Interview: Groose
9.1 Character Analysis: Rosalina Part 2 by @ Mario & Sonic Guy
10.1 Thread of the Week: MYM
11.1 Mario Analysis by @APC99
More than a Month of Final Smashes
03/17/14
Day#1: Monday
Writer: Venus of the Desert Bloom
While absent from most if not all of the Pic of the Days, Final Smashes and, in aprticular, the Smash Ball graces both MiiVerse and the website on Monday. Sakurai is quoted with saying:
Wii Fit Trainer 's Final Smash "Wii Fit".
Little Mac's Final Smash "Giga Mac"
Samus' Final Smash "Zero Laser" which was also revealed during the E3 Super Smash Bros. Brawl trailer.
However, it is important to note that while those three Final Smash's were confirmed; they were not featured in the Picture of the Day and not verbally confirmed by Sakurai. With Sakurai's quote, some were trying to figure how many characters Sakurai is referring to:
TigerWaffl on MiiVerse
Considering that the SSB4 roster will be the same size or larger as Brawl, it is not an over-statement that Final Smash updates will take more than a month. Just counting all returning veterans minus Charizard, Squirtle, and Ivysaur, it would have 37 days to feature a PotD and MiiVerse update for each returning veteran. However, as mentioned before, weekends are not taken into consideration.
Let's say that Sakurai starts to make a mad spree of Final Smash updates starting from April 1st. It would take from April 1st to May 7th just to complete each veterans Final Smash. Then take into account Little Mac's, Villagers, Ms. Fit, and Mega Man....we would then be at 41 characters and at May 13th. And let's say we get 45 characters, 10 more than Brawl. We would then be at May 21st. Of course this is all speculation but is about a month and a half.
What I am trying to illustrate that, not counting weekends, it would take 47ish days with 45 characters. However, taking into account the weekends as a waiting period, it would take 51 days to reveal all of the character's Final Smashes. This is what I think Sakurai was referring to. Yes, weekends do not have updates but we are still waiting for Final Smashes to be updated.
Then again, it also doesn't take into account if Samus/Zero Suit Samus' FS as well as Zelda and Shiek's would be introduced together.
Many fans were voicing their opinions on how Final Smashes should look:
While others feel that this bodes well for future Final Smash updates:
I feel that while we might not get one immediately, this does certain bode well for future Final Smash updates since Sakurai acknowledged that they have yet to be confirmed. I believe starting from Monday, we will begin to see more updates concerning Final Smashes. However, will the PotD be able to do them justice or will a video/multiple pictures be needed? Let us know!
Things Confirmed for Monday:
1) Smash Ball returns
2) It will take more than a month to reveal each character's Final Smash.
3) Slightly updated design
The Grand Mario Tour
03/11/14
Day #2: Tuesday
Writer: Venus of the Desert Bloom
Tuesday was a rare quadruple whammy from Sakurai that completely took everyone by surprise. Sakurai posted four pictures relating to the "Super Mario Bros 3D land" complete with pictures and comments. It was like the Brawl Dojo all over again!
Of course, tournament viability was brought up:
Whether this stage will be tournament legal or not will be brought up in a future Stage Analysis article. So what exactly is this stage and what doe sit represent?
It appears this stage was based off from World 1-1 from Super Mario 3D Land.
The last portion of the stage, before netering the pipe appears to be based off from World 1-4.
For further reading, check out the SSB Wiki for this stage:
And certainly, the PotD has been treating the 3DS version very well with so many pictures and information.
While I doubt much speculation can be drawn from this, it could mean that either the 3DS version was not in a playable state when the site was first launched or that Sakurai simply wants to focus more on the 3DS version lately.
Since last week, the number of 3DS and Wii U PotD has been even (not the total number). As of Tuesday, there has been a equal number of Wii U and 3DS updates since 03/03/20014.
