User blog:BlurayOriginals/Super Smash Bros. Character Changes Ideas



The time to Smash for a fourth time is coming close and to celebrate, I've put together this blog to keep track of characters, elements, stages and speculation, about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Super Smash Bros. for 3DS.

Updates

 * 11/7/13- Marth confirmed!
 * 11/15/13- Mario Galaxy stage confirmed!
 * 11/25/13- The statues from Castle Siege will return in some way to Arena Ferox.
 * 11/26/13- The Ray Gun has been revealed and is taking on a much newer design!
 * 12/2/13- Villagers upwards and downwards aerial confirmed to be a fluctuating amount of turnips in reference to the Animal Crossing games themselves.
 * 12/3/13- The Dark Emperor from Find Mii confirmed to be involved in Smash Bros. 3DS.
 * 12/5/13- One of Villager's special moves: Lloid Rocket confirmed with some unique properties.
 * 12/5/13- New subsidiary of All 4 U Introducing: Smash News! Any time we get 4-5 new articles of good news I'll create a new one to help inform a little bit more about the topic. I hope you enjoy it, cause there's more to come.
 * 12/6/13- Skull Kid confirmed an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
 * 12/9/13- A Steel Diver submarine confirmed to  be a new gun in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
 * 12/10/13- Due to a noticeable lack of shield breaking with Marth's..."Shield Breaker" Sakurai's decided to ante up and buff this now 12 year old move. You can see in the Daily Update for today what happens immediately after Marth uses Shield Breaker on someone.
 * 12/11/13- A new Animal Crossing stage based off New Leaf is coming to the 3DS version! (this totally makes up for lack of 3DS stages since July).
 * 12/13/13- The Nintendog is back but this time as a French Bulldog!
 * 12/16/13- Yellow Devil first appears in the background of Dr.Wily's Castle before bursting into battle.
 * 12/17/13- The rear car of the Spirit Train comes in and out as different changes throughout the battle.
 * 12/18/13- Rosalina (along with Poké Ball, Green Shell and Fire Flower and the confirmed!)
 * 12/23/13- Rosalina is a much taller than most of the other fighters, but has an anti-gravity effect making her extremely light.
 * 12/24/13- Rainbow Road confirmed as cruise stage for the 3DS version.
 * 12/25/13- Starfy confirmed to return in Super Smash Bros. for Wii U.
 * 12/26/13- Zelda confirmed to return (along with a mysterious Phantom by her side)
 * 1/6/14- Trophies are confirmed to be returning to both Smash 3DS and Smash Wii U. Trophies will be predominantly from handheld and home console games for 3DS and Wii U respectively. Also Saria from Ocarina of Time (3D) confirmed to be a trophy in the 3DS version.
 * 1/7/14- Zelda's Forward Tilt has been changed from a magical explosion to a stronger Slash Smash (that also utilizes magic.).
 * 1/8/14- The ropes around the Smash Boxing Ring can be used to spring jump but not use a lariat (rope propelling) attack.
 * 1/9/14- The Shy Guys will return in Smash 3DS in Rainbow Road, this time coming in varying colors!
 * 1/10/14- King Dedede confirmed!
 * 1/13/14- King Dedede's side smash is back and strong as ever!
 * 1/14/14- Rosalina's up aerial is also her upward smash.
 * 1/15/14- Ashley from the WarioWare games will appear in some capacity.
