Little Mac joins Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS

Today's Nintendo Direct kicked off with a new competitor for the new Super Smash Bros.: Little Mac from Punch-Out!

Ozzie Mejia

February 13, 2014 2:06 PM

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Today's Nintendo Direct kicked off with a new competitor for the new Super Smash Bros. on Wii U and 3DS and he's no stranger to one-on-one combat. Little Mac from the Punch-Out series has been promoted from Assist Trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl to full-on playable character.

The trailer below shows Little Mac training, as he receives instructions from faithful trainer Doc Louis, who may or may not be eating a chocolate bar as he shouts his words of encouragement. In addition to showing off his fleet feet and boxing prowess, the Punch-Out star will also have a unique power meter that rapidly builds up with successful blows, not unlike his signature series. Building up this meter will lead to KO-caliber punches. Mac is also shown hulking out in what will presumably be his Final Smash attack.

This brings the Super Smash Bros. roster up to 23 and counting.

Ozzie Mejia

Senior Editor

Ozzie has been playing video games since picking up his first NES controller at age 5. He has been into games ever since, only briefly stepping away during his college years. But he was pulled back in after spending years in QA circles for both THQ and Activision, mostly spending time helping to push forward the Guitar Hero series at its peak. Ozzie has become a big fan of platformers, puzzle games, shooters, and RPGs, just to name a few genres, but he’s also a huge sucker for anything with a good, compelling narrative behind it. Because what are video games if you can't enjoy a good story with a fresh Cherry Coke?