Super Smash Bros' Pic of the Day Dies, but the Community Provides

Take a look at the best Smash Bros artwork you'll find on the Miiverse community.

Article by Mike Williams Reviews Editor, USgamer

Updated on Dec. 9, 2014

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For nearly every day since June 11, 2013, Super Smash Bros director Masahiro Sakurai has posted a brand-new picture from the game. Every post included a photo and a description of some new character, stage, of feature for the game. Hardcore fan checked into Miiverse once a day just to see was Sakurai was going to post.

On Friday, after more than a year's worth of posts, Sakurai announced that the Pic of the Day was ending.

"Pic of the day has continued since E3 2013, and I would like to bring this series to a close today," wrote Sakurai in a post translated by his staff. "A total of 384 posts and roughly 500 screenshots have been posted, and there's even more screenshots if you count the ones I've posted for different regions."

"The origins of pic of the day was sharing one picture a day of the game in development inside the company. It started out just as a small bonus for the staff," he added. "However, once we started sharing pictures with the public, it was a much tougher process. We had to be more careful to choose appropriate pictures to post while keeping a consistant schedule regardless of how busy we got, all while some people only wanted new information from my posts. It's nice to finally be able to get one weight off of my shoulders."

While official pictures from Sakurai's team are ending, Super Smash Bros is now in the hands of fans. In addition to being able to share basic screenshots and sketches on Miiverse, Super Smash Bros includes the Photo Gallery, allowing players to collect trophies, pose them in small dioramas, take pictures, and even draw on those pictures before sharing them online. With a bit of imagination and effort, the community is offering up their own Pic of the Day now.

Compiled here is some of the more interesting screenshots and sketches - compromising picture of Zero Suit Samus aside - from the Super Smash Bros Miiverse community.