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{{ | {{Title| ''Super Smash Bros. 4'' Official Site}} | ||
[[File:SSB4_Website_Header.png|thumb | [[File:SSB4_Website_Header.png|thumb|400px|The layout of the main page, zoomed out from the original view.]] | ||
The [http://www.smashbros.com/wiiu-3ds/ '''official website'''] for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' launched on June 11, 2013, shortly after the two games' [[E3|E3 2013]] trailer. Like its predecessors, [[Smabura-Ken]] and the {{b|Smash Bros. DOJO!!|SSBB}}, it was periodically updated with information on the games, but unlike its predecessors, the information was shown mostly through pictures instead of text. For a short time after a character was revealed, their image links would have an "UPDATE" banner affixed. | The [http://www.smashbros.com/wiiu-3ds/ '''official website'''] for ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'' launched on June 11, 2013, shortly after the two games' [[E3|E3 2013]] trailer. Like its predecessors, [[Smabura-Ken]] and the {{b|Smash Bros. DOJO!!|SSBB}}, it was periodically updated with information on the games, but unlike its predecessors, the information was shown mostly through pictures instead of text. For a short time after a character was revealed, their image links would have an "UPDATE" banner affixed. | ||
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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The language selection offered by the site includes English, Japanese, German, French, Italian and Spanish, like its predecessor Smash Bros. DOJO!!, in addition to the newly-added Portuguese, Dutch and Russian. For some languages, regional variations are available. | The language selection offered by the site includes English, Japanese, German, French, Italian and Spanish, like its predecessor Smash Bros. DOJO!!, in addition to the newly-added Portuguese, Dutch and Russian. For some languages, regional variations are available. | ||
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|{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}} || [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/aquj/index.html ''Bayonetta 2''] {{flag|Japan}} | |{{Head|Bayonetta|g=SSB4|s=16px}} || [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/wiiu/aquj/index.html ''Bayonetta 2''] {{flag|Japan}} | ||
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==Fighter Ballot== | |||
:''Main article: [[Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot]]'' | |||
[[File:FighterBallot.png|thumb|250px|Ballot webpage logo]] | |||
On April 1, 2015, the website was updated to include a new section titled '''[https://web.archive.org/web/20150404035032/https://cp.nintendo.co.jp/us/ Smash Bros. Fighter Ballot]'''. The purpose of this ballot was for regular players outside the development team to have an input on what characters should be released as DLC. Upon entering the site, the voter is given four tasks. The first is to identify their gender - male or female - then the character, their game of origin, and a brief explanation as to why the character should be included. This final section has a 500 character limit. Once every section is filled out, the voter presses the large confirm button, where the vote is submitted to a database. There is no limit to the amount of times a single person can vote, although only a single vote per person was considered valid and effected the results of the ballot.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrNWAHaKfI=207s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate [Game Concepts]]</ref> This ballot was live until October 3, 2015, where it was closed and removed from the website. Around 1.8 million valid votes were then tallied, and a winner was decided. | |||
During the [[Final Video Presentation]] on December 15, 2015, {{SSB4|Bayonetta}} was declared as the winner of the ballot. She was the #1 choice in Europe and in the top 5 in North America. She was also the #1 choice among "realizable and negotiable" characters, which was the real deciding factor. Bayonetta was released as the final ''Smash 4'' DLC fighter on February 3, 2016. The game was later datamined in June 2018, and the dataminers discovered evidence that parameters for Bayonetta were added to the game as early as version 1.0.6 on April 15, 2015, only two weeks after the ballot went live, despite not actually releasing until nearly ten months later with version 1.1.5.<ref>[https://sourcegaming.info/2018/07/03/bayo106/ Bayonetta datamine]</ref> This information suggests that Bayonetta had already been decided as a character before the ballot ended. | |||
Masahiro Sakurai would later confirm that the results were used to determine new characters in future installments of the series. Several popular characters from the Fighter Ballot were introduced as fighters in ''[[Ultimate]]'', such as {{SSBU|Banjo & Kazooie}}, {{SSBU|Ridley}}, {{SSBU|King K. Rool}}, {{SSBU|Simon}}, {{SSBU|Richter}}, {{SSBU|Chrom}}, and {{SSBU|Dark Samus}}. The overall winner of the ballot was revealed to be {{SSBU|Sora}} during Sakurai's [[Mr. Sakurai Presents#Battling with Sora|Presentation]] for the character.<ref> https://sourcegaming.info/2018/08/22/more-information-about-the-smash-direct-sakurais-famitsu-column-vol-561/</ref><ref> https://web.archive.org/web/20201026070354/https://japanesenintendo.com/2019/01/21/decidueye-almost-chosen-for-smash-in-an-interview//</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/pushdustin/status/1450855082203901954|title=Translated Famitsu column}}</ref> | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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|+ Timeline of the Super Smash Bros. 4 Official Site | |+ Timeline of the Super Smash Bros. 4 Official Site | ||
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|Reveal of {{SSB4|Roy}} and {{SSB4|Ryu}} || June 14, 2015 || Roy and Ryu were officially shown on the site. | |Reveal of {{SSB4|Roy}} and {{SSB4|Ryu}} || June 14, 2015 || Roy and Ryu were officially shown on the site. | ||
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|Removal of Fighter Ballot || October 4, 2015 || The Fighter Ballot officially closed and the section was removed from the website. | |||
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|Reveal of {{SSB4|Cloud}} || November 12, 2015 || Cloud was revealed as a downloadable playable character at the end of the Nintendo Direct shown that day. | |Reveal of {{SSB4|Cloud}} || November 12, 2015 || Cloud was revealed as a downloadable playable character at the end of the Nintendo Direct shown that day. | ||
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*In the version of the website after the international release, the first ten characters listed are ten of the original twelve (excluding Ness and Jigglypuff, who are located on the page for secret characters). The default characters are listed in the order that they are located on the character selection screen, which is the order in which they were introduced, with Luigi and Captain Falcon following Pikachu. | *In the version of the website after the international release, the first ten characters listed are ten of the original twelve (excluding Ness and Jigglypuff, who are located on the page for secret characters). The default characters are listed in the order that they are located on the character selection screen, which is the order in which they were introduced, with Luigi and Captain Falcon following Pikachu. | ||
*Despite the fact that {{SSB4|Lucina}} was revealed before Robin, as well as her trophy and Mystery Mushroom costume from ''Super Mario Maker'' being listed before his, her page on the website is listed after his. | *Despite the fact that {{SSB4|Lucina}} was revealed before Robin, as well as her trophy and Mystery Mushroom costume from ''Super Mario Maker'' being listed before his, her page on the website is listed after his. | ||
* | *Disregarding the first two ''Smash'' sites, which had no music, the ''Smash 4'' site has the least available music, at 13 tracks. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[Category:Websites]] | [[Category:Websites]] | ||
[[Category:Super Smash Bros. 4]] | [[Category:Super Smash Bros. 4]] | ||