Nintendo has today confirmed that King Dedede from the Kirby Dreamland games will be appearing in the forthcoming Super Smash Bros game which is due out sometime this year. You can see a selection of screens of King Dedede in action in the video above.
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Uh huh!
he looks better than on brawl
brawl make it so unrealistic it was weird(he is supposed to look cartoonish)
You might want to rephrase that… “cartoonish” is unrealistic >_>
yah i actually like the art and textures from brawl better than this one, its cool cuz u can actually see that mario was wearing actual jeans (overalls) and not plastic.
You like the art and textures from brawl? The Texture on mario’s pant’s looked like poop. Muddy poop. And King DeDeDe had unrealistic expressions. His face just looked off.
well you are comparing an HD game to a 480p game. I’m talking about how well designed they were on brawl… like links tunic looked great and would have looked even better in HD but Nin decided to go with a more simplistic character design…. probably to make the 3DS version look visually equal considering 3DS graphics are not HD. :]
W101 characters please…
I think W101 would be better as an assis trophie rather tahn playable
assist*
A character from a game that failed sales wise hasn’t earned a spot in Smash Bros. You cant just make a new IP and add a character into Smash Bros from it. Each character has to be known and grow. Just like how Bayonetta wont be in.
I think it’s too early, Super Smash Bros. is about Nintendo all-stars, and Wonderful 101 was released recently, it wasn’t developed by Nintendo, and it didn’t sold much, I mean, Starfy didn’t make it and he has 5 games in his series, the fifth one releasing internationally, so it might be until the next Super Smash Bros. then we can get Wonder Red and his allies making an appearance.
King d sucks in smash. Shame he’s staying
not really, go check the competitive chart
he is not as uber as meta knight, but he is really useful
Bring Lucas back !
they cut lucas to make room for Fi and Slippy
Ha. That’s funny.
The fat duck returns! Hugs!
What I always thought he was a pengiun
He is lol.
Dedede: “It’s me assholes, the almighty Dedede”
Awesome! All the characters look really good in Smash 4. I am excited JUST for their brighter, cartoony appearances.
I hope they change up Dedede’s moveset a bit, because he was so hard to use.
They better not get rid of, THE BIG GAY DANCE!!!!!!!!!
Haha I remember that vid. Hilarious!
Hahaha those were some good screens! King dedede is a boss!
In many meanings
I love his design in this game. He actually looks more like the way he did in Kirby Right Back At Ya :D
http://www.smashbros.com/images/character/dedede/screen-2.jpg
Praying for Ness and Captain falcon.
Same here. I wish they would just confirm those two are staying already.
Ness and Captain Falcon were part of the original 8 on the first roster, and have lasted through every generation. It’s likely not going to change with this one either.
Original 12*
now that’s a boss character right there.
At this rate there won’t be any new characters and also less than the previous games.
I am hoping for a 40 character roster, 5 more than brawl, that means around 5 to 10 newcomers depending on how many get removed, I’m still disappointed that Sakurai added Toon Link again…
hope theirs 50 characters :D dlc please i dnt care if the 3ds cant take it give it to the wiiu
This pretty much confirms MK as well since he is surely more popular than DDD is. Also, they better do DDD right this time.
Toon Link confirmed @ :34!