December 2^nd, 2005 (4:15pm) - Nintendo is currently looking to hire a few individuals to fill out the following positions for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. videogame for the Nintendo Revolution game console:

Game Programmer
3D Character Designer/Modeler
3D Character Animator
3D Map Designer

Those hired for the project are only being contracted to assist in the development of Super Smash Bros. for the Revolution only and may be terminated once the game’s development is completed.

What’s interesting about this news is that it makes fans question whether or not the game will be available for the Revolution’s launch, as originally implied by Nintendo President Satoru Iwata. How far into development is the game?

It was just recently revealed that Masahiro Sakurai would return to Nintendo to direct this next-generation instalment in the Super Smash Bros. series, being first asked to head the game’s development after it was officially announced at E3 in May. If were to assume that development of the game started soon after E3, if the Revolution were to launch in Summer 2006, as rumored recently, this only gives the game approx. one year of development. Is that enough time to develop this potential killer app?