Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U are two upcoming games, both the fourth in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Samus Aran, along with veteran fighters Mario, Bowser, Donkey Kong, Link, Kirby, Fox, Pikachu, Pit, Olimar, Luigi, Peach, Toon Link and Sonic have been confirmed to be returning as playable characters, and new playable characters currently include Villager from Animal Crossing, Mega Man from the series of the same name, and Wii Fit Trainer from Wii Fit. At this time, it is unclear if Zero Suit Samus is returning, although the Zero Laser appears to be present. The Geothermal Power Plant, known as Pyrosphere will appear in this game as a stage. This will be the second instance it has appeared as a stage in a fighting game, after Dead or Alive: Dimensions. It is also implied an enemy of Samus', such as Ridley will be present as a stage hazard or playable character. Samus' appearance is now based off of her Metroid: Other M appearance, unlike the earlier games which took her looks from Super Metroid.

Samus Aran
Director, Masahiro Sakurai had this to say about developing Samus in previous games:

"For example, look at Samus. She's sort of floaty [in Super Smash Bros.]. The reason we've represented her that way is we've taken some of the inspiration from the original Metroid. I think the reason Samus felt floaty in the game is becasue you have to jump so much, you have to have a certain level of accuracy while you're jumping and shooting. By enabling her to be floaty, you're slowing down that motion allowing for better accuracy in her shooting. At least, that's how I interpret why she was floaty in the original game.

"What's important about that is realizing why Samus moves the way she does," Sakurai explained, "not just saying, 'This is how she moved in a previous game, so we're going to represent that because that's the way she's always been.' I have to really go and think about it all again before I give her that representation. It's making sure we understand that and using the same logic in creating her in this world."

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Super Smash Bros. WiiU/3DS