Evo 2019 final registration numbers announced, Smash Bros. Ultimate the largest Smash tournament ever
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Evo 2019 is just a few weeks away. Registration for the tournament is now closed, and organizers have revealed how many people will be participating with each title.
Here’s a look at the list:
Sakurai goes into detail as to how the Smash Bros. CG trailers are made
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One of the most exciting aspects of Super Smash Bros. is finding out about new characters. With the past two series entries in particular, they’ve been noteworthy since Nintendo goes all out with CG trailers.
In his latest Famitsu column this week, director Masahiro Sakurai detailed how these trailers were made. We learn about the initial steps starting with actually planning the video all the way up through working with Digital Frontier and going through the various stages of creation.
Here’s our full translation of the column:
Amazon: Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass on sale for $22.49
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While it may not be the biggest discount in the world, Amazon has put the Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass on sale. You can purchase the full set of DLC characters for the Switch game for $22.49. Normally, it costs $24.99.
You can purchase the Smash Bros. Ultimate Fighters Pass on Amazon here.
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More screenshots of Hero and Banjo-Kazooie in Smash Bros. Ultimate
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We have a few more screenshots of Hero and Banjo-Kazooie in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Most are for the Dragon Quest character, but we have a couple for the N64 mascot as well. All images can be found in the gallery below.
Hero will be added to Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC character this summer. Banjo-Kazooie will follow in the fall.
Nintendo artist on how the Smash Bros. Ultimate mural happened, creation process, challenges
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Japanese magazine Nintendo Dream was recently able to interview Nintendo artist Yusuke Nakano about the special mural made for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The drawing first debuted during the game’s unveiling last E3, and has continued to update with new characters since.
Nintendo Dream was able to ask Nakano about how the mural came to be, what the creation process was like, the challenges in creating the piece, and more. We’ve prepared a full translation of the brief Q&A below.
Latest Smash Bros. Ultimate Spirit Board event features characters with spikes
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Nintendo is rolling out another Spirit Board event for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate later in the week. This time around, characters with spikes, thorns, and needles will be featured. By taking down the highlighted spirits, you’ll receive more snacks than usual.
The event goes live on July 5. Like usual, it will last for three days.
Smash Bros. Ultimate hosting Splatoon-themed Spirit Board event next week
Posted on 4 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The next Spirit Board event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate will be all about Splatoon. This is to celebrate the final Splatfest in Splatoon 2 taking place soon. The Spirit Board event will take place at the end of next week, starting on Friday, July 12. As per usual, various Spirits from the Splatoon series will appear and beating them will net you more SP than usual.
Last chance to redeem Piranha Plant early purchase code for Smash Bros. Ultimate
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For the launch of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Nintendo ran a special promotion. Those who purchased the game early were provided with a download code for Piranha Plant.
We assume that most of you have redeemed your codes at this point. However, if you haven’t by any chance, keep in mind that time is just about to run out on the promotion. Players only have until June 30 to redeem their codes, so they’ll become non-functional once the weekend ends.
Rare talks about Banjo-Kazooie’s appearance in Smash Bros. Ultimate, Paul Cunningham helped with the design
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Yesterday, Rare published a blog post covering all of the news related to the game developer at E3 2019. For Nintendo fans, one of the biggest announcements made was the reveal of Banjo-Kazooie for Smash Bros. Ultimate as a DLC character.
Rare says it was working with Nintendo “since last year, on everything from movesets to musical choices”. Paul Cunningham was also specifically mentioned as “our point man on getting everything about Banjo and Kazooie’s appearance just right.” Cunningham is Rare’s lead marketing artist and has been with the company since 1995.
Here’s the full excerpt from Rare about Smash Bros.:
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Banjo-Kazooie artist “surprised” that the model wasn’t tweaked for Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Original Banjo-Kazooie artist Steve Mayles has commented further on the characters’ appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and specifically their design. He was “surprised” that there weren’t any tweaks to the model. This was unlike King K. Rool, another one of Mayles’ character, who did actually receive an update in Smash Bros.
Mayles told Shesez in a recent interview:
