"I just get an IV drip and go to work like normal"
Nintendo fans are still concerned about the health of Smash Bros. boss Sakurai.
Super Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai has fans concerned about his health once again, after describing how he hooks himself up to an IV drip to continue working on Nintendo's multi-million selling series while sick.
Super Smash Bros. announced for Nintendo Switch
UPDATE: Series boss Masahiro Sakurai back once again.
UPDATE 9/3/18: Smash Bros. series boss Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed his involvement in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo Switch.
Writing on Twitter following last night's announcement, Sakurai said he had been working on the Switch version in secret for some time:
"Right now we're just at the stage where we revealed this game, but I've been working on this game in silence day after day," he wrote. "Please wait until we can release more information, or until release day!" (Thanks to SourceGaming for the translation, which we've independently checked.)
This past weekend's EVO 2017 tournament included announcements from all of the major games on show - except for Super Smash Bros., because Nintendo.
Nintendo finally unveils the last Smash Bros. amiibo
Plus three new Link figurines, and three more Splatoon figures.
The last few Super Smash Bros. amiibo have been given a release date - nearly three years after the game launched for Wii U and 3DS.
Final Fantasy's Cloud, Bayonetta and Fire Emblem's Corrin were all shown off in last night's Nintendo Direct broadcast. Each of the three will come in two variants, and all six will launch here in the UK on 21st July.
These figures were confirmed a long while ago - and there's been no reason given for the long wait. Some had suspected Nintendo was waiting on the launch of a potential Super Smash Bros. port for Nintendo Switch.
Bayonetta is final Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U DLC character
UPDATE: Cloud now available.
UPDATE 8.20am: You can now rewatch all of last night's Super Smash Bros. livestream, which unveiled the final DLC characters that will be added to the game's roster: Corrin and Bayonetta.
Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy 7 is headed to Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U next month.
Let's just let those words sink in.
Nintendo revealed the add-on character in a surprise stinger to tonight's Nintendo Direct conference.
New DLC has been spotted for Super Smash Bros., with the classic Zelda-themed Pirate Ship stage that debuted in Brawl appearing on the Wii U eShop today.
Super Mario Maker headed to Super Smash Bros.
Creation theory.
Nintendo has announced a new Super Mario Maker stage for its all-star beat-'em-up Super Smash Bros.
Unauthorised Amiibo device tricks Wii U with data for any figurine
Meet the amiiqo, marketed as a backup device.
Amiibo owners will soon be able to back up their figurine's data via an unofficial device, the amiiqo.
Nintendo dates Mewtwo Amiibo for October
Smash Bros. figurine series moving onto DLC characters.
Mewtwo, the first Amiibo based upon a Super Smash Bros. DLC character, has been given a 23rd October UK release date.
Smash Bros. 3DS, Wii U update adds tournaments, YouTube uploading
Plus: paid-for stages and costume DLC.
Nintendo has updated Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS with the games' long-awaited tournament mode and YouTube upload function.
Version 1.1.0 adds the two new features for free. Tournaments let you compete online with scores of other players, while the in-built YouTube upload lets you save replays to the streaming video site and Miiverse simultaneously.
Support for another wave of paid-for DLC has also been added, although you'll need to purchase all of it separately.
Nintendo UK store restocks rarer Amiibo
Limit one per customer.
Nintendo has reissued a number of its harder-to-find Amiibo figurines.
Street Fighter's Ryu and Fire Emblem's Roy headed to Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U
UPDATE: New characters, stages available now in £26 bundle.
UPDATE: The Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct has now aired, and with it comes official confirmation of the Ryu and Roy character leaks detailed below.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U Lucas DLC release date
Miiverse stage and Splatoon costume add-ons dated too.
Nintendo will launch Earthbound's Lucas as a downloadable character for Super Smash Bros. on 3DS and Wii U next Sunday, 14th June.
Lucas costs £3.59 on either 3DS or Wii U, or £4.49 as a combo pack for both platforms.
The pint-sized fighter was part of the regular roster for the Wii's Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but was left out of the default Wii U/3DS line-up.
Fake Amiibo figures found on sale, pictured
Knock-offs lack NFC chip.
