Fans of “Super Smash Brothers Brawl” for the Wii, I apologize now.
Back when I studied at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism I was taught the importance of recognizing important news and bringing hard-won information to the public.
And yet, despite my schooling, I have failed. I went to a Nintendo summit two weeks ago. I played at least a half-hour of “SSBB.” I asked questions. Filmed videos that explain the game’s controls. I tried a host of characters.
But I did not snap a photo of Meta Knight’s Final Smash.
Like I said, I failed.
Apparently the torrent of information released about “SSBB” via the game’s official blog has not been enough to satisfy “SSBB” fans. Screenshots of 15 announced stages, 22 announced characters, descriptions of multiple modes and even the revelation that each character in the new game will be able to grab an item that lets them deliver a special devastating move called the Final Smash … nothing is enough for the “SSBB” fan.
No, they want to know what Meta Knight’s Final Smash move is. At least one “Smash” fan out there suggests that such a scoop would be huge news.
And all I have is a sentence of notes describing it.
Bear in mind that this was written down in my notebook two weeks ago, in the midst of some furious battling. My mental image of the Final Smash is faint. But the ink of my pen is not. My notes read: “Meta Knight Final Smash: wraps enemy in cape and wails on him.”
That’s all I got. No photo.
But maybe I can make things better with a trio of facts that Multiplayer’s resident “Smash Bros.” expert tells me are, in fact, news:
The character Pit, from “Kid Icarus,” can jump four times. Even using this ability I was getting trounced by better players.
If you get trounced too much the game gives you a break, re-spawning the player in fully-charged and ready to deliver a Final Smash, a mercy-Final-Smash, as it were. If being bad at a game is what it takes for me to get the big scoop, then so be it.
The game’s assist trophies — Nintendo-themed bonus characters that can be used to supplement your attacks — include the girl from “Sin & Punishment.” I know this because I threw an assist trophy capsule and out she jumped, gunning down the enemy characters.
That much I know. But I’m sure I missed something else that was important. Sorry, “Smash” fans.
Source: MTV