Sakurai is the troll among trolls. He can out-troll any other troll who's ever trolled or ever will troll. either someone's in or they aren't, there's no such thing as clues anymore. And there's also no such as things as truth from Sakurai's mouth any more either. So much the versions being as similar as possible while still not limited! that went straight out the window with Smash Run! Special Smash? who wants to play Special Smash on the go whenever they want without needing to go through an unforgiving maze first? or fighting four CPUs at once? or just simply have a nice little Kid Icarus Uprising Easter Egg? NOPE! cut in favor of Environmental Noises and other sappy Pikmin Music that shouldn't be in a FREAKING ACTION GAME!
Nothing against Pikmin's soundtrack, it is indeed nice.....IN IT'S HOME SERIES. quiet, slow, atmospheric music does not work with any type of action game! Or even better, reusing the same old same old Star Fox 64 Voice Clips on the Corneria stage! Or how about Fox and Falco's pointless redubs? maybe I'd like to, you know, UNDERSTAND WHAT MARTH SAYS!
Before, I was simply a little disappointed by all this. Dark Pit a clone? At least he has a different Final Smash from Pit's. Smash Run? I wasn't aware I was being cheated out of Special Smash. Stage Builder? Well, that's really, really hard to implement isn't it? I get that the 3DS has limits. But the things Sakurai has done within those limits disapoints compared even to just the past Smash games. It's bigger and better than Smash 64.....but then again, EVERY game is bigger and better than Smash 64. I just want to play Stamina Mode. But no, that requires random events, proper set up, and even worse, a heck of a lot of great luck! I can no longer have climactic duels with Link and Ganondorf, a cool match between any of the Pokemon characters, etc.
In summary, Sakurai has cheated those of us limited to the 3DS in favor of making the Wii U game as overpowered as possible. Major "F*** you" to the built-up 3DS hype. So much the greatness of the first ever handheld Smash!
And what's with the changes to Classic Mode? it's nice to be able to choose who I fight and all.....but that's what NORMAL Smash is for! And that roulette wheel is ridiculous. Not to mention the drastic changes on the Wii U game. You did all this, eh? then why can't you make this "new Classic Mode" a seperate mode from Classic and leave the Classic Classic Mode alone!