June 22nd, 2012

Namco Bandai is helping to develop Smash Bros.

121 Comments

The latest Nintendo Direct broadcast has confirmed that Namco Bandai is participating in the development of Smash Bros. for the 3DS and the Wii U. This is in addition to Masahiro Sakurai’s team at Project Sora.

  • JAMIE

    so does this new controller make the wiis graphix more better?

    • Internetakias

      For the last time, the Wii U controller is not a freaking add on for the wii!

    • DrezFader

      lol…yes it is ;)

    • Dmt4030

      @DrezFader where have u been living under a rock

    • Internetakias

      No, it isn’t :/
      Try doing some research before attempting to look smart.

    • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

      Internetakias wouldn’t know sarcasm if it bit him.

    • Memo

      Idiot.

    • Symbol de Au

      This ;) is a winking smiley. Usually means the person is joking.

    • Internetakias

      Ugh, failed again :facepalms:

    • Belinni

      To be fair if a written joke requires a ;) to be understood then it probably shouldn’t have been written in the first place.

      YOU DON’T USE SIGHT GAGS ON PAPER!

  • ZimmerRemmiz

    Hmm, Bamco, don’t know if want…

  • su

    And that’s what happens when people push the developers into making a game.

    • Hmm

      Exactly!

    • baka

      Don’t worry. Sakurai will make the game great no matter who works on it.

    • critical

      Smash Bros will turn into Tekken now.

    • Captsu Ichicon

      Lol mario vs jin kazama

  • S.F. Rizzi

    Cool, let’s see what they bring to the table

  • Co-Wink-Key-Dink inc.

    They should make this an arcade game!!
    That will save the plagued arcade industry!!

    • aguy

      FUCK NO

  • Zakk

    if hal isn’t developing, how will kirby be in the game?

    • Big E

      It wasn’t announced Hal isn’t working on the game, just Namco will be helping with development. Brawl had a lot of outside help too.

    • evilmonkeyman289

      The Kirby IP is owned by Nintendo. It will be in Smash Bros. no matte what.

    • Donny

      If SEGA wasn’t developing SSBB, how was Sonic in the game?

      See how dumb a statement like that is?

    • Elctric

      sakurai created kirby *facepalm*

    • http://dghjk.com Yoshibro981

      Masahiro Sakurai is the creater of Kirby so he will be in there.

  • Big E

    Soul Calibur characters in Smash Bros. please.

    • http://youtube.com/user/pyroblock pyroblock

      link will be in it, does that count? xD

    • Big E

      No. xD

  • BaneofSrtr

    Sweet! Hopefully they will make the game more competitive and less random. If they can find a good balance between melee and brawl while still doing something new, I’ll be very happy. Even if it sucks I’m still gonna buy it though.

  • XVander

    Well, guess goku will join the smash…. this blows… I bet you this is Nintendo’s answer to Sakurai’s “I need help or its not going to happen within the consoles life” :( sad day indeed….. were gonna get some shitty smash bros game now… QQ

    • Justin

      Yeah, because Namco is completely incompetent in terms of fighting games. Not like they developed Soul Calibur or Tekken Tag Tournament or anything…

    • XVander

      This also opens up the possibility of Pac-Man, Goku, and Lloyd Irving since Higuchi from the Tales games will be directing. FML

  • Hypersonic45

    JIN!!! :D

  • Ty97

    Namco Bandai is going to ruin ssb4!

    • XVander

      @Justin exactly. Smash will become a Soul Calibur….

    • 009soulmaster

      fuck you. what makes you sy that. i love namco bandai for your imformation -.-

    • LittleMofreaky

      How? They’re a great company. Soul Calibur V was great. I bet it will play more like Melee now too.

  • DrezFader

    Mother 4 and Majora’s Mask 2. Yerrrrp. I would lay spill a million Yoshi eggs.

  • SRArter

    Newcomer

    Pac-Man

    • 009soulmaster

      Pac-Man
      Klonoa
      Floyd Irving
      Dig-Dug, Galaga as Assist Trophy

    • http://youtube pacman9000

      Pacman must be in there!

    • The Talking Cartridge

      *Lloyd Irving

      Lloyd, in my honest opinion, would be a great fit for the roster.

  • mcpootis

    This is the most important thing: Sakurai definitively leads the developement, Namco just helps with technical stuff and adds some characters. That will be the most important thing, also, make it like Melee

  • Nintyfan95

    PACMAN!!!!!!!!