A range of counterfeit Amiibo toys have appeared on sale and - at first glance at least - look pretty similar to the real things.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U Mewtwo DLC release date, price
Lucas coming as DLC next, then player voted characters.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U will be expanded with its first DLC character, Mewtwo, on 28th April.
The fighter will cost £3.59 in the UK, or comes free for owners of both games that have registered the titles with Club Nintendo.
Nintendo has also announced the second DLC character - blonde-haired Earthbound and Super Smash Bros. Brawl fighter Lucas.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS patch adds Amiibo support
And a new share mode.
Nintendo has released a new Super Smash Bros. for 3DS update that adds Amiibo support to the title.
The patch arrives just in time for this Friday, 13th February, when the Amiibo-compatible New 3DS and New 3DS XL arrive in Europe.
Armed with a shiny new handheld, you'll be able to scan in and level up your Amiibo figurine - the same as you can on the game's Wii U edition.
Special edition gold and silver Mario Amiibo spotted
Gotta collect 'em all.
Nintendo looks set to launch a pair of special edition gold and silver Mario Amiibo figurines.
Nintendo clarifies YouTube revenue share program, asks users to delete non-Nintendo videos
Approval process delayed by flood of early submissions.
Nintendo has clarified the rules of its fledgling YouTube Creators Program for channels entirely dedicated to the scheme.
Smash Bros. Wii U update unlocks 15 more stages for 8-player mode
But may be creator's last ever game.
There's a new update for Super Smash Bros. for Wii U that unlocks 15 more stages for the game's 8-player mode.
The 316MB download brings the brawler's version number up to 1.0.2.
Smash Bros. previously limited its hectic 8-player mode to just a few stages, as some are simply too small to include all of the action.
Pokémon, Smash Bros. sales help Nintendo back to profit
UPDATE: 5.7m Amiibo sold to date.
UPDATE 28/1/15 5pm: Nintendo has sold "about 5.7m" Amiibo toys since their launch in late November.
Company president Satoru Iwata confirmed the figure during a conference with investors today, Bloomsberg reports.
If all 5.7m were sold at the UK price of £10.99, Nintendo would stand to have made around £63m in sales.
Nintendo's January and February Amiibo waves are already selling out
While third-party prices soar for orginal figures.
Nintendo's January and February waves of Amiibo figurines have already begun selling out - before the toys are anywhere near shop shelves.
Legless Princess Peach Amiibo on eBay for $3500
Reversed arms Villager up for auction too.
A rare defective Peach Amiibo with no legs is now available on eBay.
Super Smash Bros. creator says Wii U version is likely his last
Pressure of improving each game "wound up tightening the noose around my neck".
Super Smash Bros. creator and director Masahiro Sakurai has said that he is unlikely to make another game in the series.
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire UK's biggest Pokémon launch ever
Super Smash Bros. in at 13. DriveClub up 999 per cent.
Combined sales of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire have earned Nintendo its biggest UK Pokémon launch of all time.
The combined sales total beat last year's launch of Pokémon X and Y by 17 per cent, UK numbers company Chart-Track announced - despite Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire being remakes of the series' Game Boy Advance incarnations.
Previously, the UK record for a Pokémon launch was held by 2011's Black and White on DS.
It seems Samus Amiibo interfere with Moscow's metro barriers
Rare dual-wielding variant now almost $1000 on eBay.
UPDATE 3.30pm: Moscow commuters beware - we've been told that while the Amiibo interacts with the gate's locking mechanism and changes its light to green, the gate itself will still close on you should you try to pass through.
Super Smash Bros. fastest-selling Wii U game ever in the US
490,000 copies knocked out in three days.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has become Nintendo's fastest-selling Wii U game ever in the US.
How Smash Bros. owners can redeem Mewtwo DLC, soundtrack
Extra fighter will also be sold separately, Nintendo confirms.
Nintendo has detailed how owners of Super Smash Bros. on both 3DS and Wii U can access their free download of Mewtwo.
Nintendo isn't working on any paid DLC for Super Smash Bros.
