Lucina, Robin, Captain Falcon revealed for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS

As promised, Nintendo today revealed the latest Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/3DS character additions.

[Eamon]

And Chrom? I couldn't tell with that fast-paced Final Smash.

If not, then Nintendo trolled us hard. It's also near confirmed that Rayman will be a playable character too.

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

He not playable. He gonna be like Megaman's FS.

Rayman wasn't gonna be confirmed so no to that.

[BullyMangler]

ha haaaaa C. Falcon moving like he should . .

he is sso sssiickkkk!

[Sevir]

Captain Falcon THO!!!!! FALCO PAAAAWNCH!!!!!! **Falcon screech**

I'm excited!!!

[masso9112]

after he says, maybe I'll get my chance some other day u.u.... or something like that, he appears and there's a caption that says, "NO you'll get it today" and he does that final smash

[--Onilink--]

he is not doing the final smash, he is part of Robin's FS. If you look at the smashbros website, you can see its only showing Robin, Lucina and Captn Falcon

[-Foxtrot]

I don't see why they havent announced Chrom...i mean 3 characters from Fire Emblem

I think most of us would of prefered to see someone from another franchise.

I'd take Rayman and Chrom over them anyday.

[Concertoine]

Probably chose Lucina to have more female characters, and Robin to not just have "yet another sword guy".

[randomass171]

Considering that Marth, Ike and Lucina are all playable, I think we're more than covered on blue haired sword wielding fighters. Having Chrom as just part of a Final Smash is good enough for me.

[crusf]

No not really. Fire emblem needs more exposure hear in the west. Awakening did a fantastic job in getting new players to enjoy the series it's time for Nintendo to truly start making the series something akin to Zelda or Pokemon

[Eamon]

Nintendo has confirmed that Chrom is not a playable character.

[TekoIie]

I would love for Chrom to make it in but to be honest we have enough Fire Emblem Characters as it is.

[Concertoine]

Yeah, im still hoping for Xenoblade characters. Give the series more western exposure.

[TekoIie]

@concertoine

Yeh atleast one character from Xenoblade would be a great addition (hopefully Shulk of course).

Would be quite amazing if Sakurai considered the amount of love for Xenoblade Chronicles got enough to have a fighter in the Smash series.

[randomass171]

@Concertoine I'm rather shocked that Shulk wasn't revealed. But it ain't over 'till it's over. And I still believe he's in there.

[SmashGeek]

they had shown packman as a trophy

[cemelc]

Is lucina a clone of marth? the up B and forward b looked like marths.

[lizard81288]

I would assume she is fast and has more air game, while marth, would be normal and has more ground game.

[cemelc]

According to ign and gameXplained lucina is indeed a clone, she has the counter too.

The main difference would be she's faster than marth while marth would be stronger than her, no info on the final smash.

[Smokeeye123]

Rayman is a trophy, he isnt going to be playable

[Eamon]

Hmm, if so, then who is the Ubisoft character making its way to Smash?

Raving Rabbid?

[Smokeeye123]

Nobody from Ubisoft is in...Nintendo and Ubisoft havent really been on good terms anyways since Ubi has decided not to release like any games for the WiiU

[jcnba28]

Man after watching this I'd love a Fire Emblem game on Wii U! Awakening was fantastic.

[siavm]

The fire emblem x Shin Megami Tensei is still happening for wii u. I don't know how that will be but seeing how both are awesome in their own rights that can only equal awesome as heck in my mind.

[MNGamer-N]

Pick up Radiant Dawn for the Wii. AMAZING game, one of my favorite series.

[mantis_toboggan_phd]

About time. I was starting to get worried.

[Moncole]

Where is Batman?

[Rute]

Chuck Norris hasn't been announced either. This game will bomb.

[Moncole]

There is Robin than there should be Batman.

[Metallox]

Already confirmed thanks to Miis.

[Apex13]

Please tell me there is an actual anime releasing with these because these cut scenes are too much

[OtakuDJK1NG-Rory]

they are using the same animation as Fire Emblem Awakening Cutscene

[eyeofcore]

Fire Emblem actually had a short two or threee episode anime to promote the game in Japan and it had a dub also.

[fatneal]

so is robin and lucina a ice climbers kinda thing or what?...i love robins moves but the final smash is weak but more importantly i hate how many sword characters are in smash....theres so many characters that wield other weapons out there smh

[TheOtherVitaOwner]

No they are two separate characters. Though I almost think Chrom helps Robin with his final smash.

[TheROsingleB]

Show me your moves!

[TheTowelBoy]

Thank. The gods. Captain Falcon for the win man!

[The 10th Rider]

Hm, I couldn't tell if Chrom was an assist trophy, part of a final smash, or a new character...He wasn't added to the Smash Bros website.