 * 1/20/14- A mysterious Adventure-mode style stage (similar to the jungle from the original trailer) has been revealed.
 * 1/21/14- It's revealed Rosalina can have Luma stay near her or stray away. It's also revealed Luma's drill move is called the "Luma Shot".
 * 1/22/14- Grabbing ledges has been changed a lot this time around. Invincibility time on ledges varies depending on your air time and damage. If you grab onto a ledge before someone else it damages them.
 * 1/23/14- Viridi is confirmed to play a role on the Reset Bomb stage.
 * 1/24/14- If Toon Link is played as on Spirit Train, Alfonzo will take control of the train.
 * 1/25/14- Rosalina and Luma's down move is Gravitational Pull. She uses it to draw items near her and avert the track of enemy projectiles.
 * 1/28/14- The Beetle item from Skyward Sword is a "comical item" that comes and when thrown at someone, carries them away.
 * 1/29/14- A new stage based on the either Palutena's Temple from Kid Icarus: Uprising or the Palace in the Sky from the original.
 * 1/30/14- Attack balancing and reactions are being tuned up for Smash Bros, 4.
 * 1/31/14- Lucario has been confirmed the 6th anniversary of Brawl's release.
 * 2/3/14- When Aura Sphere is at it's full potential it becomes Bowser sized.
 * 2/4/14- ExtremeSpeed's length and duration are now also effected by Lucario's current position with the Aura. At higher damages with less life/score ExtremeSpeed has been said (by Sakurai) to potentially ring out the player.
 * 2/5/14- The legendary Pokémon Palkia, is the second to be confirmed. It uses Spacial Rift. Much is unknown about it other than to start off Spacial Rift slashes at a player and that Palkia is Giga Bowser sized.
 * 2/7/14- Metroid's Mother Brain appears as an assist trophy. She has a design based on her appearance in Zero Mission and uses her Laser Brain Attack normally uses by her bipedal dinosaur form to attack and possibly rack up combos on enemies.
 * 2/10/14- Nintendog will ocassionally stop watching the players and instead, watch TV.
 * 2/11/14- Marth's Shield Breaker will still be more fencing over a slash like in Brawl. Lucario's eyes also shine like yellow stars when an attack hits Double Team.
 * 2/12/14- The Home-run Bat is back with an entirely different design. It now hits hard enough to make characters eyes bug out, and after such creates as seemingly sound barrier breaking series of rings.
 * 2/13/14- One of Peach's upward attacks produces a rainbow as well as Little Mac's confirmation.
 * 2/18/14- A Bottled Fairy from Zelda has appeared and is set to take a role similar to Heart Containers from the previous games.
 * 2/19/14- The block in the Nintendog stage is somehow rotatable.
 * 2/21/14- Diddy Kong has been confirmed with a much farther reach for his attacks
 * 2/24/14- Diddy's Rocketbarrel Pack is confirmed to be removable similar to Villager's as well as either having better horizontal recovery or doing more horizontal knockback.
 * 2/25/14- The Boxing Ring stage has two skins similar to Mushroomy Kingdom: one is for Standard Smash and one is for Punch-Out!!.
 * 2/26/15- Consecutive standard attacks (also known as neutral combos) will lead into a finishing move instead of being indefinite. Every character is confirmed to have one meaning character's with more damage racking neutral combos (I.E Fox, Falco, C.Falcon ETC) will instead transfer into a finishing move.