"I think there might be criticism that we are cutting up content."
Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that Nintendo isn't planning on developing any paid DLC for the popular 3DS and Wii U brawler.
Nintendo shows off another two waves of Amiibo toys
UPDATE: UK launch dates revealed.
UPDATE 11/11/14 2.15pm: Nintendo of Europe has now confirmed UK release dates for the company's third and fourth waves of Amiibo.
NES Duck Hunt headed to Wii U Virtual console
In celebration of Smash Bros. appearance.
1987 NES classic Duck Hunt will soon be available to buy from the Wii U eShop, Nintendo has confirmed.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS players getting hit by 136-year online bans
"Time until you can play online again: 71,582,030 minutes."
A number of Super Smash Bros. for 3DS players have reported receiving 136-year bans.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U release date changed in the UK
Now a week... earlier!
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will now be released a week earlier in Europe - on 28th November, Nintendo has just confirmed.
This applies to the game itself, the new Smash Bros. themed GameCube controller and the game and controller bundle.
The only bundle whose release date hasn't been changed is the Smash Bros. and Mario Amiibo bundle - that's still down for 5th December.
Smash Bros. for Wii U includes eight-player battles
Mewtwo DLC revealed, free if you buy both Wii U and 3DS versions.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will include eight-player battles for the first time in Nintendo's crossover fighting series.
Sakurai teases a couple of Wii U-exclusive Super Smash Bros. modes
Begins with the words "Master" and "Crazy".
Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai has teased a couple of exclusive game modes coming to the Wii U version of the popular brawler series' latest.
Taking to the Miiverse, the series director posted the following image of the game's menu under what appears to be single-player game modes. "Now, what mode is this...?!" Sakurai teased.
The first word of one mode is "Master", while its second half is blurred out, and the other mode begins with "Crazy". Any ideas what they could be?
Unused Super Smash Bros. 3DS files hint at eight-player mode
A multi-man melee.
Unused audio files found within Super Smash Bros. for 3DS hint that there were once plans to include an eight-player mode.
Wii U GameCube controller adapter compatible with more than just Smash Bros.
UPDATE: Nintendo retracts claim, apologises.
UPDATE 8/10/14 11.55am: The Wii U GameCube controller adapter will only be compatible with Super Smash Bros., Nintendo has now said.
Super Smash Bros. Wii U and Amiibo release dates announced
3DS version has now sold 2.8m worldwide.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will launch in Europe on 5th December, Nintendo has announced.
North America will get the game almost two weeks earlier, meanwhile - on 21st November.
The first wave of Amiibo, the company's new Skylanders-style toy range, will arrive here a week earlier on 28th November. 12 figurines will be initially available: Mario, Peach, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Link, Fox, Samus, Wii Fit Trainer, Villager, Pikachu, Kirby and Marth.
UK chart: Shadow of Mordor biggest launch for a game based on Lord of the Rings
Forza Horizon 2 third. Super Smash Bros. 3DS fourth. FIFA 15 still top.
Monolith's open world action game Shadow of Mordor has entered the UK chart in second place with the biggest launch for a game based on The Lord of the Rings in the UK.
Sales are split 56 per cent on PlayStation 4, 41 per cent on Xbox One and 3 per cent on PC. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions launch on 21st November.
Official sales data from Chart-Track shows EA's behemoth FIFA 15 still comfortable in first place despite a 70 per cent drop in sales. Remember, Chart-Track does not include downloads.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS requires day one patch to play online
The missing Link.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS requires a day one patch to unlock the game's online multiplayer mode.
The update is not automatically applied when starting the game - instead, you can head to the handheld's eShop and nab it from there.
You'll also need to make sure your 3DS is updated to the latest firmware version, Nintendo has cautioned.
Zelda and Sheik are separate Smash Bros. characters due to 3DS limitations
Lack of Circle Pad Pro support for same reason.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U do not feature any transforming characters - such as Zelda and Sheik - due to the 3DS' hardware limitations.
3DS mod adds GameCube controller support
Smashing.
A modder has got Nintendo's classic GameCube controller working with the 3DS - just in time for the release of Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS bug causes characters to inflate
This expansion comes free.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS contains a bug that causes enemies to vastly expand in size.