  • David Garcia

    I find this incredibly interesting. The fact that Namco Bandai is assisting Project Sora opens up many possibilities. Not only will we be able to get the game sooner, but working with another company will help evolve Super Smash Bros. I have a feeling this is gonna be the best smash bros yet. Oh and I bet you guys Pac-Man will be a character. xD

    • Jerry

      Oh! and they worked on Mario Kart GP so they must have some experience working in the nintendo universe.

    • IkeFE

      I don’t know if Namco-Bandai will have any playable characters. Maybe assist trophies and stages based on NB’s franchises.

    • http://youtube pacman9000

      Pacman would be the best addition!

  • http://youtube.com/NukeKioh Nuke Kioh

    Well, if Namco Bandai is helping on working on SSB4, I would personally love to see one of the male heroes from a Tales game.

    • Symbol de Au

      Yeah we need another male hero first we already have like 3 female characters out of 35.

  • LittleMofreaky

    Pac-Mans basically confirmed then as the guest character

  • Armageddon

    PACMAN IS IN THEN LOL jk

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

    Not sure if good or bad…

  • Johnny

    Where are you getting this from? The broadcast hasn’t even started yet for me.

  • Mickey

    Imk watching the japanese nintendo direct and there is a 3dsxl coming but it doesnt have a second anolog stick

  • Tyson

    Why Favorite developer working with my second favorite developer working on my second favorite game series!!!! Pinch me I must be dreaming, please let this mean Lloyd Irving will be in the game.

  • Lolo

    This is actually a good idea because it opens up a huge variety of characters to be in the game. Like the anime characters that namco bandai have licensening to (like Goku, naruto, luffy, etc) could make the cut

    • Ricardo

      The only Namco character I would except is Naruto. No one else. :/

    • Lolo

      @ricardo really cause I always thought that Goku would be a better fit cause of his mass popularity world wide and besides if he’s in the game I would defiantly do a kamehameha on pikachu

    • KeigoNiwa

      The requirements for being in smash bros is that the characters have to originate from a video game and it has to have appeared on a nintendo console. So you can be sure that no anime character will be appearing in the game.

    • Ricardo

      Have you not seen console exclusive Naruto games for Wii and DS and 3DS?

    • lolo

      @kelgoNiwa well who ever thought of that requirement. just because the first 3 smash bros game had only video game character (mostly nintendo) doesn’t mean that anime character are coming and besides it’ll be bit of a disappointment considering it’s namco bandai and they license anime shows and make video games out of them which most of them are good

    • N3DSebas

      They won’t add any anime character. I mean, they do not really fit in this game and they do not come from videogames.
      Just imagine Adventure Mode: All the characters are in front of their last enemy, but they cannot defeat him. Suddenly Goku appears and with the power of all the fighters he creates a Genkidama, he launches it and the whole planet gets destroyed. The End. “Credits and Main Theme plays now”.
      But only in case: Straw Hats Pirates!!!

  • 009soulmaster

    New Comers
    Pac-Man
    Klonoa
    Luke fon Fabre from Tales of the Abyss
    that guy in the Tales of Symphonia Sequel
    Nightmare or someone else from Soul Calibar
    Jin or King from Tekken
    Galaga as Assist Trophy
    Pac-Man Arcade Stage

    • Symbol de Au

      “that guy from the Tales of Symphonia Sequel”

      You mean Tenebrae? Cuz he was the best character from Symphonia.

  • Bigpete849

    Could go either way.

  • Nap1400

    I love how the first thing you all think of is Namco characters while I’m thinking about the online.

    Seriously, SCV might have had some of the best netcode to date for a fighting game. If they work on this game’s online, I have high hopes for this game. Not that they weren’t high to begin with, they’re just higher.

  • AhTellYuhHwut

    Wuuuuuut Lloyd Irving for SSB pl0x!

  • Ricardo

    Ah who cares guys. Remember, Sakurai is the leader of the game – What Sakurai says, goes.

    Also, just because Namco is helping them does not mean that a Namco character will come. I hope that Sakurai keeps Snake and Sonic ONLY. I do NOT want anymore 3rd Party! Whqt we need is more Nintendo characters! Instead of Pacman (or something) we can get Waluigi or Bowser Jr. or Daisy or Rosalina. IDK!

