Super Smash Bros. hits 3DS first — Wii U version debuts this winter

Nintendo revealed today in one of its Direct livestream shows that its mascot fighting game is going to hit the 3DS this summer. A Wii U release, which features some of the same characters and stages, will hit the home console during winter (which doesn’t start until Dec. 21). This is the first time Nintendo is releasing a Smash Bros. game on a portable, and it’s also the first time it will come to both a handheld and a portable.

Nintendo is likely focusing on the 3DS version because that system has a much player base. At the end of 2013, the publisher revealed it had sold 45 million 3DSes. That’s compared to less than 6 million Wii Us worldwide. This gives the 3DS Super Smash Bros. a much better chance of selling well.