Yesterday, a handful of screenshots showing Solid Snake in action managed to make it out from Konami's presentation at the Tokyo Game Show. And, expectedly, today's SmashBros.com update capitalizes on that momentum by finally revealing Snake's official profile.
Snake's moveset is based largely on using explosives. Missiles, grenades, even a rocket launcher and buried mines – if it's military, and it blows up, it's part of Snake's arsenal. His Side + B Special Move is a remote-controlled missile, which you can guide through the air after it's fired. Snake himself remains unguarded and vulnerable while the missile's in flight, though, so beware of enemy sneak attacks. His Neutral B will be a hand grenade, which he can throw forward at three different ranges. He can also just carry it around and have it blow up in his hand if he really wants to.
An unmanned airborne surveillance vehicle called a Cypher is used for Snake's Up + B recovery move. He pulls the propeller-powered, disc-shaped saucer out of nowhere and jets straight up into the sky. He'll likely be able to float back down to earth afterward, as well, in a manner similar to Peach's umbrella boost.
Sakurai also saw fit to provide a Music update today as well, with a soundtrack piece based on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4. Interestingly, this remixed track will be a part of Brawl months before the standard version of the same song is available in the actual MGS4, since it's not due out on the PS3 until 2008. We'll have it added into our Music section as an mp3 download later on today, so check back for that.
We haven't seen a whole lot of representation for Pokemon's fourth generation yet, so it's good to have another confirmation that another one of that franchise's most modern monsters will be making an appearance. This time it's Piplup, the Water-type starter from the Sinnoh Region, and one of the three choices players have to begin their journeys in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl on the DS.
Piplup will appear on stage and use the Surf attack, which generates a wash of water that the little penguin will then ride around on. Anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in the path of the wave will get swept away along with it, right over the edge of the stage and into the abyss below. Piplup's confirmation suggests that the other two starters from Diamond and Pearl, the Fire-type Chimchar and the Grass-type Turtwig, might also appear as Poke Ball Pokemon. Or maybe their evolved forms – anybody else want to see Infernape take the stage and heat things up with a Blaze Kick or two?
much more on the FAQ here
Snake's moveset is based largely on using explosives. Missiles, grenades, even a rocket launcher and buried mines – if it's military, and it blows up, it's part of Snake's arsenal. His Side + B Special Move is a remote-controlled missile, which you can guide through the air after it's fired. Snake himself remains unguarded and vulnerable while the missile's in flight, though, so beware of enemy sneak attacks. His Neutral B will be a hand grenade, which he can throw forward at three different ranges. He can also just carry it around and have it blow up in his hand if he really wants to.
An unmanned airborne surveillance vehicle called a Cypher is used for Snake's Up + B recovery move. He pulls the propeller-powered, disc-shaped saucer out of nowhere and jets straight up into the sky. He'll likely be able to float back down to earth afterward, as well, in a manner similar to Peach's umbrella boost.
Sakurai also saw fit to provide a Music update today as well, with a soundtrack piece based on the upcoming Metal Gear Solid 4. Interestingly, this remixed track will be a part of Brawl months before the standard version of the same song is available in the actual MGS4, since it's not due out on the PS3 until 2008. We'll have it added into our Music section as an mp3 download later on today, so check back for that.
We haven't seen a whole lot of representation for Pokemon's fourth generation yet, so it's good to have another confirmation that another one of that franchise's most modern monsters will be making an appearance. This time it's Piplup, the Water-type starter from the Sinnoh Region, and one of the three choices players have to begin their journeys in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl on the DS.
Piplup will appear on stage and use the Surf attack, which generates a wash of water that the little penguin will then ride around on. Anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in the path of the wave will get swept away along with it, right over the edge of the stage and into the abyss below. Piplup's confirmation suggests that the other two starters from Diamond and Pearl, the Fire-type Chimchar and the Grass-type Turtwig, might also appear as Poke Ball Pokemon. Or maybe their evolved forms – anybody else want to see Infernape take the stage and heat things up with a Blaze Kick or two?
much more on the FAQ here