Secret cat is Secretive.

Seriously, it's like the hidden characters just don't get put onto manuals.

Aw snap, this shit is just getting me that much more excited for brawl D:

@Maldron: i was going to say "of course not because they are secret characters" but then i noticed snake isn't on there. Why isnt snake on there?

now, THIS is living.

@pyrokiller117: Snake Isn't in the starting roster, he's actually unlockable.

@pyrokiller117: Snake is hiding.

@Maldron: Hence the title "Secret Character".

@pyrokiller117: Solid Snake is a pawn of Secret Cat. Also, what paulink said.

"...if you lean close enough to the screen I'm sure you can conjure up that new-manual smell."

Lol, call me weird, but I love the smell of the insides of a brand-new game! Something about that "factory fresh" smell I guess.

two questions for brawl heads...

is lloyd irving in brawl?
is anybody from advance wars in brawl?

@paulink: Same as Sonic.

Lucas isn't even a hidden character and he's not in there. Poor guy.

You know, for the briefest second, I thought the Kotaku watermark was actually in the manual, and thought to myself, "Wow, Kotaku's really made it big!" Then I realized my error, and am ashamed. I hope you're happy, Mr. Plunkett.

Its funny that this site is going to put their name on the pics considering how this site operates.

omfg wario is in it!! and Pachirisu, and swinub i think !

@pyrokiller117: you don't start out with Snake unlocked, in fact, none of the demo station videos show snake as selectable...

all the more reason to buy the game and unlock him yourself

*obligatory sarcastic answer*: Oh, you didn't hear? They decided to use the extra delay months to unprogram Snake from the game, NINTENDO IS SOOOOOOO GAYYYYY

*Obligatory response to my own sarcastic comment*: Go get a life, asshole, it's people like you who make the internet suck

"But there's a fever amongst you for all things Super Smash Bros Brawl, and you'll take anything and everything you can get."

You're completely right about that one.

Is it just me, or do all non-plumber human Nintendo characters look pretty much the same?

Brawlcentral has some new pictures.

[brawlcentral.com]

A close-up of Marth, a new F-Zero stage (another good sign of Capt. Falcon returning!) and Mother boss.

I think I'm going to make Diddy My new character. I will slaughter all of you with nuts and banana's. It has a secret message i hope you got that.

@jarjarwang: and borlax and mantanantantana!

As long as Jigglypuff's "fall asleep and you die attack" is still there I am happy.

@Hiltz: Said Mother Boss is a HUGE, and I mean HUGE Mother 3 spoiler, so visit at your own risk.

@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: argh, no. You people are a curse. You and my younger brother.

@Marios_shadow: While I agree that keeping a real secret hidden is nice, it's hard to ignore the fact that officially revealed characters aren't up there whatsoever. Saving money on paper and ink maybe, but is there really a point to keeping secrets that aren't really secrets out of the manual for the game?

Snake wasn't available at E for all, but Sonic was hehe. I fuckin hate diddy kong, but he's the only character I won a 4 player match with.

You're welcome guys ;)

the character select screen had 25 characters. if they keep the melee format it will have a total of 43. thats 19 not at the dojo minus jiggles, lucario, ness, and marth. adding in the almost assured luigi, cpt falcon, and ganondorf 12 left.

wait a minute this game is suppose come out already, nintendo lazy asss. its out early in japan.

@Shindokie (PSN and XBL): Your going to feed people over the internet. Stoppnig world hunger 1 victory at a time ?

The leaks... Nintendo is powerless to prevent them!!
::laughs maniacally::

Need this game NOW

@phinehas: That attack is amazing. The only times I died was becuase I used the roll attack, spun back and flew off the map.

@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: AMEN! Preach on!

@V1L3:
*looks at manual*

Definately you.

I was bored by all of this when it started and even up through the intro video, but NOW I'm excited!

Of course... that could also be the caffeine talking.

Wait on one of the pics the language is spanish are all Wii manuals Bi/Multi lingual? Cause I think Fire Emblem for the Wii is also Multilingual.

Hey! It's In Color!

@Maldron: That's part of the fun of it, wondering who you'll unlock next. :D

[uk.youtube.com]
Love how he passes over all the good stages for Battlefield XD

@Len Bias Cocaine Surplus: Yeah, Jigglypuff was the reason we started putting -2 on self deaths. He was also the source of some brand new words we created in hatred of him (of course, my brother just smiled and laughed the whole time).

I just hope they tone him down just a tad this time around.

Unlocking Snake?
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right...
I know you're probably gonna have to finish some game mode to do it, but damn if they used the Konami code my inner child would be proud

My eyes pain from the desperate straining to find something new. I have an addiction.. =(

@NinjaBurg3r:
You and me both my friend, you and me both.
I always smell a game when I open it for the first time.
I don't know, it just smells good. Like anticipation.
Or plastic.
Whichever.

@phinehas: I hope there aren't spinning maps.

Because one time my 3 friends were playing against me on 99 stock and I was down something like 20 with 3 of us left on the Metroid map in Melee but they were both characters that couldn't really float. So as the map turned I just kept sitting on the bottom of the map and let them kill each other.

@MajorWedgie: and anyone else looking for something new, check out brawl central, many spoilers though, don't say I didn't warn you

I don't even need to check the dojo anymore. The leaks! The glorious leaks!

Ladies and Gentlemen... Capt. Falcon has apparently have returned.

[brawlcentral.com]

Man Brawl's soundtrack is going to be so damn good. I'm so excited.

So seriously what was the reason for the delay it is practically complete.

@Hiltz: Stop spamming Kotaku with your site.

@Bluejuan85

Well, the box covers and manuals will be complete in a few hours. But obviously the disks weren't at the printing house. They might not be done for a few weeks. Who knows what kinds of software tweaks Nintendo is still working on.

Where's my Jigglypuff? D:

@korey:
I'll do it for him.

lol they missed out luigi

@Mitch10: Luigi is an unlockable character so he won't be in the starter roster.

@Bluejuan85: Thank god, I was worried. Luigi is one of my favorite characters. I hope Roy returns too. Roy kicks ass!

Who else here is wondering if there are anymore Sonic the Hedgehog charachters in the game. or who know s mabey old Crah bandicoot. that would be gay, I have never liked him, but saldy Sonic s now going down the Crash trail of gettgn slopy seconds from Mario. If Mario Does it the others are gonna do it second P.S. I jsut played Sonic Shuffle(The Sonic version of Mario party) wow it's as boring as mario party. lol

they just shut down brawlcentral.com for posting two new pics... the reports are unconfirmed but from what I saw, captain falcon has returned, and (get this) Bomberman may be a playable character... these are still unconfirmed, but the #1 site for brawl info just got suspended, so i think they might be true.

@Marios_shadow: Hehe, that's true, I just don't see the point in it. I mean, the leaked opening movie, the thing you see before you even get to the start menu, has more characters than the manual. S'crazy.

did ashcraft kill hiltz and his site? haha

Aww snap, DeDeDe has to be unlocked? Bunk. He is totally my new fave already.