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The Week in Review Edition #25
6/30- 7/04
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Banner by @ Venus of the Desert Bloom
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Writers:
@ Venus of the Desert Bloom
@ TumblrFamous
@---
@Opossum
@Mario_and_Sonic_Guy
@Frostwraith
@ Pazzo.
@BigAxle
@ Rocket Raccoon
Editor:
@Aerodrome
I would like to say a big and huge thank you to:
@Starphoenix for agreeing to an interview
To my staff members who help out to make the WiR great!
To all the readers who support us!
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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: Iridescent Poppant Wonka and the Smash Run Factory
2.1 Day #2: Little Mac Dresing Up for the Gold
3.1 Day #3: Lady Rosalina and Lord Mii
4.1 Day #4: THE SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT!
5.1 Day #5: Wakka Wakka
6.1 Week Overview
7.1 Week in Review Interview: ???
8.1 We Want YOU to Vote! Results
9.1 Help Wanted
Want to help or contribute?
[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: Iridescent Poppant Wonka and the Smash Run Factory
2.1 Day #2: Little Mac Dresing Up for the Gold
3.1 Day #3: Lady Rosalina and Lord Mii
4.1 Day #4: THE SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT!
5.1 Day #5: Wakka Wakka
6.1 Week Overview
7.1 Week in Review Interview: ???
8.1 We Want YOU to Vote! Results
9.1 Help Wanted
Iridescent Poppant Wonka and the Smash Run Factory
6.30.2014
Day #1: Monday
Writer: @ Venus of the Desert Bloom
6.30.2014
Day #1: Monday
Writer: @ Venus of the Desert Bloom
Confirmed on Monday were two particular enemies players will face in the Smash Run, a 3DS exsclusive game mode. Sakurai had this to say about the PotD:
Sakurai also posted a second PotD and a comment:"Pic of the day. Here's a Poppant, an enemy that appeared in the previous game in this series. Poppants will appear in Smash Run, scampering around as they drop a variety of items."
Confirmed for Smash Run is the Poppant which appeared in SSBB and the Iridescent Glint Beetle from the Pikmin series. To refresh yourselves, here is some information regarding the Poppant:"There are other bonus characters that appear in this game, too. Here's an Iridescent Glint Beetle from the Pikmin series. Keep hitting it!! Keep hitting it for gold!!"
http://www.ssbwiki.com/PoppantA Poppant is a rare enemy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Subspace Emissary mode. A Poppant's trousers are full of presents and candy. It is cowardly, and will run away from the player, scattering objects in its wake. Some of these objects will hurt the player if they hit them, making the Poppant difficult to chase down. It sometimes leaves food in its run, and when defeated, mostly healing items are left. It can also drop weak random items.
It is unsure if this will be a rare enemy in Smash Run but hitting it will obviously cause various goodies to pop out. It will obviously have a trophy as the majority of the Smash Run enemies.
For those unfamiliar to the Pikmin series, the Iridescent Glint Beetle can be described as such:
Olimar's Notes
http://pikmin.wikia.com/wiki/Iridescent_Glint_Beetle"This variety of beetle consumes subterranean minerals. Due to the fact that it rarely emerges above ground, sightings of this particular species are extremely rare. While minerals are this beast's primary source of food, the beetle itself does not have the ability to digest these minerals. Instead, metabacteria living inside the beetle's stomach chemically break down the minerals. The resulting purified metal is discharged, but rare metals such as gold and platinum crystallize onto the iridescent glint beetle's shell, resulting in the beautiful laminated shimmer."
Much like the Poppant, the Iridescent Glint Beetle will drop pieces of gold that may help the player in Smash Run or add coins to the characters profile for purchasing/using for trophies. It may be safe to assume both the Iridescent Glint Beetle and Poppant will be both rarer enemies in Smash Run.
