cs_super_smash_bros_brawl_review

= ​ Will's Review=

Super Smash Bros Brawl is a fighting game made in 2008 by nintendo. The game is exclusively made for the Nintendo Wii and is the 3rd in a succesful series of fighting games with its predisessors being super smash bros melee and Super Smash Bros or as it is called by some Super Smash Bros 64. The series started on the Nintendo 64 (hence the nick name of Super Smash Bros 64) and was called one the the best Nintendo 64 games which is pretty big considering the Nintendo 64 had some of the best games of all time (or so it is said). The secound incarnation Super Smash Bros Melee or SSBM was much more succesful with some reviews even going so far as to say "if you have never played melee you dont have a gamecube" and dispite the sequel being released there is still a large tournement comunity thriving on the game.

But anyway that is just the previous games and i'm reviewing Super Smash Bros Brawl. Now as some people know I am a huge fan of the game but I will try to remain un-baised and i will use the same scoring system as ign.com does.

=presentation=

This category includes everything from the quality of the manual and packaging to the menu layout, load times, and included game options. We also consider the overall production, licenses, atmosphere, and style.

Now as far as presentation goes this game is pretty good but possibly shows the games worst characteristic and loading times in the series, although this is understandable as the game is just under 8 gigs (gigabytes). The only other game over 8 gigs is the Metriod Prime trilogy which as the name suggests is a three games in one. This in mind it is a huge file for a wii game but still having a loading time that is said to be about 20 secounds when first booted up everytime (although i have not tested this myself it does seem possible the loading times are long) is a but much but that is only once per boot. The other loading times aren't as bad but still long compared to most games. Besides that everything else in this category is rather sound, the box art is rather simple but good and not the sort of thing you can see with just one look, the menus and sub-menus are easy to navigate. The atmosphere is rather good with interchangeable music (which i will get to later) the style is also good and is very loosely remimnisant of a greek or roman design and of course it is licensed by Nintendo so it has a good name behind it. Overall this game looks alright but it isn't the games best point, however this does not include it's graphic which are a diffrent story but that will be later in the review

I give the presentation an 8 out of 10

=graphics=

This is pretty self explanitory, it just includes how characters and levels look and if there is any lag. As with the rest of the review it won't be rated badly if it is not as high quailty as the 7th gen consoles the X-Box 360 or playstation 3 as all consoles have there pros and cons and the Wii's graphics are a con.

Now unlike the presentation this does look fantastic for a Wii game at least and is as good as a lower graphics x-box 360, this is possibly one of the Wii games that could be considered to have HD graphics or at least close to it. The game is easily one of the best looking Wii games. In game its self and the single player cut scenes look amazing as for lag there's next to none and the only lag that is their is either for dramatic effect on some of the more powerful fighting moves or on one attack (or technically two attacks) which one character turns into another and vice versa but this only happens on one character where there is 3 (2 others) like this which is unexplained but is covered up well and does not slow down the rest of the game so it is really not significant.

All and all the graphics are 10 out of 10 (at least for a wii game)

=sound=

This is another obvious one which just covers music and sound effects (characters voices, when characters hit other characters ect.)

This is another part where this games does well it has 100's of songs some original and some from the characters universes the stages and more. A lot of these are unlockable which provides something to work towards. These songs are from all over the characters universes history some dating back at least 20 years to nintendo's very first handheld 'the game and watch' and going up to there more recent games before release and I think a couple ones that were set for release later. This is not my thing but it's good for those who like it. The sound effects are basic but fitting and they weren't lazy and used the same generic sound effect for all characters adjusting them to suit the characters.

So over all the sound is good and dates back many years so I give it a 10/10

=gameplay= Basicaly how fun is the game and how it plays.

