While Sony has been flauntingPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royalefor the past few months, Nintendo has been oddly quiet with their ownSuper Smash Bros. Well not anymore. In fact, they dropped a bomb and revealed that Namco Bandai is now thedeveloper behind the nextSmash Brosgames for the Wii U and 3DS.
That’s all Masahiro Sakurai, the director of theSuper Smash Bros.series was ready to reveal. As it turns out, Nintendo actually announced the project before “actual development” had started last year, so we’re going to have to wait a little while longer until we can see anything of the new games. Sakurai at least seems pretty confident in how Namco is handling the project, stating that it “looks pretty good” and “it’s working great.”
On the Namco side, we can expect Masaya Kobayashi, Yoshito Higuchi of theTalesseries, Tetsuya Akatsuka of theGundam: Extreme Vsseries all behind the projects. Plus, the art and sound director behind theSoulCaliburand the main development team behindTekkenall are working on the project too.
Masaya feels pretty confident in the Namco team, stating “all the top creators from Namco Bandai are gathered here to create a never-before-seen dream team for this project. We will fully utilize our experience and knowledge in action/fighting game development, technical capability, and organizational strength, and we hereby promise you that we will develop the best and most powerful “Super Smash Bros.” title ever!”
you’re able to read the full statements from Masahiro Sakurai and Namco Bandai onNintendo’s official site.