Smashers


Meet the 24 smashers!

Mario
Revealed: June 11, 2013

It's Plumber Boy! You'd have to have been on CRACK to not expect Mario to come back, especially on day 1. The mascot of Smash hasn't changed much but what'd you expect? He's retained his special moves from the last game: Super Jump Punch, Fireball, Cape and....F.LU.D.D. Other than that good ol' Jumpan has received a brighter color pallete still has all 3 of his Brawl taunts. He's also keeping his following moves in this installment: Neutral attack combo, Dash attack, All tilts All smashes, All aerials, Forward throw and Fast edge attack. His F.L.U.D.D produces a bigger splash and his Down Smash. Other than that don't expect any new tricks from this ol' veteran...for now.

Link
Revealed: June 11, 2013 The wielder of the Master Sword is back, as to be expected. While it was expected Link would take on his Skyward Sword incarnation he instead stood with his Twilight Princess desing. Except with a lighter pallette. His Neutral attack 3, forward smash, neutral aerial, back aerial, Hero's Bow, Spin Attack, and Bomb are all unchanged but it's currently unknown if the Gale Boomerang will be replaced. Just be ready for his courageous return in Super Smash Brothers 4.

Samus


Revealed: June 11, 2013

Samus is back and more badass than before! Yeah, that's possible. Now dawning her Other M style armor, Samus is ready to fight. Still keeping Charge Shot, Bomb, Missle (Screw Attack's fate is currently unknown) and her infamously devastating Zero Laser, Samus is ready to take on nearly any opponent. Samus forward smash is no longer a simple elbow but now an explosive arm shot, and even more dangerous, it's faster than her previous Smash Attack. Forward tilt, dash attack, back aerial and up aerial are the same but even still she's as dangerous as ever.

Kirby
Revealed: June 11, 2013 Well would you look at that! It's Kirby of the Stars! Much brighter than his dull Brawl incarnation Kirby is back with full color! The legendary pink puff ball of tuff is back with Inhale, Final Cutter, Stone and Hammer! Thwomp can now transform into a more modern look. If it ain't broke don't fix it! Which is what's happened with his Neutral infinite, neutral aerial, forward aerial and down aerial. Needless to say, Kirby's gonna take a real bite out of this installment.

Fox


Revealed: June 11, 2013 The formidable foe, super smasher and pro pilot is back in action! Out of commission since Star Fox 64 3D (which has been 2 years in case you forgot) Fox is ready to reclaim a spot on Nintendo's most beloved. Returning with Fire Fox, Fox Illusion and the currently yet to be fired Blaster Fox is ready to take the other smashers on. His Dash attack, forward smash, up smash, down smash and up aerial are the same as last time and Reflector has yet to be revealed. But all shall be revealed in dear time. Your move Star Fox.

Pit


Revealed: June 11, 2013 Arise Kid Icarus! But this time his "rised" to his Uprising form. With a seemingly totally revised moveset (aside from his Neutral combo, neutral aerial, up aerial, down aerial and Palutena's Arrow) he's seems to have an entire new arsenal at his disposal! Along with the Guardian Orbitars and Upperdash Arm it looks as if Pit has an entire new recovery replacing the Wings of Icarus, that jolts the young angel up diagonally upwards. Sure enough, Pit is ready to Smash once more!

Donkey Kong


Revealed: June 11, 2013

DK's back and ready to take you through one "heck" of a game! Returning with mostly confirmed moves (his Foward tilt, Forward smash, forward aerial, forward throw (carry animation and cargo forward throw), Spinning Kong (at a slightly slanted angle) Giant Punch, and Hand Slap) he's still ready to bring the pain. The classic Kong is still a threat on the Battlefield and shouldn't be counted out just yet.

Pikachu


Revealed: June 11, 2013

The mascot of Pocket Monsters is back! But who expected otherwise, eh? The volt infested mouse has become slimmer in this installment, as per usual with each new generation of Pokémon. His official artwok being strikingly similar to his Super Smash Bros. 64 artwork isn't the only thing that's similar. Pikachu has regained his Down and Side taunt along with his Dash attack, Neutral aerial, Thunder Jolt, Skull Bash, Quick Attack and Thunder. With such great moves though, he didn't need any changing. Pikachu's ready to keep representing Pokémon once more!

Bowser


Revealed: June 11, 2013

King Koopa's back to clash with the rest of Smash! Looking much less darker scaled than in Brawl, that's not the only thing that's changed about ol' Bowser! As Sakurai enjoyed pointing out in Nintendo Direct Bowser's speed and stature have been adjusted. Now he does scrape his stuff against the ground and rather, RUNS. He stands up right as opposed to his slouching stature in Melee and Brawl. And it STILL doesn't end there. Koopa is the most changed of the cast with new moves such as: a two-footed dropkick, a dashing kick, and an aerial attack where he spins his limbs vertically! The Bowser Bomb has a larger range and his down tilt now punches instead of scratching. The only things found the same about this dude are his forward tilt, down aerial, Fire Breath, Flying Slam, and Whirling Fortress. Sure enough, you can teach and old koopa, new tricks.

Villager


Revealed: June 11, 2013

Contradicting Masahiro's claims of how Smash would ruin his innocence Villager is here and ready to fight! I mean look at that smile! He hasn't been corrupted...at least yet. Ignoring the meme of him being a homicidal maniac Villager is one strong young fighter. Having an array of moves that are so many that if I copy pasted them like the plagiarist I am Villager would have like, 8 more lines than the others. Similar to everyone's favorite 2D dude Mr.Game & Watch Villager takes his moveset from numerous ideas and concepts from Animal Crossing and other games like Balloon Fighter. Sure enough, Villager's ready to take on anyone!

