I wonder how big the manual's going to be...

[NDUDE]

I know this is minor, but I remember how back when SSBM came out, the game's manual actually kept me busy between playing. There was so much stuff in it. With SSBB, it's bound to be massive. Let's take these factors into consideration:

- 4 different controller options
- more characters
- emphasizing the special moves and Final Smashes of those characters
- more stages
- more items
- different techniques
- bajillions of game modes
- Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (gets its own chunk in other game manuals)
- 3 languages (Nintendo now prints their manuals in English, French, and Spanish), so triple the normal size

They're going to be publishing a freaking book...Might as well put in the official strategy guide...

 

[DiscoShark]

My bets on Dojo being fully translated to pamphlet form.

...Either that or the Manual will be one page, and just have the link of the dojo's website, gotta save some trees with GreenPeace being on their *****.

 

[Tobi-]

official strategy guide = spoils entire game

official manual = learning the basics

manual will just include everything on dojo and a little more. nothing really interesting or fun to talk about on this subject.

 

[Ridley22]

No matter how big it is it won't be bigger than Civ IV's. I'm guessing not that big though, maybe 40-50 small pages at most.

 

[finalark]

...Either that or the Manual will be one page, and just have the link of the dojo's website, gotta save some trees with GreenPeace being on their *****.

That made my day.

 

[Lemon Drop]

My bets on Dojo being fully translated to pamphlet form.

...Either that or the Manual will be one page, and just have the link of the dojo's website, gotta save some trees with GreenPeace being on their *****.

One page? What if you don't have access to the internet?

 

[DeuceBlade]

1 page for each starting character..

.5-1 page per technique

1 page for "intro to subspace story"

and.. the rest well.. idk.

 

[finalark]

One page? What if you don't have access to the internet?

Computers pollute the air, they wont let you use that either

 

[brawl1994]

i could care less, i'm buying the strategy guide any ways ( comes out on the 6th )

 

[Tobi-]

I don't think anyone will really care about reading the manual. I don't think I ever read a game manual in my life unless I was absolutely bored, and that was only 1 time.


I just like getting the game and going straight into it.
That could be bad though. Like that one time..>.>

I was playing tales of Destiny and I was atleast half-way towards the end of the game, when I realized you could switch out characters in battle...-.-

 

[DeuceBlade]

i could care less, i'm buying the strategy guide any ways ( comes out on the 6th )

I hear you can get strategy guides free from the internet.

 

[Tobi-]

he wants the strategy guide for the pretty pictures.

or

just a collector.

 

[mista_mista]

for some reason i always read the manual, usually when im waiting to play when someone else is playing

 

[jgrant1100]

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i hope its big i wont probaly read it but i like pics

 

[Sidius]

i always read the manual on the ride home after buying a game
Oh and yeah it's gonna be pretty big specially because of the 3 languages

 

[Percon]

It would be awesome if the Manual was composed entirely of Sakurai quotations.

 

[NDUDE]

i could care less, i'm buying the strategy guide any ways ( comes out on the 6th )

I don't get why people buy strategy guides BEFORE they get the game. I mean, if you want to look at some pics or know in advance how to get started, I understand. But I have a friend who reads full strategy guides for games he actually wants. For instance, he's a rabid Metroid fanboy. He doesn't even have a Wii, but he read through the strategy guide for Corrpution, thus spoiling the entire game. He does this for other games, too...Doesn't that just ruin the fun?

 

[Tobi-]

I don't get why people buy strategy guides BEFORE they get the game. I mean, if you want to look at some pics or know in advance how to get started, I understand. But I have a friend who reads full strategy guides for games he actually wants. For instance, he's a rabid Metroid fanboy. He doesn't even have a Wii, but he read through the strategy guide for Corrpution, thus spoiling the entire game. He does this for other games, too...Doesn't that just ruin the fun?

Same way how people want the full roaster and every detail about the game before it's released, a.k.a nearly 90% of people here.

