Early copy - General Q&A, impressions

[GloomyVic]

Hi there! I was fortunate enough to get a copy of the game 2 days early.
I started a thread for Q & A's. I was told to compile the info into a new thread so people won't ask the same questions.

Anyways here it is.

General Q & A
Can you remap the controls?
Yes, But you can only move the default controls around to which button you'd like to map.
- Grab x 1, Shield x 1, Jump x 2, Attack x 1, Special x 1
You can also turn tap up to jump ON/OFF like in Brawl
http://imgur.com/Mx5J5nu

How do I delete my save data?
When starting up the game,
Hold A + B + X + Y right after Nintendo 3DS Logo disappear.
There will be a prompt pop up asking you do you wish to delete your save.

Where can I see the intro movie?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yF4ny7w-cM&list=UUfAPTv1LgeEWevG8X_6PUOQ
credits to GameXplain

Is event mode back?
Unfortuantely no, as of now there are no event mode to be found in the game.

How many stages are there?
34 in TOTAL
imgur.com/5AyMmVI

How do I unlock "___" stage?
Dream land - Use Kirby's Final Smash
Magicant - Unlock Ness
Flat zone 2 - Unlock Mr. G & W
Pac Maze - Use Pac-man's Final Smash
Mute City - Have Captain Falcon as no.1 , 3 times
Made in Wario - Unlock Wario
Balloon fight - Use Villager 3 times

Does "stage name" have a Final Destination form?
Yes, all stages have a Final Destination form, including Final Destination itself.
Here are some examples
Green Hill (Final destination)
imgur.com/wylq1I2
Magicant (Final destination)
http://imgur.com/h7NUZyX
http://imgur.com/EKGUXRV
Mute City - Snes F-zero (Final destination)
http://imgur.com/AHdc4h1
Dream Land - GB stage (Final destination)
http://imgur.com/tVvnpK3

Is there a stage builder?
Unfortuantely no, it could return on the Wii U version. We'll have to wait and see.

What items are in the game?
http://imgur.com/L55oTbU

Can you transfer the coins from the demo to the final game?
Unfortunately you can't. Any coins earned in the demo doesn't transfer.

Is there any download play?
No, for local wifi each player must have their own 3DS and Smash Bros game.

How does the pause camera work?
The camera works similar to Brawls, you can move, zoom, focus on selected character, and take pictures.

Can the damage ratio be adjusted?
Damage ratio can be adjusted from 0.5 ~ 2.0 (each increase or decrease by 0.1)

How does character customization work?
There is a small icon on the bottom screen (top right corner)
You can toggle ON/OFF
When you select a character you'll get to the following screen.
http://imgur.com/hG1cJVP
There you can have 10 slots per character you can save. (+1 Basic, +1 Random)
Select an empty slot to customize to your liking.
Additional info. In the customize menu.
Change color by highlighting the slot and press L or R

How to save replays?
After you play a match, in the results screen you can press Y to save replays.
When watching it in collection, you can't rewind nor fast forward.
You can control the camera angle with the control stick and focus camera on character with L, R
You can pause at anytime to take pictures.

Do unlocked characters appear in All-star mode?
Yes only when all characters are unlocked.

How does the Galaga item work?
The galaga item is similar to the beetle from Zelda.
It hovers in the air and sucks up anyone near the rays then raises up for KO. I believe you can break out of it.

What are "___" character's alternate costumes?
Falco
http://imgur.com/id086Ar
http://imgur.com/wy4lzBE
Dark Pit
http://imgur.com/1HDU5tl
http://imgur.com/48cbsmn
Charizard
http://imgur.com/StjIKHa
http://imgur.com/nEe1P3S
Wario
http://imgur.com/7NATaqC
http://imgur.com/lDH8YQi
Lucina
http://imgur.com/Dxcf8aq
http://imgur.com/4s7IBmA
Mr. G & W
http://imgur.com/BxGbXDI
http://imgur.com/c41RKW3
Little Mac
http://imgur.com/ZszUOkp
http://imgur.com/QRCJ9Cq
Little Mac (Wireframe) - 16 in total including normal Mac
http://imgur.com/L3tnZOQ
http://imgur.com/7b8vhND
Luigi
http://imgur.com/QPm15Z7
http://imgur.com/xv8IOS0
Ness
http://imgur.com/FR7Yxkr
http://imgur.com/kGDqSNd
Jigglypuff
http://imgur.com/69GF3GC
http://imgur.com/iFSn6k1
Ganon
http://imgur.com/SaWsXDg
http://imgur.com/0gU0iPv

Other alternative costumes can be found here
http://nintendoeverything.com/super-smash-bros-for-3ds-100-page-famitsu-supplement/
Credits to Nintendo Everything

 

[GunGunW]

Thanks for posting!

