[UPDATE] Replay is up. If you don’t have time to watch 40 minutes of Smash Bros. news, here’s a condensed list of what we learned.
Nintendo is delivering a Smash Bros.-centric edition of their Nintendo Direct announcement streams tonight at 6PM ET, and you can watch it live right here (we’ll have the English version as soon as it’s available. If not, you can watch here. we have it now!). It’s anyone’s guess what the big news will be, but Nintendo has already said we’ll get a “release window” for the game, and it should be the most in-depth look at the mashup fighter anyone has gotten so far.
Up until now, Nintendo has only announced that the game would be coming in 2014. Despite the fact that both Smash Bros. Melee and Brawl, along with most Nintendo titles throughout history, saw release date delays, they seem adamant that Smash Bros. will make it into stores this year.
I’m inclined to believe them, because it would be great for lagging console sales. Today, they tweeted that we can expect to get a release window during the Nintendo Direct:
We’re happy to see so many people excited for the #SmashBros. Direct later today at 3pm PT! (1/2)
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 8, 2014
We hope you’ll tune in to learn about the launch window for the next #SmashBros., and much more! (2/2)
— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) April 8, 2014
For a company as tight-lipped as Nintendo, letting us know this long before the stream that we’ll get a release window announcement is definitely hyping up what we’re going to see. Although, I’d bet anything that the window is “holiday 2014,” which anyone with a brain should have assumed ever since the original “2014” date was given.
(via Nintendo, image via Nintendo)
- I mean, the new Mario Kart could help console sales… maybe
- You can buy a ride-on to Mario Kart for a child or just for personal use
- The last Nintendo Direct announced Little Mac in Smash Bros., and that one wasn’t even Smash-focused
