CEO Announcement - All-Star Versus Mode Discussion

[Jackie Chandler]

In case you missed the stream, the PMBR revealed a new game mode during the 16-Man FFA Grand Finals at CEO today. The name of the mode is All-Star Versus, and it's playable via the Special Menu a la Turbo Mode and the like.

The twist is that you pick a character for every stock, and after the previous character is K.O.'d, you automatically switch to the next in line. The same goes for your opponents, of course.

In addition, new costumes for Ganondorf (Ocarina of Time), Samus (Light Suit), and Pit (retro style) were also revealed.

So what do you think of the new game mode? Did it meet your expectations, exceed them, or fall short? And what do you think it will add to the game in the long run?

 

[Johnknight1]

The King of Fighters mode looks sick.

Also, you missed that white outfit (with an orange waist and headbands) Lucario at 0:58 of the trailer.

 

[MonkUnit]

Just to let people know how All Star Versus works. It replaces Angled camera mode in the Special Versus menu. The # of stocks is the # of slots that are used in the All Star rotation. You choose each character by selecting them like you would normally, however, you must choose the color you want before selecting, not after.

Here's an example to give a better idea.

# of stocks is 3. Player chooses Mario, Fox, and Marth. This means that on his first stock, he will be mario, then fox, and then marth.

However, here is what happens if you choose more characters than you have stocks.
#of stocks is 3. Player chooses Mario, Fox, Marth, Luigi, and Bowser. This means that on his first stock he would be Marth, then Luigi, then Bowser.

If you choose less than the amount of stocks, the list will automatically start from the beginning again. E.g., # of stocks is 3. Player chooses Mario and Fox. First stock will be Mario, then Fox, then Mario. Same goes for if you only choose one character; you would have the one character for all stocks.

 

[Pwnz0rz Man]

Fell short a lil, but I usually don't care much about new modes added to the game since I don't play Special games and I probably overhyped myself. I do like the new costumes for Samus, Lucario, and Pit though.

 

[ShadowGanon]

The King of Fighters mode looks sick.

Also, you missed that white outfit (with an orange waist and headbands) Lucario at 0:58 of the trailer.

That would be LucaRyu.

 

[yogurtgun1245]

How does selecting Gigabowser work with this mode? Can you not do a 4 stock of Bowser->Bowser->Bowser->Gigabowser?(Costume changes between stocks perhaps?)
Or selecting the same character twice in row with another character twice in a row? And does random select give new characters every stock?

 

[Mr.Random]

Fell short a lil, but I usually don't care much about new modes added to the game since I don't play Special games and I probably overhyped myself. I do like the new costumes for Samus, Lucario, and Pit though.

I somewhat agree. I'm sure they'll have more to show though.

 

[Xermo]

We marhvel now

 

[Pwnz0rz Man]

I somewhat agree. I'm sure they'll have more to show though.

The new blog post on their site seemed more interesting to me and Sigurd's costume for Marth looks classy. Shame I don't like Marth, but just knowing they've got more in store is pretty sweet.

 

[Mr.Random]

The new blog post on their site seemed more interesting to me and Sigurd's costume for Marth looks classy. Shame I don't like Marth, but just knowing they've got more in store is pretty sweet.

That OoT Ganon looks gorgeous too.

 

[PandaPanda Senketsu]

Fire Emblem lords vs Dreamland crew All-star battle get hype

 

[l3thargy]

I think the face seems a bit short and needs to be pulled out by the nose some, but maybe that's just me :/

 

[QuickLava]

The hype is real. I'd also like to point out that the PMBR knows what we want. They know that their fan following is huge, and that the entire mod runs on hype and hype alone. I think the PMBR is just sitting back watching us squeal. I'd bet that we'll see something else very soon whether it's more in depth coverage of the already announced things like All-Star Versus, or an entirely knew thing like Pichu one of the Clone Engine characters.

 

[Narpas_sword]

I'd bet ( though I'd not put money on it) .

so...you wouldn't bet?

or are we talking...favours?

 

[wiiztec]

Just to let people know how All Star Versus works. It replaces Angled camera mode in the Special Versus menu. The # of stocks is the # of slots that are used in the All Star rotation. You choose each character by selecting them like you would normally, however, you must choose the color you want before selecting, not after.

Here's an example to give a better idea.

# of stocks is 3. Player chooses Mario, Fox, and Marth. This means that on his first stock, he will be mario, then fox, and then marth.