 

[GloomyVic]

I've received many questions regarding characters specifics.
These are all my personal observation and opinions, so please don't nitpick about the technical stuff.
Please take note that I'm only a casual player so I could be wrong.
Further testing is needed for all of these.

Fox
Custom moves
N-Sp#2 - Power blaster - shoots 1 time then puts back to his holster. Slower speed slightly more dmg, speed similar to Falco's
Up-Sp#3 - Mega drill - similar to the default Firefox but cosmetically wind element. Like the name it drills towards the opponent. Just imagine Ken's senpukyaku which sticks instead of knock back

Falco
His default Side-Sp has a meteor smash effect.
Also regarding something I found about Falco/Fox,
After you execute Side-Sp you can input other commands after.
(eg. up-sp for further recovery or jump, etc.)
In other words Side-Sp won't make you into a helpless state in the air. IMO that's a big buff. (Pit/Dark Pit works as well)
Custom moves
Side-sp#3 - Falco Charge - when hit at close range there is good knockback
down-sp#2 - Accel Reflector - only shines at the apex of the throw, make stuff reflected faster

Captian Falcon
Regarding his Side-Sp,
If done on the ground missed - he trips a little but his wake up is quite fast
If done on the air missed - he falls down twirling during the twirling animation you can't input other actions.

Robin/Reflet
Very fun character, pretty strong and good knockback, sword range similar to Marth's.
His attacks are limited to a certain amount of turns you may use. (regardless you hit the target or not)
When the attack specific weapon is about to get destroyed it will blink.
After it gets destroyed there is a cooldown time before you can use it again.
TILTS - normal sword/iron sword (doesn't appear to get destroyed)
SMASHES - thunder sword
after some use around 5 full charged smash attacks/ 7~9 uncharged, it gets destroyed.
Then the smashes will use normal sword/iron sword (without thunder element)
around 8 seconds cooldown time
SPECIALS - work the same as above mentioned. During the cooldown time no attack comes out. only the animation.
N-Sp - El/Arc/Giga~thunder after 5 full charged the book gets destroyed, around 10 second cooldown
Down-Sp - Black fog? - holds the opponent and dmgs, slight % recovery
Side-Sp - Giga fire - similar to Ness's PK fire and has knockback
Up-Sp - El Wind - this one is interesting, after the book is destroyed He/She doesn't jump at all, so no recovery move/momentum.
Overall have to be somewhat tactical and don't spam moves, obviously you can use other attacks during cooldown.
Further testing is needed for the exact cooldown times and # of uses.

Greninja
Custom moves
N-Sp#2 - staying throwing star - throws out right in front of him and stays in place, hits multiple times, longer you charge longer it stays.
N-Sp#3 - changing throwing star - after it hits makes opponent go up when uncharged, pulls opponent in when charged
Side-Sp#2 - intense shadow - longer distance but when shadow is moving its slower. hits stronger.
Side-Sp#3 - quick shadow - fixed distance, similar to default but can't charge to change distance also not as powerful but little knockback
Up-Sp#2 - Big Pump - shoots more water but slower speed, easier to change direction. (works like pikachu's up-sp)
Up-Sp#3 - Single pump - shoots straight up, can't change direction. (similar to megaman's up-sp)
Down-Sp#2 - Spark Bunshin(dummy) - disappears and creates a small explosion, not a counter move.
Down-Sp#3 - Charged Bunshin(dummy) - counter attack, attacks from farther away, stronger but slower, recovery delay is larger as well.

Link
Custom moves
N-Sp#3 - rapid arrow - very short distance but quicker to shoot
Side-Sp#3 - cutting boomerang - shorter distance but hits multiple times, goes through opponent.
Down-Sp#2 Big bomb - larger blast radius, slower before ignition
Down-Sp#3 Meteor bomb - faster before ignition, when hit in the air has a meteor spike effect.

Marth
Custom moves
N-Sp#2 - Storm thrust - similar to default but has a small tornado at the end of the sword, can blow opponent away.

Pikachu
Custom moves
N-Sp#3 - electric shock - shoots a ball of electricity straight forward at a fixed distance. good knockback
Down-Sp#2 - self electric shock - electric surrounds pikachu, similar to default but without lightning bolt. hits multiple times, big knockback.

Bowser
Custom moves
Down#3 - Sleep Drop - similar to default but there is a stun effect around the ground. if it hits knockback like default.
Side-Sp#3 - Dash Claw - dashes through swipes, no grab at the end unlike default.