Maybe Sakuri was just hinting at him like he did with Mr. Game and Watch. With how much trolling he does it wouldn't surprise me if we didn't know until the game comes out.

EDIT: Yeah, if you watch it on a lower speed he's pretty obviously part of Robin's final Smash.

[DeusEx-Machina]

No Shulk -_-

[--Onilink--]

not yet... hopefully... maybe... lol

[masso9112]

Why didn't they add Chrom??!!! It's Just stupid :/

[LazyGoron]

So... old characters not confirmed... that leaves:
Ice Climbers
Ness
Falco
Mr. Game & Watch
Jigglypuff
Meta Knight
Pichu
Mewtwo
Lucas
Wario
Wolf
ROB
Snake
Pichu
Dr. Mario
Ganondorf

Wow... definitely some that won't come back and definitely some I am shocked aren't confirmed.

[Dannycr]

I think Wolf may not come back. I saw Fox with an alternate costume that resembles Wolf's costume. It's a shame, I love Wolf.

[--Onilink--]

Out of that list I would say that we can count as safe:
Ice Climbers
Ness
Falco
Mr Game&Watch
Jiggly
Meta Knight
Wario
Ganondorf

Maybe:
Lucas
Wolf
ROB

Really Hard:
Snake
Mewtwo

Not gonna happen
Pichu
Dr Mario

[TekoIie]

I think it's possible that Ice Climbers won't make a return. I remember Sakurai talking about them having difficulty with "mutliple model fighters" on the 3DS version.

Of the Characters listed I hope these return:

Ness
Lucas
Falco
MewTwo
Meta Knight
JigglyPuff

I'm at the point where I don't expect there to be many more Newcomers. Maybe one or two at most.

[LazyGoron]

I would've said no to Wolf but with so many sword clones (it seems), I don't see a reason not to have him.

I always hated playing against Meta Knight in Brawl, very powerful and quick character. I wouldn't be upset if he didn't return.

I believe Lucas and Ness get revealed at the same time + a new character from the Mother series (please Loid)

I would like Dr. Mario to be an alt costume of Mario.

[thegent]

@tekolie

i think if olimar rosalina and luma are in ice xlimbers will be too. i believe thats only three characters that do that.

[LoneWolf019]

@Lazygoron there is only 1 clone, Lucina.

[mixelon]

I thought me game & watch was confirmed in the Pacman reveal? He probs doesn't warrent his own trailer?

[thegent]

he was just there chilling. they didnt say he was playable or not. keep in mind sakurai is the ultimate troll.

[--Onilink--]

its kind of implied, but.. unlike Captain Falcon, he has not received a character frame in the smash website. So not confirmed yet, though it would be really weird if he is taken out. They literally didnt even need to redo/upscale anything graphically

[Disagree]

I say 40 characters in total. next 4 are wario, meta knight another new challenger. then snake for last. just my thought

[Concertoine]

Snake is pretty much confirmed out.

I would guess a little over 40... Ness, Wario, meta knight, 2 new challengers and ice climbers.

[Disagree]

aw really? I can just imagine snake in one of these videos popping out of nowhere saying "kept you waiting, huh?" BAM! snake returns!

[Chevalier]

Bandai Namco do have large rosters like Tekken with many repeated move sets with slight variations and with characters like

Pikachu - Pichu
Fox - Falco - Wolf
Falcon - Ganondorf
Ness - Lucas
Mario - Dr.Mario

I'd imagine they could have over 50 characters in the roster easily. Especially since they're no longer using DVD as a medium.

[Concertoine]

@Chevalier

He said he's trying to cut down on clones. So far the only clone is Toon Link.

[randomass171]

Not sure about that. Lucina looks pretty close to Marth. A friend pointed out that on the Smash Bros. website, her box is as big as the other veterans and she also does not have a "Newcomer" tag like Robin does. So it's very likely she's either a clone or an alternate costume for Marth.

[Metallox]

Where are Shulk and Fiora?

And why Nintendo and Sakurai are trolling so much?
http://i3.kym-cdn.com/photo...

And why Rayman is a trophy if Ubisoft hates Nintendo?

What's going on? D=

[eworthington0]

Disappointed its not shulk...

[Moncole]

If this was Sony than Boy Robin and Girl Robin would be different characters.

[Arkamenitas]

If this was ubisoft, fem robin would double the dev time of the game.

[ZoidsRaven]

I SWEAR TO GOD, GROW UP!

Arno (Assassin’s Creed Unity's protagonist) is the only playable character in the game, in the multiplayer you see the other players as typical assassins.
To add a female assassin is pointless because you don't PLAY as that character. 7_7

On-Topic: This game needs more villains.

[Eamon]

Should a developer add in a female character for the sake adding in a female character?

Or should they add in a female that is a strong detailed character relevant to the story?

