Kotaku: Smash Bros

Brawl Once "Had A Lot More Characters"

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:30:00 MDT

Smash Bros. Brawl has more characters than you can shake a lamb's tail at. Too many, perhaps? Don't dare suggest that, the series' fans will string you up. Instead, suggest that the game doesn't have enough characters. That'll wash over well. With fans and the game's creator Masahiro Sakurai, who says that earlier in the game's development he "had a lot more characters", but had to trim the numbers as they got closer to release. So which ones made the cut? Sakurai's not telling, leaving you free to chime in with your own hair-brained speculation. Me, I was hoping for one of the Rito postmen to make an appearance...

[Official Nintendo Magazine, via Wii Fanboy]

This Is Nintendo's Excuse For Smash Bros' European Delay

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 21 May 2008 05:30:00 MDT

Laurent Fischer is senior marketing director at Nintendo Europe. Laurent knows why Smash Bros. Brawl will be released five months later in Europe than it was in Japan. The answer? Exactly what you thought it would be: localisation timeframes, along with some bonus, very vague stuff about Nintendo's production capabilities. Answers Europeans are very accustomed to, and probably getting quite sick of, as they're only pointing out a disease's symptoms, not giving them news of a possible cure.

Nintendo explains Euro Brawl wait [CVG]

Nintendo Asking Stupid Questions

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:30:00 MDT

Gee, uh, nuetral or undecided? I don't know...from where I'm sitting, I didn't think the game went down too well. Didn't really get anyone excited, didn't sell too many copies. Maybe, Nintendo, you'd be better off leaving the beating of this dead horse and just shift the dev team onto something like Wii Clean.
Brawl Sequel Survey [Go Nintendo]

UK Supermarket Sees Funny Side Of Euro Brawl Delays

Luke Plunkett — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:30:00 MDT

Europe's delay in getting Smash Bros Brawl is causing great amounts of distress. So it's good to know that amidst all the wailing and teeth-gnashing, somebody can see the funny side of it all. Above is a shot of the game's product page from the online store of British supermarket chain Tesco. Obviously not a release date that's come from Nintendo themselves, but hey, the way things are going it may not end up being too far off the mark!
Super Smash Bros. Brawl [Tesco, via Nintencast]

European Brawl Release Date Announced?

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 05:30:00 MST

Dutch site GamerCC are reporting (Nintendo are yet to confirm) that, during the Micromania Games awards show held in France earlier today, it was announced that Super Smash Bros. Brawl would be released in Europe on June 6. That's June 6 2008 for the (understandably) paranoid amongst you. Bummed at the delay? Look on the bright side! That's less than four months away! It could have been much, much worse.
Europese datum voor Smash Bros. Brawl (!) [GamerCC]