Rosalina
Is her Final smash still weak?
From the e3 build videos, I notice that it's fairly weak.
Seems to be still weak, like shooting peas. The star gets larger and larger, in the end there is an explosion. May knockback at high %, not sure didn't try.
Her victory theme is from Mario Galaxy

Pac-man
What are his grabs like?
F-throw - no special animation, just grab a throw
B-throw - chucks behind similar to mario, has a little spin.
D-throw - changes into a 3D pacman, chomps twice on the ground
U-throw - just chucks up, nothing special either.
His grab motion has a galaga laser if missed.

Meta Knight
His tilts feels fast just like in Brawl.
Only downside I can tell is his N-Sp,
N-Sp - tornado - less number of hits, after it finishes the recovery time is longer. So lots of room for punish.
Side-Sp - drills in the direction you control when it hits the ground or wall it stops immediately.
Up-Sp - simlar to Marth's but has a spin near the end, it goes very high.
Other than that seems to me still good character. Again I only play casually so I could be wrong.

Little Mac
Is Little Mac's KO Star Punch as powerful as it sounds?
Didn't use him but got hit by it at low %, the knockback is high but didn't KO.
Maybe similar to Luigi's sweet spot shoryuken(Up-Sp).

Duck Hunt
Overall a funny character and has decent speed too.
I can see people could choose him for competitions maybe.
His special moveset are very unique.
TILTS - the ducks attacks for him (eg. flaps his wings, peck, etc.)
SMASHES - a crosshair appears similar to Pac-man's ghosts, pretty neat.
N-Sp - he kicks a small can out, whenever you press B again a crosshair appears bouncing the can
when it hits someone it explodes.
Side-Sp - throws a frisbee, press B again a crosshair appears shooting it make it blow up
D-Sp - summons a pixel cowboy, shoots forward after about a second.
Up-Sp - nothing special, the duck picks him up and flies up (stupid fat dog, haunts my childhood with its smirk)
Duck hunt's final smash video
https://www.sendspace.com/file/vdxsep

Kirby
Can Kirby copy(N-Sp) customize moves when custom fighters are turned on?
I tried in training mode with a custom Link as opponent.
He had rapid arrow equipped as his N-Sp,
When Kirby copies Link's ability, it reverts back to his default move. (normal arrow)

Jigglypuff
I rarely use Jigglypuff so I can't really tell the differences from Brawl.
Although D-Sp - rest - to me wakes up faster (2~3 seconds)
N-Sp - Spin charges and moves faster.
She can jump 5 times (I think you can jump more in Brawl not sure) - a nerf maybe?
Custom moves
Side-Sp#3 - Tons of pound - throws several punches and hits multiple times unlike default's 1 hit pound.

Ganodorf
Tried only a little bit.
To me feels very similar in brawl. very beefy, slow yet powerful.
Up tilt(leg charge) has less lag time and big knockback (can KO around 40%)
Because Smash 4's gamespeed is faster so it doesn't feel like your moving a tank.
It's a slow Captain Ganodorf, so what can you expect LOL.

Charizard
How does Mega Charizard X / Final Smash function?
Similar to Yoshi's final smash transformation.
Control stick moves him fly / hover
B = shoots Fire blast(when hit has 大 Kanji)
A = air drill (rushes forward spinning)

Mii fighters
What are the Miis Final Smashes like?
Brawler - similar to Greninja's
Swordsman - similar to wii fit traner's
Gunner - similar to Samus's huge laser
http://nintendoeverything.com/super-smash-bros-for-3ds-100-page-famitsu-supplement/?pid=67658
http://nintendoeverything.com/super-smash-bros-for-3ds-100-page-famitsu-supplement/?pid=67659

Attack of the clones
Lucina v.s. Marth
To me they play the same. Speed seems similar as well.
Moveset is identical maybe some animations are different.
I think the main difference is really the hitbox sizes and dmg placement for hitboxes.

Dark Pit v.s. Vanilla Pit
His moves are very identical (not sure about custom moves as I've yet to unlock them)
His final smash is different from Vanilla Pit.
- one shot snipe with his rifle similar to Sheik's arrow
Dark Pit to me seems a bit slower but stronger.
I only compared his arrow attack.
N-Sp has barely any curve at the end compared to Vanilla Pit. (roughly 15 degrees only)
Damage full charged at the same distance in training mode.
Dark Pit - 10%
Vanilla Pit - 8%
So his other attacks should be stronger.
Also his Side-Sp is cosmetically different. (may have bigger knockback as well)
http://imgur.com/Ka4DVLw

 

[PK_Wonder]

Thank you so much for posting! Have you encountered any Assist Trophies we hadn't seen previously?

 

[Falcon440]

This is a great compilation, thanks.

Would you please share what you know about Charizard, Zelda, and Lucario's custom moves? How does Charizard feel as a standalone character compared to part of the Pokemon Trainer setup?

 

[Enigma14]

Have you unlocked all ATs? If so, may we see a screenshot? Thanks in advance!