Nintendo Direct Character Confirmation + August 7th Screenshots

So, the Smash Bros. website gave us this screenshot today:

Rather boring.

Today is a bad day to be a Smasher, right? WRONG!

This was in the latest Nintendo Direct:

Yep. L IS REAL 2401!

Luigi has just been confirmed to be a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U.

Want more proof? Check out today's daily screenshot!

(Wii U Version)

Yes. For the first time, they actually CHANGED the daily screenshot after they had already posted one.

Awesome.

It does make me wonder whether Luigi will be a starting character this time around, as they usually save unlockables until post-release to reveal. But I guess they had to get it out sometime in 2013.

After all, it's The Year of Luigi.