Super Smash Bros. has been one of the top selling game franchises of Nintendo in the past 10 years. It has ranked #1 without fail in several gamers' lists for the past years, but no follow-up has been available since Brawl.

This is the time that Smash Bros. fans have been waiting for -- the release of the new game this year. It was six years ago when Satoru Iwate, President of Nintendo, announced that a new game was going to be launched.

The next installment in the Super Smash Bros. series is the Super Smash Bros. 4 which comes out on two new consoles, Wii U and 3DS. The games feature Nintendo characters from the company's franchise as well as characters from combat games and some third-party Nintendo games. The game is being developed by Namco Bandai and Project Sora for both systems with a target release date this year.

Fans of Super Smash Bros. who have been waiting for the next game to arrive are eager to know if their favorite characters are coming back this time around. They would also like to know the new set of characters and their capabilities.

The most popular characters of the franchise will be included in the new game, including Diddy Kong, King Dedede, Lucario, Sonic, Zelda, Toon Link, Marth, Pikmin and Olimar, Peach, Donkey Kong, Luigi, Link, Kirby, Mario, Pikachu, Samus, Bowser, Kirby, Pit and Fox. Rosalina and Luma, Little Mac, Mega Man, Wii Trainer and Villager are the new characters.

The Stages for Smash Bros. Wii U includes: Battlefield, WVBA Circuit (Punch Out), Skyloft, Smashville 2, Dr. Wily's Castle, Wii Fit Room, Pyrosphere, Garden of Hope (Pikmin), Pilotwings, Windy Hill Zone (Sonic), Super Mario Galaxy Planet and Kid Icarus Palutena's Temple.

The Stages for 3DS include: Battlefield, Super Mario Land, Gerudo Valley, Spirit Tracks Tain, Nintendogs Playroom, Arena Ferox, Kid Icarus, Streetpass Quest, Tortimer's Island, Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 7), WVBA Circuit, Lumiose City (Pokemon X/Y) and Bachelor Pad (Tomodachi Collection).