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Super Smash Bros is A HIT with my boys!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I am rating this game a winner because it hit big with both of my boys. I have an eleven year old and a five year old and they equally enjoy playing this game. My older son enjoys battling his friends in head to head competition (battles) as well as the CPU... While my younger son prefers to do battle with the CPU. They both love to play this game equally and opt to play it often (as I allow of course). This game offers a wide variety of characters to choose from and pair up with in various battle modes. Great game! --No disappointment here :)...

The most awesome fan service of a game ever.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of the best I've ever played. I'm willing to admit that part of the reasoning behind it is the nostalgia factor. However, even if you remove the nostalgia, its a pretty fun game with some of the best graphics the Wii has seen so far.

The graphics are fantastic, and are actually pretty realistic. This game brings up the same issue Super Mario Galaxy brought up, I don't think I want any game including Mario or Kirby to look much more realistic, or it just wouldn't feel right. There's some pretty good textures here, and a very solid frame rate. I have never noticed any slowdown, not even in the game's craziest moments. The graphics, while not the best you're going to see in gaming, are very solid, do their job, and are some of the best the Wii offers.

The soundtrack is far beyond what gamers are used to. It is massive. Not only is it massive, but is awesome too. Most of the songs are reworked classics, that any gamer loves to hear. As for the others, they're still nice to have for variety. A cool new feature is that you can select how often certain songs play on each arena. The soundtrack is amazing, and has a pretty good chance at winning that department here for Best of 2008.

Now for the game play. As much as they have added to the graphics and soundtrack, they have added even more to the game play. Not only do they have the awesome new arenas that change as you fight, but they also included some of your old favorites from Melee. There's also way more characters than before, and I am really glad they included Snake and Sonic, as they are both huge parts of my gaming history. They revamped the single player completely. Now, not only can you play through classic on various difficulties, but there's the new single player storyline, Subspace Emissary. There's no speaking in Subspace, which I consider a good thing, and its filled with funny moments, as well as cool epic ones. It lasts a good eight hours or so, and is surprisingly good for a party and/or fighting game. Subspace has helped to evolve Brawl past a party/fighting game, and really makes it a whole lot more fun to play single player than it was with Melee. When you're done with Subspace, there's still classic mode, tournament, home run, multi man brawl, boss battles, coin toss, and more. The multi player is as great as ever, and I think the super smash orb really adds tot he game play, because everyone in the room is yelling at each other in panic and fighting to get the final hit on it when it arrives. Plus all the super smash moves are pretty cool, well except for Luigi's, I'm not really sure what to think when he does that.

In short, this game will keep you entertained for hours and hours. Even if you get sick of it from playing it too much, I promise that you'll come back to it eventually. This game has some serious replay value. Forget about your harsh feelings towards the Wii, when you approach this game, just have fun with it.

The best party you threw all in one disc

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Let's face it, Super Smash Bros Brawl was without a doubt one of the most heavily anticipated games of this year. With heavyweights like Metroid, Mario and Zelda, Nintendo's machine was sure generating some good momentum but those games were more for the hardcore single player whereas Brawl's strengths best come when you're amongst friends that can play. Maybe it was because of that that I was reluctant to purchase it since I always played the machine by myself with no one to really call or was not too busy. But first playing among family members, the appeal of the game/series became easy to see. The single player is fun but to best get the game's positives, bring some friends.

Story: No real story to speak of unless you take on the main single player mission which is quite long but the game's more a party game where you and up to 3 other players can battle each other or team up in certain special stages. As such, the game might not be as fun if it's just simply you although like the others in the series, the unlockables which contain trophies to new stages and characters, there's a lot to uncover within the game.

Graphics: Of course there's an upgrade from Melee with more sharper character models, flashy effects like lighting, explosions and such but when you stack it against gorgeous games like Mario Galaxy or Twilight Princess, it's not really the most prettiest Wii title but then when you're fighting enemies, you can kind of care less about whether something isn't as sharp as it should be.