Assassin's Creed is set in old historical settings where the strong were almost never female. To add a female for the sake of people demanding a female hero will only serve to hinder AC's tradition of sticking true to the setting and to history. It's the same as saying you want the protagonist of AC Unity to be an Egyptian even though it's set in France.

Part of history was that people lived in a male-dominated society where women were usually kept at home and men did the fighting.

Like ZoidsRaven said, the co-op characters are not relevant to the story. It would make more sense for people to demand the main protagonist to be female rather than the co-op characters.

[mixelon]

@Eamon - the problem with what you're saying..

The most famous and notable assassin of the French revolution WAS a woman. There is as much a historical precedent for a female assassin as there is a male one. Presumably she'll be an npc though like the various real-life pirate ladies in AC4..

Can't use history as an excuse though really, nor do they particularly need to.

[Eamon]

You are referring to Charlotte Corday? I wasn't referring to specific historical figures. I meant Assassins from the Assassin Brotherhood.

Assassins are usually normal ordinary people. Corday was an aristocrat. Also, Ubisoft tends to make the main Assassins original characters and not real historical figures. Like you said, she will likely be an NPC. There have been many important female NPCs in the AC series and most of them were real people.

Also, the point I'm making is that adding token female characters will ruin any plot similar to adding token male characters or token ethnic characters.

I am not against the inclusion of female or ethnic characters at all - only that they be relevant to the story - as relevant as a male character should be. All equally relevant and no tokenism.

The irony behind all this is that if Ubisoft succumb to some fans' demands to bring female Assassins, then itself would be in response to these requests and thus is tokenism.

[Geekman]

Go on the website. There's something odd going on between Lucina and Palutena.

[DualWielding]

Nintendo is stupid for not including Bayonetta in this game, it would have helped the sales of Bayonetta 2 a lot....

[eyeofcore]

But then SSB would be rated Mature and same reason why she was not in Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed.

[DualWielding]

Snake was also from a M-Rated game..... Playstation All Star Battle Royale also had a bunch of characters from M-Rated games and was not rated M

[AWBrawler]

but bayonetta gets naked, moans, and does oversexualized things when she fights. they'd have to change her whole fighting style and personality. defeats the purpose.

[Sevir]

But Snake isn't getting naked everytime he attacks and making sexual noises or giving off innuendos every second. I'd love for bayonetta to be apart of this game but we have kids playing it. Bayo is VERY mature

[SilentNegotiator]

FALCO' PAWNCH!

[Rute]

FALCO PUNCH!!!!! Non-alcoholic, with a cherry please.

[randomass171]

Show me ya moves!

[mamotte]

And Jiggly? Where's my Jiggly? :)(

[TXIDarkAvenger]

Not sure how I feel about Lucina. Looks like she plays like Melee Marth, she's lighter and faster and her sword is longer than what Marth's is right now. Not complaining but I just wished they didn't nerf Marth.

[IQUITN4G]

Please hurry up and make another F-Zero

[DEATHxTHExKIDx]

YES NOW I can Finally be ok.

[NirvanaInChains]

Ouch no Ness. Sad day if they are going to kill the Mother franchise off, Ness in smash was the series last thread before falling off in the vault of history. Not to mention a play-style for smash is lost. Ness > Fire Emblem Randoms

[Odoylerules000]

Captain Falcon was gonna drop dat mad Falcon Punch on a ho. She probably owes him money.

[Lighter9]

Poor Roy.....

[ZoidsRaven]

Yeah....
I think it's a safe bet to say most of the smash community and the smash devs don't care about Roy and Mewtwo players. Almost all of them (mostly stupid kids on Miiverse) tell me to "go play Project M", as if that would solve anything. 7_7

[BionicRogue21]

Looks awesome! I'm excited to play as Lucina! And no, Lucina is not a variation of Marth, people. Now, my life would be complete if I could get these characters on the roster:
- Mewtwo - Cuz he was my favorite from Melee and I want him back!
- Sceptile - In honor of the Omega Ruby and Alpha Saphire games--and because we don't have a grass type starter yet :)
- Bowser Jr. - I would love to see a faster/weaker version of Bowser... and he's the one to do it.
- Tails - I would love to see another character join Sonic, and Tails would have an interesting move set.
- Falco - It's pretty obvious.

[crusf]

Ivysuar was the first grass starter in the series.

[BionicRogue21]

But Ivysaur, at the moment, isn't in this game. We have Charizard (Fire) and Greninja (Water).. but no grass.. So I am hoping they include a grass type starter.

[wonderfulmonkeyman]

I find it delightfully ironic that a post concerning Captain Falcon has gotten over 500 "Heat".

The article itself is approaching Falcon Punch temperatures.XD

[iNFAMOUZ1]

where the f*** is mewtwo nintendo :(?

[BionicRogue21]

Seriously! I was devastated when they took him out of Brawl... He was my favorite!