GaminRealm: "After Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS was revealed, Sakurai informed fans that they will be receiving Smash 4 updates via the official Miiverse community in the Dojo’s stead. Most gamers were slightly disappointed that we wouldn’t have a flashy, organized site to visit, but outside of that, everyone was still ecstatic and anticipated the same kind of savory updates we received in the past.
Boy, were we wrong. I’ll be quick and straight to the point: The Miiverse updates suck."
Masahiro Sakurai, the director of Super Smash Bros., explains why he believes online play isn't a good fit for the series.
I feel bad for Smash fans. Those guys have been trying to maintain the scene active for 20+ years and get nothing but hate from Nintendo.
Sakurai explains how he and Nintendo still don't understand how the internet works.
FTFY
I’m sorry, but if a game is MP then there’s no f*cking argument that can justify no online MP. What he says about competition being different from just playing with friends shows me how out of touch these people are.
It’s not until a new generation that understands things steps in to clean-house that we’ll see some evolution here.
It's a big fighting game so online multiplayer is a must. Competitive smash is the only thing I see fun in these games anymore asides from the big character reveals, singleplayer is laughable and you ain't gunna have people over for couch gaming much.
If Nintendo makes a new smash, it needs a huge evolution for singleplayer/couch play to be enjoyable for me any more. But we all know they'll just do a deluxe edition for their next console lol. They really need to up their servers as well.
he sounds more like is trying to justify Nintendo ineptitude to create a proper network infrastructure in order to Smash Brothers work properly online.
Wii U recently celebrated its tenth anniversary, and in honor of the occasion, new data has revealed the top ten best-selling games of all time in the United States.
Xenoblade Chronicles X needs a remake when Switch 2 comes out! The game was fantastic, and it looked great! Better than most Switch games.
It isn't going to happen though. Monolith soft said "it is way too big", and would be too costly. I would absolutely buy that again, especially a remake or even a remaster.
Xenoblade Chronicles X should have sold better.
Thank you homebrew community for breathing life into the system Nintendo spent years trying to forget.
One of my favourite systems for homebrew along with the Xbox, vita and ps2
Please port Xenoblade Chronicles X, I'm shocked it hasn't happened yet since everything else pretty much got ported to the Switch.
There are few franchises that seem to have been played by almost everyone in the world at least once. Standing with titans like Pac-Man, Mario Kart, and Call of Duty, Super Smash Bros. is a household name.
Been playing Smash Bros. since the original came out and this is one list I can whole heartedly agree on.
Kinda interested in the game (Switch), but its consistently high price combined with 2 equally expensive Season Passes means I’ll probably never get to own/play it.
I find them to be fine. Miiverse is kind of a way to allow fans a first glimpse before everyone else can report on it. If your a fan of the game I'm sure you already have a Wii U in anticipation for this tittle. Just my opinion on the subject but I could be wrong. Some people might want MORE information then Sakurai is letting out.
Some people want MORE some people want a surprise. With no release date, trickles of info is more than enough to know that its being made and technical aspects that are relevant as far as changed or tweaked. I say give us the technical parts of the game rather than the glitz and glamour.
Wouldn't it be cool to use that old Wii service where people could vote on questions, but with a game like this. Voting which characters make the cut from a selected few. It's probably one of the best ways to get a direct consumer choice amongst current wii u owners A "consumers choice" fighter
I don't want any updates. Show me a character trailer at E3, and let me and my friends find out everything else when we get together to play.
In my opinion they're just enough. I don't like knowing too much before going into any new game, as it ruins the surprise! I'd love it if some of the games hidden characters were never even announced prior to its release.
Are we really attacking the guy who's doing all of the character playtesting and balancing work all on his own, despite a severe wrist injury?
Is THAT how ungrateful the community has become?!
Good lord, JUST SHUT UP ALREADY!
The man's already working his ASS off to get this game prepped and ready for a release this year! WHILE HE'S IN PAIN FROM AN INJURY!
We're lucky we're even GETTING daily updates of ANY sort!
Be happy that he's even paying attention to the fans who are eager to hear more about the game and see some of the progress being done via screenshots of their moves and stuff.
He could very well ignore us entirely right now and justify it via being swamped with work, but he's NOT.
He's actually giving us some attention with these posts, which isn't something we can say about many devs in the industry right now.
Show some respect, or at least some gratitude, for his efforts.