Mega Man


Revealed: June 11, 2013

The Blue Bomber has joined Smash. Sort've revealed in an early review the Blue Bomber was very desired by most people. Oh who am I kidding pretty much everyone wanted him to be in smash, especially after seeing him in Super Smash Flash 2. Mega comes with an array of moves taken from Mega Man 1-6 (don't quote me on this, too lazy to do research atm, will fix later if necessary) and as shown in his trailer is perfectly capable of holding his own against FOUR smashers. Rock is ready to rush in and roll his opponents over! (i'm not sorry)

Wii Fit Trainer


Revealed: June 11, 2013

Baffling everyone's mind when she was first announced, Wii Fit Trainer has weighed in! Hailing from such a strange series to pick even Masahiro himself said NO ONE, saw this coming. The Wii Fit Trainer, (along with Samus) is the only one yet to have their final smash revealed. Her Final Smash "Wii Fit", is quite the devastating move. It sends out an entire wave of WFT sillhouettes covering the entire Battlefield (literally, it looks as if the only way to escape it is to go behind her.). Her moves involve the ever plentiful arrey of excercises and yoga poses from her game, Wii Fit. Sure enough she was intially thought of a waste of a slot by many, but to the many of us believers we believed if Mr.Game and Watch could do it, so could she. Get down and give 20 for Wii Fit Trainer.

Olimar
Revealed: July 12, 2013

Captain Olimar and his Pikmin are back! Ignoring certain admins butthurt about the heroic spaceman's return Olimar is FULL of surprises! For instance, he has no Winged or Rock Pikmin at his disposal! Also: He wasn't replaced by Alph, Brit or Charlie! Revealed a day before Pikmin 3's Japanese release Olimar now dawns the Pikmin 3 suit by having the whistle visible in the suit! His Pikmin are slightly bigger but other than that Old Olly is pretty much the same regaining his forward tilt, forward smash, down smash and back aerial. Even with being basically the same Olimar and his Pikmin aren't gonna flee from the fray.

Luigi


Revealed: August 7, 2013

Coming straight from Dream Team, Luigi is here and ready to reclaim his spot in Smash. His official artwork being him about to go down into side taunt, Luigi hasn't shown us much surprise yet keeping the third hit of his Neutral attack, dash attack, forward smash, neutral aerial, Fireball and his aforementioned planking taunt, mass pose taunt and his absoloutely devasating "Shy Kick". Other than that Luigi's pretty much the same. Although it is his year so cut him some slack. At least until next year...

Peach


Revealed: September 12, 2013

Princess Toadstool's back and like the others, is much the others is much brighter than her dull looking Brawl counterpart. Peach comes with her some standard old moves (forward aerial, back throw, dash attack, up tilt, Toad) but it appears the Princess has a new trick up her...puffy-dress-shoulder-thing. Yes, her Up Smash now features her whirling a ribbon a round her, widening the hitbox for the move! Even so, who knows what other moves of Peach's have been revamped? We can only wait to see what the royal rumbler has next in her arsenal!

Toon Link
Revealed: September 26, 2013

Coming to everyone as a surprise (being announced the same month as a the previous character), Toon Link is back and smash! Announced the same day as Wind Waker HD'S Japanese release Toon Link came as a shock to all who were expecting him to be replaced. He retains all of his specials other than his Side Special (very similar to Link, don't you think?) up and side taunts and his forward tilt and smash attack! Not much has changed of our toony friend other than his elusive Side Special. Let's see if he still holds up to his elder counterpart.

Sonic the Hedgehog
<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: October 1, 2013

Enter the 17th smasher Sonic! Speeding back in to my surprise the blue blur is back and ready to take on anyone who comes his way! Being a veteran who's got his own trailer he must've done something right! Right? Well his specials are all the same, much to my unamusement. He keeps his side and up taunt as well as back, down and upwards aerials. Not only that but he will be retaining his upward and downward tilts. As usual he's shown to be a speedy devil and now comes with a new stage: Windy Hill from Sonic Lost World, on the Wii U version. Hopefully Sonic's been buffed up so he can better fit the standards of smash.