3DS
Mario 3D Land: 1
Tomodachi Collection: 1
Lumiose City: 1
Tortimer Island: 1
Little Mac S-Smash: 1
Ganondorf's Mothers: 1
Wii U
Smash Ball: 1
Motion-Sensor Bomb: 1
Zelda: 1
Fat Mac: 1
Dedede: 1
Bumper: 1
https://miiverse.nintendo.net/titles/14866558073037299863/14866558073037300685
It is interesting to note this "trend" started with the Kotake and Koume update on March 3rd which happened to be a Monday. I could possibly mean a more focus on the 3DS version than we previously saw before and an attempt made by Sakurai to balance out the two concerning the PotD.
Things confirmed for Tuesday:
1) Super Mario Bros 3D Land will be a Rainbow Cruise-like stage and divided into parts.
2) First quadruple picture update
Sleeping on the Job
03/19/14
Day #3: Wednesday
Writer: Venus of the Desert Bloom
But some were able to glean some sort of information from this update:
@sonicbrawler182
Regardless, the picture wasn't really nothing worth noting save for.....
Sakurai seems to a penchant for taking pictures of snoozing princesses and lords. It makes you wonder. As always, it is great to see Rosalina in all of her cosmicness as well as the Smashville stage. However, I must say this HAS to be the shortest article I have ever written!
Things Confirmed for Wednesday:
1.) Picture of Rosalina's hurt animation.
Sakurai’s Gone Nutty!
3/20/2014
Day #4: Thursday
Writer: TumblrFamous
Oh Sakurai, most of us were certain we were getting a reveal today! And yet again, you dupe us! As most of you know, it has been almost a month since our last reveal (Diddy Kong). It being the release date for the games Mario Party: Island Tour and Metal Gear Solid V, many people were expecting something.
However, what we got was not what most had in mind. Sakruai updated Miiverse with a Pic of Diddy Kong and his Peanut Popgun, firing at Bowser.
While most people either complained over the fact that it was another "filler pic", or presumed there would be a reveal on Friday, a few smart individuals picked up on something new in the picture.
Yes, that's right. There was actually something new hidden in the picture all along! According to Sakurai, Diddy's Peanut Popgun has received quite a substantial buff!
So, it seems the Peanut Popgun has in fact gotten a buff. When Diddy was introduced in Brawl, his Neutral Special, the Peanut Popgun, was an odd projectile attack. On Brawl's Dojo, it was given a little summary of what it can do:
As said, if held too long, the gun will explode, rendering Diddy's "peanut shot" useless. In Brawl, there was no hitbox on the explosion of the gun. Now, however, there seems to be a powerful hitbox on the explosion, meaning that Diddy has a powerful attack at his disposal. However, Sakurai says that it will be rather difficult to hit your opponent. The Peanut Popgun will likely remain having a rather slow buildup to its explosion, so Diddy users should plan to use this attack carefully. As Sakurai said, it can be useful when you break the opponent's shield, and then go in for the powerful explosion to "really blow them away".
With another buff for Diddy (a possible compensation for losing one banana, perhaps), it yet again proves that Sakurai is really changing up characters. However, users are still antsy for a character reveal. Most people are betting on one tomorrow, so will we see one then?
Things Confirmed for Thursday:
1. Diddy has yet another buff: the explosion on his Peanut Popgun now has a powerful hitbox.
Lightning Flash!
03/21/2015
Day #5
Writer: @ ---
Throughout her level (Chapter 14) and even during her boss fight, she teases/flirts with Pit as well as calling Palutena an old women. While later in the game she assists Pit as he storms Palutena's Temple to stop the Chaos Kin. Her "electrifying" personality and fashion style has led her to become a fan favorite from the game.
