Namco Bandai Assisting Sakurai and Team Sora in Smash 4's Production

[Omni]

Source: http://kotaku.com/5920416/namco-bandai-is-helping-make-the-new-smash-bros
Content Contributor(s): Stingers, Ryker

It appears Namco Bandai (Soul Calibur, Ridge Racer, Tales series) is tagging along with Sakurai and HAL Labratory to assist in the development of Smash 4.

What exactly does this mean for the future of Smash 4? Only time can tell.

 

[Life]

Well, we can probably guess at third party characters now.

 

[ShinChan92]

You know, I've had the idea of Lloyd being in Smash since the announcement of Brawl. I'm happy now that they're actually doing it! I mean, does he not fit perfectly in the world of smash or what? I've had some ideas for what his moves would be as far as special moves and his final smash would go. Neutral B should be ranged so maybe Demon Fang? Up B should be a recovery variation of Rising Falcon(directional like spacies). I believe Side special should be Super Sonic Thrust. Down B is a tie between Beast and Demonic Circle for me. Final Smash should obviously be Falcon's Crest. These are just some ideas though. We'll see what they do with em'

 

[Britex]

Smash Bros Wii U is going to suck so bad...

 

[Omni]

I think Namco Bandai coming on board is a step in the right direction in regards to making Smash more competitive.

 

[DMS]

This is definitely a means for some 3rd party characters. Maybe Square Enix ones as well?

 

[MetalMusicMan]

I think Namco Bandai coming on board is a step in the right direction in regards to making Smash more competitive.

While I still have only a minor hope for the Wii U at best, I agree with you here and I really hope that this means they will stop being so adamantly against competitive play of the Smash series.

 

[Jeyfar]

Well this could mean one of two possibilities. It will be either the greatest train wreck of a competitive game (even more so than Brawl) or be the best one to date. I hope it's the last part.

 

[Erion]

While I still have only a minor hope for the Wii U at best, I agree with you here and I really hope that this means they will stop being so adamantly against competitive play of the Smash series.

My feelings exactly.

Now you've got the main development team from Tekken, the director/producer of Gundam Extreme VS (quite competitive game by the way), and a couple of people who worked with SoulCalibur (not just the art/sound director). To name a few.

I like the sound of that, and I like their attitude.

 

[Dragonslayer9]

Now there is actually hope and if I see brawl gameplay, you can forget that.

 

[BSP]

I'm just hoping that the 3DS partnership with the Wii U thing doesn't screw the game over

 

[lordvaati]

Smash Bros Wii U is going to suck so bad...

man, they could announce a feature that allows you to print money and people would still complain.

for those who don't know, Namco made the Outfoxies, the game that pretty much set the template of wehat would become smash bros. they are the perfect 3rd party developer for this.

 

[Nu~]

I'm just hoping that the 3DS partnership with the Wii U thing doesn't screw the game over

It won't. With Pac-Man everything will prevail!

 

[flantasticflan]

as long as the gameplay in this isn't as slow as brawl or has random trip in it, i'll probably play it

 

[StormAerow]

sounds like super smash bros 4 will be great cuase namcos working with them kos-mos for ssb4

 

[DakotaBonez]

Smash Bros 64 was based off of Outfoxies, a namco game. Guess it was only a matter of time they just put Namco in charge of it.