Smash WiiU & 3DS Miiverse Daily Pic - May 15th

[Smashboards]

Smash Wii U & 3DS director Masahiro Sakurai says "Pic of the day. The unexpected Assist Trophy, the TV-Game 15! Color TV-Game 15 is a home entertainment system that was released in 1977 in Japan before the release of Space Invaders. This is the oldest game to join the Smash Bros. series."

He also included an additional comment saying "Normally, controllers for these types of games had knobs with variable resistors--these allowed the players to control in-game movement by how far they twisted the knobs. The TV-Game 15 used microswitches instead. We've worked a little too hard to reenact the behavior of the original, so the paddles always move in linear paths with the same, consistent speed. We pay attention to such peculiar details!"

 

[Ryu Myuutsu]

Seems like a fun assist. I couldn't see very well at first but the blue blur there is Zamus.

Oh and first!

 

[Shariq]

before anyone asks. Player 2 is ZZS

 

[Critzilean]

Wow, Zamus's down special looks really cool now

 

[Ixbran]

Awesome sauce!

xD

 

[New_Dumal]

is weird in this pic anyway...

 

[Ivysalt]

Mm...despite the simple geometry of the paddles, those rectangles cast an awfully Ridley-esque shadow. Oh Sakuri, well played.

 

[Wasp]

Meh, this week's nothing really interesting so far... Let's hope for something actually new for tomorrow!

 

[roymustang1990-]

Not much to say here besides the blue blur

 

[Drazile]

Spoiler: How long will it be until someone means this?

The hole in the wall deconfirms Ridley!

 

[LoneWolfRanger]

cool, funny AT

 

[Shorts]

Spoiler: How long will it be until someone means this?

The hole in the wall deconfirms Ridley!

Spoiler: hey mami

shut up

 

[JDavisR (NIX)]

Wait, look at the score.
HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED

 

[samsparta21]

I think I see Ridley in the hole in the wall

 

[Empyrean]

It's good to see Sakurai has his priorities straight. Imagine all the hate he would've got if the paddles didn't move linearly.

 

[Protom]

Lol miiverse kids thinking P2 is Krystal

 

[Eskelsen]

Notice how Samus is in her morph ball but there is no bomb, new roll maybe?
(Doubt it but would be cool, just like in PM.)

 

[Shariq]

Lol miiverse kids thinking P2 is Krystal

people on miiverse are either REALLY dumb, or have been trolling hard all this time. my bets on them being dumb though.

 

[SleepiEJeen]

...i'd smash

 

[Z1GMA]

Is this AT even related to Nintendo?
Third party AT?

Notice how Samus is in her morph ball but there is no bomb, new roll maybe?
(Doubt it but would be cool, just like in PM.)

If you zoom in, you can see a bomb.

 

[BladeOFLucas]

Looks fun, ZSS looks to be splayed in an awkward pose, new down-b? Probably.

 

[DeOnde]

Pong will be playable in Smash 5, calling it.

 

[Will]

I'd hate to be the left paddle.

I would backhand that Pong controller.

 

[Shalashaska]

ZSS is probably doing the Flip Jump. Remember the shadows from the pic with her and WFT?

 

[Thane of Blue Flames]

Looks fun, ZSS looks to be splayed in an awkward pose, new down-b? Probably.

It's just hit-stun.

 

[KenboCalrissian]

Is Zamus missing her head??

Decapitations confirmed. Scorpion gets over here. Toasty!

Edit: After looking more closely, I think it is her down-B. At first I thought that was her arms and legs splayed out and she was in hitstun, but if you look closer you can see most of those "limbs" are translucent. They're actually phantasms emitted by this jump animation, which is probably her down-B third jump. The stray blue glow below her supports this - it's a fifth "shadow" of her animation. Her body is actually only in the leftmost section of that blob, with her arms folded over her chest and her legs pinned together. She's perfectly vertical and upside-down.

...I still can't find her head though.

 

[Tackman91]

Ah yes... This takes me back!

Back to the days where all we got for PotD were Direct recaps...

 

[2ndComing]

Is this AT even related to Nintendo?
Third party AT?


If you zoom in, you can see a bomb.

It clearly states that this is a Nintendo AT

 

[itsameluigi1290]

It is on, like TV Game Pong.

 

[Xpinkbean]

My reaction when i found out that this was not just a joke by sakurai:

 

[Sahfarry]

Is this AT even related to Nintendo?
Third party AT?

It's Nintendo. The made the colour game things or whatever back in the day.

there's so many game companies that straight-up copied pong. Nintendo was not the first nor the last.

 

[Mr.Random]

Sakurai I said something new every picture. NOT THE SAME **** WE SAW IN THE DIRECT. Disappointed, next picture please.

 

[Wasp]

Sakurai I said something new every picture. NOT THE SAME **** WE SAW IN THE DIRECT. Disappointed, next picture please.

i guess he must've only missed your post then, cuz all everyone else asked for has been shown so far...

 

[Reality_Ciak]

He is giving us new information. It's not as big of news as it used to be, but it's still more than we knew. Let's not get ungrateful like the Miiverse Kids now...

 

[Mr.Random]

i guess he must've only missed your post then, cuz all everyone else asked for has been shown so far...

Well he obviously doesn't read Smashboards but I'm just saying in general this is lazy.

 

[Wasp]

He is giving us new information. It's not as big of news as it used to be, but it's still more than we knew. Let's not get ungrateful like the Miiverse Kids now...

yeah, i think we're getting spoiled by the idea that pic of the day means, news of the day instead... good heads-up!

 

[DrizzyDrew]

I love the little details of this game, great job guys and who the heck is player 2? lol

 

[Nietendodude]

Well he obviously doesn't read Smashboards but I'm just saying in general this is lazy.

Or he could be saving the real announcements for E3 and we should just be patient.

 

[Cpt.]

Oh it's a pic of the pyrosphere, that can only mean Ridley is disconfirmed

 

[Jason the Yoshi]

Oh it's a pic of the pyrosphere, that can only mean Ridley is disconfirmed

Nah