I just thought I'd let you all know.

http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/index.html

Sadly, there's no release date that I saw.  Well, there's a pretty amazing list of composers contributing to this project though, including Yoko Shimomura (Super Mario RPG, Kingdom Hearts, and Legend of Mana) and Tomoko Sasaki (NiGHTS, Ristar), composers that will hopefully give a clue to the nature of the character roster.  Supposedly there will be daily updates, though.



If anything, the interface looks a lot cleaner.

This was kind of a let down.  Hopefully they'll actually say something about when the damn thing is coming out.

If anything, I expected the interface to be like the old ones. Sure, this one is cleaner, but it looks much cheaper.. and well... a bit too big.

That list of composers looks awesome imo. I'm looking forward to getting daily updates on this, I rather like the new site structure. Also interesting that the "How to Play" section shows the Wiimote on its side as its icon when the game was originally advertised to mainly use the Gamecube controllers. I wonder if this is just a site aesthetics thing or whether they have made a lot of control-related changes.

I was hoping that this'd tell us a bit more. I like the day/night thing on Battlefield, though. And damn, I want a release date YOU'VE GONE TOO FAR NINTENDO.

SSBB is supposed to be out in 2007 though, isn't it?  I don't know why setting at least a release MONTH would really be too soon.

Holy shit Yuzo Koshiro!

His works are awesome and hopefully that may be a chance for Streets of Rage characters to show up. Or at least I can dream of it.

Despite how interesting this is though, I would have expected more real news (like characters) now that I think of it.

I don't know why people are orgasming over a composer list. I love music as much as the next person, but I don't really care for music in SSB. There could be no music whatsoever and I'd still enjoy the game, because the music is not as important here as it would be in a game involving storytelling and emotion.

I don't know why people are orgasming over a composer list. I love music as much as the next person, but I don't really care for music in SSB. There could be no music whatsoever and I'd still enjoy the game, because the music is not as important here as it would be in a game involving storytelling and emotion.

My sentiments exactly!  And I'm a huge video game music affeccianado.  But, you know, that's the way video game hype works.  Five years from now, Square-Enix will announce a completely 4-D remake of Final Fantasy 8, and fans will go nuts because the company will confirm that the development team has hired the same janitors that they used the first time around.

I don't know what else to say other than that Super Smash Brothers will end up awesome as long as it is completely the same?

My sentiments exactly!  And I'm a huge video game music affeccianado.  But, you know, that's the way video game hype works.  Five years from now, Square-Enix will announce a completely 4-D remake of Final Fantasy 8, and fans will go nuts because the company will confirm that the development team has hired the same janitors that they used the first time around.

I don't know what else to say other than that Super Smash Brothers will end up awesome as long as it is completely the same?

Mmmyeah adding time travel to Final Fantasy 8

I don't know why people are orgasming over a composer list. I love music as much as the next person, but I don't really care for music in SSB. There could be no music whatsoever and I'd still enjoy the game, because the music is not as important here as it would be in a game involving storytelling and emotion.

I disagree. Even if there is no coherent "story" or "plot," music plays a monumental role in setting the tone and emotion of a setting, or in Smash Bros.'s case, evoking nostalgic memories. It provides a dynamic and fitting backdrop to the game, and I can't imagine playing without it. It wouldn't be the same to battle on Onett without hearing the Earthbound theme, or to duke it out on Corneria without Starfox's theme, or to fight on Mushroom Kingdom II without the Super Mario Bros 2 theme, etc.

I do agree that seeing a list of composers doesn't really sate my extreme excitement about SSBB though!

Also is says planned for 2007 release, so hopefully we will see it before Christmas.

What, I don't think SSB games would be as good without music...I mean yeah they'd still be fun but it would feel like something was missing.  Plus, the music is always really, really good.

On the other hand, I'm not going to be orgasming over a composer list either.  The music is important, but that is not the COOL NEW INFO I am looking for in game releases.

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Haha, poor guy. That's what he's most known for?

man i cant wait for the characters list. Hopefully there are a lot more characters in this than the new ones they announced.