NintenZone Social Thread: Shovel Knight Amiibo Hype Catastrophe (feat. Swamp)

[Shroob]

I think it's possible we will also get a character in August. Might drop exactly like they planned for Ryu/Roy (unexpected). I think it's possible one character might be announced at the Digital Event, but probably not very likely. We'll hear about them in July (NOT AT THE FIRE EMBLEM CONCERT) or early August.

Smash for 3DS/Wii U has been in continuous development for a long time now. I wonder when they will finally close shop and Sakurai can finally move onto a new project.

I dont think they've been focusing on stages, since they know people just want characters (Sakurai has said this somewhere). I can definitely see two characters being added.

Btw, do replays still work, or are they okay? Has the balance been changed at all, or is it placebo effect? I'm just getting accumulated with everything I missed.

I forgot, does Nintendo do a direct every July?

 

[Burb]

Twist: Sakurai unveils an Advance Wars character at the FE concert.

Well, we did just have an Earthbound Zero localization confirmed at E3 after weeks of people predicting a Mother 3 localization would be confirmed there.

Maybe they're out to defy all expectations and swerve everyone left and right.

I forgot, does Nintendo do a direct every July?

I don't think there is a specific Direct schedule. They seem sporadic.

 

[[Obnoxshush/Dasshizer]]

Twist: Sakurai unveils an Advance Wars character at the FE concert.

Sami, Sturm, or Olaf?

 

[Shroob]

I sorta want to believe that there could be a surprise on Tuesday, but honestly it seems sort of outlandish to think of such a thing. I mean, we got three characters today, so it really doesn't seem like there'd be anything else, unless it was "Herp a derp, surprise Wolf to promote Star Fox WiiU."

That, and the two extra Mario slots are still Mario, though that could just be them learning from their mistake.

 

[PushDustIn]

I don't think that one was really farfetched. Spacing releases out helps keep interest and hype up.

Unless you specifically mean they'd be held off because of the leak. If then, yeah, that's pretty stupid.

Ehh, I guess when I saw that all three were finished (when crediar started playing them), I was 99.99% sure that they would be released together. The last direct is part of E3, so releasing all three makes sense.

Sami, Sturm, or Olaf?

None of those. Andy.

 

[Radical Bones]

Roy is so much fun to play as. His voice acting is seriously bringing the Melee nostalgia.

Lucas is better than he was in Brawl - as most charas are. He's a lot quick and his moves land better. I love having my main back, I finally feel good at this game! Return of the killer U-Smash.

That is, until I play Ryu. I just don't get how he works. Dat side smash tho.

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

I cant see the image

except I imagine they also started with those 3 around the time they did mewtwo. who knows what schedule they're working on.

What I wonder is also how long they'll keep making them too.

Click reply on Awesomedude's post.

 

[Kenith]

Sami, Sturm, or Olaf?

If I had to choose I would go with Sami. But I wasn't being serious at all.

 

[continuityOfficer]

Click reply on Awesomedude's post.

You mean the image, I cant see the image

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

GUYS!

NEW LEAK! IT LOOKS LEGIT!

Spoiler

 

[CyberHyperPhoenix]

You mean the image, I cant see the image

No, click reply on Awesome dudes post and the image will come up in the comment box when it redirects you there.

 

[continuityOfficer]

this is picture is amazing and a awesome way to close out the day

Nice Art!
its weird ho Roys bandanna goes into his hair so suddenly though, the more i look at it the stranger it is

 

[Shroob]

Odd question, but does anyone have any HD images of the two CSS' with all the characters?

 

[PushDustIn]

Odd question, but does anyone have any HD images of the two CSS' with all the characters?

3DS CSS:

Spoiler

I can take another picture if you need.

 

[ThePsychoWolf]

Is there any 8-player match footage of Roy out there? I want to see all of those palette swaps in action.

 

[Das Koopa]

Now that I'm done having my soul crushed more by Game of Thrones, it's about time to get the DLC.

 

[PushDustIn]

Sakurai just confirmed this reference on his Twitter:

The Melee picture comes from a winner of the camera mode picture contest from Melee.
The title of the picture is "Ultimate Curry".

