The new Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct gave us our first look at the main menu, something that may seem dull to many, but something fans have been begging to see so that we could peep the various game modes that will be included. Nintendo revealed the menu, and also said that it would contain a brand new mystery mode that they cannot yet discuss. You can get your own first look at the menu by checking out the video above. We've time-stamped the Direct at 23:39 so you can jump straight to the menu!

There are a few new elements here to soak in. In addition to the game modes we see taking up the main portion of the screen, we can also see a cool dashboard to the right. This can be brought up at any time by pressing the ZR button, and offers players a variety of convenient shortcuts. Here, too, we see one of the options blurred out, which must correspond to the mysterious new game mode. So what could it be?

Our money is on some kind of new campaign mode or story mode. It's not necessary, obviously, and it would require so much legwork on Nintendo's part, but we think that a story mode would offer the greatest surprise. A crazy, original story featuring cut-scene cinematics would blow us away, and it wouldn't surprise us if some of the cutscene footage we've seen from character reveals were part of that story mode. Perhaps that's where we'll see Dracula, Rathalos, Ridley and King K. Rool as bosses? Maybe the master hand will make its return.



Posted: Aug 11, 2018 9:18 am
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