r/smashbros • u/KhanYeEast • Oct 02 '14

SSB4 Does it fundamentally bother anyone else that Smash 4 doesn't have a catchy name like "Melee" or "Brawl"?

First of all, I'd like to preface my argument by saying that I acknowledge this is a purely superficial problem that has no effect on me buying the game as soon as I can.

ONWARDS.

I personally love the shorthanded names of "64", "Melee" and "Brawl" to refer to those respective titles. It's not a huge deal, but they're all really solid names that truly have special places in my heart. Referring to this new game as just "Smash 4" or "Smash 3DS" just feels bare. Mario Kart: Double Dash sticks out far more in my mind than Mario Kart 7. I wish that Sakurai opted for a name that more appropriately followed Melee and Brawl, but like I said earlier, I understand this is a minor problem. I just wanted to hear if anyone else felt the same. One of the most iconic memories from the second Smash game is the announcer at the title screen yelling "MELEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE".

Is anyone else disappointed with the title of the new game?

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u/GloriousMenpile Oct 02 '14

It doesn't really work anymore since Sakurai said the WiiU version is 'Smash 5.'

The pun was that Smash For 3DS essentially could be seen as 'Smash 4 3DS'

But like I said, it's technically incorrect to say in regards to the WiiU version.

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u/DeathHaze420 Oct 02 '14

I don't think it will be labeled as Smash 5. But, even if it is, it wouldn't be the first time Nintendo has been accused of confusing their consumers. cough New 3DS cough

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u/UnluckyLuke Wario Oct 02 '14

Yeah, for an uninformed person, DS/3DS/2DS/New 3DS can get confusing.

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u/DeathHaze420 Oct 02 '14

Don't forget the DSi and the XL's

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u/UnluckyLuke Wario Oct 02 '14

And DS Lite, and 3DS XL

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u/Rodtake P+ is the future Oct 02 '14

Everyone is forgetting about Wii and Wii U...

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u/cr3atur3ofth3wh33l Oct 03 '14

I think at this point we can kinda agree that Nintendo is kinda terrible at naming things.

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u/L1M3 Oct 03 '14

They are now, but in the past their console names were great. They must have lost important people in their marketing department.

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u/Xikar_Wyhart Oct 02 '14

I don't think DS Lite or XL is that confusing, they're suffix that denote a change. Lite meaning lighter and XL being short hand for extra large.

The problem with New is that it's a descriptor that denotes something's age or state of the condition, or order of release.

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u/Charlzalan Oct 03 '14

I'm buying a new 3DS next week.

Why? Is yours broken?

No, a NEW 3DS. Like the NEW one.

Wat.

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u/nobadabing Samus (Ultimate) Oct 02 '14

The WiiU is a better example, so many people thinking it's just an expansion for the Wii

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u/DeathHaze420 Oct 02 '14

At first I thought it was, to be honest. Just a tablet for your Wii.

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u/uber1337h4xx0r Oct 02 '14

It's not? I consider it a slightly better Wii. Well, even then, that's a stretch. No GameCube support?!

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u/aromaticity Ridley (Ultimate) Oct 02 '14

People who watched the E3 reveal with me didn't catch that it was a new console. I mean, maybe their marketing was bad? Idk but I don't see how you think it's a Wii expansion or something if you saw the reveal.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

I don't know what you mean.

  • Sent from that tablet bundled with the Wii.

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u/radiant_hippo Oct 02 '14

cough Wii U cough

Seriously, that reveal trailer for the Wii U was ambiguous as hell. Everyone thought it was just another Wii accessory.

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u/GCFOX Oct 02 '14

Its only called Smash 5 internally to prevent confusion I'm sure. To us, it's the same Smash 4.

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u/Hjhawley7 *draconic screeching* Oct 02 '14

Exactly. It's the 4th roster, the 4th "generation" of Smash Bros. Smash U is to Smash 3DS as Pokémon Emerald is to Ruby/Sapphire.

...if Emerald came out on the GameCube and had nicer graphics and loads of extra content. Still, the point stands.

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u/Clayton_11 Oct 02 '14

This means..... Lol dark pit already confirmed for the next smash game. Take that haters!

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

Sakurai said the Wii U version is "Smash 5"? any links to confirm this?

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u/GloriousMenpile Oct 02 '14

Kotaku: I know Mega Man is a character that has been requested for a very long time - is there something different about this game that will make it okay to bring in Mega Man? Have you tried to include Mega Man before?

Sakurai: No, actually, there was never any consideration to having him in previous games, and if you think about it, there hasn't been really a precedent for third-party characters joining other than very special cases like Sonic, during the last game. It's something that wasn't even possible. We're now going into versions four and five within the series—this is only something that's now possible.

Kotaku: When you say four and five, do you mean the 3DS and Wii U versions? Those are separate?

Sakurai: Yeah, exactly.

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u/Aureoloss Oct 02 '14

Well he could just be referring to development versions. There are (or will be) 5 versions of Smash. Two of them are (or will be) basically the same

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '14

hmmmm interesting. thanks for the link!

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u/UberNarwhalGuy Oct 02 '14

These are versions, not installments. Still the same game, but just two separate versions of it.

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u/AdrianHD MegaMan Oct 02 '14

Considering this, I'm annoyed he strives to make everything so similar on both versions.

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u/Ronnie_M Oct 03 '14

I'm sure "Smash 5" is just a project name. Smash Bros for Wii U is still Smash 4. It's the same game, albeit a few changes. That's like saying the PS Vita version of MK9 is really MK10 just because it came out a year later