I love how link plays in the demo. I find myself using a variety of his attacks, but unlike Mega Man, I feel I have more control over them, thus he may return to being my main along with Ike.

Japan sales. 1 Million sold first 2 days. This is over 1 Million retail and its confirmed 1 Million sold if digital is included.

Has anyone mentioned how amazing Cucoos look in 3D? Because they do.

Is anyone else getting Ghirahim, Dark Samus, and Voltman a lot from assist trophies? So far I haven't encountered the annoying Devil and the Nightmare from Dreamland , but I have encountered the Nintendog which looks great in 3D but still blocks the screen.

"These two are a haunting pair. You can only attack Gastly using items, but the Ghost has a perfect guard and reflects your attacks. When you see a Ghost, make sure you use your grab. If you're playing with Diddy Kong, his Monkey Flip should work, too."

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I'm surprised at how good Link feels this time around. I might consider making him one of my main characters.

I wonder if we will still get trailers for the other newcomers after the 3DS game releases worldwide. Curious to see what Bowser Jr and Duck Hunt Dog's trailer would look like!

Yeah I was just thinking that myself. I would be a crime for us not to get trailers of them. Especially since we (in the western hemisphere and Europe) won't be able to play as them for another couple of weeks.

Duck Hunt Dog will probably be the funniest. I see Bowser Jr. saving his dad from the "army" of Mario characters, that would be cool.

Sakurai has addressed the absence of the Ice Climbers in a Famitsu column, and it's due to the 3DS's hardware limitations as suspected. He cut them from the Wii U version as well because he wanted both versions to maintain the same roster, even though he did get the IC's working in the Wii U version.

In the same column he also addressed the different release dates for the 3DS and Wii U versions, and it was due to both games needing separate debug periods. If both games were to have the same debug periods in order to release them simultaneously, it would take so long that the games wouldn't be able to be released until 2015.

Source: http://nintendoeverything.com/sakurai-addresses-ice-climbers-absence-in-smash-bros-wii-u3ds-and-more-in-new-famitsu-column/

Well I'll be... Guess my earlier skepticism was wrong. I'm quite surprised to hear that, though. I suppose the part about not giving them much priority explains it, as does the SHOCKING NEWS!!! that there's not another Ice Climber game coming anytime soon.

Sakurai is a very honest man. And the absence of the Ice Climbers explains a lot of the character choices in the game. Hopefully, if they're to do this again (versions for handheld and console), they'll make sure it's powerful enough to not have this limitation.