 

[Radical Bones]

So Super Mario Maker is shaping up nicely. I really hope they confirm multi-level downloads tomorrow though. Not interested downloading shiz one by one.

 

[Shroob]

Sakurai just confirmed this reference on his Twitter:

The Melee picture comes from a winner of the camera mode picture contest from Melee.
The title of the picture is "Ultimate Curry".

It's the little things like this that make it worth it.

 

[Deoxys911]

Well, after all of today's excitement, I must say, I'm feeling peckish. Yes, I'll take one large order of my words to go, please.


So, the day of reckoning finally came, and it turned out that I should not have doubted Sakurai's commitment to making his fans happy, as the impossible dream of our boy's glorious return to the fray finally came true. Of course, thanks to the seemingly careless clean-up job the creators of that last patch did, I had plenty of time to accept that I was wrong about Roy having no chance. Not that I am that upset about being wrong, anyway, as I'm happy that so many of my fellow fans got exactly what they've been hoping for for years! However, I held onto my firm belief that we would see the dawn of a DLC tile housing a list of all DLC fighters upon the arrival of these newest additions until the very end, and quite to my surprise it turned out that I was wrong about that, as well! Even looking at the screens with my own eyes, I am still rather dumbfounded as to why they have not implemented such a feature; I mean, both rosters are now a hot mess, and even worse the 3DS screen is now completely full! I certainly didn't think they would let things get this way, it seems like awfully sloppy design work to me. But, I guess I'll just assume that, at least for the 3DS version, we'll be seeing a DLC button on the roster when the next new characters come.

On the bright side, Roy looks pretty decent (at least compared to his Melee incarnation), so I'll probably end up buying him eventually, just likely not very soon. That MegaMan.EXE costume, along with the Inkling, Akira, and Heihachi costumes were really cool, though, and were all easy day one purchases for me! Plus, I'm enjoying Ryu, he is quite a unique and fun character, I'm very happy with how he turned out, he definitely exceeded my expectations. Also, Nintendo announced that the two amiibo I've anticipated most of all since the very beginning, R.O.B. and Mr. Game & Watch, are coming in September and, best of all, are as great as I could have possibly hoped for! I was concerned that R.O.B. would only be available around the world in its Famicom colors and that I would have to re-paint it myself, and I was disappointed that the amiibo of my SSB main Mr. Game & Watch was going to have the same lame pose as his character portrait in these games (the same way my favorite Mario character, Luigi, was). But lo and behold, it seems Nintendo heard my worried cries and answered them, as if to say "Don't you worry, dear little Deoxys, Uncle Nintendo won't let anything bad happen to your precious amiibo you've been so looking forward to. Well, other than probably making one of them a GameStop exclusive, but you know, money."

Overall, I'd say today brought a good number of exciting and enjoyable announcements and treats. Though I don't really look for their to be anymore Smash news on Tuesday, there's still the prospect of main series Pokémon news and the announcement of things I didn't see coming but will be very much interested in, so I'm still pretty excited for and looking forward to the start of E3. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to get to eating my past words about Roy before they get cold.

 

[powerprotoman]

everyone wake the **** up cause this just dropped!
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/06/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-is-coming-to-playstation-4/

 

[Shroob]

everyone wake the **** up cause this just dropped!
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/06/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-is-coming-to-playstation-4/

Ohey, it's not just a 'HD' port this time.

 

[TheAnvil]

The character select screen is kind of an abomination now.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

The character select screen is kind of an abomination now.

How can you hate anything with these faces?

 

[Shroob]

The character select screen is kind of an abomination now.

I like how it's spaced on the WiiU of having the two middle rows longer than the top and bottom, but the character placements are god awful.

Likewise, the 3DS version is fine, but it's cramped full.

That, and I still would prefer characters to be with their own series.

 

[Kenith]

Speaking of the CSS, at least on the Wii U, is there something...off about the new character icons?
I think maybe Lucas and Roy's icons are zoomed out a bit too much and it doesn't quite match.
Could be just me though.

