Electronic Entertainment Expo
E3 is a annual game-conference that has been held in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Santa Monica for decades. Nintendo has also showcased many new developments concerning the Super Smash Bros. series since 2001.
In E3 2001, Super Smash Bros. Melee was announced, complete with a trailer.
The trailer unveiled the following characters:
- Mario
- Samus Aran
- Princess Peach
- Captain Falcon
- Bowser
- Yoshi
- Kirby
- Donkey Kong
- Fox McCloud
- Link
- Ness
- Pikachu
- Ice Climbers
- Sheik
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following enemies:
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following items:
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following stages:
- Jungle Japes
- Princess Peach's Castle
- Brinstar
- Onett
- Pokémon Stadium
- Temple
- Yoshi's Story
- Fountain of Dreams
- Infinite Glacier: Icicle Mountain
- Yoshi's Island
- Lylat System: Corneria
- Great Bay
- Big Blue
- Fourside
The demo and the trailer unveiled also:
On E3 2005, the Nintendo Revolution (now called Wii) was unveiled. Satoru Iwata stated that four major games were in production, three of which was called Super Mario 128, Metroid Prime 3 and The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (the name was revealed earlier). They were later confirmed to be Super Mario Galaxy and Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. The third one, called Super Smash Bros. Revolution, was later renamed Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Sakurai was surprised at this announcement, since Satoru had refrained from informing him. However, he accepted Satoru's offer to become the game's director.
At E3 2006, Super Smash Bros. Brawl was officially announced at the After-Hour Press Conference, with the very first trailer. This come as a bit of a shock since all major games are unveiled in the normal Press Conference. The trailer has became somewhat famous, because of the incorrect statement that the Labrador Retriever was an item, while no mention of the Assist Trophy item was made. The same came true with Final Smash, with many thinking it was just was a extraordinarily strong Smash Attack.
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following characters:
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following items:
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following Assist Trophies:
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following stages:
The demo and the trailer unveiled the following techniques:
On E3 2007, a 15-Second Representation was showed to showcase the things already known about SSBB. However, the Representation also incidentally confirmed Donkey Kong. The first confirmed release date for Brawl for North America was announced to be December 3, 2007, but has since been delayed twice.
You can watch Super Smash Bros. Melee's original trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAuZnnzoaIE
You can watch Super Smash Bros. Brawl's original trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4XrmjZQRQs