Now this is easily the games best aspect, now this game is fun. The way as said above you play this game by getting nintendo's characters and pitting them against each other. There are various ways to do this as I will explain below.

single player modes:

classic: This is basicaly the quest mode of most fighting games you go through the game fighting round after round in various ways and twice you have to kill targets. This does not however aply any preferences so apart from lives and difficulty so all rounds are a timed you have 1-5 life (as selected before the game) and your enemies have one, however if you lose a life it's lost for the remainder of the ten rounds. There is a continue system, but you must pay 10,000 points and 10 in-game dollars and you lose points from your overall score at the end, so this is not a get out of gaol free card. Items are also turned on hence forth this is the main reason it is not played much by more experienced players except for unlockables.

Training: This is just beating up a character that you can set what it does with basic controls. So it can stay still, walk, attack, crouch, jump, duck and be controlled by a second controller. Useful for practicing techniques but not very useful beyond there.

Stadium: This is the four minigames they are as follows

Target Test (or break the targets): This is basicaly a course which can be done by either one or two players (like all stadium games) and you must go through killing a bunch of targets on an open field this is the same for each character so who to pick is also a skill here.

Home Run Contest: This is basicaly beating up a sandbag then hitting it with a baseball bat you have 10 secounds to achive this and there is a shelid around the field until the time is up or it takes a big enough hit.

All Star Mode: This is a modified version of classic you must kill all the characters in the game albeit in a weakend state in between waves you have a break between matches 1 life and 3 full heals this is one of the games harder modes.

Boss Battles: In this mode you take on all the games bosses (10 of them) in a very similar set up to all star mode the only difference being you play bosses instead of characters this is Probably the games hardest mode on hard or intense as the last boss has a really hard to dodge one hit k.o attack.

All stadium modes are considered gimicky and only played for world records and unlockables by high level players.

Subspaces Emmisary (story mode): This is the biggest new feature added to Brawl, a single player story mode (albeit can be played with two people). This is a side scrolling adventure mode where you kill enemies and get to the end. There are a lot of cutscenes and two story routes which you select depending on what chatacter you save at the start. This change is rather minor however and you would only play thorugh twice if you wanted all the cut scenes or you are a completist (the cut scenes aren't very differant anyway). The story telling is done without words for the most part and any words said are inconsiquensal but the story is told well with beautyfull cut scenes and any plot holes are on the website and are filled in [|here] (this does contain spoliers and should not be used unless you have beaten the game). The basic plot are some evilforces are using subspace bombs to pull the world into another world and rule it from there. So basically the characters must save the world. Not the games strong point but is a good concept and also a good way to unlock characters, trophies and stickers.

multiplayer modes: brawl: This is easly the games best part and what it is known for and is easly its best aspect as well as its most basic one this is a fight (either 1 on 1, 1 on 2, 2 on 2 and 3on 1) ther is a ton of customiseation options such as items, modes and even what stages you want to strike from the random pick which as far as i know is an exclusie option to this game and melee its predisesor. there is a total of 37-39 including transforming characters but 2 out of the 3 are mostly just played as a stand alone character these characters are mostly from nintendo with characters know by every one such as mario, pikachu and luigi and some that knowbody knows about like pit (kid icarus), game and watch(from the game and watch games) and ice climbers(from the game ice climbers) they have also kept there R.O.B obession adding him in. For the first time ever there are two 3rd party(non nintendo characters) sonic the hedgehog (from his own games made by sega) and solid snake from konami's metal gear solid seris sonic is here due to fan pestering and snake because the director of konami apparantly beg(or so said by the games preducer sukurai) there are too many characters to list but i will but up a picture.



as you can see the roster is quite diverse spaning as i say 20 years combining this with the diverse control system being able to use four controllers (wii mote on its side,wii mote nunchucku, gamecube controller and claassic controller.) and chose what buttons due what with the only restricon being you must use the control stick for movement. the wii mote and nunchku combo (or wii chuck as called by some) allows motions controls with being able to shake it to do smashes and cirtain moves however they can be done with out the motion sensor.

special brawl: this is just regular brawl with a twist of some sort these twists are as follows
metal: all characters are in the metal state (heavy fast falling and more powerfull)

invisible: all characters are invisable (hard to see and can only be damaged when revaled but they can be knocked back at any time)

sudden death: bombs rain from the sky and all characters are at high damage

stamina: this mode is a 1 life match with the tradtional % bars replaced with health bars which are set before the match and are any where betwen 1 and 300 health.

