Update! On October 1st, the mother of all MOTHER updates thus far came to the DOJO website: Lucas was revealed as a playable character! Check it out, it's crazy awesome. But what does this mean for Ness? Will he return or get the boot? Only time will tell, so stay tuned.

Update! On August 10th, Sakurai updated the smashbros.com site with the much-anticipated first MOTHER-related new item. Behold the Franklin Badge! Hopefully there will be more MOTHER updates to come. Perhaps a new character or stage...?

The third installment of Nintendo's successful series Super Smash Bros is coming! Information on the character lineup is currently limited and being kept secretive, but some new characters have been revealed through Sakurai's blog at the official Smash Bros site. The site is being updated every weekday until the game's release, so be sure to check it out! Some stages, items, characters, and hoards of screenshots have already been released.

With the innovative new controller that comes with the Wii, a question is raised: how will Smash Bros. Brawl be played? Well, Sakurai has confirmed that there will be four different playing styles -- including support for the Gamecube controller!