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[KnuxIBF]

Fans of the series are familiar with the final boss of Classic mode, the simple but deadly Master Hand!
It’s said that Master Hand is the "manifestation of creative spirit" in this world. He also gets a perfect attendance award for his Smash appearances. If you manage to get this far, all you’ve got left to do is beat him!

Bwa-hah-hah-hah-hah! Master Hand appears!

Beams shoot out from four of his fingers!

First he grabs you...then comes the crushing.

He charges in from the back! Quick, dodge!

And there’s another one to introduce – the "manifestation of destructive spirit", Crazy Hand!

Here’s where the right hand and the left hand come together.

They appear when:

• You arrive at the final stage and the difficulty level is set to Hard or above.
• You arrive at the final stage in 9 minutes or less.

The way he walks is a bit...unusual.

He drops bombs. Master Hand can’t use this move.

He also writhes and thrashes around.

Crazy Hand can also get together with Master Hand and perform combo attacks!

Watch the patterns and learn to dodge their attacks. If you’re patient enough, you can win!
Both Master Hand and Crazy Hand are symbols of this world, but their very existence is still quite mysterious.
Oh, and by the way, Master Hand also appears in The Subspace Emissary.

[Stitch]

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Lucario


It’s the Aura Pokémon, Lucario. Lucario is a Pokémon, but for some reason, there’s something lonesome about it.

Lucario’s inner power, called Aura, increases its power in proportion to the danger Lucario is in. Keep the fight lively with Lucario’s high-risk, high-reward fighting style!

Lucario's Special Moves

Standard Special Move
Aura Sphere

Side Special Move
Force Palm

Up Special Move
ExtremeSpeed

Down Special Move
Double Team

Final Smash
Aura Storm

Tips
Lucario uses a graceful, self-developed style of martial arts. Take care when fighting Lucario, because its reach extends farther than the length of its limbs.

Even from a distance like this...

...Lucario’s hits connect!

If you’re going to name one distinctive feature about Lucario, you’ve simply got to mention the Aura abilities.

Here you can see Lucario’s Aura emanating from its hand.

In Smash Bros., Aura strengthens Lucario’s attacks according to how much damage Lucario has taken. The higher your damage percentage, the stronger your hits will be.

Lucario at high damage is a force to be feared.

Lucario’s Aura-based attacks have an ethereal field surrounding them.

Standard Special Move: Aura Sphere

The size of Lucario’s Aura Sphere serves as a rough indicator of the current strength of Lucario’s Aura.

Even the size of a fully-charged Aura Sphere...

...changes dramatically!

The damage and speed of the projectile also increase, of course.

Side Special Move: Force Palm

This useful move hits enemies with an Aura attack when used from a distance, and changes to a close-range attack when performed near an enemy.

Here’s Force Palm at a distance.

And again, performed in close-quarters combat.

Down Special Move: Double Team

Time Double Team so that an enemy attack connects with you, and Lucario will launch into a counterattack.

Hmph!

Now, if an attack makes contact with Lucario while this is going on...

...Lucario splits into two!

And launches a surprise attack to counter!

This attack also receives a boost in strength proportionate to your damage percentage courtesy of Lucario’s Aura ability.
Let me tell you, when you flash the opponent one of those "I’m wide open" poses and then counter their strike, if feels ridiculously good.

Final Smash: Aura Storm

Behold the true power of Aura!

Hyaaaa!

For Aura Storm, Lucario jumps high into the air and releases a ferocious Aura beam.

To really use this move effectively, you’ve got to direct the heading of the beam by pressing left and right on the Control Stick. Try tilting the Control Stick in the direction of the enemy you want to blast before Lucario releases the beam.
As a side note, there are moments in the game where Lucario appears to be speaking, but it’s not actual speech – it’s a sort of telepathy it uses.

[KnuxIBF]

Spear Pillar is the area where Dialga or Palkia could once be found.