For a full list of enemies encountered in Smash Run, please open the quote below:
While the responses were few, here are some comments people had about these two PotD's:Known enemies
EnemySeries
Banzai Bill Mario
Bill Blaster Mario
Bonkers Kirby
Boom Stomper Kid Icarus
Bronto Burt Kirby
Bulborb Pikmin
Bullet Bill Mario
Bumpety Bomb Kid Icarus
Chandelure Pokémon
Clubberskull Kid Icarus
Cryogonal Pokémon
Cucco The Legend of Zelda
Daphne Kid Icarus
Darknut The Legend of Zelda
Eggrobo Sonic
Flage Kid Icarus
Flame Chomp Mario
Gastly Pokémon
Giant Goomba Mario
Glice The Subspace Emissary
Glire The Subspace Emissary
Glunder The Subspace Emissary
Goomba Mario
Gordo Kirby
Hammer Bro. Mario
Iridescent Glint Beetle Pikmin
Kihunter Metroid
Koffing Pokémon
Koopa Paratroopa Mario
Koopa Troopa Mario
Kremling Donkey Kong
Lakitu and Spinies Mario
Lethinium Kid Icarus
Magikoopa Mario
Mahva Kid Icarus
Megonta Kid Icarus
Metroid Metroid
Mettaur Mega Man
Mimicutie Kid Icarus
Mite The Subspace Emissary
Monoeye Kid Icarus
Nutski Kid Icarus
Octorok The Legend of Zelda
Orne Kid Icarus
Parasol Waddle Dee Kirby
Peahat The Legend of Zelda
Petilil Pokémon
Plasma Wisp Kirby
Poe The Legend of Zelda
Polar Bear Ice Climber
Pooka Pac-Man
Poppant The Subspace Emissary
Reaper Kid Icarus
ReDead The Legend of Zelda
Reo Metroid
Roturret The Subspace Emissary
Shotzo Kirby
Shy Guy Mario/Yoshi
Skuttler Kid Icarus
Sneaky SpiritRhythm Heaven
Souflee Kid Icarus
Spike Top Mario
Stalfos The Legend of Zelda
Subspace Generator The Subspace Emissary
Tac Kirby
Tiki Buzz Donkey Kong
Waddle Dee Kirby
Waddle Doo Kirby
Yellow Ghost Find Mii
Zoomer Metroid
Zuree Kid Icarus
Dr. BranI think these guys should only throw Bob-ombs. Chaos ensues.
Captain HotcakesI think Sakurai went amnesiac over the Smash Direct.
R.O.B.Am I the only one who wants the Snitchbugs and Snakegrets as enemies in Smash Run?
SpeedWas expecting a character reveal today, not an enemy we've already seen in two games. Disappoint.
Things Confirmed for Monday:
1. The Poppant and the Iridescent Glint Beetle will appear as enemies in Smash Run.
2. The Poppant will have a 3DS trophy.
Little Mac Dressing Up for the Gold!
07.01.2014
Day #2: Tuesday
Writer: @ Rocket Raccoon
In the comments he saidPic of the day. The pink sweatshirt looks really cool on Little Mac, so you can use that outfit in this game… How can a pink sweatshirt look so cool?
Looks like some of you noticed that this version of Little Mac wasn't shown at E3. There are many things, like Link's Skyward Sword tunic design I posted earlier, that haven't been revealed yet.
Here's the "World Circuit" color as predicted by the Little Mac SSB4 thread.
Little Mac's pink hoodie in Punch-Out.
Let's see what users had to say.
@ itsameluigi1290
Because his stage entrance animation.
@BBG|Scott-SpainIf there are multiple color hoods, it's over.
@BillyTheKiddI wonder if he'll ride a bike into the arena when he wears the hoodie? Nobody better steal it if he does.
@Mega BidoofYES!!!!!
I thought all hope for the Hoodie Alt was lost when the Wire Frame Alt was shown, but Sakurai realized that there were 2 great alts for Mac!
And on top of that, he even gets a texture alt (MURICA'!).
Hopefully this means that Link can have his texture alt (Skyloft clothes), and still have 1 or 2 full Alternate Costumes! Ocarina Link, Fierce Diety, Hyrule Warriors, the possibilities are endless!
Great job Sakurai! You actually made a decent non-filler pic that got me excited!
@TheLightningGamerWow! There are two alternate costumes for Mac?! I wonder who else will have alternate costumes, let alone two!
Things Confirmed for Tuesday:
1. Little Mac has 2 alternate costumes.
2. You can play as the Pink Hoodie Mac.
3. Some characters might have 2 alternate costumes.
Lady Rosalina and Lord Mii
07.02.2014
Day #3: Wednesday
Writer: @ Venus of the Desert Bloom
After the suprising PotD that was Pink Hoody Little Mac, Wednesday's PotD was considered to be rather under-whelming in terms of new information. Regardless, it appears that Sakurai is focusing on introducing to us various altnernative costumes and palette swaps.1. Little Mac has 2 alternate costumes.
