Smash Bros 3 Site Goes Live.

[Dasher]

Having badniks roaming the stage would be awesomeness, specially if you can destroy and save the animal inside! hilarious to see Mario doing it.

[G.Silver]

They should do a vertically scrolling one based on everyone's favorite part of Labyrinth Zone. :D Actually a stage where you were underwater and had to collect air bubbles to stay alive would be sorta cool?

[Locit]

Maybe it's just me, but I really liked Labyrinth Zone! I thought it was an interesting change in pace, though I wasn't terribly fond of those fire-shooting gargoyle things.

[FlashTHD]

Might as well:

Since they've got Yuzo Koshiro and everything, how about Bridge Zone as a scrolling stage? Complete with: badnik hazards, raging river below (ala Jungle Japes), crumbling bridges, item monitor crates, those see-saw springs, and occasional stops for Eggman to attack in that sub.

[Zeta]

Blah. Another lame week.

[Shadow Hog]

I think Monday's update prevents this week from being "lame", honestly. It's not "ZOMG SONIC" megaton, but a level creator's an extremely good announcement nevertheless.

Friend Codes, on the other hand...

[Zeta]

They didn't even put up most of the entrances. The only one I was really curious about is the Pokemon Trainer's. Does Charizard fly him in? Dammit.

Anyways, here are all of them from the people who played the demo:

Mario: Hops out of a Pipe.
Donkey Kong: Breaks out from inside a barrel.
Link: Appears from inside a small tornado, a la the warp from Wind Waker.
Samus: Appears from a Save Station a la Super Metroid.
Fox: Drops down from an Arwing that flies by.
Pikachu: Pops out of a Pokeball.
Diddy Kong: Breaks out from inside a barrel.
Pit: Descends from a golden light from above.
Meta Knight: Cape appears in a twirl and then the rest of him emerges from it.
Ike: Warps in with some light and some sort of rune on the ground.
Peach: Appears out of nowhere with a bunch of hearts, holding her umbrella.
Yoshi: Hatches from an egg.
Sonic: Spin jumps in and gives a thumb's up.
Bowser: Appears from an inferno.
King Dedede: Is carried into the fight by a quartet of Waddle Dees.
Lucas: Rides in on Mr. Saturn's teatable.
Ice Climbers: Carried in by their condor.
Snake: Unveils himself with a hologram device.

[Timestones]

Link: Appears from inside a small tornado, a la the warp from Wind Waker.

Actually the Tornado dates as far back as the original Legend of Zelda.

[Yami CJMErl]

Yeah, but in the original Smash Bros., they had him doing something like what Pit does now.

[Isuka]

how about Bridge Zone as a scrolling stage?

Now that would be obscure.
And both less-than-hypothetical Labyrinth and Chemical Plant stages would rock if they included vertical handles to latch on and move through... and the inclusion of assorted item boxes would be seriously epic, by the way.

[Zeta]

I still think there will only be one stage per Third Party, but as other have said before, the two most iconic Sonic stages are Green Hill and Casino Night.

I'm wondering how they could top this game, considering the only Assist Trophy so far I'm lamenting not being playable is maybe Advance Wars and Little Mac. Unless they get more Third Party characters for the next one from Konami and Sega after this one's success and decide to add in NiGHTs, Aiai, Samba, Chuchu and Kapukapu, Amitie, Billy Hatcher, Axel, Akira, Opaopa, Simon Belmont, Twinbee, Power Pro-kun, a Moai head, Goemon, Pyramid Head, Sparkster, Yugioh, Frogger, Kid Dracula, and Django to the next game. : p

[Team Mecha]

Well let me dig deep into Nintendo's history & see just how many I can come up with.

