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Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

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SSBB in 2023 | Thursday, 03.09.2023

Remember when Super Smash Bros. Brawl came out in North America exactly 15 years ago? Exclusively a Wii-only game, it features an original Adventure Mode, online multiplayer via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (no longer available after May 20, 2014), and best of all, the introduction of third-party fighters like Solid Snake (Konami) & Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega) in the game's large fighter roster.

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Kid Icarus: Uprising protagonists itabag (not a shipping bag! Heart because I like them lol)

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Slightly losing it at these screens from the latest Masahiro Sakurai on Making Games (which by the way is a treasure trove of a channel that you should check out if you’re at all interested)

[fganniversaries]

8 years ago today, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was released as a Nintendo Wii U exclusive at JP. It was developed by Bandai Namco/Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo.

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Gothic mini-dresses ༒ I: Sora Choi’s street style II: Daisy LTD III: Marina Eerrie IV: Vera Wang SS17

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PictoChat // Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

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How does Sakurai keep aging backwards??

Watching the latest Masahiro Sakurai YouTube video and

how does this man keep aging backwards. He looks significantly younger now than he did when I was watching his Smash Ultimate reveal videos a few years ago. I'm actually comparing videos now and it's not just me misremembering what he looked like back then, he legitimately looked a decade older in his Smash for 3DS/Wii U videos compared to today. How does he do it?

Now, these example images are far from perfect, I wasn't planning on making this post so this is kind of a quickie. Still, am I crazy, or does Sakurai look far younger today than he did 4 years ago? (I'm aware the quality of the modern photo is far better than the first, but the hat's not on me there; the Smash Bros videos just had less resolution than is seen now on Sakurai's personal YT channel. Weird.)

I've noticed a few distinct ways in which he looks significantly better now:

His skin looks noticeably more youthful. His laugh lines seem to have all but vanished, and his face appears to have significantly more healthy colour to it. The difference appears slight in this photo comparison, but in some older videos from the 3DS/Wii U era it's much clearer. He looks significantly less pale now, and any lines that were present on his face have seemingly disappeared.

This one is more obvious: his eyebags are gone! He's clearly sleeping far better now. The difference is night and day.

Again, not too noticeable from the pictures given, but Sakurai's hair seems to be smoother, glossier and darker than it used to be. Perhaps he's dyed it or is using different products now, but it looks far healthier and youthful now, and that's not even to say it looked bad before. He's always had great hair (and has never been bad-looking in any field), but it's really shining nowadays.

idk why I'm even making this post. In all likelihood, he's just far less stressed nowadays without Smash Ultimate and Covid to worry about. Still, I think it was worth pointing out. Masahiro Sakurai looks phenomenal. Again, not to imply he's ever looked bad. He's always been, in my opinion at least, quite an attractive man. I also understand that this post may come across as creepy or obsessed, but I haven't watched any Sakurai content since high school, in which my friend group was heavily Smash-oriented and we kept up with the development and new character additions like other men do sports. In an unorthodox way, Masahiro Sakurai was a huge part of my teenage years. I idolized him back then, and I'd still consider him a man worth looking up to; his passion for his craft is damn near unmatched. If every big name gave developer cared as much about the art they were creating as Sakurai, the entire gaming scene would be so, so much better.

This is an appreciation post, I suppose, as well as just me being happy a guy I followed closely a few years ago now seems to be doing better than ever. I get that he was and still is a multimillionaire, but back in the day he was working himself to the bone. I mean, passing out at work, winding up in the hospital, and then going right back to work with a IV drip in his arm?? He's clearly worked extremely, unhealthily hard to gain his wealth. I'm glad he's visibly less stressed out nowadays, and austounded at how much better he looks. There's graceful aging, and then there's Masahiro Sakurai. He's 52, and works like a coked-out mule with a sick kid at home and a debt to the mob, yet despite all this I wouldn't think he's a day over 30. You fucking go, Sakurai.

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Hc that the reason Brawl plays generally slower than the other games is because the events of Subspace Emissary screwed with/destabilized the fabric of reality and put many things off track, including tears between dimensions (which is how Snake could become the first 3rd party character followed by Sonic) as well as gravity, which then balanced itself out by the time of Sm4th and Ultimate.