3/17 - 3/21
Writers:
@ Venus of the Desert Bloom
@TumblrFamous
@ ---
Editor:
@Aerodrome
Banner by @ Rocket Raccoon
Last week started great with much expectations with a possible Yoshi reveal on Friday. All of these hopes and expectations crashed and burned though with Yoshi not being revealed. In fact, it was a new 3DS stage from the Japan-only game "Tomodoachi Collection". This week (and the week before), proved to be good for the Nintendo 3DS as three stages: Tortimer Island, Lumiose City, and Tomodachi Colletion are revealed in a generally short period of time. This could be an indiciation that Sakurai is starting to focus more on the 3DS version. As mentioned earlier, the week started out great with confirmation that the franchise Captain Rainbow would be represented in Super Smash Bros. This representation came in the chubby form of a Little Mac trophy as he appeared in the game Captain Rainbow. Tuesday continued with the hype and excitement with a Pokemon X/Y stage revealed: Luimose City. Not much was shown of the stage though. Wednesday was either a good or bad reveal for Zelda fans as it was confirmed that Zelda's Din Fire had its explosive power increased though many thought it was best for it to be faster. Thursday confirmed the return of the Motion-Sensor Bomb ins an expected redesign. Many thought Yoshi would be revealed due to the North American release of Yoshi'ew New Island for Nintendo 3DS. While most characters are revealed following the Japanese release of their game, Diddy Kong was revealed during the western release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. However, this could of course be attributed to Little Mac being revealed prior during the Valentines Day Direct. Regardless, Friday proved to be an ill and dissapointing day for Yoshi mains and Smash fans who was expecting the green dinosaur. Instead, the third 3DS stage "Tomodachi Collection" was revealed.
I would like to say a big and huge thank you to:
[*} @TumblrFamous for writing Thursday's article.
[*} @ Mario & Sonic Guy for writing the amazing Rosalia Analysis Part 2.
@APC99 for writing the great Mario veteran analysis.
@ --- for writing Friday's PotD.
[*} @Groose for taking the interview.
@Smash Daddy
@MasterWarlord
@JOE!
@ForwardArrow
@FrozenRoy
Thank you guys for helping compile information concerning the MYM Thread of the Week and putting up with my barrage of questions
[*] Lastly, to all of the Smashboards users who posts really make up what the WiR is. Without your insightful (and crazy) posts, this thread would not exist so thank you very much!
Previous Issues
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[collapse=Rules and Other Infos]This is the first edition of "The Week in Review". The Week in Review will be a series of articles I have made throughout the week concerning the Pic of Day through using posts, threads, and MiiVerse to pool information and opinions about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS . However, the articles are not only limited to my own observation but to those of the larger Smash 4 community. Users are encouraged to submit articles and observations as well as opinions concerning the pictures that were updated throughout the week. I will explain how you can contribute later.
So what can you expect from this thread? On Friday, I will update the thread with a new article which will contain the Pic of the Day, other relevant images, information, I will also be pulling out interesting and thought provoking posts that have popped up throughout the week on the various threads such as the Wii U Discussion thread, 3DS Discussion Thread, MiiVerse Photo Thread, Roster Discussion Thread, character support threads as well as the Super Smash Bros, Wii U/3DS Backroom thus linking them altogether. In addition, I will also be adding up any information that Sakurai has revealed outside of the website/MiiVerse such as interviews and news articles.
I will open the thread on the weekend for people to talk about how the week went and comment on the articles. However, I will be closing the thread on Monday in order to prevent premature discussion about the weeks updates. I will be operating on Japanese Standard Time since both myself and Sakurai (OMG both of us in the same sentence?!?!?!) live on JST. View the JST Page in order to fully understand how time works.
Additionally, while this thread will focus on solely the Pic of the Day, I will sometimes allow pieces to be written about Smashboards, the Smash Community, MiiVerse, or Sakurai information. Additionally, once we have more information regarding the nature of the character, I will allow a user to write up an in-depth analysis of a character, veteran or newcomer. So come show your stuff!
Why is this thread needed?
We do have various discussion threads pertaining to various aspects of Smash. However, this is less of a discussion thread and more like a newsletter. I intend to present the facts and portray an unbiased review of the week. It will also serve as a hub to collect information, pictures, and articles that have been released in a weekly format thus allowing users to review the past weeks for better understanding how to predict future updates or to comb through information in an effective manner. It will also serve as a place to users to present their information, opinions, and observations in a semi-academical format. More information is listed below. If you see an interesting, funny, thought-provoking, or ridiculous post either on the SWF or on MiiVerse, PM me about it and I will include it! If you want me to remove you from a certain Tag, PM me and I will take you off.
Also, I wanted to use this space to allow users to be creative and constructive in speculating Smash in a more journalistic manner. I will not edit any posts except if they are inappropriate, bypass the censor, hateful in nature, or irrelevant.
