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Awesome Zelda cosplayer gets help from Smash Bros. creator Sakurai to solve costume problem【Vid】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 19, 2024 - Tweet
Director reveals a clever secret about Link’s scabbard for the Master Sword.
- Japan
- (awesome • cool • cosplay • cosplayers • Legend of Zelda • link • Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video • video games)
Smash Bros. director Sakurai shares secret to smash through your procrastination habits【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Mar 13, 2023
You don’t create one of the biggest fighting games of all time without knowing how to get a whole lot of things done, and Sakurai has “the best and only solution.”
- Japan
- (life hacks • Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • procrastination • productivity • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video • video games)
Japanese netizens react to U.S. dentist offering free cleanings if you beat him at Smash Bros
- Scott Wilson
Sep 4, 2021
Does he main Dr. Mario though?
- USA
- (dentist • funny • netizens • reaction • reactions • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video)
Smash Bros. director Sakurai says he’s not retiring from video games…”probably”
- Casey Baseel
May 28, 2021
Well, that’s a relief…maybe.
Final Fantasy’s Sephiroth joins Smash Bros., intent on shanking Mario and Zelda, taking off shirt
- Casey Baseel
Dec 11, 2020
Video gaming’s greatest villain arrives in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
- Japan
- (Final Fantasy • Final Fantasy VII • nintendo • Sephiroth • Smash Bros • Square Enix • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video • video games)
Japanese figure skater Shoma Uno crushes pro gamer in Super Smash Bros. tournament【Video】
- Krista Rogers
Aug 3, 2020
22-year-old athlete demonstrates prowess not just on the ice but in gaming as well.
- Japan
- (e-sports • esports • figure skating • nintendo • pro gaming • Shoma Uno • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • tournament • video • video games)
Super Smash Bros. superfan shares shocking character tier list after thousands of hours of play
- Casey Baseel
Jul 21, 2020
Trying to pick which character to main as in Nintendo’s massively crowded crossover fighting game? Here’s a simple answer.
Smash Bros. director Sakurai’s couch appears in video, has Internet searching for where to buy it
- Casey Baseel
Jun 23, 2020
Sakurai’s sofa joins the fight, and we join the hunt!
- Internet, Japan
- (couch • furniture • interior • Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • Nitori • sofa • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Super Smash Bros. director admits “There are too many Fire Emblem characters”
- Casey Baseel
Feb 7, 2020
But don’t blame him.
- Japan
- (Fire Emblem • Fire Emblem: Three Houses • Masahiro Sakurai • nintendo • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Super Smash Bros. has pathetically small grand prize at Japan’s biggest fighting game tournament
- Casey Baseel
Jan 24, 2020
Champion of Nintendo’s crossover hit will walk away with a prize worth less than one percent of the purse for some other games.
- Japan
- (e-sports • Evo • Evo Japan • nintendo • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Busty ninja girl barred from Smash Bros. gets her own Tokyo pop-up store/merch line【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
Dec 26, 2019
Nintendo’s crossover series won’t let Mai Shiranui in, but no one can keep her down!
- Japan
- (Akihabara • Akihabara Container • COK • Fatal Fury • King of Fighters • SNK • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Large-breasted female fighting game character barred from Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. series
- Casey Baseel
Nov 7, 2019
”Please forgive us,” says director, while explaining that Smash Bros. is “a game for good little children.”
- Japan
- (Fatal Fury • Mai Shiranui • nintendo • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • Terry Bogard • The King of Fighters • video • video games)
World’s #1 Smash Bros. player takes on random kid in Japan’s Narita Airport
- Casey Baseel
Oct 14, 2019
Local competitive play lets unsuspecting boy rub elbows with the king of Nintendo’s crossover hit.
- Japan
- (cool • e-sports • Narita Airport • nintendo • professional gamers • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video games)
Immigration officer has surprising questions for Japanese pro Smash Bros. player traveling abroad
- Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2019
”What’s the purpose of your visit?” is a common question to get asked at immigration. “Who do you main?” is not.
- Japan
- (e-sports • funny • immigration • nintendo • pro gamers • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • travel • video games)
This Smash Bros.-loving cat from Japan is the world’s most adorable gamer【Videos】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 9, 2019
Cat joins the battle! Feline fighter frolics with Piranha Plant, other characters from the Nintendo hit.
- Japan
- (animals • cats • cute • funny • nintendo • pets • Super Smash Bros. • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • video • video games)
Gamers in Japan find way to see up Princess Peach’s skirt within hours of Smash Brothers release
- Master Blaster
Dec 9, 2018
Right after the game went on sale, the Internet’s greatest minds went to work unlocking its dark secrets.
- Japan
- (nintendo • Princess Peach • Smash Bros • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate • Super Smash Brother Special • switch • video games)
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate commercials feature super catchy song【Video】
- Shannon McNaught
Dec 6, 2018
You may think you’re already pumped for the release of Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Ultimate on December 7, but you’re not truly prepared until you can sing this jingle.
Limited-edition Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Amiibo collection to feature a whopping 63 figurines
- Koh Ruide
Dec 2, 2018
A perfect way to get maximum mileage out of Nintendo’s epic crossover fighting game.
- Japan
- (Amazon • Amazon Japan • Amiibo • figurines • game • nintendo • nintendo switch • Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
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99-year-old woman rescued while attempting to climb Mt. Fuji
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Japanese ninja certification exam attracts 131 candidates from Japan and abroad
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New Japanese vending machine at Shinkansen station sells cups of ice on platform
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Kumamoto earthquake may have created Japan’s newest hot spring inside flooded restaurant [Video]
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Tokyo is getting a branch of famous Los Angeles hot dog chain Pink’s with Japan-exclusive items
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