Smash Bros Brawl Website Open
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Nintendo has opened its doors to the new Smash Bros website this morning with a few new details and an introduction from the games Director, Masahiro Sakurai:
I'm Masahiro Sakurai of Sora, director of the "Super Smash Bros." series of fighting games featuring Nintendo's most popular characters. Hello.
(Note: Sora is the name of my company.)
When I released Super Smash Bros. Melee for Nintendo GameCube, I ran a detailed and extensive site on the game in Japan called "Smabura-Ken" . (In Japan, "SmaBura" is short for "Smash Bros.") While I would have liked to have done the site in both English and Japanese, it just wasn't possible at the time.
Well, it's been four years since I finished updating "Smabura Ken"!
Who would have thought I'd be writing a new "Smabura Ken" again? Boy, talk about a surprise. But this time, I'm doing it right. With the help of Nintendo of America's Localization group, this new site will be available in both English and Japanese!
That brings us to why I've started this new site. I was recently put in charge of creating a Super Smash Bros. title for Wii. Development started in October 2005. Scheduled for release in 2007. It feels like we've only just begun, but we are hard at work on it.
Just a bit of the game's content was revealed recently at the world's largest games show: the 2006 Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3. So I'd like to make the same images available to all of you.
As for future updates to Smash Bros. Dojo... What should I do? I haven't given it much thought yet.
For now, this is simply a debut. It is not a major launch.
I must first immerse myself in game creation. Maybe then, as the game gets farther along, I might be able do more.
Development is still going to take quite a while, however, so for the moment, I hope you'll enjoy this and be patient.
Masahiro Sakurai 5/11/2006
The site includes some pictures and music from the game as well as some message boards for fans to post in and a section on how the game came to be. It's definitly worth checking out and the link is here.
More on the game as soon as we can!
After a long night of podcasting, we finally got around to recording our own show. Which meant we were drunk off our asses..more than usual. We managed to talk about Boom Blox and R-Type Command, however. You can check it all out on this week's Team Fremont Live.
By the way, me were guests on the The Married Gamers Podcast, so if you're not sick of our crap...well...there's more to be had.
What can I say? It's been a slow week. So let's talk about cabins and Pineapple Express, shall we?
Damn it!!! We lost the bet and this episode represents our punishment for the loss! Just a heads up. While we're usually NSFW, this one is REALLY NSFW! You've been warned. Steve Perry really makes us mad.
In addition to that cucumber sporting bastard, we're talking about Ikaruga for XBLA and Phil Haymes joins us with the British Drunken Gamers for a review of Mario Kart for the Wii!
All this and more on this week's Team Fremont Live!
I rage about activist douche bags, contemplate buying a pinball table, and pine for pomegranate juice in this week's CWJ.
Damn it! We actually DID do a live show but my drunk ass managed too screw up the recording!So here's the non live version of this week's episode..and I think it's better anyway.
We review Rez HD, tell stories of our time with the Twin Galaxies guys as we talk about The King of Kong DVD and go old school with Astrosmash!
All this and more on the latest Team Fremont Live!
Dont' forget to tune it next week, Feb. 10 at 7:00pm CST for our live call-in show!
Phil's gone and I'm sad. Let's wish him off in this week's CWJ.
Hey asshole! Get out of my way! I need to buy my kid a Mr. Potatohead! I'll take a Barbie doll and use it to gouge out your fucking eyes!Cooking with John.
It's late. I'm tired. And I'm babbling again. This time about Don Rickles. Kind of. I need sleep.
DAMN IT! I got screwed by Ubercaster again this week. You'll hear where. But despite that, we manage to talk about Guitar Hero 3 and some God of War for PSP. Moe also has some thoughts on Little Nemo for NES.
Special thanks to Mrs. Trickman and Mrs. Cade for the heart warming intro!
Sorry about the shitty audio this week. Not sure what settings I had on the old Ubercaster this week, but they made us sound like we're in an amped up bathtub! But despite the shower like tones, you can hear us talking about Halo 3 and the new Fighter Stick EX2 for the 360!
That and news about John's lisp on the latest Team Fremont Live!
If you'd stop cock-blocking me I'd give that news some super sexy lovin'! Nothing like a rowdy drunk...Anyway, I'm talking NFL, baby tours, motor oil, and public urination in Cooking with John this week. Check it out - uninterrupted - here.
Damn am I tired...It's a bit more baby talk this week as I answer a few of your letters. Enjoy while I go take a nap.
Sigh...10 people drunk out of their minds makes for one HARD editing session. So, this week's TFL will be a little late. In the meantime, we'll tide you over with the latest episode of Team Fremont Puppet Theater!
Enjoy!
The lesson of this week's Cooking with John is "Never try to understand the mind of a gamer." For example, what would inspire someone who doesn't read Japanese and hates Japanese RPGs to buy three of them?Prepare to be mystified. Find it here.
It got a little heated on this week's episode, but we all had a good time in the end, thanks to Sailor Jerry!We talk about The Darkness for the 360 and Super Stardust HD on the PS3 along with Turbo Talk from John!
Check it out on this week's Team Fremont Live!
We're back at the Team Fremont Bar this week and that means we're drunk. And the show is long. Go figure.
Check it out here.
We're back from Midwest Gaming Classic 2007 and man are we tired...But not too tired to bring you pictures and info from the show. So many pictures, in fact, that I broke through the page! Stay tuned for a very special podcast episode. And in the meantime, check out the photos here.
We're talking about Catan for XBLA this week as well as develops going crazy. Moe's also back and he's taking out his darkness on the mailbag!
Check it out on this week's Team Fremont Live!
Despite what you may have heard about Sony's Super Rub-a-Dub, the game's not that bad at all. Find out more in this week's CWJ.
We're pretending we're not over 30 this week as we talk Pokeman Diamond and Pearl for the DS. We've also got a review of The Red Star for the PS2. All this and more on the latest Team Fremont Live!