Nintendo’s cameo filled beat ‘em-up returns with an even
stranger mix of characters and at least one very special guest.
It’s also going to be online for the first time so you can smack
Pikachu over the head with a baseball bat from around the world.

Although it’s not due to be released until next year Nintendo
has already revealed that the new Smash Bros. will include
a number of new playable characters such as Meta Knight
from the Kirby games, Pit from Kid Icarus, Zero Suit Samus
(i.e. Samus without her armour) from Metroid: Zero Mission,
Wario and, most unexpectedly, Solid Snake from Metal Gear.
The Nintendogs also make an appearance, although only as
an item for obscuring the screen, and each character now
seems to have some gigantic new special attacks that take
up the whole screen.. Not only will the game have an online
mode but it is the only major Nintendo title to use the “shell”
controller by default rather than the Wii remote.