14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at Nintendo working on Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U and the 3Ds is ready to reveal the official design for the Smash Ball, which is one of the most important items that gamers can get access to during a match.
Masahiro Sakurai, the game director, has posted an official image on its Miiverse account and he states that, “Pic of the day. That item that brings victory one step closer...the Smash Ball! Of course everyone wants it!”
The game creator went on to suggest that he might not reveal any new stages or characters for Super Smash Bros. for a while as he focuses more on the reveal of the Final Smashes, which the fan community has been asking to see for some time.
He adds, “Come to think of it, I haven't introduced any of the Final Smashes yet... Then again, if I introduced every single one, it'd take over a month's worth of posts.”
Masahiro Sakurai is almost single handedly leading the promotional effort for Super Smash Bros. at the moment, but his reveals tend to be focused on one item, trophy or character and rarely give more information about the core game mechanics.
So far, we know that Nintendo plans to introduce some big changes to the main features of the title and that its main aim is to make it even more accessible, while keeping some of the complexity that has given previous installments in the series such longevity.
The company also wants to include a wide array of characters taken from many franchises in order to increase the title’s appeal.
Super Smash Bros. for the Wii U home console and the 3DS handheld is set to arrive at some point during this year, but no release window is yet announced.
As soon as it is out, the game might be also used for eSports tournaments.
The two versions of the title will be entirely different when it comes to content and Nintendo has explained that it does not plan to deliver cross-platform play.
The game is widely seen as one of the biggest ever launches for the Wii U, the kind of event that can reshape the sales dynamics for the home console.
Nintendo certainly needs to reverse the current trend of its platform, which has failed to gain popularity in the marketplace and is being outsold by the PlayStation 4 from Sony and the Xbox One from Microsoft.