Dr. Wright, Zelda stage revealed on Smash Bros. site
by Justin McElroy 
{ Jul 13th 2007 at 12:31PM }
Your amous bouche is the return of "the bumper" back to smashing bros after being left out of Melee. The site also has images of the Animal Crossing-themed level, called "Smashville." A bad name, to be sure, but not as bad as our own Animal Crossing town of "Milli Villagii," so we guess we're not too mad. You're also not going to wanna miss "The Bridge of Eldin" from Twilight Princess.
Also, expect to see SimCity's Dr. Wright (who was, of course, based on game designer Warren Spector) as an Assist Trophy, which you can read a little more about here. He's planning a commercial district ... and your untimely death.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Zertoss @ Jul 13th 2007 12:44PM
The Animal Crossing stage seems pretty cool. I wonder what other date/time-based elements it will have, if any. Maybe use the Weather Channel to alter the stage's weather? Maybe use the date to put seasons in this stage too, like the Yoshi's Island stage?
Also, bumpers! Man, my friends and I used to set bumpers, motion mines and Bob-ombs as the only items that would appear and at a high rate. Hilarity ensued.
jason @ Jul 13th 2007 9:49PM
sorry for the comment abuse, but i just noticed this about the stage (and its easy to miss). if you look at the pictures of the animal crossing stage you can see that the floating island hovers back and forth. so it seems like it isn't just another completely normal flat stage...
NintendoFanbot @ Jul 13th 2007 12:44PM
LMAO Warren Spector is Dr. Wright?
Cutriss @ Jul 13th 2007 12:48PM
I'm pretty sure that's sarcasm.
Everyone knows Will Wright made SimCity.
REUYL @ Jul 13th 2007 12:45PM
Smashville seals the deal for me. Now if only Tom Nook could fight with golden axe in hand...
Nushio @ Jul 13th 2007 12:48PM
Or even an Assist Trophie, I'd kill for that!
;happygolucky @ Jul 13th 2007 1:08PM
that ass head on the right...thats nintendo's preception of hitler?
JodyAnthony @ Jul 13th 2007 1:32PM
ZOMG U R KOOL.
;happygolucky @ Jul 13th 2007 1:02PM
that ass head on the right...thats nintendo's preception of hitler?
Fatass of Kickassness @ Jul 13th 2007 1:16PM
That poster above me... dosn't his spelling and sense of humor remind us of good times back in middle school?
Fatass of Kickassness @ Jul 13th 2007 1:18PM
Eh, just ignore me, guys, I'm a bit aggressive today.
;happygolucky @ Jul 13th 2007 1:38PM
lol its cool, im in middle school anyways :)
BPM @ Jul 13th 2007 7:48PM
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Platy @ Jul 13th 2007 1:24PM
lets not forget that the icon on the animal crossing stage praticaly reveals that an animal crossing char will appear in the game =3
like when they showed the yoshi icon on the music and not showed a sim city icon on wright
Zertoss @ Jul 13th 2007 1:51PM
I had the same thought. I checked Samurai Goro's assist trophy page and sure enough, the F-Zero icon is there next to his name. I think it's a given that Capt. Falcon will be returning as a playable character, so maybe this does mean there will also be a playable Animal Crossing character. Crazy.
I guess we'll see in the coming weeks. There are still plenty of weekdays between now and Dec. 3rd for things like that to be revealed.
Mr Khan @ Jul 13th 2007 3:17PM
Yes, i noticed that too
I guess i'll have to change my probability list for Brawl playables to include Tom Nook or Mr. Resetti
It wouldn't be Totakeke because he's right there in the background
Joshua @ Jul 13th 2007 3:35PM
At smashbros.com, Tom Nook can also be seen in one of the screenshots of Smashville.
amost @ Jul 13th 2007 1:33PM
if you can read the name of the town in Japanese, it's a horrible pun :p I guess they couldn't match it in english
Charron @ Jul 13th 2007 1:43PM
Do explain, I don't know Japanese.
GANNONSMASH @ Jul 13th 2007 1:54PM
I don't get it either. Please elaborate.
Joshua @ Jul 13th 2007 2:55PM
It's すま村, or "suma-mura". The Japanese name of Super Smash Bros is "Dairantou Sumasshu Burazaasu", so the shortened name (like our SSB) is "suma bura", which is made up of the first two syllables from "Sumasshu" (Smash) and "Burazaasu" (Brothers).
The pun here for the name of this stage is "suma-mura", which means "suma village/town". They changed "bu" to "mu" to basically call the level "Sma Village". The English name of "Smashville" is completely devoid of this pun, though. :P
Joshua @ Jul 13th 2007 2:58PM
Quick edit: The last part of the name of the game in Japanese is "Burazaazu", not "Burazaasu". Whoops. :P
amost @ Jul 13th 2007 3:11PM
hehe yep! what Joshua said
Sketch @ Jul 13th 2007 1:47PM
Bridge of Eldin was last week.
Justin McElroy @ Jul 13th 2007 3:31PM
Well, we hadn't covered it yet, so I wanted to make sure to include it for people who don't check the site.
hvnlysoldr @ Jul 13th 2007 3:09PM
That's right Bridge of Eldin was last Friday's. DK back as a playable character, the release date, and 15 second video is the missing update.
Fish @ Jul 13th 2007 3:24PM
Dang, I kinda wish we were beating each other around the museum or like, kicking apples off tree's and stuff to fight with... that'd be tight.
J44xm @ Jul 13th 2007 10:23PM
That the bumper can float now, flipper-like, is excellent.
Psaakyrn @ Jul 14th 2007 5:31AM
And of all the updates, you neglected to mention the short clip on the website? (More in-game previews, and other camera foolery... Most notably, Giga-browser in action, pikachu's smash in action...)