Oh, look! The Home-Run Bat Is Returning in the New Super Smash Bros.

by David Sanchez February 13, 2014 @ 6:52 am

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Nintendo certainly likes to release tiny tidbits of info that just barely qualify as news. Case in point: the image above, taken from the upcoming Super Smash Bros. on the Wii U.

In the screen, we can see Link taking out good ol’ Donkey Kong with the classic Home-run Bat that’s been a staple of the series since the very first entry on the Nintendo 64. The big difference this time around: the weapon’s black.

According to a Miiverse post by Director Masahiro Sakurai, the Home-run Bat is “so powerful that your eyes might bug out.” While that’s certainly debatable, it definitely holds true as far as the characters who get smacked by the bat.

Well, at least we know it’s going to be ridiculously powerful once again. I mean, just look at this screen of Donkey Kong getting knocked out of the arena:

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