How can I help?
You can contribute to this thread in many ways.
1) You can serve as a guest writer. This is done by contacting me via PM and apply to be a guest writer for the current week. I am able to allow or refuse the guest writer based on past credentials and reputation within the Smash 4 community so please keep that in mind.
After approval, I can either give you a piece to write OR you can choose one yourself. It should be focused on a particular Pic of the Day. Please promptly let me know which one you intend to. If I do not hear from you within a day, I will not accept an article. The article itself should be professionally written with little to no grammar or spelling mistakes. Any sources should be cited with a link to direct readers. While I understand some updates may be hard to write for, please write at least two paragraphs for each update. Unless it is an update of Luigi's nose but I am sure someone can find some Freudian psycho-analysis about that update. Please refer to the first edition post about how to write an article (though I am pretty sure many journalist/lit majors can do a much better job than I can lol).
2) You can help me gather posts that are excellent or at least interesting in nature. PM me any posts concerning a particular update and I will then add it to the articles. I frequent the above mentioned threads on a daily basis but I obviously miss things so I am heavily dependent on everyone getting me those great and thought-provoking posts. I want this thread to showcase what the brilliant minds in the Smash 4 community can do!
3) While you can discuss past and future weeks, please refrain from dissecting or analyzing the previous/future weeks and save that for the current week.
4) Could someone be a dear and make a banner for this thread. It's not urgent but a banner would be grand.[/collapse]
Table of Contents
1.1 Day #1: More than a Month of Final Smashes
2.1 Day #2: The Grand Mario Tour
3.1 Day #3: Sleeping on the Job
4.1 Day #4: Sakurai's Gone Nutty!
5.1 Day #5:
6.1 Week Overview
7.1 Editorials
8.1 Week in Review Interview: Groose
9.1 Character Analysis: Rosalina Part 2 by @ Mario & Sonic Guy
10.1 Thread of the Week: MYM
11.1 Mario Analysis by @APC99
More than a Month of Final Smashes
03/17/14
Day#1: Monday
Writer: Venus of the Desert Bloom
While absent from most if not all of the Pic of the Days, Final Smashes and, in aprticular, the Smash Ball graces both MiiVerse and the website on Monday. Sakurai is quoted with saying:
Since the Official E3 trailer, only three Final Smashes have yet to be see:"Pic of the day. That item that brings victory one step closer...the Smash Ball! Of course everyone wants it! Come to think of it, I haven't introduced any of the Final Smashes yet... Then again, if I introduced every single one, it'd take over a month's worth of posts."
Wii Fit Trainer 's Final Smash "Wii Fit".
Little Mac's Final Smash "Giga Mac"
Samus' Final Smash "Zero Laser" which was also revealed during the E3 Super Smash Bros. Brawl trailer.
However, it is important to note that while those three Final Smash's were confirmed; they were not featured in the Picture of the Day and not verbally confirmed by Sakurai. With Sakurai's quote, some were trying to figure how many characters Sakurai is referring to:
@JOE!>Every Single 1
>Over a month
>1 month usually has about 30 days
>Over 30 chars confirmed
@AerodromeBut also not more than 60 otherwise he would have said 2 months.
INTERESTING
5 days, 4 weeks, Skip weekends = around 20-21 days. 24 characters revealed = over a month of Final Smash's.
Jonathan on MiiVerseHe post pics only on weekends which means there are still only 23 characters.
TigerWaffl on MiiVerse
Jάymεη on MiiVerseIt kinda bugs me how everyone only cares about predicting how many fighters will be in the roster. Come on guys! The REAL news is that the Smash Ball has returned!
@TheNotSoShyGuyI had the same conclusion, until i realized that he only posts weekdays... which is about 20 per month... I still think 30+ characters is a very safe bet though.
Considering that the SSB4 roster will be the same size or larger as Brawl, it is not an over-statement that Final Smash updates will take more than a month. Just counting all returning veterans minus Charizard, Squirtle, and Ivysaur, it would have 37 days to feature a PotD and MiiVerse update for each returning veteran. However, as mentioned before, weekends are not taken into consideration.
