Super Smash Bros. 4 Official Site
The official site for Super Smash Bros. 4 launched on June 11, 2013, shortly after the two games' E3 trailer. Like its predecessors, Smabura-Ken and the Smash Bros. DOJO!!, it is periodically updated with information on the games, but unlike its predecessors, the information is shown mostly through pictures instead of text. The site gives information about all of the characters and shows videos and images in both Wii U and 3DS versions.
When the site debuted, it had information on Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Bowser, Pit, Villager, and Mega Man, with information on Wii Fit Trainer added shortly afterwards. An update then happened a month later, on July 12, 2013, when information on Olimar was added. Then, weeks later info on Luigi was added to the website. A month later, info on Peach was added. Toon Link was revealed on September 26th, 2013. After the Nintendo Direct on October 1st, Sonic the Hedgehog was revealed.
The language selection offered by the site include English, Japanese, German, French, Italian and Spanish, like its predecessor Smash Bros. DOJO!!, in addition to the newly-added Portuguese, Dutch, Italian and Russian. For some languages, regional variations are available.
When a character is revealed, a banner under the daily photo that says "Warning! Challenger Approaching!" is added. It will stay there for a couple of days.
Trivia
- The character reveals seem to follow a pattern of a monthly inclination, with the four character announcements so far falling on June 11th, July 12th, August 7th, and September 12th. However, a reveal on September 26th throws this in doubt.
- On the character image links, all names are written in capital letters, with the exception of the Wii Fit Trainer, whose name appears as Wii Fit TRAINER.
- For a short time after a character is revealed, their image links will have an UPDATE banner affixed.
- Characters new to Smash Bros. will have a much larger feature on the main page, which includes their series symbol, NEWCOMER and an additional image.
- The main image is always shown as the most recent "Pic of the Day".
