Talk:Super Smash Bros. Ultimate/Archive 1

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Day 1 notes

Various miscellaneous observations while I'm at work:

• The official website (smashbros.com) is now reworked into a site for the Switch installment with a layout similar to the 3DS/Wii U site. The old SSB4 content seems to be moved to a new subdomain but isn't live there yet (check the bottom right corner).
• Sakurai tweeted out the announcement trailer but his specific level of involvement is not yet confirmed.
• We should be cautious with identifying characters from their silhouettes in the trailer; they're probably obvious but we should hedge accordingly ("silhouettes resembling X, Y, and Z are in the trailer" as opposed to "X, Y, and Z are confirmed playable").

Sorry for the impromptu notes here, but I thought they should be noted somewhere and I can't be on Discord to coordinate at the moment. Miles (talk) 18:02, 8 March 2018 (EST)

the link is just bugged Serpent  King 18:08, 8 March 2018 (EST)

Sakurai's involvement is confirmed apparently. 24.12.185.109 19:26, 8 March 2018 (EST)

Protect page?

For... obvious reasons, full protection might be in order here. I believe we full-protected the SSB4 articles before release, so we should do the same for SSB Switch. Bwburke94 (talk) 18:49, 8 March 2018 (EST)

I feel like full protection wouldn't be necessary as of right now (considering nothing problematic has happened yet in terms of edit warring), and the page as it is right now was basically created by non-admins. If people started repeatedly adding false information, then protection would probably be necessary. Awesome Cardinal 2000 18:56, 8 March 2018 (EST)

Fucks Sake It Is A New Instalment And Link Is In His Breath Of The Wild Design

It Is Smash 5 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 92.232.74.131 (talk • contribs) 20:38, 8 March 2018 (EST)

We appreciate the thought, but this is improper use of a talk page. Aidan, the Rurouni 22:39, 8 March 2018 (EST)

"whether this is a new title or a port of a previous game is unknown"

So, based on the nature of the release trailer, Sakurai's tweets, and zero lack of indication otherwise, would it be safe to assume that this is a completely new game and not a reinstallment of an old game on the Switch? (The News template has this line and I think it's unnecessary.) Awesome Cardinal 2000 02:23, 9 March 2018 (EST)

Given that the idea of Smash on Switch being an extended version of the 3DS/Wii U version has been very common among fans for a long time (influenced by the number of other Wii U ports that have functioned similarly such as Tropical Freeze, MK8, Pokken, even Captain Toad as of this Direct), I feel it's a warranted statement of ambiguity until we see actual gameplay. Miles (talk) 02:53, 9 March 2018 (EST)

I think it is important for us to see more before we say it's not a port. If we are even willing to say Inklings are not offically confirmed as playable, then why not be as careful overall? It likely could be in a grey area- perhaps with the Smash 4 engine and such. RobSir zx 08:09, 9 March 2018 (EST)

We don't have to explicitly say that it isn't a port, but because there's no evidence to indicate that it is, we shouldn't introduce the conflict as though there is evidence for both sides. 73.147.234.34 20:46, 10 March 2018 (EST)

Second longest gap between games

I think this trivia should be removed for a number of reasons:

1. We haven't officially confirmed that it is a new game and not just a port. If we're including ports, it would be the third gap, as the shortest gap is between for 3DS and for Wii U, only two months.
2. Second out of four isn't particularly notable.
3. It hasn't been released yet and Smash Bros. is notorious for being delayed, which could make the gap closer to if not longer than Brawl to SSB4's six-year one.

TheNuttyOne (talk) 20:35, 10 March 2018 (EST)