However, here is what happens if you choose more characters than you have stocks.
#of stocks is 3. Player chooses Mario, Fox, Marth, Luigi, and Bowser. This means that on his first stock he would be Marth, then Luigi, then Bowser.

If you choose less than the amount of stocks, the list will automatically start from the beginning again. E.g., # of stocks is 3. Player chooses Mario and Fox. First stock will be Mario, then Fox, then Mario. Same goes for if you only choose one character; you would have the one character for all stocks.

Also you can click the portraits at the bottom to unselect your last character

 

[QuickLava]

so...you wouldn't bet?

or are we talking...favours?

... I need an adult?

 

[thatoneguy1]

would be cool to see fierce diety link, zora armor link, magic armor link,mega evolution lucario, mega evo mewtow, and n64 dedede as well.

 

[Sour Supreme]

Some friends and I have plans to host a local tourney of 3 Stock Matches, where each competitor comes with 3 mains or secondaries prepared for the battle.

It should be interesting, I hope it goes well.

 

[Celestis]

This mode feels hoakie. I mean it looks fun and I'm excited to play it. But PM is so well done like the pros, that this mode and the way wit works (So far) seems not as polished. Mostly cause there is nothing that tells you what characters are selected for you and you just go by picking them in an order. No explanation for outside players who do not attend the forums.
Of course I'll play it and enjoy it as I always thought the idea would be pretty cool. But It feels like the least polished thing the PMBR have released.

But of course if this is just cause it still it testing stages, then ignore everything I just said! =3

 

[standardtoaster]

We did mention this was still in beta on the stream. It's not finished yet

 

[ShadowGanon]

All they need to do now is mod stamina mode to have health bars instead of numbers. Then I could play Stamina Turbo Tag-Team mode. #MarvelVsCapcom

 

[Tryst]

This mode feels hoakie. I mean it looks fun and I'm excited to play it. But PM is so well done like the pros, that this mode and the way wit works (So far) seems not as polished. Mostly cause there is nothing that tells you what characters are selected for you and you just go by picking them in an order. No explanation for outside players who do not attend the forums.
Of course I'll play it and enjoy it as I always thought the idea would be pretty cool. But It feels like the least polished thing the PMBR have released.

But of course if this is just cause it still it testing stages, then ignore everything I just said! =3

It is probably just because it isn't officially released yet, the PMBR wouldn't release something that unpolished. Well, I don't think they would. Besides, we have only seen it in action so far, we haven't actually seen the Character select screen yet. Must be a pretty new thing. About the other things though, I am so hype for 3.1 or whatever it will be already.

 

[wiiztec]

Did you watch fightermania?

 

[Iron Jawbone]

Oh no, I'm incredibly excited for this. This adds a new element of awesome for the game that will allow for some very interesting match-ups, and general fun by all.

 

[guedes the brawler]

All they need to do now is mod stamina mode to have health bars instead of numbers. Then I could play Stamina Turbo Tag-Team mode. #MarvelVsCapcom

what they need to do for Stamina is find a way to make KO's only take 50 Hp or so and allow you to be respawed

one has to play with damage ration on 0.5 to enjoy stamina mode...

 

[Raijinken]

I'm hyped for the mode (more than Turbo which was just a fun gimmick) and for the costumes. Can't wait.

 

[F. Blue]

I agree that this mode seems too obtuse. At the least there should be instructions on the character select screen.

 

[wiiztec]

It's still in beta

 

[geodude915]

Do you have any plans or goals to make it more intuitive? I'm very curious to hear the potential of this mode.

I was also watching your earlier version videos on youtube. At the end of the match, the character that appears on the result screen is the first character you select. Is this how it is in the current version, or will the current character being played show up on the match results screen.

Impressive stuff, wiiztec.

EDIT: Also, if I chose 10 stocks and then chose Random, Random for two choices, would I have a different character for all 10 stocks, or would it roatate between two characters?

 

[BronzeGreekGod]

I knew this was possible! I mentioned a mode like this before and people thought it wouldn't be doable at all. I'm really happy the PMBR managed to do this. Great work to the entire team.

Hopefully this opens up the possibility of adding stocks to stamina mode, and having the option to increase HP to 999 :D
(i know this is a different concept, but it certainly would give us some more stuff to play around with for fun)

 

[Johnknight1]

Also you can click the portraits at the bottom to unselect your last character

Wow... thanks for telling us!

 

[JRC LSS]

A little late to the party here, but did you guys notice our friend #47 is back? Let the conspiracy theories continue.