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teigaga on 30 July 2015
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Metroid33slayer said:
teigaga said:

Super Smash Bros. 1999
Super Smash BRos Melee 2001

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They usually develop Smash once a generation, inbetween that they work on various other titles (kirby) if there is time. The games do not have a 5 yeard development cycle, their release is determined by the availability of new hardware. if NX launches in 2016, history shows that smash would be made available as soon as they can finish a new one as its one of Nintendo's main system sellers. Every generation following its conception Smash has been released within the openning 2 years of a consoles life cycle. For Wii U they had to develop 2 titles at the same time which slowed them down. Going by rumours this time they'll be developing 1 title, scalable across a handheld and console meaning devlopement time will be shorter then what we saw this gen, especially if they don't get bogged down by another title like they did with Kid Icarus. The leads to us getting a new game between 12 and 18months from the NX's release as a releastic expectation.

I never said 2016, I  said we could see one title (Most likely mario kart) as a launch window title which is not the same as launch title. Assuming NX launches fall 2016, a spring or summer 2017 release would count as  launch window which is quite a generic term. Finally the entire Smash team is not working on DLC.


smash melee 2001

smash brawl 2008

smash wii u 2014

You can't compare 64 to melee because 64 was such a small game compared to what it is now, it is such a behemoth these days that they can't just have a new game ready within 2 years. Smash 4 was such a huge undertaking and sakurai said the team had to push themselves to their limits. Trust me they're in no hurry to build a new game from scratch anytime soon.


The N64 version has nothing to do with it, Melee was made in UNDER 2 years. Brawl was made in just over 2 years (27months).

Smash Bros U AND 3DS only began production in spring 2012 and was made in 2 and a half years. If they could focus on 1 version it would have been 2 years or less and been far less stressful. Having made the transition to HD devlopment, the next game should be more comfortable for the team anyway

Ultimately they work on games, thats they're job- the team isn't going to spend the next year on holiday and I bet only a fraction of them are making the DLC as is the norm across game developement. The rest are hard at work (after a brief break I hope) on a new title.

Across Melee, Brawl and U, Smash Bros arrived within 2 years of the new systems arrival. Theres nothing supporting your logic of it arriving in 2020, as I said the games releases are determined by the arrival of new hardware, not a 5 year dev cycle. When there is not new hardware they work on other stuff like kirby and kid icarus.

Also maybe they won't make the next Smash from scratch...