EGXNintendo brings huge line-up to EGX London
Plus all sorts of tournaments, competitions and discounts.
Gamer Network, which publishes this website, has announced Nintendo's line-up for this year's EGX London, taking place next week from Thursday 25th to Sunday 28th September at Earls Court.
Ice Climbers cut from Smash Bros. 3DS due to lack of hardware power
Meaning no Wii U appearance either.
NES fighting duo Ice Climbers were cut from the character roster of Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U due to the 3DS' lack of hardware power, series boss Masahiro Sakurai has revealed.
Nintendo of Europe is offering a free game for registering your 3DS with select titles
Buy Super Smash Bros., Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire to qualify.
Nintendo of Europe has announced the Nintendo 3DS Winter 2014 Bonus Game Promotion wherein it's giving away vouchers for a free game to anyone who registers their 3DS, 3DS XL or 2DS at Club Nintendo along with one of the following titles: Super Smash Bros., Pokémon Omega Ruby or Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.
Watch this Super Smash Bros. 3DS stream confirm playable characters
Early copies now out in the wild.
The 3DS version of Super Smash Bros. isn't due to release in Japan until Friday but copies of the game are already out in the wild.
Twitch user Hayama is currently streaming the game and confirming a number of characters that have yet to be officially announced.
As previously revealed in an earlier character roster leak, new playable entrants include Bowser Jr, Dark Pit from Kid Icarus: Uprising and the Duck Hunt Dog from the classic NES game.
Nintendo's Amiibo figurines cost £10.99 each in the UK
Around the Samus Disney Infinity and Skylanders.
Nintendo's range of Amiibo figurines cost £10.99 each in the UK.
Xenoblade Chronicles headed exclusively to new 3DS models
Shulk confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS, meanwhile.
UPDATE 12.50pm: Xenoblade Chronicles' just-announced 3DS port will only be available for the new 3DS and 3DS XL designs.
Nintendo's new hardware revisions include a beefier CPU, which will be required to get the Wii game running (thanks, Siliconera).
ORIGINAL STORY 12.20pm: Xenoblade Chronicles character Shulk is playable in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U, Nintendo has confirmed.
Super Smash Bros. character roster leaked - rumour
Allegedly features the dog from Duck Hunt.
A slew of allegedly leaked screenshots and gameplay videos have possibly revealed the full roster of characters in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. game.
Meta Knight return confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS
Halberd did you want him back?
Kirby character Meta Knight will be playable in Super Smash Bros. for 3DS and Wii U, Nintendo has confirmed.
The returning fighter first appeared in the series' Wii entry, Smash Bros. Brawl.
Meta Knight's Brawl appearance was deemed too powerful by some - leading to the character been banned from some professional tournaments.
Nintendo confirms limited edition 3DS XL for Super Smash Bros. launch
Super smashing great.
Nintendo has confirmed that it's launching a limited edition branded 3DS XL alongside the release of Super Smash Bros. on the handheld this October.
Hitting UK shelves on October 3rd, the 3DS XL comes in red and with a special emblazoned motif. A copy of Super Smash Bros. comes pre-installed on the console.
The limited edition Super Smash Bros. 3DS XL is available to pre-order for £209.99.
You can dress your Mii as a Nintendo character in Wii U Smash Bros.
Meta Knight and Samus outfits spotted.
You can dress up your Mii as a Nintendo character in the forthcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U according to an official tweet from the game's director Masahiro Sakurai. You heard, Gamescom - frankly, everyone in Cologne might as well pack their bags and come home because when it comes to video game news, this week we are done.
New Fire Emblem characters playable in Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS
Captain Falcon returns, while Rayman appears in trophy form.
Fire Emblem: Awakening heroes Lucina and Robin are the latest playable characters to be announced for Super Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U.
Watch Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. for Wii U tournament
Two hours of gameplay and shenanigans.
Last night Nintendo held its first ever Super Smash Bros. for Wii U invitational tournament, live on stage at E3.
Pac-Man confirmed for Smash Bros. 3DS and Wii U
And Mr. Game and Watch?