The stage is composed of two areas; a sort of holy ground above and a cave-like structure below.

Naturally you can expect appearances from none other than Dialga and Palkia!!

Dialga, a Temporal Pokémon, appears!

Here’s Palkia, a Spatial Pokémon!

When you enter the stage, you may notice a slight bluish or purplish tint to the scenery. This colouring, which indicates the Diamond or Pearl versions of the stage, is decided at random each time you play.
The former colour indicates Dialga will appear, while the latter colour scheme heralds the arrival of Palkia.
Each of these Pokémon cause different effects to occur on the stage.

The floor is crumbling away!

A laser beam crashes down from the sky!

The beam rips right through the cave!

The whole stage just tilted sideways!! It’s just an illusion – don’t be fooled!

Everything’s been flipped upside-down!! But it’s all an illusion! An illusion, I tell you!!

Now the whole fight’s in slow motion. Perhaps someone’s manipulating time?

Hmm, those are some supernatural effects. One should expect nothing less from these Legendary Pokémon.
You can also expect guest appearances by Uxie, Mesprit and Azelf.

A casual guest appearance.

Additionally, aside from Dialga and Palkia you might occasionally see another Pokémon pop up.

Could that be...Cresselia?!

[GommeInc]

That's a cool stage and unpredictable too!

[Niall!]

Awesome stage

[Homesrfan]

Beautiful Stage! Love it!

[Ekalb]

Ahh when was the last time we had an item update?
We neeeeeed one.
Unless they've done them all which I highly doubt. Anyways, 6 days until this gets released in America. There are some videos of the US version floating around on youtube if you want to hear/see them.

[Homesrfan]

Secrets for Continuing

When you reach the game-over screen in modes like Classic and Adventure, you’ll have the opportunity to continue your game.
However, there are some things you should know about continuing...

<When You Continue in Classic Mode>

A certain hidden game mode shares this type of continue screen...

• Your score gets cut in half
• Your score gains a single point (to keep track of the number of times you continued)
• You forfeit a number of coins
  Easy... 10 Coins Normal... 20 Coins Hard... 30 Coins Very Hard... 50 Coins Intense... 100 Coins

The coins I’m referring to here are exactly the same as the ones you use in Spectator mode.
For those times when you’ve decided you simply have to beat the game on the Intense setting, I’d recommend backing up your conviction with a healthy supply of coins...particularly when tackling stages in the latter half of Classic mode.
You also have to take into account your luck with items.
One key to conquering this mode is being persistent and making liberal use of that continue function.

Unfortunately, you can’t continue when you run out of coins.

<When You Continue in Adventure Mode>

In Adventure Mode: The Subspace Emissary, continuing won’t cost you any coins, but that isn’t to say it’s free.

Will you continue, or will you call it quits for the moment?

If you choose to "Get Up" and continue the fight, the following things will happen.

• You lose one half of the Stickers and Trophies you’ve just collected (items obtained from orange boxes and CDs are guaranteed to stay in your collection)
• You resume play from the beginning of the step (the unit of area from one door to another) at which you died
• The amount of coins you get for beating the stage slightly decreases

If you choose to instead go "Back to Map," you won’t start the stage over from the last door, but otherwise the effects are similar—except the number of coins you collect will be greatly reduced.
So you might as well get back on the horse, beat the stage, and get it out of your system. Especially seeing as how the game can mercilessly strip several of the precious items and enemies-turned-trophies you picked up your first time through.

LEEEEAP to your feet and retry!

On the other hand, if you do choose to return to the map, you can save and reselect the difficulty level the next time you choose to enter the stage that defeated you, so it’s not like there are no merits to be had in choosing to back out for a while.

Higher difficulty settings yield more coins.

[KnuxIBF]

I'm only posting interesting updates now

OMG. US get SSBB this week ;[

[Homesrfan]

I'm only posting interesting updates now

OMG. US get SSBB this week ;[

Yep, we sure do...
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EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Sorry...