Don't Hold Your Breath For Super Smash Bros On Wii U

It's at least "several years" before it will come out

Jun 24 2011, 5:37pm CDT | by Mark Raby

Don't Hold Your Breath For Super Smash Bros On Wii U

Everyone's favorite cartoony Nintendo brawler franchise is not coming to Wii U any time soon.

Gamers all around the world were excited when the company announced at E3 earlier this month there would be another entry in the Super Smash Bros series on Wii U.

Wii U is Nintendo's next home console, set to replace the five-year-old Wii some time next year. With an innovative new controller and HD graphics for the first time on a Nintendo system, players are rightly excited.

And the announcement of a Super Smash Bros title was met with a lot of fan fervor. However, there's a long wait ahead before that announcement will actually translate into a product. Masahiro Sakurai, the man in charge of Super Smash Bros, has revealed the game won't be ready for "several years."

Sakurai, who has a strong following in the Nintendo community, writes a weekly column for the popular Japanese video game magazine Famitsu.

According to a translation from 1UP, in his most recent column he writes, "I'm not sure it's the smartest thing to make gamers wait for several years, but the early announcement was made chiefly in order to attract new team members."

Sakurai currently has a much more imminent project in his workload - Kid Icarus: Uprising for the 3DS.

Super Smash Bros, which lets players engage in highly stylized and addicting fights with all of their favorite characters from Nintendo and third-party franchises, is itself one of Nintendo's most powerful franchises.

The last iteration, Super Smash Bros Brawl, remains one of the best-selling titles on the Wii, so Nintendo is surely in no rush to get a new one out in the market.

Before the Wii U announcement, there were rumblings about a 3DS Super Smash Bros title. The fate of that potential project remains unclear.

Via 1UP

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Mark Raby
Based in New York City, Mark follows the consumer electronics industry like a hawk. A published book author, he has a particular affinity for 3D technology and video games, and as such will surely be in the market for a new pair of glasses soon. Mark can be contacted directly at mark@i4u.com.