Kotaku: smash bros. dojo

Smash Bros. Dojo To End Daily Updates Next...

Michael McWhertor — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:40:45 MDT

Smash Bros. Dojo To End Daily Updates Next Monday. This is it, folks; your last week of daily brain droppings from Masahiro Sakurai on the official Smash Bros. Dojo. Hopefully, Mr. Sakurai and the fine translation team at Nintendo will make the effort to freshen up the content now and then, giving Super Smash Bros. Brawl owners news on post-launch happenings. The Dojo actually broke the bad news last Monday, but it's taken us this long to come to terms with the fact that we'll be doing the Dojo Dump for the last time this Friday. Off to have a good cry!

SSBB's Answer To Disconnects

Mike Fahey — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:00:23 MST

Masahiro Sakurai is a freaking genius. In the Smash Bros. Dojo!! update today he reveals details on the With Anyone mode of online brawling, which basically acts just like you were playing single-player - are no lobbies. Just connect and play. That's not the genius bit though. I've never played a fighting game online where I hadn't at some point had my opponent disconnect on me just as he was about to lose. That isn't happening in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. If you are in a With Anyone match and you drop connection, the computer takes over control of your player immediately. It doesn't even tell the other players you went offline, so you won't even get the satisfaction of them knowing you fled. In his own words:

That's epic! Can we really do this? Wouldn't you say it's way better than having all your opponents drop out?

I love this man, and I'm not ashamed to admit it.

With Anyone/Basic Brawl [Smash Bros. Dojo!! - Thanks SephirothYuyX!]

Smash Bros. Site Continues to Milk Attention

Brian Crecente — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:04:57 MDT

Well, it just turned midnight in Japan and the Smash Bros. Dojo site did indeed go live... with a message that reads "Starting Today."

Way to milk a popular franchise Nintendo. And you know how gamers like being teased to the point of getting pissed off and no longer caring. Good call. Brian Crecente

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Solid Snake Enters Dojo

brownlee — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 07:40:12 MDT

The official Smash Bros. Dojo website has been updated with a character profile of everyone's favorite cardboard box transvestite, Solid Snake. But don't expect Snake to be sporting gats. From the character profile:

After much consideration, we decided to have Snake refrain from using real-world guns—instead, he'll use lots of explosives.

We assume this is some misguided side-step towards more politically correct Nintendo family friendliness. But if you're really worried about the emulating instinct of small, stupid children, bombs are just as bad. And Wario's atomic flatulence attack? At least most households don't have a Baretta or a cabinet full of nitroglycerine, but every fat gaming child has an intestine full of methane and access to an open flame. Expect the first burnt rectum class action lawsuit against Nintendo shortly after the game's release. FLORIAN ECKHARDT

Snake Profile on Smash bros. Dojo [Official Site]