Wolf, Dixie Kong and Alph Join Super Smash Bros. 3DS (As Alternate Costumes)

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Wolf, Dixie Kong and Alph Join Super Smash Bros. 3DS (As Alternate Costumes)

Some Super Smash Bros. fighters will have rather extensive alternate-costumes.

Wolf fans may be happy (and disheartened) to learn that their favorite character will be making it in to the new Diddy Kong [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/137127-Super-Smash-Bros-for-Wii-U-and-3DS-Adds-Xenoblade-Chronicles-Shulk], Olimar and Link respectively.

The security at these events had reportedly been pretty tight, with Nintendo trying its best to ensure fans could not take pictures or video of the pre-release copies of the game. But one crafty fan [http://smabros.net/archives/12500277.html] did eventually manage to sneak a couple pictures of the new costumes, which you can check out below:

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For those of you wondering, Alph is one of the three explorers who replaces Olimar [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125914-Captain-Olimar-Will-Return-In-The-New-Super-Smash-Bros] as the title character in Pikmin 3, and Fierce Deity Link is the scary-looking version of the hero of time from The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. The fact that these characters exist as alternate costumes means that any hopes of seeing them included as separate characters may have been dashed.

Other information gathered (but, unfortunately, not photographed) at the event include the fact that Little Mac [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/132236-Little-Mac-Joins-Super-Smash-Bros-4-As-a-New-Fighter] has a whopping 16 alternate costumes (8 for his fleshy self - including one featuring the iconic pink hoodie, and 8 for his wireframe version), and that most characters have completely swappable color palates, such as white Sonic and "shiny" Charizard.

With the Japanese launch of the game set for this Saturday, you can be sure to expect a flood of new Smash Bros. information over the coming week.

Source: Event Hubs [http://smabros.net/archives/12500277.html]

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BloodFlower

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I love that the article writes "Wolf" for Fox(since it's just a recolour) and not "Dixie Kong" for Diddy's colourswap. Also why is a reoccurring colourpalette for Diddy considered as something new? He had the same colourswap in Brawl:
 

EyeReaper

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All the more reason for me to not believe the Duck Hunt Screenshot leak. If Wolf, FD Link, or Alph couldn't make it in as seperate characters, then I can't believe Dr. Mario or Dark Pit can.
 

nightmare_gorilla

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just glad they made wolf a costume, seriously the fox clones were getting out of hand. i'm glad the alternate costumes are turning into more than just palate swaps I dig that. opens possibilities.
 

The World Famous

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Looks like Dark Pit and Dr. Mario are alternate costumes... thank Christ.
Here's hoping they can fit Mewtwo in there as well...
 

And Man

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nightmare_gorilla said:
just glad they made wolf a costume, seriously the fox clones were getting out of hand. i'm glad the alternate costumes are turning into more than just palate swaps I dig that. opens possibilities.
Wolf was pretty different from both Fox and Falco, so I'm disappointed that he's supposedly only an alternate costume now.

Also, I see no Dixie Kong in either photo.
 

Covarr

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Aww, Wolf was my favorite clone character in Brawl. Unlike Falco, he actually played pretty differently, in spite of an overwhelmingly similar moveset.

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SilverUchiha

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Um... are you sure? That looks like just a Wolf-like recolor for Fox and not straight-up alternate skin entirely. And Diddy Kong is just wearing pink like he did in Brawl (sadly). Olimar and Link look legit, but I'd argue Fox and definitely Diddy Kong.

Which is a shame because if the Fox-to-Wolf skin WAS legit, then we could say it proves the recent leak was not legit because in that leak, there were mentions of Wolf DLC. Sadly, because the pic is unclear (and it really doesn't look like Wolf that much), it doesn't prove or disprove anything yet.
 

And Man

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I just noticed that the Alph reskin states "Pikmin&Alph" underneath, while the Wolf reskin still reads "Fox", so I wouldn't count out Wolf being his own character.