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Is Professor Layton In Smash Bros. For Wii U / 3DS?

Gamefaqs user Fodimon has revealed that voice actor for Professor Layton, Christopher R Miller took to Twitter to talk about Professor Layton in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/ 3DS.

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KryptoniteTail3169d ago

I hope this isn't the winner of the votes. King K. from DKC or Goku or Banjo or Isaac or Ninten...not boring ass Layton.

Monster_Tard3169d ago

I've seen a few people suggest him, I'd be ok with it. With Bandai Namco owning the rights to the DBZ games and also working on Smash, it's not too far fetched.

Kalebninja3169d ago

Goku isn't a video game character he won't ever get in.

Monster_Tard3169d ago

He's been a video game character since the SNES DBZ games. He most likely won't get in and there are better choices out there, just saying he wouldn't be terrible imo.

RPGrinder3169d ago

he is not even remotely iconic for video games nor for Nintendo.

That is a joke

Kalebninja3169d ago

@monster_tard Goku is an anime character regardless of how many games the series has. Unless they were originally a video game character they don't qualify. If this is your logic then every character in jstars qualifies to be in smash. It isn't happening.

Monster_Tard3169d ago

@kalebninja I'm not pushing for him to be in, But if enough fans wanted it, I could see it happening. What says that a game character has to had originated in a video game to qualify? If I remember correctly, James Bond was once highly considered for Smash, which shows that Sakurai isn't 100% against adding a character that didn't originate in gaming.

RPGrinder3169d ago

If 10 billion fans want it it is not happening

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RPGrinder3169d ago

Isaac and Layton would be amazing dlc

TorpeAlex3169d ago

...Still pushing for Wonder Red! Anyone else?
...Anyone?

Kalebninja3169d ago

Yeah wonder red fits right in.

Kalebninja3169d ago (Edited 3169d ago )

...because Lucas is iconic right?because greninja is too right? Lol okay. He's one of there new IP's and they don't need to think real hard to make a moveset for him. If anything he'd at least be in the next game.

RPGrinder3169d ago

Actually lucas is 100x more iconic than Wonder Red

Wonderful 101 bombed. Hell, in Japan alone Mother 3 outsold Wonderful 101 in all regions combined. It is an insult to Mother 3 to even put that game in the same sentence.

Greninja is from Pokemon. A series a billion times more iconic.

deafdani3168d ago

Yup, that was who I put in the vote.

Not going to happen, though. ;_;

KryptoniteTail3169d ago

Anyone crying about Goku being suggested needs to grow up. Nintendo put no strict guidelines on voting so get over it. He is a popular choice regardless of origin. People said we'd never get 3rd party either lol. Idiotic people and their lack of critical thinking...I distinctly recall wanting a playable Giga Bowser in some way back after Melee launched and I got flamed to hell by fanboys who always think they're right. Huh. I remember wanting Sonic since N64 (that was considered heresy back then). Never say never.

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Mortal Kombat hits 80 million sales, here's how it stacks up against competition

NetherRealm confirms its Mortal Kombat franchise has sold over 80 million copies in the last 30 years, and here's how it competes against other fighters.

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Kakashi Hatake342d ago

Don't care what anyone says, Smash isn't a traditional fighting game. May as well call Powerstone and Playstation All Stars fighting games. They're more of an arena fighter /party game.

NotoriousWhiz342d ago

You don't have to care what anyone says. It's not a traditional fighting game. But it is a fighting game.

gerbintosh342d ago

Not according to the creator, Sakurai. Link below

https://www.eventhubs.com/n...

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CrimsonWing69342d ago (Edited 342d ago )

I mean what makes them an arena fighter than say something like Tekken? Because there’s platforms?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21342d ago

because theres a bunch of pokeballs and other random stupid stuff on stage that you can use at your advantage and flying ultra super power ball that you got to chase on the stage to get your ougi LMAO.

CrimsonWing69342d ago

@NatsuXTheMaxspeed21

I mean what it sounds like is they took a fighting game and “added” unique mechanics to it to me.

When I think arena game I think of things like Spawn: In the Demon’s Hand or Virtual-On.

Smash to me is a fighting game, they have fighting game tournaments for it. It just doesn’t jive with me to call it “not a fighting game” because you have poke-balls and platforms or because it has 4 players at once duking it out.

Power Stone I’d consider a fighting game as well. Hell, if you google what it is everyone calls these games “fighting games”. So yea, they’re fighting games…

Immagaiden342d ago

What’s next, you gonna say Mario Kart isn’t a racing game?

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21342d ago

oh its a racer but its not a realistic one like GT or Forza. only kids check for mario kart and smash .

Immagaiden342d ago

I didn’t say it was realistic. I said racing game. Does Burnout not being realistic make it not a racing game?

What does a demographic have to do with a genre? Do kids playing CoD make it any less an FPS? You see how ridiculous bringing up that subject is?

repsahj341d ago

"Only kids and kids at heart check for mario kart and smash".

-fixed!

FallenAngel1984342d ago (Edited 342d ago )

Nobody said it was a traditional fighter. Everyone acknowledges it as a platform fighter

PSASBR & Power Stone are fighting games, the former being a platform fighter and the latter an arena fighter

gleepot341d ago

You're correct, it isn't traditional. It's a fighting game though.

repsahj341d ago

Because if cute and lovable characters are fighting it's not a fighting game? XD As long there's a versus fighting, it is a fighting game.

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MrNinosan342d ago

Including Smash Bros in a list of fighting games, is like including GTA in Racing games.

NotoriousWhiz342d ago

I hate to break it to you but smash bros has fighting game tournaments so it qualifies.

MrNinosan342d ago

"and here's how it competes against other fighters"

No, Mortal Kombat doesn't compete with games like Smash Bros? It's a different genre for a different audience.

