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Join the Battle Any Time, Anywhere in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DSREDMOND, Wash. --(Business Wire)-- With a staggering number of new modes, collectibles, characters and moves, the Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS game brings a massive new entry in the beloved Super Smash Bros. series to the Nintendo 3DS hand-held system. On Oct. 3, players will get to experience the epic battles, glorious multiplayer and vast secrets the Super Smash Bros. series is known for...all in the palms of their hands. With Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, players will get to experience the epic battles, glorious multiplayer and vast secrets the Super Smash Bros. series is known for...all in the palms of their hands. The action-packed game launches for Nintendo 3DS on Oct. 3. (Photo: Business Wire) Looking at a Super Smash Bros. character-select screen is like staring into a family tree of gaming's most prestigious video game lineage. Featuring a roster of dozens of video games' greatest heroes and villains, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS ups the game with more playable characters than ever before. Familiar favorites like Mario, Link, Samus and Pikachu make a return, but are now joined by newcomers such as the Villager from Animal Crossing, Little Mac from the Punch-Out!! series and Wii Fit Trainer. With such a wide range of characters covering generations of systems and franchises, a previously unheard-of battle between iconic characters like Mario, Sonic the Hedgehog, Mega Man and PAC-MAN can actually happen. "The wait is over," said Scott Moffitt, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing. "With Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, the renowned franchise has found a portable home, offering an exclusive experience that lets players take the fight with them wherever they go." Even though Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is a hand-held game, there's nothing small about it. The game features an astonishing amount of modes, ranging from multiplayer battles that can be played locally or online for players with a wireless broadband Internet connection, to a wide-reaching variety of single-player experiences. Some of the modes in the game include:
Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 3DS can be purchased in stores or the Nintendo eShop on the Nintendo 3DS family of systems on Oct. 3 at a suggested retail price of $39.99. Players who want to practice their skills before purchasing the game can try out a free demo for Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, which is now available in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo 3DS. A Nintendo Network ID is required to download the demo. For more information about Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS, visit http://www.smashbros.com/us/. Remember that Nintendo 3DS features parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about this and other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/3ds. About Nintendo: The worldwide pioneer in the creation of interactive entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets hardware and software for its Wii U™ and Wii™ home consoles, and Nintendo 3DS™ and Nintendo DS™ families of portable systems. Since 1983, when it launched the Nintendo Entertainment System™, Nintendo has sold more than 4.2 billion video games and more than 670 million hardware units globally, including the current-generation Wii U, Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL, as well as the Game Boy™, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, Nintendo DSi™ and Nintendo DSi XL™, Super NES™, Nintendo 64™, Nintendo GameCube™ and Wii systems. It has also created industry icons that have become well-known, household names such as Mario™, Donkey Kong™, Metroid™, Zelda™ and Pokémon™. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, please visit the company's website at http://www.nintendo.com. Note to editors: Nintendo press materials are available at http://press.nintendo.com, a password-protected site. To obtain a login, please contact Deanna Avila at 213-438-8742 or [email protected]. Users can receive instant Nintendo information by subscribing to the site's RSS feed. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20141002005212/en/ |