curry mode: this gives all the characters a permendent status like they ate the super spice curry item (t he breath fire balls and run fast)

bunny mode: this gives all characters a stylish pair of bunny ears which not only gives then a funny new look but increase ther running and fall speed as well as their jumping hight.

reflect: charcters relflect all projectiles shot at them back in the direction they came from simple enough.

screw attack: gives all charctters a screw attack item meaning there jumps go heigher and do damge much like samus ^b

time:
this mode you have a timer which can go any where between one and ninety nine minutes the goal here is to kill the oppsition to gain points a kill is 1 point being killed is 0 points and suiciding is -1 point.

stock:
this is the lives mode and the most tournemently accepted game mode basicaly you can have any where betwen 1-99 lives and you must knock the other player off the stage to eleminate a life you can also put a time limit on the game simular to time mode and if this runs it goes into sudden death (see sudden death in special brawl above) the way it is usaly played competively is 3 lives and a 8 minute time limit

coin:
this mode u have to beat the stuffing out of your oppent and steal money from themj with a time limit ranging anyware from you guessed it 1-99 minutes the person with the most money at the end wins.

over all
that is a brief overview of the multiplayer modes as you can see nintendo wanted to put a lot of time into thinking up some new and inventive game modes and said above this is by far the best part of the game all modes of above can be played with either a computer or human so it is good for parties or just when your board this gets a 10 out of 10 eaisly

final verdict
this game is one of the best games on the wii if not the best and if you are one of the few wii owners who dont have it yet go and pick it up it is an experience not woth missing i give it a 10/10 but if you are a freak for presentation the a 9.8 but it really doesnt hamper the experience.

=James' Review=

So you have read Will's review so now it's my turn i guess.Well you know me by now if you have read my other game reviews that i change how i rate them and this one will follow the pattern. I'm going to start by listing details about the Character profiles followed by the storyline. After this I will give a run down on how the game is made and then after that I will reflect on everything and decide my final verdict.

=Characters=

Mario First ever game appearence: Donkey Kong (ARC, 1981) Most Famous for: Super Mario Bros* (SNES, 1885) Latest Appearence: Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (DS/Wii, 2009) Details about Mario:

Mario isn't only the most famouse game character in the world but he is one of the most recognizable fictional charecters in the universe. First Appearing 25 years ago as Donkey Kongs nemisis, Mario made a name for himself several years later in Super Mario Bros in the Famicon/NES consoles. Two more popular games on the NES alowed for Mario to make his jump to other Nintendo platfroms. This crossover include his first ever adventure in 3D, in 1996's Super Mario 64. What was once the nemisis for Dinkey Kong has now turned into one of the greatest gaming hero's of all time (and he's not even 30) and now with my photoshop skills i have made a picture of him and I will do this for every character. As for gameplay mario is considered the most "even" fighter being the middle ranking in every aspect such as speed power weight and fall speed but due to players prefering characters with more speed or power and mario not having any overly good moves he is both low tier (30/37) and not played much in tourenies.


 * This is just my opinion

Marth First ever game appearance: Fire Emblem (FAM, 1990) Most famous for: Super Smash Bros Melee (GCN, 2001) Latest Appearence: Super Smash Bros Melee (GCN, 2001)

Marth is basically a nobody. If your not a Fire Emblem fanatic then chances are you will not know who this is (in fact I only learnt who this is when I played Super Smash Bros Brawl). Well Marth was the main character in Fire Emblem which is a game that was never released outside of Japan and hasn't appeared on any other game except the Smash Bros series. He was only included in Super Smash Bros Melee because Fire Emblem is a very popular hybrid-RPG series in Japan. Most people who played Melee only knew him as one of the Strongest characters in the game. Since he became included in the Super Smash Bros series he has had numerous more Fire Emblem games come out including outside of Japan release. Gameplay wise Marth is considered a very good character (just outside the top tier at number 7/37) although some argue due to smaller attack range and his hits do less damage that he is slightly worse then his melee predisesor. He favours speed over power as do his special moves but unfortunatly he is one of the games lighter and bigger characters with poor upwards ablity to get back on stage meaning he is easier to knock off stage. His counter which allows him to reflect close range attacks and his good defensive ablities make up for these short comings.