And while we’re at it, the conspicuous undefined canyon area we keep seeing in the following games (like Megaman‘s trailer but also happens to be the exact place Kirby crash-lands after Ultimate) is one of the places that got nuked by the subspace void bombs during SE, leaving a highly unstable reality behind after the void bubble went away. That’s why new characters tend to be near or in it, and how Kirby could escape the thanos-ing of the entire multiverse, because the place technically exists between them.

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'Super Smash Bros. Brawl' was released on the Nintendo Wii 16 years ago today in Japan.

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Justice for All ~ Origins of the Ink Demon Pt. 7

"Somewhere around the Sega/Sonic Team Multiverse"

[PSO STAGE : Subterranean Desert]

Penny Crygor (via communicator) : Hey, Ash! How's the Communication device that is working?

Ashley : Pretty stable! But I'm sure this secret way through this area might be the access to the fictional city that Shinra built. Only way to get to his former hometown is through the PSO stage : Subterranean Desert.

Penny Crygor (via communicator) : Are you sure? But this area doesn't look safe. It's kinda...dangerous and spooky. But be careful out there, there's lots of enemies in the area, booby traps set within all areas, and oh, watch out for the quicksands. They could be very trick with these kind of enemies. And did you say, Shinigami used to head this way or what?

Ashley : Doesn't seem like it. It's probably the only way to get to Nevada's fictional town. Trust me, I know how to travel each of their universe within third-party access from all database. It's what the data of we think that is necessary of traveling inside this old 2004 online game that was abandoned by Sega. So once that's clear, we can finally to where the access to the fictional town of Nevada is. Understand, Penny? If I return home and you keep an eye on the mansion, you might get to lick my feet. Don't even mention it.

Penny Crygor (via communicator) : Okay, I'll do good this time. I'll keep an eye out on the mansion once there are any intruders or robbers trying to break into the mansion.

Ashley : Okay, got it.

Penny Crygor (via communicator): Hai! Penny out!

[Underworld ~Equilibrium - Hideaki Kobayashi]

Ashley : Okay, listen up. We have to get to the main access to the World Heroes Force Organization compound, It shoudl lead us to where we are heading towards that direction. This should be easy, and would be a piece of cake.

Kimial Diehl : Good thinking, partner! We should get this on the road! Kaguya, are you with us?

Kaguya : I'm ready when you are!

Kimial Diehl : Ashley?

Ashley : Lock and loaded!

Kimial Diehl : Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupre! Get ready! Cause it's weapon wielding time!....Hello, earth to Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupre. What's going on here?

Jacqueline O'Lantern Dupre : [snapping her fingers] Umm...I don't know I'm ready to turn myself into something. But I think the demon weapon power system isn't working anymore.

Kimial Diehl : Say what? Now I'm beginning to understand I can't wield her as a weapon anymore. Jacqueline, what happen to your "Turning weapon-ability"? And you just snapping your fingers?

Jacqueline O'Lantern Durpre : [continues to snap fingers rapidly] Huh? What the...? Oh no! My ability to turn into a weapon, it's not here! The Demon Weapon power system! What happened?! What happened to the Demon Weapon Power system!? Where's my form as a lamp!? Where's my incredible weapon superpowers!? What does a human do in this kind of situation and is now weaponless and powerless!? What the heck am I going to--[magically snap fingers to unleash a fiery explosion] What the-? I can use my pyrokinetic techinques by snapping fingers magically? Where did I even get that from? [looks at her hands showing to be wearing Roy's gloves] Oh crap! I've must've lost my demon weapon powers! The Power System ain't working anymore!

Penny Crygor (via communication) : Oh crud is right! It looks like the Demon Weapon Power System is beginning to fade rapidly, and the meisters that wielded them is becoming ordinary humans with magic or superpowers!

Kimial Diehl : Then what's become of that?!

Penny Crygor (via communication) : Let's just say that the world of Soul Eater is almost fading into darkness, and growing really fast because of everyone's hatred against witches! We better hurry!

Ashley : Right! Come on, guys! The world of Soul Eater is being fallen into darkness, we must get on their time before we are surrounded by the enemies.

Kimial Diehl : Enemies? What enemies? I don't see any enemies. They're probably not even here, it's only just us. So let's get ourselves a move...[record scratch heard] on? [she pauses as it is revealed that the gang are surrounded by Subterranean Desert monsters]

Ashley : You just had to say that sooner.

Kimial Diehl : Uh-oh...

Goran : ....[outbursts] "ATTACK"!!!

Ashley : We gotta defeat those baddies first! Let's get roasting!

Gang : Roger!

"Meanwhile..."

[Whistle Blowing]

Marie Mjolnir : Okay, girls! skinny dipping lessons over! Please get dressed at the locker room when you're ready to get out. And remember, no goofing around.

Maka : Well, I'm not too late. I just hope that it was a minor set back.

Tsubaki : Hey, Maka. Where have you been? You just missed Skinny Dipping Practice. I've been worried that you might be sick or something

Maka : I had some minor set back at Nintendo. Got a little conversation with those guys.

Tsubaki : Hey, about what happened back at that company or the studio, I heard what happened to your mother on that day, and I felt sorry that if she was divorced or something. But listen to me, there's was something wrong about the picture. You see, Maka. I don't think you were really an american or japanese that was born from around these parts, and that birth certificate that your father has, turned out to be a fake.

Maka : My birth certificate from Nevada was a fake? What place was I even born at? A hospital? A clinic? or the house?

Tsubaki : I think there was a notice situation that you aren't from around these parts, and I suggest that I found the "real" birth certificate that was locked in a safe. And cracked the code to open it. [gives the "Real" birth certificate to her] This is your "real" birth certificate.

Maka : My "real" birth certificate? That is what you're thinking now? I wonder what this is? [looks at her birth certificate] No...It can't be! This is my "Real" Birth certificate? it's japanese! And my birth place? Is it really Tokyo?

Tsubaki : Not sure? Whether it's Nevada or Tokyo, I bet the birthplace you were born in was the sanctuary, the place you grew up on! That's real reason that you never met us on that day. The masked man kept you in that place for so long, and never got the chance to meet Soul as a kid.

Maka : What?

Tsubaki : Yep. Sorry you had to hear that, but I do believe that a masked man who turned your mother into a female Phanto. His name was Master Phanto.

[THUD!]

Maka : No...No...[shivers and shrugs] Why was I even born? What was my purpose? What am I living for? I...I don't want to end up like her. Not like this! No, never!

Tsubaki : Maka! Maka! Oh this is bad! She's overreacting!

Marie Mjolnir : Maka! You girls! Go get help!

Liz and Patty : Okay! [the two runs off]

Tsubaki : [v.o] Master Phanto...Just why does he want it with Maka that badly? And now there is the reason truth is only the beginning to seeking those answers, whether we end up as a loco madman like Asura or end up as a heartless, channeling the anger and fuel our hatred.

~ Twenty-Second Scene : Family of Lies ~

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Masahiro Sakurai Unveils "Creating Games" YouTube Channel

Masahiro Sakurai Unveils “Creating Games” YouTube Channel

Masahiro Sakurai is a well known and highly praised figure in the world of video games. He has worked on iconic game series like Kirby and Super Smash Bros and has always gone above and beyond to give his fans what they want in his games. Sakurai is not the kind of guy to sit still and is always doing things to stay active in the gaming community, be it his weekly column in Famitsu Magazine or…

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Dark Pit itabag

Same exact bag as Rottytops, just swap the insert

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SUPER SMASH BROTHERS!!!

Hello!!! I'm here to announce a Super Smash Bros. bracket! However, this is no ordinary bracket!

You, yes, YOU all will be sending in characters that YOU want to be in the next Super Smash Bros. game! This is a Smash Ballot! And it's utterly unaffiliated with Sora Ltd. or Nintendo and purely for fun, so now they can't sue!

How this will work is you send in your character to the form! Then, when I think we've gotten enough contestants, we START A FULL BRACKET! This will run until there is only one winner! And that will be the character Tumblr, as a whole, wants in the new Smash Brothers!

RULES:

The character must be from a video game to begin with! No Gokus or Spider-men or Darth Vaders!

That's it!!

You can find the submission form HERE! If you want it as a standalone link, HERE!

EDIT: SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!!!

Special thanks to: @officialweezerelections, @nonbinaryswagsmackdown, @rgb-trio-tournament, and A LOT of others I can't really remember the name of!

Let's go! Send in your nominations!

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8 years ago today, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was originally released as a Wii U exclusive at NA. It was developed by Bandai Namco/Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo.

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KOKIA in flashback - 2019

KOKIA continues her 20th anniversary celebrations in 2019. The DVD release Journey to Me compliments last year's retrospective Bird Watching in that it only covers her performances from the year before, so the anniversary that Bird Watching was leading up to. Her March concerts are fittingly called Graduation, as she graduated from the 20 years before, and looks towards the future.