Let's say that Sakurai starts to make a mad spree of Final Smash updates starting from April 1st. It would take from April 1st to May 7th just to complete each veterans Final Smash. Then take into account Little Mac's, Villagers, Ms. Fit, and Mega Man....we would then be at 41 characters and at May 13th. And let's say we get 45 characters, 10 more than Brawl. We would then be at May 21st. Of course this is all speculation but is about a month and a half.
What I am trying to illustrate that, not counting weekends, it would take 47ish days with 45 characters. However, taking into account the weekends as a waiting period, it would take 51 days to reveal all of the character's Final Smashes. This is what I think Sakurai was referring to. Yes, weekends do not have updates but we are still waiting for Final Smashes to be updated.
Then again, it also doesn't take into account if Samus/Zero Suit Samus' FS as well as Zelda and Shiek's would be introduced together.
Many fans were voicing their opinions on how Final Smashes should look:
@IsmaRI'd prefer a video for individual Final Smash demonstrations. Pics don't do justice to a Final Smash's true effectiveness (DK's and Ice Climbers' come to mind).
Chris on MiiVersevillager’s final smash should be crazy red comes and buys all the other characters.
Real on MiiverseTips for other newcomers' final smashes: Mega Man-Super Adapter Villager- Firework Festival Rosallina- Luma Army
Nate of MiiVerseIf you could sakurai, just show us a few of the final smashes once in a while, and leave the rest them a secret, giving us a chance to see their beauty on our own.
While others feel that this bodes well for future Final Smash updates:
@Mega BidoofI'd say we are getting a Final Smash pic tomorrow, but I remembered that Sakurai is a troll, so he probably won't.
I feel that while we might not get one immediately, this does certain bode well for future Final Smash updates since Sakurai acknowledged that they have yet to be confirmed. I believe starting from Monday, we will begin to see more updates concerning Final Smashes. However, will the PotD be able to do them justice or will a video/multiple pictures be needed? Let us know!
Things Confirmed for Monday:
1) Smash Ball returns
2) It will take more than a month to reveal each character's Final Smash.
3) Slightly updated design
The Grand Mario Tour
03/11/14
Day #2: Tuesday
Writer: Venus of the Desert Bloom
Tuesday was a rare quadruple whammy from Sakurai that completely took everyone by surprise. Sakurai posted four pictures relating to the "Super Mario Bros 3D land" complete with pictures and comments. It was like the Brawl Dojo all over again!
@mygamecubeHa this update reminded me on how the dojo was run. Multiple pics and information on one topic.
Stage seems like Rainbow Cruise.
Sakurai said:"Pic of the day. Here's some info on the Nintendo 3DS stage called Super Mario 3D Land! First, it advances by side-scrolling…"
"Then you continue into the valley--it's in 3D Land, after all. The protruding stone blocks change the angles of the platforms."
"After that, back to side-scrolling. Now it gets you moving--you'll have to trot downhill here."
This is the first time we got more than two pictures related to the PotD and there's a high possibility that we might see this happen again with updates such as Final Smashes and stages. However, it is worth noting that Sakurai stated that "I know this sequence goes above and beyond a traditional Pic of the Day, so consider this a little something extra on the side from me." Could he be sweetening the masses due to bad news? Does he feel bad for not giving us Yoshi last week? Those are some questions that were running in some heads with this newest update. It definitely was a surprise and one that a lot of people liked:"And finally, you get back on rails to go farther into the stage. It takes roughly two minutes to complete a lap, and at the end you go into a giant pipe that takes you back to the beginning. …I know this sequence goes above and beyond a traditional Pic of the Day, so consider this a little something extra on the side from me."
@MasterLuigiWow. Four pictures in one pic of the day.
@Time/SpaceMageWow, I bet there's gonna be an interesting Event match here.
@ FrostwraithI wonder if he will be doing more updates like this for other moving stages.
Today was a nice surprise. Maybe he will do more of these as the release date approaches...
@Sonicguy726Love the stage, I wonder what it'll be called though, theres no way they'd just call it super mario 3D Land
@KingShadowIt could just be a prototype name. Would prefer "3D Mushroom Kingdom" though.
