September 10th, 2014 | Images, Smash Bros., Videos

A few days ago someone was like, “Hey, are you gonna stream Japanese Super Smash Bros. stuff?” and then I realized, “Hey, that comes out soon and I DO have a Japanese 3DS with capture stuff, that sounds like a cool idea!”

So yesterday I streamed some of the Japanese Super Smash Bros. 3DS demo with Poe and had a lot of fun with it. While playing, we encountered a couple EarthBound things, so I *had* to get screenshots of them for EB Central.

First is Mr. Saturn – here’s a look at him in the 3DS version:

I also encountered the Franklin Badge a few times, but was too busy trying to get used to the 3DS controls to notice it at first. So these are the best screenshots I have for now 😛

Not much is accessible in the demo, but other players HAVE found a mention of a Starman in the game!

The text above says:

Enemy Character: Starman An alien-like enemy that moves around using Teleport and fires PK Beams. If you’re hit by a PK Beam, you’ll be stunned for a brief moment.

Neat! The fact it uses a PK Beam means that it seems to be a MOTHER 1/EarthBound Zero-style of Starman:

As we’ve seen before the Devil Car from the first MOTHER game also seems to be in Super Smash Bros., so it looks like it’s getting some good representation!

Anyway, if you missed me streaming last night, I archive everything on my YouTube channel, so here’s where the Smash Bros. stuff starts:

Poe and I plan to stream the demo a bit over the next few days, then pick up the full Japanese version when it comes out. We’ll be playing it to have fun, and I’ll also live-translate a lot of the content for those who are interested. In particular, I hope to look for more EarthBound-related content, as well as Xenoblade stuff 😀 If you’re interested in joining in, follow me on Twitch to get notifications!

Also, if anyone here has a Japanese 3DS and is gonna get the game too, lemme know your info and maybe we can play against each other sometime!