Meta Knight

First ever game appearance: Kirby's adventure (NES, 1993)/\ Most Famous for: Kirby's adventure (NES, 1993) Latest Appearence: Kirby: S. Squad (DS, 2006)

Meta Knight is perhaps the most complex and mysterious character in the universe. Wearing nothing but his cloak with purple boots and wielding a Yellow sword named galaxia, as his mask conceals his identity, what his exact thoughts are is a mystery though. Although Kirby must battle him a lot their goals seem exactly the same. In Kirby and the amazing mirror they even go as far as to work together. Super Smash Bros Brawl is his first game in the Super Smash Bros series. He is one of the stand out characters not only for his looks but also because of his abilities including the ability to glide a long distance using his cloak. He is very small but makes up for it with his agility and power. Gameplay wise Meta Knight is considered the best character in the game some people going so far as to say he should be banned, this is due to all his four special attacks allow him to get back on stage making him extremely hard to intercept (these ablitlies include being able to turn into a tornado, gliding, shooting forward like a drill and teleporting a short distance) albeit you can only use one of these ablities once per time and only once (albeit this is "reset" if meta knight takes damage) he also has five mid air jumps as aposed to the normal one (1) and a glide which allows him to still use a special attack afterwards. His fighting ablity is good as his attacks have high priority (priority just means how likely it is for his attack to beat another) albeit he has low killing power but thanks to his jump and special moves he can fly and kill them off edge.

Mr Game and Watch

First Appearance: The Game and Watch series (G&W, 1980-1991) Most Famous for: The Game and Watch series (G&W, 1980-1991) Latest Appearance: Game and Watch collection 2 (DS, 2008) One of the oldest characters in Nintendo's long history it doesn't get much older then Mr Game and Watch. The Game and Watch series were a series of LCD Handhelds released by Nintendo. He is the oldest gaming character in Super Smash Bros Brawl but Nintendo have done a great job making it look like the rest of the pack. It takes quite a lot to unlock Mr Game and Watch, but when you do, it's well worth it. He is one of the games most unique characters in Super Smash Bros Brawl, and with 35 characters on the roster that's no mean feat. As for gameplay he is considered a wierd but good character (rating 8/37 on the tier) this is mostly due to the games physics and high priority attacks (for meaning of priority see Meta Knight). His smash attacks (strong attacks) come out quickly and can be use quickly in succsesion. he is a light wieght (secound lightest) character but due to his good ablity to get back on stage (being shot upwards then gaining a parchute) and being able to pull put a bucket which stops him from moving makes him very hard to kill dispite this.

Ness

First Appearance: Earthbound (SNES, 1995) Most Famous for: Earthbound (SNES, 1995) Latest Appearance: Super Smash Bros Melee (GCN, 2001)

Ness is a game character from Onett town and as an original member in the Smash Bros series Ness' appearance isn't that surprising. He is one of the most difficult players to control but most notably has an amazing recovery move. His rank is 31 out of 37 making him one of the worse characters in the game. This is because of his inability to get back on stage and lack of decent moves.

Princess Peach

First Appearance: Super Mario Bros (NES, 1985) Most Famous for: Super Mario Bros (NES, 1985) Latest Appearance: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter games (Wii/DS, 2009)

To start Peach was an obvious addition to Super Smash Bros Brawl. Over the years she has evolved surprisingly little in the last 20 years, remaining the same just as Mario, Luigi and Toad as well as some others. The only real change was the change very early on when she changed her dress from White to Pink. Peach is only one of two bona fide females in Super Smash Bros Brawl along with Princess Zelda who we will get to later. Peach isn't one of the best characters and it is very unusual to see her played, especially in competitive tournaments. AS just said Peach gameplay wise isnt the best character being serverly downgrade from melee where she was one of the best characters (5/26 on the tier) to 19/37 on the brawl tier. This was due to most of best moves getting weakend and a abilty which by some was considered 80% of her game was removed. dispite this a cupoule of her attacks have been strengthend and her weight helps her against some of the more annoying tactics like unescapeable grabs.

