One of the biggest complaints about Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the limited online mode that had few differing styles of game play and limited the participants in many ways. One fan wrote to series creator Masahiro Sakurai to complain that the online gameplay was further harmed by other gamers' decisions to go on the defensive and stall battles.
In a recent post, the developer addressed the need to fix the online mode in the upcoming installment.
"The idea of Brawl's 'carefree brawling' motto was to get rid of as many restraints as possible and allow people to choose whatever play approach they liked," Sakurai wrote. "I'd like people to take some freer approaches with their gameplay, but the sort of battle style you describe in your letter is not interesting or fun. That's why I'll probably be thinking of a way to deal with that in the next game. We've learned a lot about net play since Brawl was released, after all, so a lot more is possible.
He added, "I suppose the fact that we've still got no-fee online battles available in a game that was released five years ago is another cause of the problem. It would have been nice if we could have revised the game rules as appropriate, but with the system we had, that wasn't possible."
Super Smash Bros. 4, will be unveiled at E3 this summer but a release date has not been hinted at. Sakurai has recently stated that he is suffering from tendonitis and it has impaired his ability to work at the rate he is used to. However, he recently took to Twitter to ease the fears of legions of fans. "Thanks a lot of encouragement messages," tweeted Sakurai. "Please don't worry about my injury & SMASH BROS development."
The title will be released for the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U.
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