Official Smash Ultimate Discussion

[Kuon]

As I said, they can't delay it for too long because it has to come out before the online service launches.

They can always just delay the launch of the online service

 

[Aurane]

Holy **** I just realized Venus is down there.

Hope you're safe, dude.

 

[sdpdude9]

While disappointing it is understandable. I'm guessing early next week, Monday or Tuesday.

 

[Deleted member]

Can we like, organize a donation drive to send money, assistance or something?

Give it a day, Im sure there will be plenty of charities up and running for them soon.

 

[Mic_128]

This direct can't just be canceled, it is very important!

God damn, you sound like Trump. The direct is jsut showing off stuff about videogames. This has destroyed people's homes, their livlihoods, not to mention the obvious fact that multiple people have died.

Grow the hell up.

And as Venus of the Desert Bloom said above, there is a time for joking about things, and it is not while the event is ongoing.

 

[John Dylan Smith]

Well, it's fine! I love Intendo.

I just hope that nobody in the Nintendo Kyoto office was seriously injured or killed during the Earthquake (May the Heavenly Father give the Japanese people some comfort and protection in time of such a tragedy)!

 

[RileyXY1]

God damn, you sound like Trump. The direct is jsut showing off stuff about videogames. This has destroyed people's homes, their livlihoods, not to mention the obvious fact that multiple people have died.

Grow the hell up.

I already reported that post. He's oblivious to the fact that nine people have died, thirty are missing, and thousands are without electricity and/or running water.

 

[Sephazon]

I just hope that nobody in the Nintendo Tyoko office was seriously injured or killed during the Earthquake (May the Heavenly Father give the Japanese people some comfort and protection in time of such a tragedy)!

Tokyo? I don't think we have a Nintendo office based here in Tokyo. Beyond that, the earthquake affected neither Tokyo nor Kyoto, where Nintendo HQ is based. While nobody in Nintendo may have been hurt, let's remember those who have lost homes, family and friends in these recent events.

 

[MrSmashFour]

They can always just delay the launch of the online service

That would make their entire fiscal plan irrelevant. Also, they can't afford to keep up the delays, check out their stock value since last night.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

They can always just delay the launch of the online service

The earthquake incident could also delay Smash Ultimate's development as well. The worst case scenario would be that the game gets delayed past Christmas time, but this has happened more than once.

 

[Mic_128]

Can we like, organize a donation drive to send money, assistance or something?

I'm sure the major charities and other aid efforts will have something soon. I'm sure we'll have an article with ways you can help assist once they can get a better idea on the scale of the disaster and work out the best way to get relief efforts going. For now, if you are looking at donating money, please be careful of the organisations you send money to, as sadly, there are vultures who are only to happy to take advantage of tragedy.

 

[Michele]

Well, our lives are very important, but we have to focus on that first. Then we can focus on the Direct.

Nintendo will just delay it. They can't just outright cancel it, there would be uproar.

 

[RileyXY1]

The earthquake incident could also delay Smash Ultimate's development as well. The worst case scenario would be that the game gets delayed past Christmas time, but this has happened more than once.

They can't delay Smash Ultimate. It's supposed to be Nintendo's holiday big seller. If it gets delayed than Nintendo will have to rely on Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee for the holiday season.

 

[BlueMagician]

Tokyo? I don't think we have a Nintendo office based here in Tokyo. Beyond that, the earthquake affected neither Tokyo nor Kyoto, where Nintendo HQ is based.

Not sure about Nintendo itself, but Sora Ltd. and Monolith Soft seem to be based in Tokyo.

 

[Aurane]

God damn, you sound like Trump.

With respect, can we please not fan fires here? People are tense enough as is.

 

[Daedulus]

Well, if the Hokkaido earthquake turns out to be a lot worse than we anticipated (aftershocks have to be taken into account too), then the Nintendo Direct delay will likely be much longer than you think. Lives are more important right now, so the sharks that want more Smash Bros. news will have to wait until the incident finally calms down.

The 1 thing I don't get is that why can't nintendo stream it in the other parts of japan not affected by the earthquake and here too

 

[MrSmashFour]

The earthquake incident could also delay Smash Ultimate's development as well. The worst case scenario would be that the game gets delayed past Christmas time, but this has happened more than once.

How...? The offices aren't in the earthquake zone, the direct has just been delayed due to a combination of the lack of electricity in Hokkaido, and - much more prominently - out of respect for the fact that people don't really wanna watch an official livestream about colourful fun games the night after a horrific earthquake.

I think we're all getting ahead of ourselves here, we just have to be patient for probably about a week and we'll get the direct. In the meantime, we should be thinking of the families in Hokkaido suffering from this tragedy.

 

[QrowinSP]

I doubt the direct will be delayed too long. These things are timed with a lot of stuff in mind. The window where they can release it and not have it affect their plans in a costly way is likely somewhat tight.

My thoughts go out to the people of Japan who have lost loved ones in this tragedy as well as the typhoon and heat wave. I just wish there was something more we could do.

 

[Mic_128]

Nintendo will just delay it. They can't just outright cancel it, there would be uproar.

People have died. The only people who would get in an uproar about not seeing what is literally an advertisement for a videogame because of an earthquake killing people and affecting tens of thousands of people are those with a complete and utter lack of empathy.

They could easily just release a simple press release later with the details of the direct at a later date.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

They can't delay Smash Ultimate. It's supposed to be Nintendo's holiday big seller. If it gets delayed than Nintendo will have to rely on Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee for the holiday season.

