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Rogerioandrade on 13 March 2018

People are still thinking that this is a port?
We have enough information to know that this will be a new game, although it will probably make use of the engines and models of the latest Smash for WiiU, which is not a big deal.



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pikashoe on 13 March 2018
Kai_Mao said:

I'm usually not one to advertise or promote something, but I recommend following Source Gaming if you are a fan of Smash Bros. and gaming as they provide various gaming articles, mainly about Smash development/rumors/characters/etc., including Japanese translated articles. Some of the staff, including the founder, PushDustin, have translated a lot of Sakurai's Famitsu articles and significant tweets from him, including why he chose Corrin to represent a character from an upcoming game at the time of the final Smash Direct to be a DLC fighter and why he categorized Smash 3DS and Wii U as their own respective entries in the series as Smash 4 and 5.

Here's an example of their work: https://sourcegaming.info/2018/02/08/new-years-discussion-with-sakurai-ueda-and-kamiya/

And here's one that shows the timeline of Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch, from the rumors back in 2014 to the recent reveal: https://sourcegaming.info/2018/03/12/timeline-smash-switch/

Hopefully, this will give you guys a bit of an idea of how development of Smash Bros. for Switch could ultimately turn out.

I literally just watched that 2nd video just before you posted it. I think because he confirmed he was working on a game back in 2016 it pretty much confirms that this is a new game. A port should not take a similar amount of time to make as a completely new smash game.



Kai_Mao on 13 March 2018
pikashoe said:
Kai_Mao said:

I'm usually not one to advertise or promote something, but I recommend following Source Gaming if you are a fan of Smash Bros. and gaming as they provide various gaming articles, mainly about Smash development/rumors/characters/etc., including Japanese translated articles. Some of the staff, including the founder, PushDustin, have translated a lot of Sakurai's Famitsu articles and significant tweets from him, including why he chose Corrin to represent a character from an upcoming game at the time of the final Smash Direct to be a DLC fighter and why he categorized Smash 3DS and Wii U as their own respective entries in the series as Smash 4 and 5.

Here's an example of their work: https://sourcegaming.info/2018/02/08/new-years-discussion-with-sakurai-ueda-and-kamiya/

And here's one that shows the timeline of Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch, from the rumors back in 2014 to the recent reveal: https://sourcegaming.info/2018/03/12/timeline-smash-switch/

Hopefully, this will give you guys a bit of an idea of how development of Smash Bros. for Switch could ultimately turn out.

I literally just watched that 2nd video just before you posted it. I think because he confirmed he was working on a game back in 2016 it pretty much confirms that this is a new game. A port should not take a similar amount of time to make as a completely new smash game.

I don't think its out of the possibility that it can be a new game that utilizes assets from Smash Wii U/3DS. Pretty much every game after 64 utilized assets from the previous game. Splatoon 2 is a sequel despite not having much drastic changes compared to its predecessor, besides Clam Blitz, new weapons, new stages, Salmon Run, a new campaign, and the upcoming Octo Expansion. There have been a lot of sequels in the past that utilized assets/engines of their predecessors.



pikashoe on 13 March 2018
Kai_Mao said:
pikashoe said:

I literally just watched that 2nd video just before you posted it. I think because he confirmed he was working on a game back in 2016 it pretty much confirms that this is a new game. A port should not take a similar amount of time to make as a completely new smash game.

I don't think its out of the possibility that it can be a new game that utilizes assets from Smash Wii U/3DS. Pretty much every game after 64 utilized assets from the previous game. Splatoon 2 is a sequel despite not having much drastic changes compared to its predecessor, besides Clam Blitz, new weapons, new stages, Salmon Run, a new campaign, and the upcoming Octo Expansion. There have been a lot of sequels in the past that utilized assets/engines of their predecessors.

I agree, I'm pretty certain that will be the case. 



fedfed on 13 March 2018

MK8 did not sell up to the potential... a fifth of MKart Wii - half of MKart 7 so a Port made sense.
Smash 4 wiiu + 3DS is the best selling Smash.

Obviously, a port will sell on Switch but the game as been plateau by the previous versions - especially 3DS.



Switch!!!

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Miyamotoo on 14 March 2018

Here is one prediction, Crash Bandicoot will appear in this Smash Bros game. ;)



Spindel on 12 June 2018

After latest direct I’m pumped for tis one.

So now to the important things: What do we call it? SSBU and rebrand the Wii U version to SSBWU?



Wyrdness on 12 June 2018

Link no longer has his tether grab, the game is also a lot more aggressive and significantly faster in pace.



Wyrdness on 12 June 2018
Hiku said:
Wyrdness said:

Link no longer has his tether grab, the game is also a lot more aggressive and significantly faster in pace.

I got the sense that Young Link is basically classic Link, while Adult Link will from now on be whichever is the latest relevant Link.

That seems to be the case.



Kai_Mao on 12 June 2018
Wyrdness said:

Link no longer has his tether grab, the game is also a lot more aggressive and significantly faster in pace.

It's kinda crazy to see, based on the gameplay I've seen from the Treehouse and Invitational, that it looks and plays so different from Wii U/3DS.

The speed, the aggression, etc. I cannot wait!!