Marth


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: November 7, 2013

Would you look at that it's Marthy-Marth and his long sword! Yes, Marth and Falchion are back from Melee and ready to wreck the other smashers! Marth's gotten a complete overhaul and now resembles his "New Mystery of the Emblem, Heroes of Light and Shadow" and other modern designs. What Marth does have returning however is his down smash, dash attack, Dancing Blade (more specifically Dancing Blade's horizontal hits), Dolphin Slash and Counter! Shield Breaker is his only move not confirmed to return. Who knows how it's being updated for Marth's best appearance in Smash yet!

Rosalina


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: December 18, 2013 Sexy Sexy Space Goddess confirmed! Our first newcomer since Smash Bros. 4's reveal in June, Rosalina comes much to everyone's surprise in a 3D Kirby, Kirby's Air Ride Sequel, Kirby as a guest in Mario Kart 8 trailer which all amounts up to the motherly Rosalina herself finally making her appearance. She comes in not alone however, as she brings her assortment of Lumas along the way to help her do battle, making her a combination of the Ice Climbers and Olimar! It sort of makes her seem like a bad mother, but Sexy Sexy Space Goddess can do no wrong so I've obviously been mistaken. She brings along with her a galaxy producing forward smash, a devastating double sided kick (which Luma can help duplicate for more protection. Not only that but she uses a special force field type move which drags items towards her and reflect enemy projectiles behind her! She uses halo like devises as her down aerial and upwards aerial as well as a galaxy producing forward aerial. To top it all off she has Luma duplicating most of her moves, a head bashing up tilt, diving dash attack and the good old reliable launch stars to help her take flight and recover! Rosalina truly is one of the most unique Smashers to date (luma's there too, ok i guess).

Zelda


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: December 26, 2013 The return of Princess Zelda is upon us. Dawning her Twilight Princess appearance for the second time, not much has changed about the fair princess. As per usual she wasn't announced along side her alter-ego Sheik, but it doesn't stop her on her own. Not much is known about this incarnation of Zelda though she does appear to have a few tricks up her sleeve. She keeps her old moves (those being Farore's Wind, and her neutral air and attack) along with her downward taunt but now comes with an upgraded, much more enhanced version of her forward tilt. She's also notable for stealing our next smasher's spotlight with her additional 30 special screenshots, along with teasing fans with the mysterious Phantom (from Spirit Tracks, a game she played a role in with said enemy). The Princess appears to be coming back with a stronger moveset so it's safe to say she'll be more than just wisdom, in Smash Bros. 4.

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King Dedede


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: January 10, 2014 All bow to Dedede-daio! King Dedede is back and revamped for Smash! Now dawning a design reminiscent of his design from Kirby: Right Back At 'Ya! the King is back and as stated by Sakurai is now ready to give off more emotion than ever before seen in Smash! King Dedede keeps his classically powerful forward smash, sky-high Super Dedede Jump, his Neutral Aerial, devastating Jet Hammer, belly bumping idle animation, his chanting down taunt and his ever so alluring duck. King Dedede's emotion range has been well expanded from Brawl, now sporting sweat drops from the heat of the Jet Hammer and jopping his jaw after being hit. He even appears to be introducing pallete swaps in his second screen shot. Needless to say King Dedede's bringing a lot to the table. All hail the almighty Dedede-daio!

Lucario
<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed:  January 31, 2014

Little Mac
<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: February 13, 2014

Diddy Kong
<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: February 21, 2014

Battlefield




<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Ah, the classic Battlefield. First officially appearing in Melee (ignoring the Duel Zone) this stage has gone from being a space stadium to a beautiful battlefield back to a stadium high in the sky. Literally! It's above the clouds! As usual, the Battlefield has no tricks, traps or troubles. It's just you and your opponent, coming down to pure skill...unless you have items on. Keeping Brawl's idea of the Battlefield changing over time (still not matching the internal clock however) it also carries on the background trees and pillars in the 3DS version. This version of the Battlefield is sure to be the best yet! Makes you wonder how Final Destination will turn out...

