Nintendo News | Smash Update: Smoke Balls

By Jorge Ba-oh 06.08.2007 8

Nintendo starts the week with a very hazy update on the Official Smash Bros. website, revealing a new item to add a little confusion on stage: the smoke ball.

This is an item that has absolutely no effect on characters...but it's pretty fun.

As the cloud forms, it blocks your vision with an effective smoke screen.
If your opponent gets caught in a thick cloud of smoke, it's a distraction, and if you're covered in smoke, it's harder for your opponent to see what moves you're doing.

You can even pick up Smoke Balls that are emitting smoke and carry them or throw them. Talk about smoke and mirrors!

Be sure to stick around for updates...

Box art for Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Developer

HAL Laboratory

Publisher

Nintendo

Genre

Fighting

Players

4

C3 Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10

Reader Score

Rated $score out of 10  9/10 (594 Votes)

European release date Out now   North America release date Out now   Japan release date Out now   Australian release date Out now   

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Hmmmmmz sounds a bit like the cloaking device from melee which just ended up being annoying with the CPU as you can't see anything but they know exactly were you are despite the item being in effect.

( Edited on 06.08.2007 13:47 by Blade2t3 )

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I like the idea of a smoke ball, will make the game even more crazy.


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Nintendo News | Smash Update: Smoke Balls [news]

Very cleverSmilie

TBH, seems kind of worthless to me seeing the characters in the pics are clearly visible >.> Meh, we'll see eventually

( Edited on 06.08.2007 17:36 by Ino Faust )

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Looks pretty cool - I am really liking all the little things they are putting into the game. This might not be the most useful thing in the world, but it could make an interesting weapon.

Smoke Balls and Wario's Fart attacks... a lethal combination methinks...

I don't care if this thing is useful or not, it's got style. And is crazy. Thumbs up for the crazyness of SSBB so far!

Hey, Samus is looking good shaded like this! Wii has great texturing possibilities!

I find your lack of faith disturbing!

They may not be invisible, but this is just a still picture, looks like it'd be hard to see in motion. And with different colors of smoke, some characters might be harder to see in similarly colored smoke. Even if it doesn't work to well, still looks like a fun item, being able to carry it and all.

Proud United State-ian

He's not dead, he's electroencephalographically challenged.

I agree Laurelin! Now Samus looks real and not like a plastic figure like she was in Melee.

Not the most useful item, imo, but interesting nonetheless.

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