Pikachu

First Appearance: Pokemon Red/Blue (GB, 1998) Most Famous for: Pokemon Red.Blue* (GB, 1998) Latest Appearance: Pokemon Heart Gold/ Soul Silver (DS, 2009)

Pikachu is undoubtedly the most famous Pokemon. Although he has nothing much different and is perhaps even weaker then the others the Japanese public really latched on. His other fame was the long running cartoon TV show as Ash Ketchum's Pokemon of choice. Pikachu was one of only two pokemon in the original Super Smash Bros game, although he is now one of six in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Despite this his unique electric attacks make him stand out in the game. He can launch tiny bolts which dart around platforms which is great for a surprise attack, but perhaps his greatest attack is his lightning bolt which he can summon at will, which creates a impassable wall which sends your opponents flying when they get his by it. Due to this attack Pikachu is not to be taken lightly. Pikiachus game play is structured mostly around its speed and big lightning bolt he is one of the better cahracters acourding to the tiers (9/37) and has one of the best overall tier placements over the 3 games being first on the ssb64 tier (consisting of 12 characters) being so far as to say with the right player being unbeatable and 16 out of 27 on the melee tier his lowist placement but this was due to his suverly overpowered status in the first game.


 * All Pokemon games are the same so I just said that

Olimar (And pikmin)

First Appearance: Pikmin (GCN, 2001) Most Famous for: Pikmin (GCN, 2001) Latest Appearance: Pikmin 2 (GCN, 2004)

Captain Olimar is not only one of the many new comers to the Super Smash Bros series, but he's also one of the newest Nintendo characters period. Olimar's first appearance is in Pikmin 1, in this game Olimar crash crashes his space craft on a strange planet. Unfortunately the planets atmosphere is poisonous, forcing Olimar to find someway off the planet before his oxygen supply runs out. It is during this time that he discovers Pikmin, Pikmin are little creatures that are willing to give their lives to save Olimar. Now back to Super Smash Bros Brawl, like Ness and the Ice Climbers before him, Captain Olimar is perhaps the most unique, and complicated addition to Super Smash Bros Brawl. Olimar has to rely on his Pikmin friends to win. With them Olimar can fling the Pikmin at his enemies, when his enemy is hit they will cling on and continue attacking. Olimar can also use his Pikmin for smash attacks and use them as a grappling hook to jump long distances and grab the ledge before a large drop.Player wise olimar is considered considered a good character but with high dependance on his pikmin to do most of his attacks and poor ability to get back on stage lowers his rnaking however it is not a low ranking as he is 10/37 on the tier this is due to his fast and highly damaging attacks he does when he has pikman with him.

Pit First Appearance: Kid Icarus (NES, 1987) Most Famous for: Kid Icarus (NES, 1987) Latest Appearance: Kid Icarus: oMaM (GB, 1991)

Pit was very popular in his time but he has been lost in Nintendo's history. Pit has one of the weirdest abilities which is being able to fly and hover, meaning "mistaken Suicides" and "Cheap Smashes" are impossible on him. He also has an interesting array of weapons including a final smash that summons the goddess Palutena, you will know who this is if you ever play Kid Icarus. game play wise pit like olimar is considered a good character with bad ablity to get back on stage because if he is hit in mid air he can not use his ablities to get back on stage as well as other characters he is not however as good as olimar as he is 17/37 on the tier list this is due to having good attacks a good projectile and two reflector moves (his forward B and down B) but his recovery can be beaten easily if know how and not played well.

