"Super Smash Bros 4" Shows Off New Costumes, Masahiro Sakurai Will Reveal a New Character on Monday

By Adam Bellotto

Jul 11, 2014 03:58 PM EDT

It can be tough being a fan of "Super Smash Bros." But it's slightly easier with the help of Masahiro Sakurai, the iconic game designer who created both the Kirby character and the "Super Smash Bros." franchise. 

On the official Miiverse site, Sakurai uploads a new screenshot from "Super Smash Bros." every day. And yesterday, the screenshot revealed a new piece of information from the upcoming game.

The image, seen above, shows two new costumes that will appear the Wii U version of "Super Smash Bros." Mario can be seen wearing a traditional American Flag color scheme, while the Samus is clad in a stylish black and white costume. 

Sakurai also provided some information on where the stars and stripes came from:

"The character farther in the back isn't from the Imperial forces, and the character in the front is not the infamous drum-playing puppet in Osaka. No, Mario is actually wearing an outfit from Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course! NES Open Tournament Golf might be a more familiar title."

Today, "Smash" fans were treated to a double feature on Miiverse. First came the daily photo, which showed off Pac-Man's taunt (a flourish characters can perform, as a way of poking fun of their opponents). The taunt, called "Namco Roulette," will cause Pac-Man to summon a small, randomized Namco character into his hand. 

And after that, Sakurai added this detail

"Oh, by the way! I'd like to reveal a new challenger. Instead of doing the unveiling on something like a Nintendo Direct, we're going to live-stream the reveal on the official website on Monday, July 14, at 7:00 AM US Pacific Time (4:00 PM European Central Time). Looks like we're nearing the bottom of the stash of new challenger videos that we've made... Like always, we put a lot of effort into it, so I hope you'll enjoy watching it live."

It's not clear how many new characters are left to reveal, but given what Sakurai is saying, there aren't many left. And we'll find out who the next one is on Monday morning.

"Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS" will release on October 3, 2014, while "Super Smash Bros. for Wii U" will release sometime in the fourth quarter of 2014. 

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