http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/newtitle/

3 Day countdown site appears on Namco-Bandai, who are working on the new Smash Bros. - it also is pretty obvious it's Smash Bros.

Thoughts?

As long as Jigglypuff is still a playable character, I'm good.

Well so far, the images shown seem to be in, simplified fashion;

TRAM
CLOUD
STATUE OF LIBERTY BASE
RAISIN
WATER
No idea what that thing is
PIG
OCEAN
AQUARIUM
2nd No idea what that thing is.

I'm not too sure about Namco Bandai, I mean I'm sure they will do a good job. But, there is a chance they will screw it up since there is usually at least one black sheep in every series and this is practically setting it up to be the black sheep.

However, I will give them a chance due to their efforts in Tekken 5

Is this gonna be out on the 3DS as well? I don't think I'll be getting a Wii U. Just wondering if I'll be missing out on a load of content if they're going for that "let your 3DS talk to your Wii U to unlock more stuff" kind of deals.

One Year later, i see this..... =D

DHXIII, I would agree, but Namco Bandai have had strong experience in this field, and while it is being developed by Namco Bandai, it is still under the control of previous directors and staff. It isn't as though Namco Bandai's board of directors and such have full control over everything. They are just providing a lot of the backbone to the operation.

The new SSB is being released on Wii U and 3DS, with integration into each other. However, my thoughts on the 3DS are pretty uh... Well, that's for a different discussion. I imagine there will just be connectivity in some fashion rather than you must have both to get everything. Because that's a Capcom move.

@Dazz: Yeah, I agree and that's why I will not shoot them down until I have actually played the game.
I am hoping that they steer clear from adding Namco characters such as Pacman as I have no desire to play as them. I also get the feeling that critics will be extremely critical of this game due to Namco Bandai contributing.

As long as the game has as much improvements as Brawl had over Melee the game should be fine. None-the less I am still pretty excited; It's always cool to see the new character rosters.

No tripping please

Hmm, I was a little skeptical after I heard Namco Bandai was working on this game, but since they do have some good fighters under their belt, I'm definitely willing to give this game a try. I hoping that the game isn't all about the multi-player mode which seems to be all the rage now. I know that multi-player is the huge draw to the series, but I honestly enjoyed Brawl's single-player storyline and I hope something similar will be in the new game. I also hope they up the CPU difficulty.

This was posted by Smash Bros. Universe studio head 'Masahiro Sakurai':

I want the Smash Bros Dojo to come back. It was a blast to wait for the daily update at the other forum I browse. Everyone was posting "JAPAN TIME" everywhere and when the update happen it was all you could read about for the first 3-4 pages.

Oh yeah! I loved that too. Waiting for more of the character roster to appear was always so awesome!

(07-03-2012 06:28 AM)retrolinkx Wrote:  

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SANDBAG AND MR. SATURN CONFIRMED

I'm assuming this is from a reliable source?

Because I have another