Gerudo Valley


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013 In our first 3DS exclusive stage we have Gerudo Valley from Ocarina of Time...3D! Being the second stage revealed for the entire GAME, we already have deadly stage hazards on a seemingly harmless bridge. Fire that will cause the bridge to collapse, effectivly making 1/3 of the stage a bottomless pit. The stage is much brighter than it's original counterpart, obviously gearing toward the 3D remake. The stage will also feature gusts of wind! Don't worry though, it's just for aesthetic feels. I'm ready for the exciting battles the future of Gerudo Valley holds! Are you?

Spirit Train


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Manned by the heroic Toon Link it's the Spirit Train! A new moving stage that goes to the left seems very unique as well the birds ocassionally bringing down the platform (awaiting more information)

Arena Ferox


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

A stage based on our most recent game enter Arena Ferox! It's a pretty simple stage, but to me oozes with atmosphere as parts of the stage are being held up by chains, as a crowed watches in the background. It really does feel like at arena.

Super Mario 3D Land Stage




<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Nintendogs Stage


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Unknown Stage


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Skyloft


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Unnamed Ring


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Animal Crossing: City Folk Stage




<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Dr.Wily's Castle


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed: June 11, 2013

Wii Fit Stage


<p style="text-align:center;">Revealed June 11, 2013

Garden of Hope


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Masahiro's Miscellaneous Miiverse Message

 * June 11, 2013- Hi I'm the director of Super Smash Bros., Masahiro Sakurai of Sora. From now on, I'll be posting on Miiverse, so I hope you'll look forward to my posts. Please note that I won't be able to answer any questions.
 * June 11, 2013- Two new Smash Bros. games have just been announced. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS!
 * June 11, 2013- As you can see, there's a community for Super Smash Bros.! There's also an official website.
 * June 11, 2013- Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS has just been announced! The main character from Animal Crossing, the Villager also joins the battle!
 * Axe? Bug-catching net? Slingshot? Turnips?
 * (Villager's first screenshot in his section) Yes he can! Don't let his cute looks decieve you. He knows it and will use it to his advantage.
 * June 11, 2013- The long-awaited super robot Mega Man joins the battle! He fights using the various weapons he acquired from bosses in past games.
 * June 11, 2013- Mega Man 2 seems to be the most popular, so many of his moves are from that game.
 * June 11, 2013- (on the topic of Wii Fit Trainer's trailer) She looks so healthy…!
 * June 11, 2013- Her [Wii Fit Trainer's] moves are based off her fitness exercises. Move your body. Let's try it together.
 * June 11, 2013- Here's a video [the E3 2013 Developer Direct) where I talk about Super Smash Bros. for Wii U/Nintendo 3DS. Aside for the four-player battle, I was talking about the game while simultaneously controlling multiple characters and cameras by myself.
 * June 12, 2013- (on the topic of Villager's newcomer poster) We made artwork for new characters joining the battle. Here's one for The Villager. Isabelle must be surprised.
 * June 12, 2013- (on the topic of Mega Man's newcomer poster)  The artwork for "Mega Man Joins the Battle" is by Mr. Higurashi of CAPCOM. I'd love to ask people who has something to do with the characters as much as possible.
 * June 13, 2013- (on the topic of Wii Fit Trainer's newcomer poster) Here's the artwork: Wii Fit Trainer Weighs in. The Tree Pose. The person in red, his hands aren't reaching all the way.
 * June 14, 2013- We've only made our initial announcement, so we'll need more time to finish the game. I'll do my best!
 * January 22, 2014- Some other changes include: Air time and accumulated damage will determine your period of invincibility while hanging on an edge. Grab controls will no longer be affected by whether you have above or below 100% damage.
 * February 21, 2014- We've increased Diddy Kong's flexibility this time. This picture shows how far his punches stretch during his strong side attack.
 * March 6, 2014- The trick in activating these punches is to avoid tilting the controls diagonally from the get go--instead, tilt up or down right after the smash attack starts kicking in. You can also tilt up or down while you're powering up.
 * March 6, 2014- The trick in activating these punches is to avoid tilting the controls diagonally from the get go--instead, tilt up or down right after the smash attack starts kicking in. You can also tilt up or down while you're powering up.