@Tepig2000I loved this update! This stage looks really cool. I wonder if the Wii U version will have a "Super Mario 3D World" stage.
@ FalKoopaWell, that's a lot of info for one day. Thanks Sakurai!
We have been getting a LOT of 3DS pics lately. Can't complain though, since that's the one I'm getting first.
@IsmaRI can imagine the site blowing up again if he does this kind of update for Pyrosphere.
Of course, tournament viability was brought up:
@PsymonOoo, another stage that will I won't be able to play on in a competative game. Mmmmm.
@sonicbrawler182It pains me to think this stage may not be tourney legal. It looks like a lot of fun.
@IxbrainThe Super Smash Bros. series competitive play isn't the main focus of the games, as it's a Party-Game/Fighter hybrid. Who cares if this stage is tourney legal or not? People who are able to enjoy the game as a whole, and love it for all the features it has, are Nintendo's main target audience, and the people who play smash competitively are the last things on Nintendo's minds.
@KingShadowGreat, finally got some info on this one! Ain't gonna be good for tourneys though.
Whether this stage will be tournament legal or not will be brought up in a future Stage Analysis article. So what exactly is this stage and what doe sit represent?
It appears this stage was based off from World 1-1 from Super Mario 3D Land.
The last portion of the stage, before netering the pipe appears to be based off from World 1-4.
For further reading, check out the SSB Wiki for this stage:
http://www.ssbwiki.com/Super_Mario_3D_LandThis stage as a whole is based on the Nintendo 3DS game of the same name with each part of the level referencing levels from the game.
The castle area is roughly based around World 1-1 with changes to layout of the platforms and the platforms themselves. The area is also a lot closer to Peach's Castle than it was in Super Mario 3D Land.
The valley area's closest resemblance is World 8-2 in that both levels have steep rock cliffs with grass on top; however, the resemblance ends there as the level in Super Mario 3D Land did not have moving platforms (other than ones that move in a circular pattern) or gray rocks protruding from the cliff sides. The cliff walls are also more red than they are in original game. Other than World 8-2, there are no levels that resemble the valley area.
The downhill area is roughly based on World 4-1. In World 4-1 the player navigates through the level by scaling steep cliff sides with grass tops. In this stage, the design of the soil found on the smaller cliffs with grass have been retained, and the gray rock cliff walls seen in the background are designed around the taller cliff walls in World 4-1. The level also has trees with rounded tops, which were also retained in this stage. However, the goal of World 4-1 was located on top of a tree-like structure perched on top of the cliff which means the player is mostly going upward, unlike in this stage where the battle goes downhill.
The rotating blocks area comes from World 4-3, Special 3-2,and Special 6-4. While rotating block platforms originate from New Super Mario Bros. Wii, World 1-5 and World 3-5, the design of the blocks originate from Super Mario 3D Land. In the levels that feature the rotating blocks, the level takes place in the sky above clouds, but in this stage they're closer towards the ground.
The water area originates from a few different levels. The idea of players on moving platforms come from World 1-4, but the background and scenery of the stage mostly resemble World 6-1. The design of the moving platform; however, is different than from Super Mario 3D Land as the moving platforms in the game moved by the player standing on a side of the platform featuring arrows. The platform would then move in that direction by the two wheels on the sides along rails. The platforms in this stage do not feature the arrows and the wheels, and its movement on the rail is not based on the player, but instead moves automatically. This area of the stage also feature stage hazards called Skewers, which are spiked pillars that lunge in the direction it's pointing. Skewers first appeared in Super Mario World, and have returned in recent Mario games. In Super Mario 3D Land Skewers do not appear in either World 1-4 nor 6-1, but only appear in certain Airship levels, World 3-Airship and World 6-Airship. The design of the Skewers have also been retained. In this stage, Skewers lunge upwards from the water below as stage hazards.
And certainly, the PotD has been treating the 3DS version very well with so many pictures and information.
@SehnsuchtThis is turning out to be the Month of 3DS Stage Info, what with Tortimer Island, Lumiose City, Tomodachi, and now 3D Land elaboration.