The 3DS and Wii U versions of Super Smash Bros. will include another new fighter - Pac-Man, Nintendo has announced.
Namco's spherical yellow fighter can throw fruit and spawn fire hydrants. His Final Smash move appears to be his powered-up form, albeit grown to a screen-filling size.
Smash Bros. series boss Masahiro Sakurai revealed the latest addition to the games' roster last night during an E3 roundtable discussion. Namco is aiding Nintendo in the game's development, so the inclusion makes sense.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS out 3rd October
Mii characters and Palutena from Kid Icarus now playable.
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS will be released on 3rd October, a slight delay from the previous "summer" date, Nintendo has announced.
Nintendo unveils Wii U GameCube controller adapter
Supported by Super Smash Bros.
The Wii U is getting a GameCube controller adapter, Nintendo has announced.
The upcoming peripheral was revealed in a promotional video for E3's Super Smash Bros. Invitational, then later confirmed on Twitter where Nintendo noted that the Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. will support this control scheme.
This device plugs into the Wii U and allows up to four GameCube controllers to connect to it. Could this mean that Nintendo will start manufacturing GameCube controller's again?
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will make use of NFC toys
Plus, Fire Emblem's Ike confirmed to return.
The upcoming Wii U version of Super Smash Bros. will support Nintendo's recently-announced NFC toy range.
Upcoming Super Smash Bros. to include playable female Animal Crossing villagers
But there's no sign of the Able Sisters.
Nintendo's stable of iconic characters isn't the most diverse cast you could imagine, but the Kyoto-based company is making an effort to rate higher on the Bechdel test by adding more playable female characters to its upcoming Super Smash Bros. title on Wii U and 3DS.
Nintendo won't hold a live press conference at E3 2014
Digital event, live-streams and Smash Bros. tournament lined-up instead.
Nintendo will not hold a live press conference at E3 2014, the company has announced.
Super Smash Bros. 3DS due this summer, Wii U winter 2014
Charizard! Yoshi! Sheik! Zero Suit Samus! Greninja!
Super Smash Bros. 3DS will launch this summer, while Super Smash Bros. Wii U will arrive winter 2014, Nintendo has announced.
Diddy Kong confirmed for Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS
He's back again and about time too.
Donkey Kong sidekick Diddy Kong will again be a playable character in the upcoming versions of Super Smash Bros.
Diddy's return was confirmed today in the latest update from Smash Bros. series boss Masahiro Sakurai, timed to coincide with the launch of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
The diminutive ape first joined the fighting series' roster for Wii incarnation Smash Bros. Brawl and quickly became a popular fighting choice.
Little Mac comes to Super Smash Bros.
Big Mac and fries.
Super Smash Bros. extensive character roster got another boost, with Punch Out's Little Mac now being added to the Wii U and 3DS brawler.
Kirby villain King Dedede confirmed for Smash Bros. return
A penguin classic.
King Dedede will again be playable in Super Smash Bros. on 3DS and Wii U, Nintendo has confirmed.
A rotund hammer-wielding villain from the Kirby series, Dedede was announced as returning for the latest installments overnight via SmashBros.com.
Smash Bros. series boss Masahiro Sakurai first introduced Dedede to the series with Wii installment Brawl. A fan of the Kirby series, Sakurai in the past directed half a dozen Kirby titles.
Rosalina and Luma make their Smash Bros. debut
Mario Galaxy stars to feature in Wii U and 3DS brawler.
Rosalina and Luma, two stars of the Mario universe introduced in the Wii's Galaxy games, are to make their first appearance in the Smash Bros. series next year.
Smash Bros. Wii U includes gorgeous Mario Galaxy HD level
My god, it's full of stars.
Nintendo has shown off Super Mario Galaxy in HD - as a level for Smash Bros. Wii U.
Nintendo confirms Toon Link for Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS
We knew he'd be in from the Outset.
Nintendo has announced another returning fighter for the 3DS and Wii U incarnations of Super Smash Bros. It's Toon Link, from The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker.
