
Eric Frederiksen:
"As we enter July, we are effectively one month away from the finalized version of Super Smash Bros. being released on the Nintendo 3DS. We currently sit at 33 playable character representing almost all of Nintendo’s most prosperous and popular franchises."
Game developer Hideki Kamiya talks about Bayonetta in the Smash Bros. games.

All of the Super Smash Bros. games are incredible, but which one stands as the mightiest of them all and has the best modes?
To me smash brows Melee is my all time favorite. I can't tell you how many hours I played that game between friends and family. When I was a kid, my parents couldn't afford a gaming console so I had to go somewhere that had an arcade like setup with the only difference being instead of arcade cabinets, they had big screen crt TV's and gaming consoles setup. I would go with my friends on special occasions after school or with my family on the weekends.
I would meet and make new friends at that place as we were all gamers and we also brought our game boys and would trade pokemon. I don't think those places exist these days but back then, it was easy to meet like-minded people and have fun for hours.
Well, I’ll add my extremely subjective ranking too. I won’t include the 3DS version as I don’t owned it. I did play it for a few minutes though.
5. Brawl.
4. N64 Smash
3. Ultimate
2. Wiiu Smash
1. Melee

VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "While the future of Smash Bros. has been uncertain for a while - whether Nintendo will build on Ultimate or bring us a new entry entirely - within all likelihood a new Nintendo system still means something new for Smash Bros. is on the horizon, and that something will almost certainly include new fighters, however many or few. While this might be the gaming article equivalent of putting up Christmas decorations in October, it’s never too early to start speculations when it comes to Smash Bros. before two thirds of everything inevitably gets leaked ahead of time. Keep in mind that this is not a list of predictions for future newcomers, though a few could perhaps fit in that same category, but rather a small list of the characters that in this writer’s humble opinion are overdue an appearance in the gaming crossover to end all crossovers."
I really wish Nintendo would just announce Captain Falcon already. It's the one thing stopping me from buying the game and really don't want to wait until release to see if I should pick it up or not. ~_~
Ness, Captain Falcon & Jigglypuff those are the most important characters missing.
There's a ton of characters missing, if Cap F isnt in the game I'll flip out!
The game in general needs more characters then the last game, at least all the old ones.
What's that Captain Falcon picture a screenshot of? Is it just a Brawl hack?
They had better not cut Jigglypuff. Her Rest move makes her way too awesome and fun a character to get rid of.
Why so much Ice Climbers hate? Just why?
Characters I'm almost certain about: Captain Falcon, Ganondorf, Ness, Mr. Game and Watch, and Ice Climbers.
Maybe: Wario, Jigglypuff, and Falco.
I don't see Mewtwo making the return. I think Nintendo has passed that spot to Greninja. And since Waluwigi is confirmed for assist trophy, Wario at the very least has to get that.