Pokemon Trainer

First Appearance: Pokemon Red/Blue (GB, 1998) Most Famous for: Pokemon Red/Blue (GB, 1998) Latest Appearance: Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold (DS, 2009)

NO this is not Ash from the TV show, in fact it isn't an given trainer from anything Pokemon. He's an all new character that looks like every other male Pokemon trainer you have ever met (which is probably 0). The Pokemon Trainer is the only character in Super Smash Bros Brawl that you choose but don't play as. Instead you play as any of the three Pokemon instead (Charizard, Squirtle or Ivysaur) you can switch between character in game creating an opposing team. This fact means that if used right it can be impossible to be beaten. This however is not displayed in the tier being a low tiered character (27/37) this is mainly due to bad recovery (getting back on stage) and being forced to master all 3 pokemon due to them losing power the longer they are in battle unlike shiek and zero suit samus who can be played stand alone.

R.O.B First Appearance: Gyromite (NES, 1985) Most Famous for: Gyromire (NES, 1985) Latest Appearance: Mario Kart (DS, 2006)

R.O.B or Robotic Operating Buddy, was never a Nintendo Character. Instead, he was one of the first Nintendo peripherals created for two early NES titles, Gryomite and Stack-Up. He is completely useless beyond those two games, and could even be bypassed completely in the games he has if the players had chosen not to play with him. Following his 1985 release R.O.B became a quiet thing that nobody remembered and more of a collectors item. But obviously R.O.B hasn't been completely forgoten. He has made appearances in well known games like F-Zero and Mario Kart and now he has joined Super Smash Bros Brawl. In Super Smash Bros Brawl he is an unlockable character like in Mario Kart. I won't say much about him only that he is very fun to play with and a great asset in the Super Smash Bros Brawl roster. he is also 12/37 on the tier due to great recovery (if not the best in the game these are his up B and if needed forward B as well as his back air for distance and down air for height. ) he also has great projectiles (down and neutal B) however they do require charging he also has good killing power and reasonable speed.

(Zero suit) Samus

First Appearance: Metroid (NES, 1987) Most Famous for: Super Metroid (SNES, 1994) Latest Appearance*: Metroid Prime 3 (Wii, 2007) There are few female character in gaming as popular as Samus. In fact at first glance Samus looks male in his suite. She is the most popular female character (or maybe seconds behind Princess Peach) in Nintendo. Debuting in 1987's Smash hit Metroid on NES, Samus has appeared in a mass of other games over most of Nintendo's console history. Now to Super Smash Bros Brawl, Samus is a veteran of the Super Smash Bros series, having appeared in all three of the so far Trilogy. The great thing about her appearance in Super Smash Bros Brawl however is that you have options with her. Samus has the ability to change her suit. She can change into the Zero Suite which Trades in her Clunky space armour for a Sky Blue Jumpsuite and trades her arm cannon for a blaster pistol. This ability makes the possibilities with Samus Endless. As for her gameplay she is a low tiered character (33/37) this is mainly due to her bad match ups with other characters and her best aspeccts like her projectiles and killing power being downgraded from melee and for this reason is mostly traded off for her secound form zero suit samus (or zss) who is a faster and higher tier character rating 15/37 due to her high speed good dash grab range good projectiles and high agility allowing her to dodge most attacks however she cant recover very well if knocked off stage.

Snake

First Appearance: Metal Gear (NES, 1991) Most Famous for: Metal Gear Solid (PSX, 1991) Latest Appearance: Metal Gear Solid 4 (PS3, 2008)

Very few gamers realise how old school Snake is. There isn;t much to talk about Snake except for his weapons. Carrying Rocket Launchers, Granades, Landmines and of course guns you better watch out for him. His weapons aren't exactly the strongest attack but the pack quite a punch so watch out. He is also thought to be one of the best characters in the game (2/37) due to his high power good survial abilty (i.e very hard to kill) good projectiles such good and upredictable recovery as well as c-4 and landmines to stop people getting back on stage.

