1080p + 60fps! Nintendo! You have sent me to heaven!

The screenshots have always been 1080p, indicating that this was the case, but still it's weird; they have targeted 720p in almost every other first party title, why shoot for 1080p with Smash?

They got the 3DS version to run at 60fps with 3D on.

I'm not surprised.

Yeah, ok, ok, I guess the WiiU has a little power under its very small hood after all. So...why don't the PSONE do this? ;)

Uh... I mean, it's smash. Not like it's something really demanding too much from the Wii U. What I don't understand is why 1080p is such a big deal...

My HDTV is, quite honestly, an older one, and it's a 42 inch 720p HDTV. So even if the game was 1080p I wouldn't be able to see it. Part of the reason I don't own a PS4. I just don't care about the resolution. I only care about 60 FPS when it's a fighting game, or a platforming type.

But, Smash is BOTH a platforming and a fighting game. I wont touch a fighting game that isn't running 60FPS. And most of the games I've played in my life have been 60 Frames per second. Be it Sonic 1, 2, 3 & knuckles, Street Fighter 3, Marvel Vs Capcom 1 or 2, (not mvc3, I hate it, and it doesn't consistently stay at 60 on PS3) and a ton of other games.

Now, everyone wants to throw out 60 frames per second like it's this new crazy thing. Ignoring the fact that EVERY smash game has been 60 frames per second. This one had better be 60. It's a fighting game. It's normal for fighting games to be 60 frames.

What I liked to hear was that it was 8 players.  It's been possible to do for ages, but I always wondered why compaines didn't push past 4 players.

Sadly, this means all my friends are going to want the game, and we wont have instances where one or two of us are watching due to limitations of four players.  All 6 (or more) of us can play.  But, I'm not a fan of the game.

I wish the had arranged 4 player HUDs on the top and 4 on th bottom and not squished 8 at the bottom like that.  During a hecktic game, you might eye the wrong life bar, or something.

I know at least 2 of them will be trying to get 8 people over to play the game simply because we have enough friends to do that.  I guess I better learn to like this game, because I may end up playing it a lot... and I know megaman is low tier... -___-

Anyway... 60 FPS?.. So what, it had better be..

1080p.. Ok..

8 players?  Nice...

Because they didn't have to sacrifice 60FPS!

Good thing we're getting both.

Well... Brawl was 480p 60fps which was the highest res you can get on the wii so it makes sense

Sakurai had mentioned previously in an interview that he thought 1080p had a particular benefit in Smash, given the number of items screen and how far you are zoomed out from the action at times.

We already pretty much knew this :p We've had a lot of 1920x1080 screens from Nintendo over the last few months, and smash has always targeted 60fps. It being a fighting game also made it rather likely. Street Fighter IV managed 720p/60fps back in 2008.

That said, i'll props to them if they can maintain a solid 60fps during 8 player battles and with the camera zoomed out. Would be quite impressive for the WiiU.