Summary: Smash Bros Cast Ep.18 Smash News Countdown to Smash: As of 7/6 153 Days Washington Post Article on Smash Sakari on audience focus “When you talk about audience, I don’t really think too much about the audience per se,” Sakurai told The Washington Post through a translator ahead of the game’s unveiling at E3. “I feel like a game, at the end of the day, is about playing the game. But if we focus too much on the top level players -- or the audience -- then the game skews a little bit too much on the technical side.” Bringing the community together As of 2017, in terms of viewership and entrants, Melee and Smash 4 tournaments have been comparable. According to Newzoo, Melee and Smash 4 ranked 11th and 12th respectively in terms of viewership, with a combined 16.8 million hours viewed on the Amazon-owned streaming platform Twitch. [Note: The Washington Post is owned by Jeffrey P. Bezos, CEO of Amazon.] If those audiences were in fact combined, the Smash scene would rank 9th, well above Capcom’s Street Fighter V, and below Psyonix’s car-soccer game, Rocket League. It would also make Smash the world’s top fighting game in terms of viewership. Amiibo for All! The returning characters that didn’t have amiibo will be getting their own, released when the game comes out! Talking points Should there be more of competitive focus in Super Smash Bros Ultimate? More modes? Melee mode with wavedashing and more Melee Mechanics. Ultimate mode? Plays like Ultimate does now. Smash Character: Lucas-Smash Boards Full guide here Pros Amazing combos Great aerial attacks Little end and landing lag on most aerials Special attacks with many uses Amazing anti-projectile game Good kill throws Rewarding spacing and sweetspotting attacks Cons Struggles in some high tier matchups Some attacks have a slow start-up Huge end-lag on up-smash Low damage and knockback if attacks are sourspotted. Linear recovery with PKT TheSkuxxedOne Jtails-Mega Lucas Full Glory Dragon SmashTop Ten Lucas Plays GayBowser(Lucas) vs Emperor Eevee(Bayo) Smash Resources How to Git Gud from GameSkinny Smash Boards Beginners Guide Eurogamer's Beginners Guide Event Hubs Character Move List Super Smash Academy on Youtube Checkout RichaadEB's Metal Melee Connect with me Join N64Josh Discord Help Support The Show Check out my Patreon Check out OPSeat.com the official chair of the Nintendo Power CastUse Code N64JOSH Get your free audio book from Audible and help support this cast. Follow the hosts on Twitter @N64Josh Twitch.tv/n64josh Facebook Page @NightCrawlr724 Podcast Links iTunes Podbean Google Play Stitcher Patreon Supporters Necrophobic Campbell RustBeltKid