Sonic

First Appearance: Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN, 1991) Most Famous for: Sonic The Hedgehog (GEN, 1991) Latest Appearance: Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic Games (Wii and DS, 2009)

Sonic made his debut in gaming with Sonic The Hedgehog at the end of the year 1990 on the Sega Genesis, this game started the long feud with Mario that is still going on today with the Mario and Sonic at the Olympic (Winter) games series. This rivalry not only started a feud between Mario and Sonic but it also started a rivalry between Sega and Nintendo itself. His blinding fast speed and his attitude offered an alternative from Mario's sickingly cute game play. But while Mario continued solidly Sonic had a rough patch although his first 3D game was met with good reviews. Some criticts still argue that this is still happening today. The feud has now been buried and is water under the bridge for Nintendo and Sega and somehow Sonic won the battle even with it's slumps and bad reviews. Like in other games he is the fastest character in Super Smash Bros Brawl and with his specially suited attacks used together with his speed it makes his moves hard to predict let alone evade. But on the down side he is also one of the toughest characters to come to grips with. Overall though if you get the controls right you have one good character. On the tier he is not very well placed (23/37) but he along with wolf (who is placed 22nd) are considered to be to low on the tier mostly due to there wierd game styles but sonic as said above has is main aspect being speed his low tier staus comes due to having low priority (see meta knight) lack of killing moves and bad match ups against other charcters however most good sonic player over come this with his unpredictablity this is also seen on the tier as he has had the largest jump up the tier (11 places) in the whole seiris. speed recovery and follow up ablity as well as a good recovery move allowing him to rack up damage stay alive and eventually kill.

Toon Link

First Appearance: Zelda: WW (GCN, 2003) Most Famous for: Zelda: WW (GCN, 2003) Latest Appearance: Zelda and the Spirit Tracks (DS, 2009)

Very few games have had as much controversy as The Legend of Zelda: Wind Walker did (and does to this day). All because the character was a kid????? Yes i don't know why either but I did research and that was what everything said. Toon Link though is a very good addition to the already star packed Super Smash Bros Brawl roster. He's the same as Young link from Super Smash Bros Melee but he's still better somehow. He's an unlockable that will make Zelda fans very happy (unless their still complaining about Zelda being a kid). game paly wise toon link is a solid character but with bad match ups he has well balnced attacks and good aproches as well as 2 or 3 recovery moves and 3 projectiles and an excelent down air which is used to the point of exess. his lower tier placement due to match ups may change however as he has been banned in some tournements and match up can be over come by good players.

Wario

First Apperance: Super Mario Land 2 (GB, 1992) Made Famous by: Wario Land: SML3 (GB, 1994) Latest Appearance: Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic games (DS/Wii, 2009)

Surprisingly this is Wario's first appearance in a Super Smash Bros game. Wario is Mario's fat, money obsesed rival who is so gready and lazy that he will just watch TV until he decides to rob someone. In game he is rank 3/37 which is very good. He has earnt this ranking because he is very hard to KO, can get back on stage very well, has a motocycle which alows him to go to his opponents quickly and his farts are very powerfull when fully charged (don't ask).

Wolf

First Appearance: Star Fox 64 (N64, 1997) Made Famous by: Star Fox 64 (N64, 1997) Latest Appearance: Star Fox command (DS, 2006)

Wolf is new to the Super Smash Bros series. He first appeared in Star Fox 64, where he helped Andross (this was because he wanted the destruction of team star fox. After he failed at doing this he grew to respect the Star Fox team even going so far as to help them. He also leads a band of space mercinaries called Star Wolf. On the tier he ranks 22/37 this is because he has bad recovery at getting back on stage and can be infinitely grabbed but has very quick and easy to chain attacks with good power and knock back included . He also has a fast reflector which reflects projectiles and interupts melee attacks. He also has good smash attacks and, along with Sonic, his tier postion is the most debated.

Yoshi

First Appearance: Super Mario World (SNES, 1991) Made Famous by: Super Mario World (SNES, 1991) Latest Appearance: Mario and Sonic at the Winter Olympic games (DS/Wii, 2009)

Yoshi made his first appearance in Super Mario World. In this game he gets trapped in an egg sized but gets saved by Mario, after this he vowes to help Mario in his adventures. Yoshi has appeared in Super Smash Bros Melee and Super Smash Bros 64 so he isn't a newbee, despite that he isn't a very good player. He is 32/37 on the tier list. He is this far back on the tier list because he has a weird projectile (which is inacurate), he has no recovery move in favour of a long jump which unlike recovering moves if he gets hit he can't use it again. As well as this he has a very high lack of tourney results. He may be crap but he's still a great game character.