    What I do know is that Sakurai should focus on Nintendo characters only, NO more 3rd party, that will just ruin the game

    Also, please do bot make the game play like All Stars Battle Royale, I’ve seen the gameplay, and it’s HORRIBLE. PROMISE ME YOU WONT LOOK AT THE GAMEPLAY! D:

    • zeldafanboy23ify

      You’re so close minded for the characters.

    • Kct16

      …those are all terrible mario characters to put. and they should put 3rd party characters…but probably the ones that have been with Nintendo since the longest like mega man or possibly Simon Belmont from Castlevania, or maybe Travis Touchdown from no more heroes…a man can dream lol

    • IkeFE

      Well you don’t want to swell the series up with hundreds of characters. For those who play the competitively(yes, these people do exist) it would destroy any chance at balance.

      Smash does need more female characters and I think some of the current cast are going to get the boot (i.e. Ike for Krom, Snake, Sonic, ROB, PKMN Trainer, Lucario for some current gen PKMN)

    • Ricardo

      You guys want 3rd party characters?

      GO PLAY BATTLE ROYALE.

      NINTENDO DOES NOT NEED 3RD PARTY, IT NEEDS MORE CHARACTERS FROM THEIR FRANCHISES. ADDING MORE 3RD PARTY WOULD TOTALLY RUIN THE SMASH BROS EXPERIENCE.

    • Ricardo

      Smash bros is a sausage fest.

      At least add Daisy, Rosalina, Amy, etc.

      No RPG characters, they’re of no importance.

    • Ricardo

      @KCT – Megaman is dead.

    • KeigoNiwa

      oh Ricardo, you’re going to be severely disappointed with the the next smash bros if you keep thinking like that…

      And btw… it is called Super Smash BROS for a reason… just saying :P

    • miiworld2

      I looked at the gameplay.
      At E3.

      It’s beautiful.

    • miiworld2

      But I do agree with you Ricardo. Too much 3rd Party and it won’t feel like Smash Bros. anymore. To me that’s like adding too much salt on a peanut stew.

      But just because Namco is helping on the development doesn’t really mean they’re gonna put their characters in it. Right now it’s a 50-50 chance it might happen.

  • Ness

    THE ONLY WII U GAME I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO

    FUCKING RUINED

    SCREW YOU NINTENDO!

    • Ricardo

      Oh be quiet.

    • Kct16

      lol what a fuckin drama queen

    • cancelln

      Your just mad cause you’re getting replaced by Pac-Man

    • miiworld2

      Oh boy, somebody is gonna be regretting saying that once they see how beautiful the gameplay is gonna be.

    • http://youtube pacman9000

      With pacman, awesome graphics, and great fighting It will be better than any ssb.

  • Lockjaw

    Remember guys, Brawl consisted of a bunch of random developers during its development.

    I hope Monolith Soft helps with this one too!

    • Ricardo

      Really/ It did? Wait but remember that Sakurai gathered those random developers to make hos team because those random devs were talented/the best of the best.

      That’s why I’m worried about smash 4 :( Namco does not seem very trustworthy to me, they might change the formula of the game…

    • IkeFE

      They’re helping, not taking over.

    • KeigoNiwa

      Ricardo. Namco is the leader when it comes to fighting games. The know how to make it balanced, and still be competitive.

      Namco isn’t changing the formula, but they are definitely going to make it more lovable.

  • will4zoo

    RUINED FOREVER!!!!!!!!1

  • zeldafanboy23ify

    You guys are acting like Namco sucks, they’ve made fighting games like Soul Caliber and Tekken so obviously they’ve had experience with fighting games. And Sakurai is still the head honcho (yeah head honcho) of the development team so what he says goes. Man, you’re almost as b!tchy as the sonic fanbase.

    • IkeFE

      I think Sakurai may be getting tired of making smash games. Just the way he talks about them and the way he reacts to questions about smash.

    • Ricardo

      @Ike – Same here. Sakuai does seem tired of it….

      Maybe he should make a smash bros every other console generation…

      The thing is, I feel Sakurai is forcing himself to make Smash Bros., just to get the Wii U to sell.

    • Gila Monster

      Head Honcho Carpaccio for SSBU!

    • http://youtube pacman9000

      Sheesh. They created Pacman the most popular and voted best video game in the world. And their fighting games are top notch. If anything the game was just made better.

