Author: Lance "Tarnot" Hood

If you’ve come within a hundred miles of the internet since last Friday, you’ve certainly seen plenty of articles, videos, and general chatter involving Super Mario Maker. To add to the buzz, Nintendo recently announced that they will be bringing a stage inspired by the new title to Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS.

Sadly, this celebration of the Mario franchise seeing tournament legality would likely happen after even Kirby’s Great Cave Offensive took its place on the main stage thanks to the chaos that the Mario Maker hand can cause, but I have to say that it still looks interesting to try.

But that’s not the only interesting news. Some crafty viewers deconstructed the Japanese version of this reveal video a bit and discovered a suspicious blank spot on the stage selection screen. With nothing unlocked, the downloadable stages make their way to the first page of stages, but you’ll notice that the bottom row sits grossly off center. When looking at the rows of stages above, one quickly notices that the disparity in the bottom row’s central location leaves just enough room for Nintento to plop in another stage.

The evidence that another stage is soon to follow the Mario Maker addition isn’t exactly conclusive, but it wouldn’t be unheard of for more stages to make their way into the game in future updates. You can check out the evidence below to draw your own conclusions.

Sources: Nintendo, GameXplain , NeoGAF, and Reddit, thanks NightmareSteam for sending these in

If you’re planning to attend Northeast Championship 16, you may want to go ahead and get your registration taken care of now. Tournament organizer Eric “Big E” Small announced earlier today that a handful of brackets have received hard caps for entrants. The following games are affected:

• Killer Instinct received a cap of 80 players, with 33 slots filled at the time of announcement.
• Tekken Tag Tournament 2 received a cap of 80 players, with 31 slots filled at the time of announcement.
• Skullgirls Encore received a cap of 64 players, with 35 slots filled at the time of announcement.

Small’s announcement is apologetic, but no word was provided as to why these caps have been put in place. One can assume that the general popularity of these titles had some impact on the decision, but nothing is certain. Even with these limits in place, there’s still plenty of room to get your name thrown on the list to show the world what you’re made of.

For more information about Northeast Championship 16, as well as to register, you can head over to the Big E Gaming website.

Source: Big E Gaming

Superman is powerful. That’s just one of those things that people know. But how powerful is the Man of Steel in the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe? NetherRealm Studios’ creative director Ed Boon tweeted last week that a player took the time to figure out just that. Their conclusion, which they based on the Kryptonian Crush attack, reveals the following:

Superman punches his opponent a whole 126 km into the sky! How powerful is that? Well it depends on the mass of the opponent…comicvine gives Darkseid a weight of 1815 lbs, which I will use. Energy-wise, that means Superman delivered 1.02E10 Joules of energy into that punch. In better terms, that’s 2.43 tons of TNT.

I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I double checked the math, because that’d be about as effective as me trying to survive one of these punches myself. If you fancy yourself a math whiz and wish to contest the data, you can find the calculations here.

Additionally, some may be quick to note that Darkseid, the character whose weight plays a role in determining the final result, does not appear in the console version of Injustice. The villain does, however, make an appearance in the mobile version of the game, wherein Supes can still deliver the same devastating blow.

Source: JtiksPies via Ed Boon

If you’re looking to expand your Dead or Alive 5 Last Round wardrobe, you’ll be pleased to learn that the game’s cast is soon to receive a slew of new outfits. These duds draw inspiration from a number of intellectual properties created by the Nihon Falcom Corporation, including The Legend of Heroes, Ys Origin, and more.

These costumes are set to become available tomorrow, September 15, though the Xbox One can currently be purchased for $2.99 each or as a complete $33.99 set.

Our source, which lists prices in Japanese yen, suggests that these may be slightly higher price tags than the costumes will see on PlayStation 4, but USD pricing outside of the Xbox One version is not available as of this writing. Of course, if you’ve already purchased Season Pass 2 (PS4) or the New Costume Pass 2 (Xbox One), you’ll be receiving these outfits as part of those packages.

We’ve included the official trailer for these costumes, as well as an image gallery, below.

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Sources: KOEI TECMO AMERICA and Gamecity, thanks to NightmareSteam for sending this in

Way back in January, the folks at Bigboystoys announced the release of their first Street Fighter figure, which appropriately featured Ryu tossing a Hadouken in front of a Street Fighter II-themed backdrop. At the time of its reveal, the company noted that they were also working on a Ken figure to act as a companion piece. Those who picked up the first figure will be pleased to know that this complementary figure will be ready to ship in just a few short months.

Much like his plasma-chucking counterpart, Ken comes equipped with LEDs and built-in sound effects to bring his fiery dragon punch to life. As you can see in the images below, Ken’s stage–his home court in Street Fighter II–can be connected to Ryu’s for a chibi-style showdown.

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The Bigboystoys T.N.C. 02 KEN, currently available for preorder, is set to release in December and will run you $99.99.

Source: Crunchyroll