2. You can play as the Pink Hoodie Mac.
3. Some characters might have 2 alternate costumes.
Lady Rosalina and Lord Mii
07.02.2014
Day #3: Wednesday
Writer: @ Venus of the Desert Bloom
Here is what Sakurai had to tell us about Wednesday's PotD:
Pictures above is Rosalina and Luma and the Mii Gunner in Rainbow Road, a Super Mario Bros. stage on the 3DS. Confirmed at E3 as well as the Mii Fighter page are various costumes that are available to them:"Pic of the day. The Mii Gunner in his suit. Looking sharp! The arm cannon's design will change depending on the outfit, but the attacks and projectiles will be the same."
http://www.ssbwiki.com/Character_customization
- A suit and tie.
- An American football outfit.
- An American football helmet. (Does not have to be paired with the above outfit as shown in one of the screenshots).
- A leather bodysuit with glowing accents on it, (including one that resembles the Smash logo).
- An Old-English style outfit.
- A top hat.
- A hibiscus barrette.
- A sun hat.
- A bulky armor suit that also has glowing accents on it.
- A tight shirt and black leather pants covered in bling.
- A cowboy costume. There is a female variant of this that includes a skirt.
Here are some examples of the alternate costumes for the Mii Fighters
According to Sakurai, the outfit is a Formal wear or suit and tie outfit however, it appears that these are not full outfit sets but can be mixed and matched to how the player sees fit. The above picture shows the Formal wear plus a hat while the PotD does not feature a hat.
Rosalina seems to be sporting her white palette swap. This seems to look much like her Fire Rosalina outfit but with the colors inverted.
It is interesting to note that white palette swap of Rosalina looks strikingly like Fire Peach pictures below:
I am curious as to why Sakurai did not include the Fire Rosalina palette swap but, rather, inverted the colors which makes it look like Fire Peach.
And while it was confirmed before now, the Luma'c color is not depedent on the palette swap.
Now to see what people thought about this PotD:
NialaIs Rosalina's colour palette backwards from the SM3DW one? Don't know why they'd change that, but it looks good either way.
ZzuxonThis is the costume I will use. So cool.
powerhouseRosa looks kinda like a white mage, minus the inward spikes designs.
Ryan.Neat, I wonder how many outfits we will get to choose from for the Miis.
shinhed-echiI've been wondering...
Are there unlockable parts for Miis outside SSB4 which you could use to make a Mii (face)?
Imagine... If you play Disney Ifninity or something, and you unlock, say... Mickey Mouse ears that you can put on your Mii. Then you could potentially do a Miickey Mouse fighter.
I know X360 owners can unlock stuff for their avatars, but I'm not sure if the Miis now do that on the Wii U.
Things Confirmed for Wednesday:
1. The nature of the attacks are not affected by the costumes or outfits.
2. White palette swap for Rosalina
1. The nature of the attacks are not affected by the costumes or outfits.
2. White palette swap for Rosalina
THE SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT!!
7.03.2014
Day #4: Thursday
Writer: @ TumblrFamous
We got a beautiful picture today. While not necessarily that interesting of a pic, Sakurai did seem to toy with the emotions of many fans today. Looks like a normal picture, right? I mean, it's just Mega Man.EXE and Mega Man Volnutt. We already know they're parts of Mega Man's Final Smash. What's so special about it? Well, take a look at this caption.
If what's the case? Alternate costumes for Mega Man? HYPE! I mean, why else would Sakurai say that? It's a clear hint towards an alternate costume! Sadly, people were mildly irritated by what the second picture was, and what it had to say.
Oh well. We see a trophy for X on the 3DS. Wait, huh? A 3DS picture? But the first pic was for the Wii U! Yep, along with confirming the Mega Man incarnations as trophies, we also get a nice little surprise: a Wii U picture alongside a 3DS picture. So that certainly is good to hear. It's easy to wonder when Sakurai would do both systems as pics again!
So let's check out some fan reactions.
Things Confirmed for Thursday:
1. Mega Man's alternate incarnations will appear as trophies.
2. We can get a rare mix of Wii U and 3DS pictures in one day.
7.03.2014
Day #4: Thursday
Writer: @ TumblrFamous
We got a beautiful picture today. While not necessarily that interesting of a pic, Sakurai did seem to toy with the emotions of many fans today. Looks like a normal picture, right? I mean, it's just Mega Man.EXE and Mega Man Volnutt. We already know they're parts of Mega Man's Final Smash. What's so special about it? Well, take a look at this caption.
-Masahiro Sakurai"Pic of the day. Mega Man.EXE and Mega Man Volnutt!! They only appear for a split second, but the modeling is so detailed. And if that's the case…!"
If what's the case? Alternate costumes for Mega Man? HYPE! I mean, why else would Sakurai say that? It's a clear hint towards an alternate costume! Sadly, people were mildly irritated by what the second picture was, and what it had to say.
