Tuesday, October 7, 2014

SSB4 on Wii U confirmed on the same day as ORAS

In North America, at least. Someone NEEDS to be fired, because this is the second holiday season they've done this shit (last year was LBW and SM3DW).

By the way, this means we're getting this first by a few weeks. To be fair, the Japanese got the 3DS version first by a few weeks, so fair's fair. Not to mention, the marketing people in Europe and Japan look a whole lot smarter than their North American counterparts because they actually decided to NOT have both games come out on the same day. Hilariously enough, the same thing happened last year, where LBW came out a week earlier than SM3DW in Europe, but the latter came out a whole MONTH earlier in Japan. So this massive marketing blunder is purely a North American thing, it seems.

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  1. The pattern is a little hard to read sometimes, but I'm pretty sure the 3DS version of Smash only released in Japan earlier because the 3DS is by far the most popular medium for playing video games over there.

    I'm glad the Wii U version is coming in November, though. I've already burned through as much single-player content as Smash 3DS will provide me. I'm satisfied with the update to mechanics, character roster, items and stages, but the rest of the game feels stripped-down compared to Brawl. Smash Run is fun and all, but no online and no interaction with other players outside of the competition round really kills it for me. I don't feel like anything else is even worth mentioning.

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    1. I really hope that extra Single-player content on WiiU is going to be something as grand as the supposed Tower of Smash

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  2. Maybe if you get both the same day you get a free tape of Reggie singing about his body being ready in a banana suit.

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    1. No, it's more people than just him, all dressed in fruit-suits, singing something about poor marketing to the theme of "fruit salad".

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    2. And Then Iwata holding banana-Reggie and looking to him then you

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    3. Something like:

      Our bodies! Ready-Ready!

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  3. Its annoying me, but what is LBW?

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