I'm gonna be talking about a few delicate topics here, like my opinion on certain games, so please remember this is my opinion and go easy on me 'kay?
So... Nintendo announced that it would be developing a new SSB for the upcoming console, the WII U and the now 7 months-old 3DS. They didn't give much detail about it, they just said it'd be cross-compatible. Now this brings some questions to mind, like:
1) Just how much cross-compatible will they be? I mean... The Wii U will be a Full HD machine. An all-out tank of pure raw graphic awesomeness, and considering the statements made by Nintendo at E3 this year, probably way more powerful than any current generation console (I have to clarify that graphics really don't matter to me at all, but the implementation of Full HD makes any game regardless of their graphic engine, look beautiful). So can the 3ds really take all of that? I mean... We all know the 3ds is quite a powerful piece of equipment... but it is in no way, capable of handling HD... which leads to the next question.
2) Will they be the same SSB Games? or different ones with certain compatible aspects?... I think both options are good ideas, with pros and cons. On one hand, we 'd have the same game on both consoles, which would be great because you could not only play the game anywhere you go, but if you had both the 3ds AND the Wii U version, you could update either of your saves by simply by making the synch. Also, imagine playing with your own characters and earning points for your own game (to win trophies and coins and stuff) even while playing in a friend's house with his console. But this could get troublesome if you consider that the Wii U would have to adapt the graphics so the 3DS can handle them, and since to me, graphics aren't the most important thing in a game... It'd still be cool to see SSB take full advantage of the Wii U's power, like it has on previous titles (you know SSB graphics rock on every console). OOON the other hand, you have that the games are different and that's also cool!. We all know how ass kicking these games are... so instead of only 1 SSB, you get 2 completely different SSB experiences, with different adventure modes, different characters (I know, we'll get there, be patient!) and different features! Don't know about you, but I think that idea is double-awesome. But as everything, it has downsides. For instance... If it was so, you'd probably wouldn't be able to have access to any of the other great features I named before... and probably be stuck with some stupid cross-compatible game-mode or like stuff you could only achieve by synchronizing both games like new trophies or pics, or whatever boring absolutely unnecessary feature. Or even worse, imagine at some point, it WAS necessary to make the synch to have the full experience... It certainly HAS been done before, like in Pokemon Battle Revolution... when I read I needed to actually own both a DS and a Pókemon DS game to play the full game and be able to do stuff you should be able to do (like... I don't know... CHOOSING MY FUCKING POKÉMONS) I was really let down, since I don't really like handheld Pókemon games that much, and I was certainly not going to waste any time or money on it. Returning to the issue at hand (sorry for the little rant, I've had that on my conscience for 2 years now u_u), other features like using your 3ds as a controller, would indeed appeal and sound interesting to impressionable gamers at first, but I doubt it'd be comfortable or even well implemented, so It'd be a feature I wouldn't even consider using.
3) This question is a lot happier because it's probably the one every one of us is wondering: What new awesome characters will the game feature? *-*
I'm gonna leave this one to you I'm releasing another blog post a little bit later today (gotta work on it, people) about the characters I would like to see and some other.... surprises bwahahahaha *sudden stop of awkward evil laugh
Godspeed!