Hope next month ends up being the Month of Pyrosphere Wii U Stage Info.
While I doubt much speculation can be drawn from this, it could mean that either the 3DS version was not in a playable state when the site was first launched or that Sakurai simply wants to focus more on the 3DS version lately.
Since last week, the number of 3DS and Wii U PotD has been even (not the total number). As of Tuesday, there has been a equal number of Wii U and 3DS updates since 03/03/20014.
3DS
Mario 3D Land: 1
Tomodachi Collection: 1
Lumiose City: 1
Tortimer Island: 1
Little Mac S-Smash: 1
Ganondorf's Mothers: 1
Wii U
Smash Ball: 1
Motion-Sensor Bomb: 1
Zelda: 1
Fat Mac: 1
Dedede: 1
Bumper: 1
https://miiverse.nintendo.net/titles/14866558073037299863/14866558073037300685
It is interesting to note this "trend" started with the Kotake and Koume update on March 3rd which happened to be a Monday. I could possibly mean a more focus on the 3DS version than we previously saw before and an attempt made by Sakurai to balance out the two concerning the PotD.
Things confirmed for Tuesday:
1) Super Mario Bros 3D Land will be a Rainbow Cruise-like stage and divided into parts.
2) First quadruple picture update
Sleeping on the Job
03/19/14
Day #3: Wednesday
Writer: Venus of the Desert Bloom
Rosalina graces the PotD yet again with a slightly suggestive comment provided by the great Sakurai. However....Sakurai said:"Pic of the day. Fallen Rosalina. Strange how calm and nonchalant she looks even when she takes damage. Is it because she's from outer space?"
@Ndaydaylewd......
@TollhouseYou're all a bunch of perverts.
But some were able to glean some sort of information from this update:
@Guybrush20X6Well they can't all be incredible. We get to see Rosy's lying down animation I guess?
@ThatWasPeachyWell, you guys did want a Wii U pic.
Tomorrow is going to be the big day this week, as there's (finally) a new game coming out in Japan (Mario Party).
@Chris BakerGuys, that's Timmy/Tommy, not Nook.
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Clearly there is a pattern here...I sense a fetish...
Rosalina just looks far too good though, jaysus christ...
@sonicbrawler182
Regardless, the picture wasn't really nothing worth noting save for.....
@KingofPhantoms47Now that I think about I actually would like this pic to become a meme
Sakurai seems to a penchant for taking pictures of snoozing princesses and lords. It makes you wonder. As always, it is great to see Rosalina in all of her cosmicness as well as the Smashville stage. However, I must say this HAS to be the shortest article I have ever written!
Things Confirmed for Wednesday:
1.) Picture of Rosalina's hurt animation.
Sakurai’s Gone Nutty!
3/20/2014
Day #4: Thursday
Writer: TumblrFamous
Oh Sakurai, most of us were certain we were getting a reveal today! And yet again, you dupe us! As most of you know, it has been almost a month since our last reveal (Diddy Kong). It being the release date for the games Mario Party: Island Tour and Metal Gear Solid V, many people were expecting something.
@ZombieVitoSnake? Snake!!! SNAKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
@APC99I predict Sakurai will reveal a character of some sort. Hoepfully, Yoshi, Wario, Ness or, the long shot, Solid Snake, which is highly unlikely.
@Oniric SpriterIsland Tour comes out tomorrow in Japan? If so it's likely to be Wario or no one, I'll stick with no one.
However, what we got was not what most had in mind. Sakruai updated Miiverse with a Pic of Diddy Kong and his Peanut Popgun, firing at Bowser.
@McDucklettsWOW
IT'S NOTHING
While most people either complained over the fact that it was another "filler pic", or presumed there would be a reveal on Friday, a few smart individuals picked up on something new in the picture.
@Neo ZeroI never used Diddy much in Brawl, but before when his pop gun blew up I thought he just blew up in smoke and nothing happened. This is showing it has a hitbox now, so if I'm not mistaken, buff?
@ Swamp SenseiWait a minute...
The explosion hurt Bowser...
That's new.