Assorted
Captain N
Nester/Lark
Playable R.O.B.
Sukapon
Starfy
Lip (Panel De Pon)
Prince Richard (Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru)
Ray (Custom Robo)
Exclamation Warriors
Takamaru (Nazo no Murasame-jo)
Main kid from Die N Gang (German equivalent of Captain N)
Mii
Robot from Project HAMMER
Chibi Robo
Olimar
Urban Champion
Jill (Drill Dozer)
Harry (Telroboxer)
AC Human
Tom Nook
Little Mac
King Hippo
Mr. Dream
Eggplant Wizard
Mike Jones (Star Tropics)
Starman
The Amazon
Fighter Hayabusa
Mario
Waluigi
Bowser Jr.
E. Gadd
Kamek
Playable Toad
Geno
Mallow (I always liked him better)
Boshi
Zelda
WW Link
Zora Link
Goron Link
Deku Link
Wolf Link
Midna
Vaati
Zant
Skullkid
Donkey Kong
Dixie
K. Rool
Chunky
Lanky
Stanly
Taj
Wario
Mona
Kat & Ana
9-Volt
Captain Syrup
Any number of Poke'mon
Likewise for Fire Emblem
Star Fox
Wolf
Slippy
Leon
General Scales
Metroid
Ridley
Dark Samus
Noxus
Spire
Trace
Kanden
Sylux
Weaval
Rundas
Ghor
Gandrayda
Kirby
Rick
Coo
Kine
Chuchu
Nago
Pitch
Gooey
Ribbon
Adeleine
Waddle Doo
Sir Kibble
Poppy Bros. Jr.
Knuckle Joe
Chilly
Burning Leo
Blade Knight
Simirror
Rocky
Parasol Waddle Dee
Bio Spark
Wheelie
Plasma Wisp
Gim
Birdon
TAC
Capsule J
Poppy Bros. Sr.
Icy Walrus
Lololo & Lalala
Bonkers
Cook Kawasaki
Lady Boxer
Bugzzy
Marx
Drawcia
Mr. Shine & Mr. Bright
Paint Roller
Pon & Con
Wrestler (I'm beginning to wonder why HAL didn't just make a Kirby fighting game to begin with)
F-Zero
Samurai Goro
Black Shadow
Jody Summer
Rick Wheeler
Deathborne
Super Arrow
Mr. EAD
Earthbound
Ness
Paula
Jeff
Poo
Ninten
Loid
Ana
Teddy
Flint
Boney
Duster
Kumatora

hmm, my ride is still not here yet. Well continuing on.

Advance Wars
Andy
Sami
Max
Kanebei
Hawke
Sturm
Generic BW commander
Eternal Darkness
Alexandra Roivas
Pious Augustus
Ellia
Anthony
Karim
Dr. Maximillian Roivas
Edwin Lindsey
Paul Luther
Roberto Bianchi
Peter Jacobs
Dr. Edward M. Roivas
Michael Edwards
Golden Sun
Issac
Garet
Ivan
Mia
Felix
Jenna

Eh, you get the idea. They could add characters till the end of time. But if they really are going all out on Brawl, there wouldn't be anything to add besides more characters, so there wouldn't be much of a point to anymore games.

[Isuka]

'Cause, y'know, The Armageddon will come upon us three months after Brawl's release date, so they'd better stuff it with as many characters as humanly possible.

[Zeta]

Minor stuff from playtesters: Pit apparently plays like a version of Link that can fly. His moves are ability to fly in any direction, his arrows of course, a spinning blade attack, and using his mirror shield to reflect enemy damage. Basically, his moves are entirely designed around the three sacred treasures from Kid Icarus: Mirror Shield, the Arrow of Light, and the Wings of Pegasus with the ability to use his bow as blades added.

[Team Mecha]

It's updated (Japan doesn't get into that daylight saving BS apparently).

[Black Rook]

I'm digging this Fire Emblem theme.

[Zeta]

I was hoping for it to be a Petey Piranha-like boss with Fox fighting Rayquaza directly.

From what we've seen of the Adventure mode so far, I have to say I suspect there will be eight stories - one for each of the original N64 characters (Mario, Yoshi, Pikachu, DK, Fox, Samus, Link, and Kirby) which will intertwine and change up sidekicks as it goes along. Sort of like Sonic Adventure.

[Opa-Opa]

I still hate Fox's face. He looked badass in the SNES and the N64, but since the GameCube he looks like a little bitch. Diddy Kong also has the most unexpressive face of all time, but he was like that in the SNES, so that's forgivable.

[Yami CJMErl]

I can honestly say I didn't see Rayquaza coming.

[Zeta]

I don't really mind Fox's new face, since it makes him look more like Inari's foxes, which he was based on.

[G.Silver]

He still looks like a little bitch.

[Oompa Star]

You have to admit though, it was an amusing video, ugly face or not. I never really cared much for any of Fox's character designs other than N64 and Melee.

[Shadow Hog]

You have to admit, it's kind of humorous.

[Zeta]

Damn you Sakurai, why must you taunt us?!

[Isuka]

How long before we see Kirby sporting Soap shoes and Light-Speed-Dashing all over the place?

So, if Sonic gets the racoon power-up... he'd technically become a furry in a fursuit?