I can't wait for the new Super Smash Bros game to come out. It looks really good. They have a new site for the game, and they update it every day: http://www.smashbros.com/
The initial introduction of characters included various returning characters from Super Smash Bros. Melee, and some newcomers. Some returning characters have been updated and redefined since their last appearance, such as Mario, Pikachu, and Kirby. Others like Link, Zelda, and Fox McCloud have taken on new designs from more recent titles. Samus Aran has changed the most of all; "under certain conditions," she will remove her Power Suit, taking up the name "Zero Suit Samus". Donning only her Zero Suit, she wields a gun that can transform into a laser whip. Not all characters will return from Super Smash Bros. Melee however, as stated on Sakurai's blog.
Many newcomers make their appearance in the game as well. Characters of already represented series such as Meta Knight from the Kirby series make their first appearance. Other newcomers are the first to represent their series. These include characters like Pit, representing the Kid Icarus series for the first time since the 1991 Game Boy game Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters, Solid Snake, the main protagonist of Konami’s Metal Gear franchise, and Wario, from Nintendo's highly successful WarioWare series. Snake is also the first third-party character to appear in a Super Smash Bros. game.
Masahiro Sakurai, former HAL Laboratory employee and creator of Kirby and the Super Smash Bros. series, returns as the director for the game. Sakurai revealed that at E3, he was called to executive producer Satoru Iwata's room on the top floor of a Los Angeles hotel, and told by Iwata, "We'd like you to be involved in the production of the new Smash Bros., if possible near the level of director". Although originally suggested to be a launch title, an IGN article states that "as of May 2005, the game's development staff consisted of exactly one person," Sakurai himself, actual development of the game never started until late 2005. Sakurai states that many people who have spent excessive amounts of time playing Super Smash Bros. Melee are being brought in as the development team and the team will have access to all the original material and tools from the development of Melee, courtesy of HAL Laboratory.
The game was absent from Nintendo's Wii showing at its 2006 Pre-E3 press conference. The next day, on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at the After-Hours Press Conference, Nintendo officially revealed the game under the name of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. In an interview with IGN, Sakurai said the Wii's motion sensing features might not be included because, "we found that trying to implement too much motion-sensory functionality can get in the way of the game." As far as Wi-Fi play is concerned, Sakurai has confirmed some functionality. However, as stated in the Toukouken on the Japanese version of the Smash Bros. website, "there would be many hurdles to cross," and an online ranking system is unlikely to be implemented.
Sakurai has updated the site to say that it will be a little longer before the game will be playable. During a test play between Sakurai and Hideo Kojima, Kojima stated that the game feels complete and that Nintendo "could put it out right now and it could sell millions of copies." Starting May 21, 2007, the site has had updates every weekday.
