Lucas gets upstaged on his release date. Typical.
The Smash Bros live stream happened today (June 14), and if you missed any of it, we've got the full recap for you.
Here Comes the New Challengers!
The update spent some time going over Lucas, detailing his availability right now. But the big deals were the announcement of returning champion Roy and newcomer Ryu who were previously found in the game data.
Roy and Ryu will be available today, and while Roy will be available for the traditional price of $3.99 / £3.59 / €3.99 for one version and $4.99 / £4.49 / €4.99 for both, Ryu will come with a stage and retail for $5.99 / £5.39 / €5.99 for one version / $6.99 / £6.29 / €6.99 for both.
Roy is stronger than his Melee counterpart, but retains the ability to do more damage with his sword's base. The Final Smash is the Critical Hit from the Fire Emblem series.
Ryu will join the fight in the style of Street Fighter II, and his six button combat will be recreated based on how long you hold down the attack buttons. Special moves such as the Hadoken will allow for tradtional Street Fighter commands, which will be more powerful - the Shoryuken can potentially one-hit KO if executed properly. Ryu will have two Final Smashes, a Shinku Hadoken normally, and a Shin Shoryuken if right next to an opponent.
Stages
Dream Land 64 has been brought back as a stage, at a cost of $1.99 / £1.79 / €1.99 for each version or $2.99 / £2.69 / €2.99 for both. Smash 64's Hyrule Castle and Peach's Castle stages will be coming at a later date.
The Miiverse stage will be fueled by posts cheering on each character from their own Miiverse community, and will be available for free.
Ryu's Suzaku Castle stage will come to the game as well. The right side is more stable, while there are shorter platforms on the left side. The Wii U version will feature remixes of Ryu and Ken's themes
Tourney Mode And More
The tournament mode will release in August, and will include timed community tournaments and single elimination modes.
Uploading replays to YouTube, in the style of Mario Kart TV, will also be coming in a future update and will prevent replays from being lost after game updates. (The Nintendo World Report Smash tournament committee has taken note of this development.)
Mii Fighter Costumes
Wave 2 of the Smash Mii costumes includes Mega Man Battle Network/X costumes (MegaMan.Exe and Zero), Isabelle from Animal Crossing as a gunner, the Splatoon Inkling Boy / Girl, a Squid Hat, Jacky and Akira from the Virtua Fighter series and Heihachi from Tekken. Splatoon trophies have also been added to the game.
All costumes will be $0.75 / £0.69 / €0.79 for one version or $1.15 / £1.09 / €1.19 starting today.
UPDATE: North America and Europe have a bundle for all content announced today (three fighters, two stages, all of the Mii outfits). A single version's pack will cost US$21.96 / C$27.88 / £19.88 / €22,28, while you can get both versions together for US$29.16 / C$37.08 / £26.68 / €29,48.
Mii Amiibo Announced: Wave 6 Confirmed
ROB, Duck Hunt, Game and Watch, Falco and the Mii Fighters will release in September for North America along with Ganon, Zero Suit Samus, Dr. Mario, and Olimar. Eventually, all Smash Bros characters will have Amiibo including the DLC characters.
The ROB Amiibo for North America / Europe will be different than the one for Japan; the NA/EU one will be modeled in NES colors while Japan's will be modeled in Famicom colors. All versions of the Game and Watch Amiibo will come with different numbers to replicate his attacks.
If you missed it, the video is available here: