I don't know if this will be helpful at all or be deleted within the first few minutes but I think it would help people that have not kept up with all the updates from the site and from other sources and other msc stuff about SSBB. Because if you think about it going through ALL of those at once updates would be tough, plus there are a lot of threads about old news.
Ok here goes
The official site of SSBB is smashbros.com
Release Date
The game was expected in Dec but was delayed for Feb, Japan gets theres in Jan
Cover
The cover was released, it looks lame THIS IS A GUIDE THERE ARE NO OPINIONSthe ESRB rating was T
Controls
You can play it with a nunchuck and wiimote, gc controller, classic controller and 1 wiimote
The controls are completely customizable
Characters
Sonic is in with
Metaknight
King dedede
Pit
Diddy
Ike
Wario
Pokemon Trainer
Lucas (ness)
Snake
Zero Suit Samus
Donkey Kong
Mario
Peach
Zelda
Kirby
Samus
Yoshi
Ice Climbers
Bowser
Fox
Link
Pikachu
Items
Smoke Ball- Creates smokescreens that are colorful
Smart Bomb- The bomb from Starfox 64 its cool
Assist Trophys
Like Pokeballs but with
Nintendo Characters popping out instead
New Features
Final Smash-Appears as an item, hit it and you obtain your characters final smash attack, each character has there own unique attack.
Options
You now have the option to change music tracks, each stage has 2-3 songs
Online
SSBB is featuring online wi-fi
play with fcs and random
Spectator mode-you can watch games instead of playing
You can also send pictures that you took in your game to your friends
Screen settings
It features 16:9 widescreen as well as normal Screen
Misc Pics
The so called leaked roster pic is totally fake <- NO POINT IN THAT If you are going to put pictures then put pictures. not statements.
Events
SSBB was playable in LA a couple of months ago go to
smashboards.com to hear some first hand accounts.
I don't know if this is gonna come across as totally useless or helpful for new guys but yeah here it is Please Sticky if you find this useful.