Final Smashes aren't so Final: Sakurai goes into detail about the Final Smash

[Misto-Roboto]

Sakurai today revealed some useful information about Final Smashes today that have had some people very anxious about receiving the answer to. What’s that question? Simple, it is whether Final Smashes can be triggered by themselves without involving the other items making Final Smash much more viable within a tournament scene.

As revealed through E-4-All and many other outlets, you can’t just grab the Smash Ball. One has to hit it several times before it releases it’s “good-ness”.

After you’ve obtained the Smash Ball, you’ll emit a glowing aura around you meaning your character is ready to executes its Final Smash.

Obviously some Final Smashes are easier to pull off than others like Peach’s Final Smash which just knocks everyone unconscious and produces fruit, versus Samus’s Final Smash which is a straight power (and wide) beam.

Of course, don’t think you’re safe with a Final Smash because you got the ball. In fact, if you get hit enough, you’ll drop the ball so to speak and someone else can take hold of it.

 

On top of all this, based on a certain amount of point difference, you can be given a Final Smash for free which Sakurai calls a Pity Final Smash. One would assume this would be broken, but based on E-4-All videos the amount is kind of high to get that and if that is the case than it isn’t broken at all. No Final Smash will save you obviously, but maybe give you a free KO.

Now this most important question is answered here. Yes, Final Smashes can be turned off as well as let you decide on the frequency they show up.

[Cronius]

Made of win.

[dragoncrescent]

What about the music upate. Can anyone identify the game that's from?

[aAndy]

Thanks for confirming it =D

[Misto-Roboto]

Originally Posted by dragoncrescent

What about the music upate. Can anyone identify the game that's from?

Separate topic, but yes, he says what it is from:

[silver777]

Not bad at all.

[TheMagicalKuja]

Wate wat

This is what I get for not paying attention

Also that music is from... X?

[i rise]

a japan only gameboy game called X. made by some of the people who made starfox for the snes.

edit: and yes it is a shooting game.

[Saor Gael]

Great! Now some of the whining that "brawl will be ruined!!!111" will die down.

Say, doesn't that game box (X whatever) look similar to the rail space shooting thing in the credits on Melee? Not saying it means anything in particular, I just noticed it.

[courte]

and just when i thought samus coulnt look any awesomer

[LuiStrokes]

Originally Posted by Saor Gael

Great! Now some of the whining that "brawl will be ruined!!!111" will die down.

Say, doesn't that game box (X whatever) look similar to the rail space shooting thing in the credits on Melee? Not saying it means anything in particular, I just noticed it.

mmm true


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The update wasn't bad but wasn't good

[DraginHikari]

Originally Posted by Saor Gael

Great! Now some of the whining that "brawl will be ruined!!!111" will die down.

Heh, I wouldn't necessarily count on that.

Either way it's still interesting to see the whole information right from the source...

Really the pity smash will only come up in limited occassions so it hardly seem worth worrying about.

[Homelessvagrant]

I think the answer was common sense though. Thus I say the music saved the update.

[Misto-Roboto]

Originally Posted by Homelessvagrant

I think the answer was common sense though. Thus I say the music saved the update.

There is no such thing as common sense in a game like Smash.

[Saje]

Now, I'm one of those people who tends to take things in stride. The production of Brawl is out of my hands, so when I heard about things like Final Smashes, no wavedashing, ZSS requiring a Final Smash, etc., etc., I just continued as normal and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. I'll wait to play then form an opinion." (Well... maybe not about the ZSS thing, seems stupid to have almost an entire separate character be deactivated by an option) But pity smashes just irk me so. I do hope there's an option to leave the Smash Ball on without pity smashes...