-Masahiro Sakurai"...How can we not use it for trophy creation?! Today's update is a rare mix of Wii U and 3DS images in the same post."
Oh well. We see a trophy for X on the 3DS. Wait, huh? A 3DS picture? But the first pic was for the Wii U! Yep, along with confirming the Mega Man incarnations as trophies, we also get a nice little surprise: a Wii U picture alongside a 3DS picture. So that certainly is good to hear. It's easy to wonder when Sakurai would do both systems as pics again!
So let's check out some fan reactions.
@Ryu MyuutsuKinda silly that people expected alts from this when they are just parts of Megaman's Final Smash. They are not even the same character and the proportions are totally different.
@Sqa$I honestly got really excited for a moment thinking that alternate costumes were possible, but before I even looked at the second picture, I had the feeling Sakurai was being himself...and he was.
@NintendotardTo Smash Bros it's filler, but to Capcom they're thinking to themselves wow
@TewnLeenkMEGAMAAAANN
SUPER FIGHTING ROBOT
FIGHTING TO SAVE THE WOOORRLLLLLDDDD
also filler pic
Things Confirmed for Thursday:
1. Mega Man's alternate incarnations will appear as trophies.
2. We can get a rare mix of Wii U and 3DS pictures in one day.
Hey, look! It's Pac-Man's home stage on the 3DS! Yes, we finally get a name for it: Pac-Maze! This is an exclusive 3DS stage, according to Sakurai. As we have seen and can see in this picture, there are several Pac-Dots all across the stage. Well, Mr. Sakurai has given us some insight.
-Masahiro Sakurai"Pic of the day. Pac-Maze is a stage exclusive to the 3DS version, created in the Pac-Man motif. If you eat 100 Pac-Dots, Power Pellets will appear in your color."
Obviously, if you eat 100 Pac-Dots, a Power Pellet will appear in your color (Player 1 = Red, Player 2 = Blue, etc.). Once you get the Power Pellet....
...the monsters become blue and vulnerable! You will glow if you eat one. If you touch the ghosts (confirmed as stage hazards), they will be defeated. However, it seems to be a good idea to keep them around, as they can still hurt your enemies. Yep, a unique feature on the 3DS. Ghosts will only appear blue on your screen, which means only you can defeat them. This is another thing unique on the 3DS version."If you eat a Power Pellet, the monsters will become vulnerable and you can defeat them just by touching them. An important point is that the monsters will become vulnerable only on your screen, which means that they can still damage your opponents!! This is one of the unique game features only possible in the 3DS version."
@thebadlampI really like how there are gameplay differences like this for the 3DS and Wii U versions.
@BluePsychicFinally! Info on the Maze stage! This stage looks interesting for light-hearted matches, but I probably won't use it for anything else. The invincibiity only showing on your screen is a very nice touch.
@BKupa666Not disappointed with the pic itself, but I fully expect this stage to reinforce why retro stages will always be godawful; amid all the effort put into making sure the stages are faithful to their arcade counterparts, very minimal effort goes into making sure the stages themselves are fun to play (looking at you, 75m).
@---At least we have the name of the stage: Pac Maze.
I still want to hear him confirm that we'll see 3DS Exclusive Stages from Sonic & Mega Man, however.
A lovely update for the Pac-Man stage. While it does not seem to be the fan favorite stage out there, it does seem to live up to the standard of very dynamic, gimmicky 3DS stages.
Things Confirmed for Friday:
1. Pac-Maze is a 3DS-exclusive stage.
2. Akin to Golden Plains, if you obtain 100 Pac-Dots, Power Pellets will appear in your player's color.
3. If you obtain a Power Pellet, the monster on YOUR screen will turn blue and you can defeat them, but they can still hurt your opponents.
Overview:
While this week didn't reveal a large amount of information, we got some interesting tidbits. Monday brought us a detailed view of the Poppant enemy and revealed that Subspace Emissary Enemies would get trophies. Tuesday revealed to us the World Circuit and Pink Jumpsuit alternates for Little Mac, a well recieved addition. Wednesday revealed that the customization on Mii Gunners will change the aesthetics of the arm cannon only, and a new palette for Rosalina based on Peach's Fire Flower dress, surprisingly. Thursday brought us a look at another trophy, Mega Man X, confirming that the other Mega Man incarnations would get their own trophies. Friday revealed details on the 3DS stage Pac-Maze, showing the four ghosts as stage hazards. The only way to attack them is to eat a Power Pellet, and it's indicated that your character will glow when they eat one.