Classic Mode speculation

[nathanrayman]

Sakurai said:
"In Classic mode, you can choose your next challenge on the route map. Looks like Master Hand is waiting at the end, but perhaps something might change if you raise the intensity...?!"
So beating classic on average intensity gets you master hand, as shown in this picture.
http://oi62.tinypic.com/4g27x0.jpg
But if you look at this picture you will see an odd shaped ball behind him making me think that if you beat classic on a higher intensity that ball will appear behind master hand and if you mange to beat master hand something will burst out of it and fight you.
http://oi60.tinypic.com/8z4eqg.jpg
Here a picture of an 4player match which shows that, that strange ball is not in the stage normally.
http://oi61.tinypic.com/35bh53o.jpg

Also going by a leaked image you see master hand but no sign of that ball but...
http://oi60.tinypic.com/inakx4.jpg
Going by the leak they were playing it 2.0 intensity which is obviously not enough to get the secret boss.
http://oi57.tinypic.com/34t4cw8.jpg

Please share your thoughts in the comment section, thanks for reading.

EDIT: Feel free to discuss any other things in classic mode!

 

[Casey_Contra]

Nice catch! My first though was that the "ball" was probably just a background object, but it does look a little more... concrete and in the foreground than the rest of the background. Hmm...

 

[Megane-for-Life]

I could be wrong, but I think that's the sun on a certain part of final destination. If you look at other screen shots you can see it glowing brighter. I think the reason it's not on those other ones is because the background moves around like it did in other smashs.
Edit: I looked more closely and it does look like it's in the foreground!

 

[tyronimacaroni]

Some more stuff to speculate about Classic mode... will this be like Kid Icarus Uprising's intensity system where if you die (or in this case lose all your stocks in classic), you can continue at the last checkpoint (in this case last match) you left off on, but with the intensity knocked down a notch? Will it be where you select a single intensity to last the entire classic mode or will you choose before each match? Will we ve allowed to choose between 1-5 stocks as before, or will the intensity we choose decide that for us, or will there just be a set number of stocks every time this time around? So many questions to be answered...

 

[Casey_Contra]

Some more stuff to speculate about Classic mode... will this be like Kid Icarus Uprising's intensity system where if you die (or in this case lose all your stocks in classic), you can continue at the last checkpoint (in this case last match) you left off on, but with the intensity knocked down a notch? Will it be where you select a single intensity to last the entire classic mode or will you choose before each match? Will we ve allowed to choose between 1-5 stocks as before, or will the intensity we choose decide that for us, or will there just be a set number of stocks every time this time around? So many questions to be answered...

It could also adopt the gate system in Uprising, where certain doors had a lock on it that would only open if you were playing on a certain intensity or higher. It could be similar, with certain paths being locked.

 

[nathanrayman]

I wonder if there is even the random target smashes in between classic like the other games.
Also it would be very cool if they implemented the intensity gate system into the classic mode paths.

 

[solitonmedic]

Tabuu's return?

Hopefully!

 

[LIQUID12A]

Tabuu...

If he returns, let's see how he does vs newly buffed Bowser

 

[solitonmedic]

Tabuu's soul.

Oh my.

 

[Knife Myths]

Maybe it's just because he's a fantastic symbol of everything wrong with SSE, but I didn't like and can't get excited for Tabuu. I'd rather he stay buried and we get a Nintendo related boss or something new.

 

[Zango]

Yeah, I'd kind of like Tabuu to go away.

"Time for the final boss in our Nintendo inspired series, ripe with all kinds of available, iconic, and loved villainous characters! I KNOW, LET'S MAKE UP A GENERIC, SHALLOW, UN-INTERESTING FACELESS ENEMY TO BE THE EPIC FINAL FIGHT!"

 

[Reila]

Watch Hades being the true final boss of the Classic Mode. Can't wait to read the "Sakurai is biased" comments. xD

That said, it would be nitto to have naked butterfly-man back as a boss~