Nintendo announces upcoming tournaments for Smash Bros. Ultimate, Splatoon 2
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Nintendo has announced a pair of new tournaments: the Splatoon 2 North America Inkling Open 2019 and the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate North America Open 2019. Open qualifiers will be held online, leading to a final event at PAX East at the end of March. Nintendo will be live streaming the finals for each online event.
We’ve included the full schedule below. That also includes the official announcement from Nintendo and a promotional video.
Sonic Team sound director on why he chose Mega Man 4 as his contribution to Smash Bros. Ultimate
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Last week, we posted a translation of a column from Sonic the Hedgehog series sound designer Tomoya Ohtani in which he spoke about working on some Splatoon music from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. Sonic Team sound director Jun Senoue had his own contribution having worked on a new Mega Man 4 medley.
Why did Senoue go with Mega Man for his music piece? He discussed that and more in his own column, which we now have a translation of as well. You can read it in full below.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Fire Emblem Fest Part 2 Spirit Board event now live
Posted on 5 years ago by Devin(@Sonicb00m111) in News, Switch | 0 comments
As first announced a couple days ago, the Fire Emblem Fest Part 2 Spirit Board event is now live in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Players will have an increased chance of running into some Fire Emblem-based Spirits that were not featured on the Spirit Board during the first Fire Emblem Fest event.
The event is set to last over the weekend. Some of the Spirits highlighted are included below.
Sakurai on how he’s playing Smash Bros. Ultimate, creating entertainment, more
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate director Masahiro Sakurai published a new column in this week’s issue of Famitsu. While there was some talk about the Switch game, Sakurai touched on a few other interesting topics as well.
In his piece, Sakurai started out by writing about a couple of games he’s been playing. He also discussed his own personal way of playing Smash Bros. Ultimate at the moment, and thanked fans for their support having sold 5 million copies in its first week. The piece also brings up creating entertainment, regrets, and the Japanese games industry.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate: Fire Emblem Fest Part 2 Spirit Board event set to begin January 18
Posted on 5 years ago by Devin(@Sonicb00m111) in News, Switch | 0 comments
Nintendo has announced that the second part of the Fire Emblem Fest Spirit Board event will be held this weekend in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Starting January 18th and rolling through the weekend, characters from the Fire Emblem series will be the focus once again. As previously noted, some Spirits not included in the first part of the event will now show up more often.
Based on the image, this will include increased appearance rates for the Azura, Takumi, and Leo Spirits — as well as many others.
Sonic series sound designer on creating the Bomb Rush Blush arrangement for Smash Bros. Ultimate
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One of the most impressive aspects about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is the game’s soundtrack. Over 800 songs are included, and a bunch of different composers contributed to the final product.
Tomoya Ohtani, the series sound designer for Sonic the Hedgehog, is one such person who worked on the tracklist. Ohtani was responsible for the new arrangement of Bomb Rush Blush – a piece of music originating from Splatoon. Ohtani posted an interesting column last month that details how he settled on Bomb Rush Blush, the way in which he went about changing it for Smash Bros., and more.
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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate – Double EXP and SP Spirits event now live
Posted on 5 years ago by Matt(@OnePunchMaz) in News, Switch | 0 comments
The latest Spirits event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is now live. As previously announced, instead of specific spirits appearing, this event will let you earn double the EXP and SP on the Spirit Board.
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate’s latest Spirit Board event will give you double the rewards
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Nintendo will be hosting a new Spirit Board event in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate starting later this week. This time around, the theme is that the rewards handed out will be doubled. That means more experience and SP for everyone.
The latest Spirit Board event kicks off on January 11. It’ll last for three days.
Smash Bros. Ultimate – “Now You’re Playing With Spirit Power!” Spirit Board event now live
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As billed earlier in the week, the “Now You’re Playing With Spirit Power!” Spirit Board event is now live in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Players will see an increased spawn rate of iconic characters from the NES, Famicom, and the Famicom Disk System up until midnight of January 7th.
Throughout the event, users will also encounter the Donkey Kong and Lady, Link (The Legend of Zelda), and Sukapon Legend class Spirits as the focus of the time period.
The three-day Super #SmashBrosUltimate spirits event, "Now You're Playing With Spirit Power!", is now on!
Check the Spirit Board each day of the event to meet these spirits (AEDT):
Donkey Kong & Lady: 5am, 5pm
Link (The Legend of Zelda): 9am, 9pm
Sukapon: 1am, 1pm pic.twitter.com/WaBsWmKupn— Nintendo AU NZ (@NintendoAUNZ) January 4, 2019
Rumor: Smash Bros. Ultimate datamine reveals possible code names of DLC fighters
Posted on 5 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in Rumors, Switch | 0 comments
Datamining has led to all sorts of information being uncovered early about games in the past. Super Smash Bros. Ultimate might be the latest example of this – specifically regarding DLC.
Fans have been poking through Smash Bros. Ultimate’s files and may have come across possible information regarding future DLC characters. Obviously, if you’re looking to avoid any potential spoilers, you may want to skip what we cover below.