Well, that is the harsh reality that we might have to be prepared for. If I recall, Brawl was originally going to be released before the end of 2007, but it was delayed until March 2008 for North America. Likewise, the Wii U version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze didn't get released until February 2014, but that was likely done to avoid any competition with Super Mario 3D World.

 

[RileyXY1]

The 1 thing I don't get is that why can't nintendo stream it in the other parts of japan not affected by the earthquake and here too

They don't want to alienate fans who live in the earthquake zone without any power.

 

[NonSpecificGuy]

For clarity. The earthquakes didn't seriously effect any of the major cities. Kyoto wasn't even really touched. You don't have to worry about Ultimate getting delayed, or the online getting delayed, or any of that stuff. You really shouldn't be worried about that. What we should be worried about are the people who were effected by this disaster. There's been tragedies today and it wouldn't be right for people to be losing it over a Direct in such hard times.

However, we do need to continue speculation with class. Maybe speculating about what this tragedy does to the game isn't exactly the best way to do that. I dunno. Maybe I'm too sensitive but seeing people worry about what this does to the Online or game itself just kinda irks me a bit.

 

[DevaAshera]

Honestly, aside from not wanting to have a Direct during a time like this, which is very understandable, Nintendo's timeline is not likely to change. Kyoto (Nintendo) and Tokyo (Bandai Namco) were uneffected, so likely no delays aside from the delay of this Direct, since it would be in very poor taste to have one at a time like this.

My guess is it'll pop up on Tuesday.

 

[MrSmashFour]

People have died. The only people who would get in an uproar about not seeing what is literally an advertisement for a videogame because of an earthquake killing people and affecting tens of thousands of people are those with a complete and utter lack of empathy.

You're not wrong, but, it won't be cancelled. Delaying a direct for a few days out of respect is one thing, sacrificing your company's entire quarter fiscal plan because of it is another.

Well, that is the harsh reality that we might have to be prepared for. If I recall, Brawl was originally going to be released before the end of 2007, but it was delayed until March 2008 for North America. Likewise, the Wii U version of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze didn't get released until February 2014, but that was likely done to avoid any competition with Super Mario 3D World.

Those are completely different and unrelated scenarios. This earthquake has not affected the actual offices where Smash is being developed, so don't worry about it. The direct has been delayed to show respect.

 

[MoonlitIllusion]

As I said, they can't delay it for too long because it has to come out before the online service launches.

If that's really such a big deal they'd just delay the online surface, it doesn't even have a confirmed release date anyway

 

[Pakky]

Oh **** what about those people in the more rural areas?

Can't say much for what has been lost that can't be replaced but I hope those affected can recover soon.

 

[SSB4Dojo]

My heart goes out to Japan. I might be missing something and not fully understanding the true extent of the earthquake but what is making the earthquake so much worse than the tsunami just went through? Just seems interesting to me that a tsunami goes through on I believe September 4th and nintendo still was planning to go through with a direct and then the earthquake happens and they decide to delay. Again, timing is everything and I am totally fine with Nintendo’s decision to push it back, just curious about the reasoning one disaster didn’t change plans but the second did (or maybe it is the combination).

 

[PlugMeister]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

 

[Venus of the Desert Bloom]

I do have one some issue with this entire Direct cancelling. People suddenly want to donate or help in someway. If a Direct hadn’t been canceled, would anyone know about it. I mean, Japan had a huge disaster back in July with flooding and landslides that caused 200 deaths. I recognize people want to help but why now? I get you want to help but it just kind of irks me the more I think about it. (And I’m talking in general, not only here).

Sorry, just my thoughts.

I do hope that when they delay it, it’s at the same time. That was perfect for me since it would be 7 am instead of 1 or 2 am like they did previously.

 

[Untouch]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

No. The game has been ESRB rated already, it is likely almost done already.

 

[Cosmic77]

At the risk of sounding terrible, can we just steer clear of this topic? My prayers go out to those in Japan, but I really don't want to talk about this anymore if I have to feel like I'm constantly walking on eggshells. It feels like just about any time someone mentions having some disappointment or frustration on the Direct being delayed, there's gonna be five other users ready to pounce who will overreact and criticize that person for being selfish. And if that doesn't start an argument, the question of whether or not Ultimate gets delayed because of this will.

 

[SSB4Dojo]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

My understanding is ultimate is being made in the Tokyo region which I believe hasn’t been hit by the natural disasters so development should still in general be on track.

 

[Mario & Sonic Guy]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

MrSmashFour said to not worry about it. For now, we should only really worry about the well-being of the earthquake survivors.

 

[RileyXY1]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

No. The earthquake did not affect the actual offices the game is being developed yet.

 

[Smashoperatingbuddy123]

It’s not canceled it’s delayed

And lives are more important right now

 

[Pyra]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

I don't think so.

I'm sure while I'm typing this a bunch of people will already say their reasons, but it would be improbable.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

I give Nintendo respect for delaying the Direct, and hope for the best for the people in Japan

-quoting a post that was removed-

...sarcasm or not, nothing about what you said was funny...

 

[MoonlitIllusion]

Does anyone else think that Ultimate is gonna be delayed now? I firmly believe that it's not gonna launch until next year because of all this.

The earthquake wasn't anywhere near tokyo where smash is being developed, the area seems to have been largely unnaffected, it's fine, plus the game is pretty much done at this point.

 

[RileyXY1]

First, the direct was postponed, and second, this does not confirm Isaac.

 

[Pakky]

So.. let's get knee deep into a pointless argument...