 

[aleps]

i always read the manual on the ride home after buying a game
Oh and yeah it's gonna be pretty big specially because of the 3 languages

Yeah I do that too. Anyway, Brawl's manual will be sold separately, as it will surely be a 3volumes encyclopedia.

 

[Your Hero]

Same length as melees pamphlet/manual/whatever.

All it's going to do is show the basic moves and that's it, using playable characters for examples like last time. Maybe a bit longer if they decide to add more than last time, but not by much. (not like there's going to be a crossword in there..right?)

 

[Metalknux]

I just hope it's at least 40 pages and in color. Game manuals are just about the only books I read.

 

[NDUDE]

Same length as melees pamphlet/manual/whatever.

All it's going to do is show the basic moves and that's it, using playable characters for examples like last time. Maybe a bit longer if they decide to add more than last time, but not by much. (not like there's going to be a crossword in there..right?)

Solve the crossword to unlock Shigeru Miyamoto.

 

[ChaoticTH]

SamuraiPanda: Final Smash

 

[The Director]

My bets on Dojo being fully translated to pamphlet form.

My thoughts exactly. I would assume it wouldn't be as specific, it won't list all the PKMN, ATs, etc...

 

[FallenAngelPit]

1 page:

go to smashbros.com for full details.
dont have a computer?
call 123 456 7890
dont have a phone?
go to <insert random adverisment here>

farewell

 

[Alan Redgown]

I hear you can get strategy guides free from the internet.

I hear you can get anything free from the Internet. (I just downloaded the Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack. )

 

[smashlink_aru]

like this

 

[Sariku]

You know updates have sucked lately when threads about the manual's size pops up.

 

[Hyperfan]

You know updates have sucked lately when threads about the manual's size pops up.

Hell, the manual will probably end up being an update *shudders*.

 

[Anth0ny]

Who needs the manual when you have the Dojo? Seriously, I think they are going to get everything on that site and print it into a book.

 

[Gilgamesh]

I hope it's big enough to satisfy me.

Oh wait, there's that other thread for comments like this.

 

[Zeta_Stryker]

Here's my view;

- Smash Ball explained
- Some characters revealed (the Melee manual depicted a few characters as well)
- Manual will be trilingual (instead of two languages). First English, then Spanish or French
- Controls
- History behind each revealed character (?)
- Game Menus
- How-to-perform some the character's basic moves
- Subspace Emissary introduced

 

[ChaoticTH]

Here's my view;

- Smash Ball explained
- Some characters revealed (the Melee manual depicted a few characters as well)
- Manual will be trilingual (instead of two languages). First English, then Spanish or French
- Controls
- History behind each revealed character (?)
- Game Menus
- How-to-perform some the character's basic moves
- Subspace Emissary introduced

64 pages for the win

 

[WarioII]

I hear you can get strategy guides free from the internet.

yeah if you print itriight?

 

[Xarias]

You'll probably need a magnifying glass to read the tiny tiny font they'll have to use. The book can only be so thick, it has to fit inside of the box.

...Maybe they'll make the box bigger?

 

[Drclaw411]

You'll probably need a magnifying glass to read the tiny tiny font they'll have to use. The book can only be so thick, it has to fit inside of the box.

...Maybe they'll make the box bigger?

or the box could just explode open and be impossible to close like the spectrobes one

 

[Gerudo Warrior]

oh the manual. the thing that keeps us entertained in the car ride back.

 

[Mr. M]

It would be awesome if the Manual was composed entirely of Sakurai quotations.

"It...It's huge!!!"

"...huge huge huge huge huge huge huge huge huge huge!"




I hope the manual can take it...

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Halo 3 added tons of stuff from Halo 2 and it's manual was pathetically small...even in comparison to Halo 2 so don't expect a big manual for Brawl just cause they added more stuff

 

[MIRAI87]

i always read the manual on the ride home after buying a game

I hope you're not the one driving! I can see it now ...

"HOLY ****! CAPTAIN FALCON CONFIRMED ZOMG!" *Crashes into tree*