    • http://youtube pacman9000

      oh man. I actually meant to reply to will4zoo. The comment above this was meant for him.

  • Goken

    Oh god, I hope Pac-Man isn’t a playable character… (Actually I hope so ;D)

    • Bewoulf2000

      Pacman came to mind. He’d fit in pretty well actually. In his look from world 2

    • http://youtube pacman9000

      Also with his world 2 moveset. Butt bounce, rev roll, pac dot line.

  • Kct16

    ….I wanted Capcom >.>

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoshigamer Bryan

    I want Digimon and Tamagotchis in Smash Bros… NOW!!!

  • DivineWolf

    OH YES OH GOD YES! Namco Bandai is helping make it. Really hope the put Tales characters in it.
    I call that on the WiiU they will have Lloyd, and the 3DS will have Luke Fon Fabre. And to unlock the other one on the different console you have to connect your 3DS with WiiU and visa-versa.

    • Beat

      I really really really hope that happens!

  • Tails the Foxhound

    Jumping on the hype rocket! (Faster than a train and much more likely to explode under my butt!) I want Pac-man (if they can make him interesting), Klonoa, Lloyd Irving, and Jin Kazama. I also want SFA Arwings. Lastly, more Motoi Sakuraba originals (FIGHTING OF THE SPIRIT, LIKE A GLINT OF LIGHT, END OF A THOUGHT, FURY SPAKS) and remixes. HYPE! HYPE! HYPE!

    Seriously though, If I had to guess, I’d say they’re either helping with story or sound, possibly both.

  • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

    samus took too long for me to find. she should have been in the front.

    • IkeFE

      Find Wolf and Jigglypuff.

    • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

      they wasnt there on picture day, so they got left out. or i just cant find them. however, i did find samus, again. i didnt notice before their were 2 samus’.

    • Tails the Foxhound

      Ganondorf and Toon Link are absent too.

  • http://www.gamesradar.com GameManiac

    Huh… What an unpredictable surprise.

    If Namco Bandai is supporting in the game’s development, I wonder if they’ll contribute with a few characters in the roster.

    Of their franchises, Digimon speaks loudest to me. However, it’s just unlikely and I shouldn’t get my hopes up.

  • Shadowwolf767

    i dont care whos in the game im getting it no matters what. but just kick jiggypuff out off the game.

  • andresw

    i think they should put Kingdom hearts characters like riku and sora, u know for the aniversary and i mean they both have swords they can fit well in the game, and i also think that nintendo its going to put paper mario i have that feeling, maybe im wrong or luigis mansion version of luigi and personally i would like to see, and i know its maybe impossible that nintendo think bout this character but i like so much Boktai series, for gba and i think 1 for nintendo ds they could fit well too i think but its only my humble opinion:3
    oh and i also want toon link again! ahah!

  • Beat

    Lloyd, Kratos, Luke or Tear in the next smash bros? Pleeeeaaase?

    • Pete41608

      Kratos? not…that…Kratos??

  • DivineWolf

    If you think about Tales Characters would be the best choice if they are adding them in. Because the battle system is almost alike with hitting the “A” button for normal attacks and “B” for special and the direction of the joystick. They just have to do a few minor tweaks.

  • http://youtube pacman9000

    Pacman confirmed since namco is helping to make the new ssb.

  • SleepyGuyy

    I thought Namco made terrible games now-a-days? Am I insane? What… what’s happening here?

  • emojo1990

    is nobody thinking gundam here? maybe guys from buffers evolution? bandia also own the rights to LOADS of anime including shaman king and to an extent, yugioh!

    • DivineWolf

      Yeah I forgot about that add some Gurren Lagann and Lelouch lol

  • Amtoj

    You guys think Namco is so bad, when you dont realise what awesome fighting games they make. And stop talking like they are taking over. What Sakurai says, goes.

  • Jeff Jefferson

    A quote Earlier From Masahiro Sakurai Basicallly Said he wants to add more retro characters….. Namco is the Creater of Pac-Man. You Connect the dots.

  • Beta

    I hope they add some characters. I know that he is not namco, but I would love to see Simon Belmont :)

  • random guy

    What is up with everyone acting up? Namco bandai is simply helping project sora in development they do not control it so nothing in the gameplay will change unless Sakurai wants it. Its just so they can speed up the development which is what most of you guys wanted