Smash Bros. Creator On-Board For Revolution Smash

Gamespot reports that Nintendo has opened an office dedicated to the next-gen sequel to Smash Bros. From the article: "Heading up the new studio is the series' original creator, Masahiro Sakurai. He returns to the Nintendo organization after a two-year absence. According to Famitsu, Sakurai was persuaded by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata to return to Nintendo over conversations that took place at the E3 Expo held earlier this year. Preparing a new Super Smash Bros. game with such short notice was not easy for Sakurai, given the game's tight development schedule."

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Great news.

[Hitto]

Smash Bros and its sequel hide gameplay gems behind the cutesy-looking characters. I'm really looking forward to this, because it's about time Nintendo stopped pumping out "Mario Parties" and started doing more MK and SSB stuff.
And when the hell are they going to release one on the DS? Online play, ala Mario Kart only this time with more freedom to choose whoever you want to play, and bam. Instant success. Jump Super Stars proved that it's possible, so what are they waiting for?

Single-player

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My hopes are kind of different. I though the single-player arcade mode of SSB, while obviously rushed and rather thin, was an awesome idea: Choose any of the classic Nintendo characres and play them in a world that contains levels taken from various classic Nintendo games. Try to play 'Ice climber' using Pikachu, or playing Zelda using Fox, etc. Given enough effort and polish, this could be a wonderful way to rediscover the magic of the older Nintendo titles. Even more fun would be a multiplayer co-op version of the arcade mode.

An office JUST for Smash Bros?

[MMaestro]

Does this mean we can expect more than one Smash Bros game on the Revolution? I mean it'd be a huge waste of resources to open an office for one game then shut it down upon completion..

ok, that has to be the title!

[Allison Geode]

the title of this article includes the phrase "Revolution Smash" and you know what? that has to be the title now. either that, or "Smash Smash Revolution." just don't get it crossed with "Smash Smash Xbox" because that could be costly and potentially retarded.

Launch title?

[Headcase88]

I was under the impression that the next Smash has been in development for a while. How are they supposed to make an amazing game with less that a year before the release of the Revo?

They say they might be putting 50 people on the project, but that will only go so far. The old adage of "hiring 9 pregnant women to produce a baby in a month" comes to mind.

Re:Launch title?

[fwitness]

It's less than year before the release of the revolution? Wow. Didn't think there was a release date yet. The only fact I've heard is that it's less than a year before we know when the details of what we may know might be released. That's not what I call a release date though.

I'm hoping for..

[Supurcell]

I hope that they include some more characters that aren't just different looking Mario. I can understand why they need Luigi, but is Dr. Mario really necessary? Being a self proclaimed master of Smash Bros, I can feel the difference between two similar characters, but it is a little disappointing to unlock Ganondorf to find out that he is just a Cptn Falcon. I am hoping for more unique, Ice Climber-type, characters.

Re:Stop it with the mario brothers shit!

[KDR_11k]

You realize that Smash Bros unites pretty much every franchise Nintendo ever made and that's half the point of the game? There's no need to put Mario or DK into new genres but there's no point in removing them from an all-stars game.