Speculation
''Note: Some of this is "Expired Speculation" meaning it was speculated, confirmed true or false and added AFTER it was proven the former or later. I just couldn't keep up with them RELEASING TWO CHARACTERS IN THE SPAN OF 5 DAYS. ''

BlurayOriginals
1: (June 13, 2013) Toon Link is seen manning the the Spirit Train. If he does appear, is here Wii U exclusive?

CONCLUSION: FALSE

(September 26, 2013) Toon Link is seen in the 3DS version in his personal screenshots. It's all gravy. All though Spirit Train Toon Link still looks like crap.

2: (August 7. 2013) Toon Link is seen manning the Spirit Train. Is it possible that he's being replaced by A Link Between Worlds Link?

CONCLUSION: FALSE (September 26, 2013) Toon Link's back in the pack (mostly due to Wind Waker HD). But it's cool since I love playing him.

3: (August 7, 2013) Using the original whiteboard, up until now I have noticed that up until now, everyone on said whiteboard has been revealed. The next character revealed shall be: Marth, Meta Knight, Wario, Mr. Game and Watch, Ness, Lucas or Zero Suit Samus.

CONCLUSION: FALSE

(September 12, 2013) Nope. Peach. Weird to reveal two Mario characters in a row. Gettin' 'em out of the way I suppose lol.

4: (September 12, 2013) Each month one character will be revealed from the 7th to the 12th.

CONCLUSION: FALSE 

(Septemebr 26, 2013) Wow Toon Link you sure as hell came out of no where. Clones are much easier to dev than normal characters. And then Sonic comes 5 days later to celebrate Lost World...22 (now 28 since SEGA hates me for my little comments about Sonic Adventure 2) days before Lost World releases. Wow, we have NOTHING to base off anymore. It feels like anyone can come out of anywhere at any moment

5: (October 3, 2013) Within October, a Pokémon character will be revealed.

CONCLUSION: FALSE

(October 18, 2013) "We have absolutely nothing to announce today regarding Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Really!"

masahiro DoNt

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6: (October 3, 2013) In the week of A Link Between Worlds/Super Mario 3D World/Mario Party: Island Tour's release (November 20-November 29) I theorize that a Zelda/Mario character/stage will be revealed.

CONCLUSION: FALSE

(December 4, 2013) i didn't even know a link between worlds/island tour were getting a later release in japan my bad

7: (October 3, 2013) While looking this up I saw Tropical Freeze was delayed I turded bricks. Anyway, I theorize that in the time span of February 2014, Diddy or Dixie Kong will be revealed.

CONCLUSION: TRUE

Little Mac stole Diddy's light, forcing Druggy to remove the Druggy gene from his son and giving him one week to get it (on the other side of the world) or lose it forever. Diddy completed his dong quest and was promptly added to Smash Bros. 4.

8: (October 3, 2013) Due to them both getting Mega forms, I seriously think both Lucario and Mewtwo are coming back.

CONLUSION: HALF WAY THERE

Mewtwo plz

Return to me

9: (October 4, 2013) Chrom from Fire Emblem Awakening will either join Marth and Ike or replace Ike.

10: (October 13, 2013) Due to how strict Sakurai is with third-party characters, and the fact that Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes AND The Phantom Pain aren't coming to Wii U (but PS3, and 360? Eh.), I think that Snake will be replaced. By who? Pac-Man.

11: (October 13, 2013) If not Pac, than either Klonoa or Lloyd. Klonoa cause she fits the atmosphere of Smash and Lloyd because everyone's seen what he can do in SSF2.

12: (October 22, 2013) Little Mac, Pac-Man and Mii were all supposedly leaked as playable characters a week before Super Smash Bros. 4's annoucement. Along side Mega Man, Villager and Wii Fit Trainer. Is it possible they'll also be are only newcomers?