 

[Shroob]

Speaking of the CSS, at least on the Wii U, is there something...off about the new character icons?
I think maybe Lucas and Roy's icons are zoomed out a bit too much and it doesn't quite match.
Could be just me though.

Roy seems fine to me. Lucas is probably because they don't want to just focus on his face, since at a glance he resembles Ness.

 

[Curious Villager]

Odd question, but does anyone have any HD images of the two CSS' with all the characters?

Straight from Miiverse.

 

[PushDustIn]

Doesn't it seem like 2 more characters will fit on the Wii U CSS before they would have to resize everyone. Hmmmmm....

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Doesn't it seem like 2 more characters will fit on the Wii U CSS before they would have to resize everyone. Hmmmmm....

To be fair, we said that when the game first came out and four was the magic number.

 

[Kenith]

Roy seems fine to me. Lucas is probably because they don't want to just focus on his face, since at a glance he resembles Ness.

Yeah...
Actually, I know what it is now. Before the DLC the characters' names overlapped with the portrait, but now they don't. It's more noticeable with the DLC characters.

 

[powerprotoman]

Doesn't it seem like 2 more characters will fit on the Wii U CSS before they would have to resize everyone. Hmmmmm....

calling it now wolf will be revealed to be coming out in august
then(in august) they reveal a second "megaton" character ala ryu and then sakurai will state the ballot will be ending in 2 months and we will see the characters (plural) that will be added to dlc at a later date
come november sakurai will reveal the characters (minimum 4 maximum 6)
this is all a crazy theory but man it would be sweet

 

[[Obnoxshush/Dasshizer]]

None of those. Andy.

But he doesn't know what an airport is...

 

[Shroob]

On the topic of Wolf, when do you think he'd be revealed, if at all?

If he's to promote Star Fox WiiU, tomorrow seems... too soon, if that makes sense? Honestly, it seems like it'd be closer to the game's release to help tie it into some sort of cross promotion offer, but the thing is, I have no idea when Star Fox WiiU comes out. If it comes out in like, December, then I dunno.

 

[RamOne]

But he doesn't know what an airport is...

Andy would've been a good choice, only so you would have Ryu, Roy and Ryo.

But yeah, the CSS looks awful. I wish there was an option where you could change it.

And does the Wii U version also have two random stage buttons? The 3DS has two and I miss the point of it.

 

[[Obnoxshush/Dasshizer]]

On the topic of Wolf, when do you think he'd be revealed, if at all?

If he's to promote Star Fox WiiU, tomorrow seems... too soon, if that makes sense? Honestly, it seems like it'd be closer to the game's release to help tie it into some sort of cross promotion offer, but the thing is, I have no idea when Star Fox WiiU comes out. If it comes out in like, December, then I dunno.

Well they could reveal him Mewtwo style during the direct, and then release him in August. Also interesting thing to note,

Somebody's missing, and he was announced in the direct, so why delay him?

 

[DaybreakHorizon]

everyone wake the **** up cause this just dropped!
http://www.siliconera.com/2015/06/15/final-fantasy-vii-remake-is-coming-to-playstation-4/

Finally. Only took them one and a half generations.

Also, Roy is a beast. Easily my new main.

 

[[Obnoxshush/Dasshizer]]

Andy would've been a good choice, only so you would have Ryu, Roy and Ryo.

But yeah, the CSS looks awful. I wish there was an option where you could change it.

And does the Wii U version also have two random stage buttons? The 3DS has two and I miss the point of it.

I would actually be OK with Andy in, I would just prefer Sami more.

 

[RamOne]

I would actually be OK with Andy in, I would just prefer Sami more.

Oh, but I agree with you there. I only have an Andy avatar because I found it on the Internet of this quality. Not that I don't like him, but I like Sami more.

 

[mark welford]

Well they could reveal him Mewtwo style during the direct, and then release him in August. Also interesting thing to note,

Somebody's missing, and he was announced in the direct, so why delay him?

Maybe they are planning to do some type of cross connection of StarFox Wii U and SSB4 with the Falco Amiibo which seems very likely and makes too much sense kind of in a way with Wolf being revealed alongside footage of the new StarFox.