Yes, that's right. There was actually something new hidden in the picture all along! According to Sakurai, Diddy's Peanut Popgun has received quite a substantial buff!
-Masahiro SakuraiPic of the day. The Peanut Popgun now deals a powerful attack when it explodes. It'll be difficult to hit your target, but when you succeed, the explosion will really blow your enemies away. Give it a shot when you break someone's shield.
So, it seems the Peanut Popgun has in fact gotten a buff. When Diddy was introduced in Brawl, his Neutral Special, the Peanut Popgun, was an odd projectile attack. On Brawl's Dojo, it was given a little summary of what it can do:
-Brawl Dojo
As said, if held too long, the gun will explode, rendering Diddy's "peanut shot" useless. In Brawl, there was no hitbox on the explosion of the gun. Now, however, there seems to be a powerful hitbox on the explosion, meaning that Diddy has a powerful attack at his disposal. However, Sakurai says that it will be rather difficult to hit your opponent. The Peanut Popgun will likely remain having a rather slow buildup to its explosion, so Diddy users should plan to use this attack carefully. As Sakurai said, it can be useful when you break the opponent's shield, and then go in for the powerful explosion to "really blow them away".
With another buff for Diddy (a possible compensation for losing one banana, perhaps), it yet again proves that Sakurai is really changing up characters. However, users are still antsy for a character reveal. Most people are betting on one tomorrow, so will we see one then?
Things Confirmed for Thursday:
1. Diddy has yet another buff: the explosion on his Peanut Popgun now has a powerful hitbox.
Lightning Flash!
03/21/2015
Day #5
Writer: @ ---
Sakurai said:Pic of the day. The most powerful commander of the Forces of Nature, Lightning Flash Phosphora!!
For those who don't know, Phosphora appears as one of Viridi's Generals in Kid Icarus: Uprising, and can command electricity.Sakurai said:…is a Trophy. The detail in her scarf is amazing.
Throughout her level (Chapter 14) and even during her boss fight, she teases/flirts with Pit as well as calling Palutena an old women. While later in the game she assists Pit as he storms Palutena's Temple to stop the Chaos Kin. Her "electrifying" personality and fashion style has led her to become a fan favorite from the game.
Things Confirmed for Friday:
1.) Phosphora from Kid Icarus: Uprising is a standard trophy.
2.) That there will be Original Trophy Models.
@Radical Beam2.) That there will be Original Trophy Models.
I'm happy to see that Sakurai isn't simply reusing character models. Melee was awesome because of the original trophies. Hopefully we get a lot of remodels, even if they are just trophies.
Granted I don't think trophy models are that big of deal, based on the Little Mac (Captain Rainbow) pic, chances are that most models will at least be updated to an extent as to make them more presentable in HD.
That said, Sakurai did go all out on Phosphora as shown by her Lightning Scarf, and you can tell he's very proud.
@Fatmanonice
I would have thought most people were betting on Magnus or the Eggplant Wizard. Who ever it is, it will be a good Pic of the Day upon their reveal.It does make me wonder with Viridi and Phosphora now being disconfirmed, who Sakurai's ultimately going to choose to be the AT for the Kid Icarus franchise. There's so many possibilities even with two of the games' major characters biting the dust.
@iDOWN
@ Admiral PitPhosphora is from Kid Icarus: Uprising, which is a 3DS game, so you'd think Phosphora's trophy would be for 3DS, as well. This is from the Saria Trophy PotD in January.
"Pic of the day. There will be trophies in the 3DS and Wii U games, and each version will boast different types and models. The 3DS trophies will be mainly from handhelds and the Wii U version will feature trophies from the home-console games."
It does say types and models and not just trophies in general, so who knows. Where I was going at with this was that Phosphora could be an Assist Trophy, which is why her model is so well-done, but then I noticed her fingers are separate. hahaha.
@TumblrFamousThis pretty much is the pic for the 2-year KIU anniversary, and I approve of the shocking reveal. I'm eager to see more KI characters in HD in the future. <3
I just like all the KI stuff we're getting. It's preparing us for an inevitable Palutena.
Sakurai said:"laughs"
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