Princess Zelda (and Sheik) First Appearance: Legend of Zelda (NES, 1986) Most Famous by: Legend of Zelda (NES, 1986) Lastest Appearance: Zelda: Twilight Princess (Wii, 2006)

Princess Zelda is the obligatory damsel in distress of the titulur Legend of Zelda series, this is because the evil sorcerer Gannondorf wants to kidnapper her and take over the world (no cliche there). She isn't the best character ranked 26/37. She has decent attacks with decent speed, she also has a projectile.

Donkey Kong

First Appearance: Donkey Kong (ARC, 1981) Most Famous by: Donkey Kong (ARC, 1981) Last Appearance: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter games (Wii/DS, 2009)

Donkey Kong first appeared in a game named after himself back in 1981. He is ranked 2nd in Nintendo's arsenal of phenominal characters on my opininon mostly because he is known world wide. He has been featured in many other games and films including a feature in The Simpsons game as the gorrila who takes Professor Frink hostage in the game world. He also has a family relation with Diddy Kong. He is ranked 18/37 making him a decent character. This is because of his well rounded attacks and good mobility. The bad thing about him is that he is a target for infinate chain grabs. He also has difficulty jumping back on stage and is very bad at dodging projectiles.

Diddy Kong

First Appearance: Donkey Kong Country (SNES, 1994) Made Famous by: Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES, 1995) Latest Appearance: Mario Kart Wii (Wii, 2008)

Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's nephew is a relatively new character. He is 15 years old making him one of the newest Nintendo Characters. He uses his peanut pop-guns and his barrel powered jet pack to help his uncle in various ways. He is rank 5/37 making him one of the best character in the game. This is because of his Bannana's which trip people over. He also has various quick attacks with power, good agility, good grab range and powerfull throws. He also has a high level because of the amount of tournaments he has won.

Luigi

First Appearance: Mario Bros (ARC, 1983) Made famous by: Super Mario Bros (NES, 1985) Latest Appearance: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter games (DS/Wii, 2009)

Luigi is another of those Nintendo characters that is known worldwide. Luigi is the brother of the most famous Nintendo character (Mario). Luigi is an unlockable character in Super Smash Bros Brawl. Originaly appearing as just a pellet swap for Mario, eventuly Luigi sored in popularity with some people highly prefering him over his brother (Mario) ,but he continues to remain in his brothers shadow with many games placing suttle refferance's to this (like his final smash). He is rank 20/37 making him a tiny bit below average. He has a very good air game, good skill to get back on stage and very good KO moves.

Falco

First Appearance: Star Fox (SNES, 1993) Made Famous by: Star Fox (SNES, 1993) Latest Appearance: Star Fox Command (DS, 2006)

Falco is a blue bird and one of the pilots of team Star Fox. He is rank 4/37 because he has a good laser, an unescapable grab, good speed, some fast smash attacks, even match up with other top tier characters and a long range reflector. His upwards recovery isn't that good, however, so he isn't higher tiered.

Finnaly the character are over all 37 of them!

Storyline
So to give you the introduction, Story mode in the game is called The Subspace Emissary (you will find out what this means later) or adventure mode which is what I will call it. The 'Adventure mode' storyline introduces new enemies call 'The Subspace Army' this army is rulled by a guy who decided to call himself The Ancient Minister. He is a big floating guy with a green hat and a robotic looking bottom as shown here >>>>>>>>>. Their objective is to try and cut apart the world and carry it into a Subspace. They use Subspace bombs to do this. Subspace bombs look like giant tablets with a blue glowing light in the middle. When the bomb goes of all things that get swallowed by the blast get teleported to the Subspace so basically that is ll you will need to know now to tell you the storyline. Back to Homepage

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