Pic of the Day Recap 8/25 – 8/29

Another week has gone by, which means that there is another week of Pic of the Day posts from Masahiro Sakurai. This has been a crazy weekend to say the least, with the official reveal of Shulk and the “not so official” one for Ganondorf. Amidst all of the chaos, we have tried to gather a weekly collection of Sakurai’s Pic of the Day. This week was more about the mechanics of the game than screenshots of the action. The details include information on the Fiend’s Scale, Spectator Mode, Challenges, and Character Customization.

The info from the posts are listed below, and make sure to check out the images in the gallery. Afterward, join the discussion in the comments section below and let us know what you are excited for. What are your opinions on the mechanics and features this time around?

• In Classic Mode, you challenge multiple stages en route to a climactic final battle. The more gold you put onto the Fiend’s Scale, the harder the battles will be. In return, your rewards will get better and more abundant. The best way to earn gold fast is to win Classic battles on higher intensity.
• Spectator Mode is available even on the compact 3DS version!! In this mode, you can watch players all around the world fight and make bets with in-game gold. Wager wisely by checking out the player names, rules, win rates, odds, fighters, and stage!!
• A panel in the Challenges area will unlock everytime you clear a challenge. When you unlock a panel, you’ll see hints for unlocking panels directly adjacent to it on all sides. And this time, each panel will unlock pictures related to the challenge. This is tougher than it looks, you know? The challenges in the 3DS version are a little on the easy side, but the Wii U version challenges might be a bit trickier.
• Customize your characters in the Custom section. It sounded better to customize “characters” instead of “fighters,” so that’s what we went with. There are various ways to customize, but make sure you remember to set up the powers you’re bringing with you before playing a round of Smash Run.
• The mysterious fighting teams that appear in the Smash Bros. series come in many shapes and sizes, but this time even we don’t know what all of them will look like! It’s said that they copy faces from Mii characters saved on your system and attack in a large throng…!! But wait, they all have big smiles on their faces. Looks like they’re having a good time, so show no mercy and launch them all away!!
• From Xenoblade Chronicles, Shulk joins the battle!! He’s not the type of character that would usually appear in the Smash Bros. series, but we worked really hard to make it happen. We’re very happy with how he turned out. This stage is Gaur Plain.

Source: Miiverse