NatsuXTheMaxspeed21342d ago

Anybody can host a tournament in their garage it doesnt mean it qualifies.

NotoriousWhiz342d ago

I'm going to assume you're not part of the FGC. However, I am, and I can tell you that there is a ton of overlap between people who play smash competitively and those who play other fighting games competitively.

Now for casuals, there is a lot less overlap between the two for sure.

PapaBop342d ago

While technically true, Leffen comes to mind, FGC and Smash community have always had a rocky relationship.

Thundercat77342d ago

And yet, If Smash Bros was over 80 million, you wouldn't be complaining. On the contrary, you would be bragging about it.

Immagaiden342d ago

Bad comparison. You do a LOT of things in GTA outside of a car while fighting is what you’re mainly doing in SSB

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Ezio2048342d ago

Given the volume of games released, I would say Tekken has sold the best.

lodossrage342d ago (Edited 342d ago )

Yeah, that's a good point. Most of these games have parts to the franchise outside of traditional fighting games.

Like for example, with Mortal Kombat, do Special Forces, Mythologies: Sub: zero, and the Kollection count?

With Tekken does death by degrees or the tag tournament games count?

With Street Fighter, are we counting all the iterations of 2, 3, and 4? how about the ex series or alpha series?

There are a lot of variables at play here

Ezio2048342d ago

Even after including Tekken Tag, they have less titles compared to all MK and SF games.

CS7341d ago

Yeah, i realized that too. Very interesting.

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Super Smash Bros. prototype revealed in new video

The designer of the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64 shows us the prototype that started it all.

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Nintendo will not allow Super Smash Bros. on the Evo 2022

Kim writes: "Super Smash Bros. will not be shown at Evo 2022, this year's biggest fighting game event. The Sony-owned sports organization announced the loss of the platformer in a statement on Twitter today, and seemed to blame the decision on Nintendo, which has historically tried to control how their games appear in the wild."

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ZeekQuattro788d ago

The moment Sony acquired EVO the writing was on the wall. A big loss for EVO.

blackblades787d ago

Sony acquiring them had nothing to do with it. Nintendo fault.

AnotherGamer787d ago

That has nothing to do with Sony though.

ZeekQuattro787d ago

Yeah I'm supposed to believe that Nintendo who has been apart of Evo since 2007 up and leaves after Sony acquires Evo is just a coincidence. Yeah okay.

Michiel1989787d ago

pretty sure Sony would allow them to compete. But nintendo has seen all smash bros tourneys as free advertisment from the community, instead of providing setups/games etc they demand that you play their adds on the tourney and put up posters with their newest game instead of actually supporting the competitive smash scene. They just piggybank off them. Now that Sony runs it they wont get free advertisement over there, thus fuck over their smash community by not allowing having it at EVO.

Brazz787d ago

Also big loss for smash community.

Vengeance1138787d ago

Huge loss for Nintendo, could have been huge PR for Smash and to further the titles reach and to gain even more players but Nintendo is happy to let it slip into nothingness. No new content is coming to Smash so literally all it has left is potential tournaments.

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Knightofelemia788d ago

In away this hurts Nintendo Smash Bros has some dedicated fans. What better way to help build hype and sell more of the game then showcasing it at EVO.

Atom666788d ago

https://www.gamesindustry.b...

They wanted more control, which led to starting up their pro circuit. We'll see if it works out.

EVO's recent troubles probably played a part in the decision, but my bet is that they were planning this for awhile.

-Hermit-787d ago

Because it's Nintendo, they just don't get it. They are so ass backwards. At this point, they deserve to get left behind by everybody else. The only reason why they remain relevant is because they appeal to nostalgia.

Neonridr787d ago

except they are currently the most successful. Left behind, lol. Cute Hermit.

-Hermit-787d ago

@Neonridr

I never said they are left behind, I said they deserve to be. Nintendo hasn't done a single positive thing for gaming for a very long time now.

They are anti consumer, release weak and overpriced hardware and shit out the same games to appeal to nostalgia. They don't put any effort into their "remasters" they go after fans for making fanmade games, they go after emulation when they don't give a damn about their older games.

They charge to play online for the Switch after it was free for a year and are behind every single company when it comes to online infastructure. They make it difficult to back up save games. They lock content behind those crappy Amiibos. They sell cardboard to people because they are too cheap to develop actual good hardware to go alongside their console. They go after people streaming Nintendo games.

I would argue that Nintendo are less consumer friendly than the likes of EA, and that's saying something.

whitbyfox787d ago

They just announced 48 new Mario Kart tracks for free with the expansion pass, that’s a whole new game for free.

You must have missed that one.

luckytrouble787d ago

@whitbyfox

"Included with the expansion pass" is not free. It's part of what you're paying for with your subscription fee. I get people try to call things included in subscriptions free to help rationalize costs involved with this subscription heavy model that has taken over, but the addition of something in a pretty unanimously agreed upon to be an overpriced subscription isn't Nintendo being nice; they're trying to incentivize people to finally see the cost of the expansion pass as a good value. In this case though they already established the cost of permanent ownership, which I'm sure was forced low to not over value the subscription, so you know that pack is actually worth $25. It's not free in any sense of the word, and Nintendo is only trying to do themselves a favor with this move.

whitbyfox786d ago

@luckytrouble

We never knew we were getting the Mario Kart tracks, we thought we were just paying for the N64 Megadrive and Animal Crossing DLC so it’s free to me.

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Neonridr787d ago

Nintendo has their own events and showcases though. They will be fine.

CrimsonWing69787d ago

Nintendo’s a real party pooper, huh?

fsfsxii787d ago

evo about to smell a lot better

OhReginald787d ago

It's not a proper fighting game. Who cares.