His inclusion makes a lot of sense - Wind Waker HD is due for release next month, and the cel-shaded version of the character has gained considerable popularity since Wind Waker's initial release, enough to star in DS spin-offs Phantom Hourglass and Spirit Tracks.
Toon Link is the latest in a line of returning characters already confirmed for the games: Peach, Luigi, Kid Icarus' Pit and Pikmin's Olimar have already been confirmed, alongside returning regulars Mario, Bowser, Link, Samus, Donkey Kong, Fox, Kirby and Pikachu.
Peach confirmed for Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS
15 characters so far announced.
Nintendo has confirmed Peach will be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and 3DS.
Peach's expected inclusion - she was in the last two Smash Bros. games: Melee and Brawl - raises the roster to 15 characters. They are as follows:
Peach
Olimar and Pikmin join Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS
Out of this world.
The upcoming Super Smash Bros. for Wii U & 3DS will receive Pikmin protagonist Captain Olimar along with his merry band of Pikmin, Nintendo has announced.
Super Smash Bros. Wii U and 3DS story mode won't be like Brawl, creator says
The gloves are off.
The next versions of Super Smash Bros. will offer a different kind of story campaign to previous games in the series, creator Masahiro Sakurai has promised.
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS due 2014
UPDATE #2: See the Wii Fit trainer, Mega Man and Villager in action.
UPDATE #2: Nintendo has broadcast a mini Nintendo Direct starring Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai, who talked about the game's three new characters in more detail.
Injured Smash Bros. creator fears impact on Wii U and 3DS development
"The one word I've said the most this year, by far, is 'Ow!'"
The creator of Super Smash Bros. has expressed fears that development on the series' upcoming 3DS and Wii U versions may be affected by his ongoing arm complaint.
Nintendo plans merge of handheld and console teams in historic shake-up
Hardware divisions to collaborate in new Kyoto headquarters.
Nintendo will merge its handheld and home console hardware divisions under one roof next month in a historic move to allow greater collaboration between the two teams.
Smash Bros. boss talks Wii U GamePad controls
Dislikes "complicated controls just for the sake of it."
The upcoming Wii U incarnation of Super Smash Bros. will not include "complicated controls just for the sake of it", the series' boss has promised.
Namco "not really sure" about putting Tekken characters in Smash Bros. Wii U
Co-developing duties a "big priority" company wide.
Namco Bandai is cautious whether it should include Tekken characters in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. games for Wii U and 3DS, which it is co-developing with Nintendo.
New Super Smash Bros. won't focus on bigger roster
Teases cast doodle.
The next Super Smash Bros. game will not focus on dramatically expanding the series' character roster.
Nintendo drafts in Namco Bandai to make Super Smash Bros. sequel
Tales, Gundam, SoulCalibur and Tekken devs on board.
Nintendo has drafted in Namco Bandai to make the Super Smash Bros. sequel.
Yoshito Higuchi, the producer and director of the Tales series, Tetsuya Akatsuka, producer and director of Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs., the art director and sound director of the SoulCalibur series and the main development team staff from the Tekken series have all been enlisted to work alongside Smash Bros. creator Masahiro Sakurai, who will direct the project.
The Wii U and Nintendo 3DS game was announced last year - but it doesn't look like we'll see it for quite a while.
New Super Smash Bros. to focus on Wii U, 3DS connectivity
Can't "just expand the volume of the game".
The "key" ingredient to Nintendo's next Super Smash Bros. games will be the connectivity between Wii U and 3DS versions, its creator has revealed.
Super Smash Bros. convinced Harada to make Tekken 3DS
"I want these people to play Tekken, too!"
Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada was convinced to bring the fighting series to the 3DS after watching passionate Nintendo fans playing Super Smash Bros.
New Smash Bros. still miles away
"We've got no plans whatsoever."
Excited for more Smash Bros? Time to calm down down a little. The new project, planned for both Wii U and 3DS, is still a long way from release.
Nintendo yet to start Smash Bros. Wii U
"We really shouldn't have announced it."
Don't expect any new information on Smash Bros. 3DS or Wii U soon - series director Masahiro Sakurai has admitted that development hasn't started yet.
