Update #155: Spectator

[8bitretroshit]

My guess is the one with the long ponytail is some queer looking FE hero. e: It's this guy

The one left of Toad looks like either Snake or Gray Fox to me. e: And it is. Gray Fox.

[Flip]

Cool idea. I wonder how this will affect, say, gamer culture around Super Bowl time? ;p

[rukifellth]

Haha, that's a cool thought. Bah, hopefully there'll be a character announcment next week...

[TV Eye]

Hmm, it's an alright update...nothing special really.

[wanderingshadow]

Spectating doesn't excite me the way I had hoped to be excited. At least you can bet coins and get prizes.

[Smashchu]

Not bad. Better then most of the stuff this week. Interesting, but not ground breaking.

[Spud]

But then you should be able to enter wii codes and watch all your favorite Brawlers.
Strange update.

[Deleted]

What the hell? It must be Blow the Rookies week, because this is only second to the Meta Knight Moves update in lame. Seriously--taunting, handicap mode and now a mode where you watch other people play instead of playing yourself? Balls to this, I say, this is officially the worst week of Brawl updates ever. XD

Like DiU said, it's fitting.

[Smashchu]

sgtmajorkururu said:

What the hell? It must be Blow the Rookies week, because this is only second to the Meta Knight Moves update in lame. Seriously--taunting, handicap mode and now a mode where you watch other people play instead of playing yourself? Balls to this, I say, this is officially the worst week of Brawl updates ever. XD

Like DiU said, it's fitting.

Yeah. I'd have to agree. It's nice, but by no means saves the week.

[Flip]

The game WAS supposed to be out incredibly soon in Japan. And since the updates are prepared five weeks in advance...

Is it five weeks SINCE the announced delay? Then we might see some interesting updates, to cover additional ground. Orrrrrrr it could follow my original theory that updates would just STOP at this point, to "put finishing touches on the game." He totally pulled that with Melee... I think.

[MasterZ]

This update is actualy pretty cool. You can see the tecniques of other people and use them yourself. Plus, you could get to see some pretty epic battles!

[Savage Adam]

I actually kinda like this. Better than anything else this week anyway.

But this creates a bigger mystery. Why would coins be so important that you would bet them? Any theories on that?

P.S. Yay Silver! Think he'll be an AT?

[Da Robot]

fliptroopa said:

The game WAS supposed to be out incredibly soon in Japan. And since the updates are prepared five weeks in advance...

Is it five weeks SINCE the announced delay? Then we might see some interesting updates, to cover additional ground. Orrrrrrr it could follow my original theory that updates would just STOP at this point, to "put finishing touches on the game." He totally pulled that with Melee... I think.

Actually it could have already happened, it takes the info is sent to NOA "3 to 5 weeks" in advance accoarding to this MTV article.

Bihldorff is also in charge of the Smash Brothers Dojo, a blog from "Brawl" creator Masahiro Sakurai. That entails Bihldorff getting "chunks" of text bit by bit from Japan, about three or five weeks before they are ready to be published, and then making sure they are translated, written smoothly and passed on for any further translation needed by Nintendo of Europe

This quote below is also quite interesting.

The rest of Bihldorff's "Smash" duties include confirming the language for the game's gallery of trophies, rewards that commemorate characters and moments from Nintendo history and the history of the "Metal Gear" and "Sonic" series. (That compels him to play a lot of old games: "It's a little bit easier in this day and age because of YouTube," he said. "If I want to see the boss battle for something, I can go find it online. Maybe I'm just masochistic, but part of me likes doing the legwork and actually experiencing those games myself because I know Sakurai-san did too."

So people who uploaded VG footage from the past have been helping on Smash Bros . . .

[Captain Walrus]

Well it wasn't quite "You can change colors" but alternate costumes are being shown for the first time (on the Dojo), so I win.

I'll probably watch a couple matches, mainly for the betting feature. But this was a terrible, terrible week of updates.

[Smashchu]

fliptroopa said:

The game WAS supposed to be out incredibly soon in Japan. And since the updates are prepared five weeks in advance...

Is it five weeks SINCE the announced delay? Then we might see some interesting updates, to cover additional ground. Orrrrrrr it could follow my original theory that updates would just STOP at this point, to "put finishing touches on the game." He totally pulled that with Melee... I think.

The dalay was announced Oct. 12th so it's been 5 weeks. However, we would have felt the effects earlier as he's know about the delay for a while.

As far as closing the site, we'll have to see. The Melee site updated on a weekly bases with no hiccups, but it was never delayed. It could very well end and start back up again. I think we'll have to see how it plays out. I just hope to see Falcon.

EDIT:
Spectator kind of seems sucky if you dont know the names of whos playing. Why would I watch noobs on wifi when I could just go on youtube and watch some pro matches (im guessing there will be some pro footage or brawl a few months following its release)
Guess who said that?