New Super Smash Bros. 4 Character Will be Revealed on Monday

[Steven Bogos]

New Super Smash Bros. 4 Character Will be Revealed on Monday

Nintendo will reveal the new character in a live-stream event on Monday, July 14.

Nintendo's steady trickle of Super Smash Bros. 4 information has until now been pretty inconsistent. Barring special events such as E3, it would reveal new characters and returning veterans on the official Super Smash Bros. website [http://www.smashbros.com/us/] at seemingly random intervals. But now, game director Masahiro Sakurai is hyping a new character in a way he hasn't done before, announcing that it will be revealed next Monday via a live-stream event.

"Oh, by the way! I'd like to reveal a new challenger. Instead of doing the unveiling on something like a Nintendo Direct, we're going to live-stream the reveal on the official website on Monday, July 14, at 7:00 AM US Pacific Time (4:00 PM European Central Time)," Sakurai posted on his Miiverse account [https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADRUqGG_w5Nyg].

He also noted that "we're nearing the bottom of the stash of new challenger videos that we've made..." which makes sense considering the 3DS release of the game is right around the corner (it will be released in Japan in September).

So, what does this mean? Could it just be that now that we're in the "final few" character reveals, Nintendo are just putting the hype-train into a higher gear? Or is there something particularly special about this new character reveal? Keep in mind Sakurai specifically said "new challenger", so we're not looking at a returning fighter that has yet-to-be-announced such as Wario or Ness.

My bets go with Bayonetta - her new game is exclusive to a Nintendo platform and is releasing pretty soon. It makes sense, but then again, Wii Fit Trainer's inclusion proved that Sakurai is not really one for making sense...

Source: Miiverse [https://miiverse.nintendo.net/posts/AYMHAAACAADRUqGG_w5Nyg]

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[Gearhead mk2]

Personally I'm hoping for Snake, Chrom or Lucina. Thought Bayonetta would be pretty freakin sweet, I don't really see how they could work her into what is basically a family game. If they are gonna include a Platinum character, it'd probably be a member of the Wonderful 101. As for third parties... Rayman or Travis Touchdown maybe?

 

[Roxas1359]

I don't really see how they could work her into what is basically a family game.

They put Snake in it, and Metal Gear games aren't necessarily "family" games last time I checked.
As for the whole Chrom or Lucina thing, I still think it's honestly better just to make them alternate costumes for Marth if anything. I'd rather have Platinum representation in the game via Wonder Red or Bayonetta than more Fire Emblem characters.
*puts up flame shield*
Now to sit and wait for the possible hate.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

I don't really see how they could work her into what is basically a family game.

They put Snake in it, and Metal Gear games aren't necessarily "family" games last time I checked.
As for the whole Chrom or Lucina thing, I still think it's honestly better just to make them alternate costumes for Marth if anything. I'd rather have Platinum representation in the game via Wonder Red or Bayonetta than more Fire Emblem characters.
*puts up flame shield*
Now to sit and wait for the possible hate.

Snake is different though. I don't really remember him swearing or being overly flirtatious or anything, and depending on the run of the games, they guy could be a near pacifist. Bayonetta is like a cross between Asura and Lady Gaga. She's been rejected from crossovers before: the Sonic Allstars Racing team said they couldn't put her in because of her vulgarity. That may be why they're completly screwing Samus over with the rocket heels and gimp leather material Zero Suit and the beauty mark and everything, they can't get Bayo so they're using Sammy as a stand in.
Honestly, I don't think Marth should have been in this game. He hasn't had a new game in years, half the audience have no idea what he's saying, and his personality is way different than in his home games. Lucina's much more recent and well known, well liked by the fans, would take very little effort to program because they could just copy paste Marth's move set across, and is voiced by Laura Bailey who is awesome because she's Laura freakin Bailey. I wouldn't mind her as an alt costume though. Ike gets away with it a little more because Chrom would be a lot different, but I still think he should have been replaced.

 

[Aiddon_v1legacy]

Some people are thinking it might be a Xenoblade character considering how Takahashi retweeted the announcement. Though maybe he's just trolling.

 

[Nooners]

Dr. Robotnik, please? Him in his walker could give him a nice skillset, and now that Sonic's Nintendo-exclusive, I'd love to see more of his crew join the fight.