On April 29, her 21th anniversary and thus the end of her 20th anniversary year, KOKIA releases  ALIVE - The live history -, her first live best-of album, with the limited first edition in an LP-sized jacket (it still has CDs in it, not an LP). For the first time, KOKIA holds a live stream today: her LINE Live, in which she performs and chats about the album ánd her first book, Happii ryoku ('happy power'). It's about child rearing, which KOKIA now has experience with as Leo is turning 3 years old this year. The theme kind of carries over as she also releases her first ever picture book, Mama no daijisan (My life with my precious), with text in both English and Japanese. Finally, she releases her second jazz album, Watching from Above vol. 2, once again featuring Leo on the cover.

KOKIA also brings back her 2016 concert LAYERS, although this time, she brings it over to Shanghai!

◆ Lives and events ◆

January 1

New year concert 2019 KOKIA with super 5 ~Passion＋Technique＋Heart＝WOW~ (Tokyo, Suntory Hall Blue Rose)   ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: KOKIA with super 5)

March 2

KOKIA ~ongaku o kudaru basho~ Vol. 2 ('The place where music falls') (Nagano, Yatsugatake Kogen Music Hall) (Promotion: Yatsugatake 2019)

March 28-March 29 KOKIA Graduation ~finally I can be KOKIA~ (Shibuya Cultural Center Owada, Denshou Hall) (Promotion: KOKIA Graduation 2019)

April 29 Live best album ALIVE release commemorative special program LINE LIVE ※ First ever live broadcast via LINE LIVE (Promotion: Line Live 2019)

June 29-June 30 KOKIA visuals and music music in the air (Tokyo, sonorium) ※ 2 performances on both days (Promotion: music in the air 2019)

July 13-July 14 KOKIA 2019 LAYERS in Shanghai (Shanghai Himalayas Center Daguan Theatre) (Promotion: Shanghai Layers 2019)

August 3 KOKIA 2019 Ikimono no ongakukai with ikimono ('concert of living beings') (TOKYO FM Hall)  ※ Two performances in 1 day. The afternoon portion was a concert that could be attended by parents with pre-school children. (Promotion: ikimono no ongakkai 2019)

September 7 KOKIA 2019 Watching from Above (NAGOYA Blue Note)  ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: Nagoya Blue Note 2019)

October 19 KOKIA Go back in time (Billboard Live OSAKA) ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: Billboard Osaka 2019)

November 4 KOKIA Aki no utakai~omoi uta ('Autumn song party~songs of thoughts') (Tokyo, Haremame (Haretara sora ni mame maite) ※ 2 performances in 1 day (Promotion: haremame autumn 2019)

December 25-December 26

KOKIA Chapel concert 2019 Prayers (Tokyo, Shinagawa Church Gloria Chapel) (Promotion: Shinagawa Church 2019)

◆ Releases ◆

March 28 Release of the DVD Journey to Me (anco&co.) ※ With her first performance in Paris in 8 years at the center, this is a video collection chasing after KOKIA for a year as she ran through her 20th anniversary year. (Journey to Me)

April 29 Release of live best-of album ALIVE -The live history- (Victor Entertainment) ※Hand-picked selection of audio recordings from concerts from 2010 to 2018, making her first live best-of release as the last cherry on top of her 20th anniversary memorial year. The first edition limited release comes in an Anniversary LP-sized jacket. (Alive the Live History)

June 12 Digital release in Korea and China of the live album ALIVE

September 7 Release of the jazz cover album Watching from Above vol.2 (anco&co.) (Watching from Above volume 2)

◆ Books ◆

May 23 Release of the book Happii ryoku, oyako no 'happii' o sodateru ('Happy Power - Raising 'happii' parents and children') (ASA Publishing Co.,Ltd.) ※ KOKIA's first book (Happii ryoku)

August 9 Release of picture book Mama no daijisan (My life with my precious) (Shufu to seikatsu sha Co., Ltd.) ※ KOKIA's first picture book. Advance sale at the concert venue of her August 3 performance, Ikimono no ongakukai ('concert of living beings'). (Mama no daijisan)

◆ Other ◆

June~ In-train advertisements for cocochia in the Mita and Oeda subway lines ※ Ads for cocochia, the organic product brand KOKIA has been modeling for with her son since 2018, are pasted in the trains of Mita and Oeda subway lines over the priority seats. (Promotion: cocochia)