CONCLUSION: KINDA

(January 10, 2014) While none of those three were follow-up reveals (but Rosalina was) it doesn't necessarily deconfirm these three.

(February 13, 2014) World's waitin' for ya kid: Little Mac is here!

13: (October 30, 2013) Wario or a Luigi's Mansion will be announced for halloween (since the japanese apparently celebrate halloween, if I'm wrong please send all flame mail to boom and ss3k)

CONCLUSION: FALSE:

(October 31, 2013) Instead we get alternate costumes that ACTUALLY change the model. Either way, it's pretty cool.

14: (October 30, 2013) Technically if we count Toon Link as the October character and Sonic as the November character, is it possible another character won't be announced till December?

CONCLUSION: FALSE

(November 7, 2013) Meet Marthy-Marth and his long sword.

15: (November 1, 2013) A female villager costume, Daisy, and Dr.Mario costume anyone? We did get the male Wii Fit Trainer.

16: (November 16, 2013) A Kirby character will be confirmed anytime from January 6-17th.

CONCLUSION: TRUE 

(January 10, 2014) FINALLY I'M ON A ROLL! ALL HAIL DEDEDE-DAIO

17: (November 16, 2013) Alph/Louie as an alternate Costume for Olimar and Shadow as an alternate costume for Sonic.

18: (November 21, 2013) Zelda will have blonde hair similar to her Skyward Sword and a Link Between Worlds.

CONCLUSION: FALSE

(December 26, 2013) Still Twilight Princess...for reasons (probably so Ganondorf and Sheik still fit in).

19: (November 21, 2013) A Link Between Worlds Link will be an alternate costume for Toon Link.

20: (November 28, 2013) From December 23rd to January 3rd, Zelda will be confirmed

CONCLUSION: TRUE

(December 26, 2013) FINALLY (it felt so good to write that)

21: Someone will be confirmed December 12th.

CONCLUSION: FALSE

these annoucements have no pattern

22.  (December 11, 2013) A Zelda character will be announced on December 12th.

CONCLUSION: FALSE

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23. (January 16, 2014) We'll get something special June 11, 2014 (like Final Destination).

24. (Jaunary 20, 2014) Bayonetta will be an assist trophy or playable character.

25. (February 18, 2014) Mario, Link, Samus, Villager, Bowser, Donkey, Fox, Mega Man, Kirby, Pit, Pikachu, Wii Fit Trainer, Olimar, Luigi, Peach, Toon Link, Sonic, Marth, Rosalina, Zelda, Dedede, Lucario, Little Mac,

Notice a pattern? For every three characters (excluding the gap between Wii Fit Trainer and Rosalina, probably to keep suspense going or to call down the hype from three newcomers) a newcomer is announced. Is it a coincidence? Possibly

26. (March 2, 2014) One of the following characters will be confirmed: Zero Suit Samus, Wario, Yoshi or a Pokémon character.

Apallo The Hedgehog
1: (September 29, 2013) Sonic will be included in Super Smash Bros. 4 because of Sonic Lost World.

CONCLUSION: TRUE

(October 1, 2013) It's even on his character page. Wow, first correct speculation, and he's shown me up on my own blog. GG Blu. GG.

2: (October 4, 2013) Snake either Not return or will be like sonic and be revealed close to the next MGS

Sonicstar3000
1: (January 10, 2014) If they do reveal a newcomer (between February and March; for Star Fox) it'll be Krystal.

2: (January 10, 2014) There's most likely a Star Fox character within the next two months in grasp (nc or veteran).

Boombomb
1. (February 26, 2014) If Zelda cannot transform into Sheik, she'll definitely have Sheik be here alternate costume.

2. (February 26, 2014)  If Lucario's final smash is Mega Lucario, then it'll definitely have his alternate costume be Mewtwo, with Mega Mewtwo (X, as it's both fighting type and will be easier to render.)

3. (February 26, 2014) One of the next newcomers will be Third Party, and not Nintendo.