 

[Queen Michael]

Please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk please be Bonk!
[small]Of course, Proto Man would be pretty cool too.[/small]

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Dr. Robotnik, please? Him in his walker could give him a nice skillset, and now that Sonic's Nintendo-exclusive, I'd love to see more of his crew join the fight.

From what I've heard, the Exclusivity deal ends with the Alternate Universe Sonic Games coming out this year (The Sonic Boom Games for WiiU and 3DS). After that, who knows what will happen to Sonic. Neither the Winter Olympic game nor Sonic Lost Worlds for WiiU and 3DS did well (especially compared to the Wii and DS games), so we could easily see Sonic go Multiplat again.

OT: I'm personally rooting for King Hippo from the Punch Out Series. Yes, they already have Little Mac, who's a small, swift heavy hitter that can't fight in the air, but King Hippo could be a slow, heavier hitter that is actually really hard to toss around in the air, thus kind of being Little Mac's opposite and increasing the Punch Out series roster.

 

[Queen Michael]

Heh. Something just struck me. What if it's Bubsy? What if it turns out that the character they chose in favour of whoever you were rooting for is Bubsy "I can't believe they made a cartoon out of this" the Bobcat?

[small]Sakurai took a look at this and thought "What could possibly go wrong?"[/small]

 

[Supdupadog]

Be my armadillo man Dillon!

 

[Roxas1359]

Neither the Winter Olympic game nor Sonic Lost Worlds for WiiU and 3DS did well (especially compared to the Wii and DS games), so we could easily see Sonic go Multiplat again.

Sonic was never exclusive platform to begin with, the only reason Lost World was Wii U and 3DS exclusive is because of the deal. The next Sonic game be made by Sonic Team has already been said it's being made for the PS4 and Xbox One, and Generations was multiplatform as well.

 

[joshuaayt]

Oh, hell yeah, gimme some Wonderful 101, Nintendo. I want to play as a swarm of Wonderful Ones- essentially just a less tricky Olimar.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Neither the Winter Olympic game nor Sonic Lost Worlds for WiiU and 3DS did well (especially compared to the Wii and DS games), so we could easily see Sonic go Multiplat again.

Sonic was never exclusive platform to begin with, the only reason Lost World was Wii U and 3DS exclusive is because of the deal. The next Sonic game be made by Sonic Team has already been said it's being made for the PS4 and Xbox One, and Generations was multiplatform as well.

I was referring to Sonic Colors, but that's besides the point. Thank you for also confirming to me that Sonic is definitely not Nintendo-Exclusive, at least not anymore.

 

[Story]

Some people are thinking it might be a Xenoblade character considering how Takahashi retweeted the announcement. Though maybe he's just trolling.

Yeah, because of this, and the leaked character list not too long ago that has been right so far, I'm 99% sure it's gonna be Crom. Which...meh, I don't really care about. I just want to play the game already.

 

[Roxas1359]

I was referring to Sonic Colors, but that's besides the point. Thank you for also confirming to me that Sonic is definitely not Nintendo-Exclusive, at least not anymore.

I doubt SEGA wouldn't make a port for the Wii U, as they tend to release their games on every console. When it came to Sonic Colors, that was another deal that SEGA had done with Nintendo really, and there are reasons why Sonic Colors was as successfully sold as it was (you know, besides not taking itself seriously, being fun, and having excellent music :3), and the main reason was because it was released at a point in which the Wii had so many customers, and was also released at a good time right before the Christmas season.

 

[Infernai]

[small]Sakurai took a look at this and thought "What could possibly go wrong?"[/small]

Spoiler

We don't take kindly to your kind around these parts...So, why don't you just move along?

 

[Terminate421]

I'm guessing it's Chrom. They have the stage from Awakening so it'd make total sense.

 

[Malbourne]

I think it's pretty obvious who I'm desperate to see in the fray:

Spoiler

 

[azurine]

Please be Simon Belmont!
No, wait...
Please be classic Simon Belmont!

 

[FPLOON]

Yeah... I have no bets to place on something like this... I mean, sure, at least a few users have said some characters that I would actually like to see be announced like Bayonetta or classic Simon Belmont... But, I literally have NO IDEA who could be the new challenger...

Spoiler: At least I know who would never be announced anytime soon, at least...

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