The Super Smash Bros 4 main menu design for the Nintendo 3DS has been unveiled.
Game director Masahiro Sakurai shared a picture of the 3DS main menu design, and pointed out that the icons are animated.
Sakurai notes that the design is quite similar to other games he designed, but his team had a difficult time making it work because of the “bottom screen displays pictures matching each mode.”
“This was quite a task for the UI (User Interface) designers, but they made it happen,” Sakurai wrote.
“Kudos to them! You can tap the screen to look up additional info like how to play--complete with diagrams.”
Sakurai also showed off the 3DS exclusive Tomodachi Life stage.
The stage is unique because the front walls of the apartments disappear so that the player can “see the area within when a fighter overlaps with the room.”
The rooms appear at random, and Sakurai hints that planting X Bombs behind walls could be an effective tactic.
Mii characters, taken from the data in the 3DS system, could also appear in the rooms.
Super Smash Bros 4 is set for release on October 3, 2014.
See a list of the new and returning characters below.
New:
Pac-Man
Wii Fighters
Palutena
Mega Man
Wii Fit Trainer
Little Mac
Rosalina & Luma
Villager
Greninja
Chrom
Lucina
Robin
Charizard (own character now)
Zero Suit Samus (own character now)
Sheik (own character now)
Returning:
Ike
Captain Falcon
Yoshi
Diddy Kong
Lucario
Little Mac
King Dedede
Zelda
Marth
Sonic
Toon Link
Peach
Luigi
Pikmin & Olimar
Mario
Donkey Kong
Link
Samus
Kirby
Pikachu
Fox
Bowser
Pit
