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Smash Bros. Wii U Looking For "Change Of Direction", Unlikely To Have New Characters

Posted on Friday, January 25 @ 09:37:26 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Quality over quantity.

While speaking to Nintendo Power, Game Designer Masahiro Sakurai argued that more characters isn't what the series needs, and went as far as to say more characters damages balance. He explained:

There is a certain charm to games that have huge casts of playable characters, but they tend to have issues with game balance and it becomes very difficult to fine-tune each character and have them all feel distinctive.

In terms of how that affects the next title, he said:

In terms of quantity, we’ve probably already reached the limit of what’s feasible. I think a change of direction may be what’s needed.

Each of the three previously released games have introduced 10 or more new characters per iteration. The last release, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, featured a sizeable 35 characters, several of which were borrowed from third-party games (i.e. Solid Snake from Metal Gear Solid).

As fun as it was to find out who was being added to Nintendo's frantic fighting series, ensuring that the next release isn't just a copy paste with more characters is essential. The last thing Nintendo needs is another game that feels derivative.
Related Games:   Super Smash Bros. (Wii U)
Tags:   Super Smash Bros., Nintendo, Wii U


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  • Sourdeez
    Sourdeez
    Joined: Feb 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 9:56 am
    just keep sonic........and fox.
    0 2
  • Jonathan_Leack
    Jonathan_Leack
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 9:58 am
    And Sephiroth. Oh wait.
    0 3
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 10:12 am
    I seriously do hope they do something to make the series fresh again. Brawl felt very stale.
    0 2
  • draftling
    draftling
    Joined: Jun 2012
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 8:39 pm
    Honestly If they kept the game the same I would be happy and go out and buy a WiiU right now if ONLY the online multiplayer aspect worked and was tight, unlike the online aspect for The Wii that was a joke.

    There you go Nintendo, do this and I will buy your WiiU...I triple doggy dare you! lol
    0 1
  • wildmario
    wildmario
    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Jan 25th, 2013 at 9:59 pm
    Don't forget making it more blaanced
    0 1

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