Sound/Music: The music quite surprised as the game kicks off with a big cinematic intro complete with huge choirs and heavily orchestrated arrangements and throughout the game you can hear music that resembles the stage such as the Overworld Theme from Legend of Zelda to even those quirky songs with strange singing from Animal Crossing. Voice acting is just stuff like laughing, grunts and catch phrases from various fighters.

Gameplay: The game hasn't really changed from the previous incarnations as far as controls but you can decide how you want to play: the traditional Wiimote/Nunchuk combo, Wiimote sideways NES-style, the Classic Controller or a Gamecube one. The moves are still relatively similar with minor changes according to the controller. Once you get the hang of how to fight, it's just a case of choosing your fighters. And like a lot of sequels, it adds and adds though that doesn't mean it's a bad thing. With returning favorites like Link, Mario and the Ice Climbers, we also get newbies like Sonic, Snake and Zero Suit Samus. Some are incredibly fun to use (Meta Knight) while others don't really seem that exciting to use. Never did like the Fire Emblem guys in the last one and still don't.

Game modes are a-plenty from the Classic Adventure mode to the long Subspace Emissary where you can switch to different characters depending on the next "chapter" and friends can even join in on the fly so it's not just a single player or multiplayer experience right to the end. You get traditional fights to tournaments to specialty stages like survival mode and plenty more so you're bound to be busy for quite awhile. And let's not forget the most anticipated part: the online feature where you can head-to-head against people hooked up to the Net. I haven't had my Wii hooked up so I can't really give any details but it sure sounds like fun.

I'd very much recommend Brawl even if it's just you but to get the most out of it, it's best to play with someone. Who knows? Maybe your parents can turn out to be ***-kickers.

Fun for everyone

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I pre-ordered this at my 9 year old son's request (and his cash). The only thing disappointing about this was waiting for it to arrive from Amazon. I thought the game would be shipped so on the 1st day available it would be at my house. We had to wait 4 days until it showed up.

Once we started playing however, all the waiting was worth it. We have 2 WII controller sets and some older Nintendo controllers. This game allows you to use both. So now we have been playing 4 people. Everyone loves it, although I get my butt kicked because I still don't understand everything your suppose to do, but the kids do.

I think this is a fun game for the family, but it is fighting so if maybe it is not perfect for younger children. The kids from 9-18 and a 40+ Dad think it is great.

Fun for me and for my seven-year-old

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 22, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Yeah, I'm one of those moms who plugs her kid into a game console from time to time, but I feel ambivalent about it, so I try to monitor the content and, as often as possible, play with my son so that we're together and more than just the slackjawed, button-pushing part of his brain gets activated. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is easy enough to play and gets better as the player gets better. That makes it a game that my son enjoys a lot. He can play it without direction from an adult. And it's fun for me to play, too.

The graphics are beautiful. The sound is great. But I don't think this is quite as much better than the Gamecube Melee as I had hoped it would be. Like others, I was hoping for better integration of the wii remote's capabilities. The reversion to thumb gymnastics at the finger olympics is a disappointment after Mario Party 8 got my aging rear end off the couch to bat at balls and shake soda cans.

Grandson's gift

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Super Smash Brothers Brawl game was a big hit with my grandson. I was so happy to receive it and to give him this gift.

Thanks

Great game. Superb Graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've always loved super smash bros games. But ever since I heard this was coming out I was excited, however I knew the game wouldn't include many new stuff. Some people love the aspect that Link and Mario behave in the exact same way than the previous games but I think they should have stepped up a little bit. There's a lot you can do from the story mode, challenges, etc.

One thing that I really liked is the control compability you can play with a wii remote, remote+nunchuck, classic controller and even with a gamecube controller!! this is just great

Another thing that amazed me is the graphics! And I wasn't expecting this at all. Smash Bros is not a game recognized for great graphics but this game has graphics that match PS3 and XBOX 360 graphics, if you don't believe play the story mode and wait till you get to the part to enter the spaceworld when the 2 ships start bombing each other it is just amazing!

The only think that makes me sad/mad is that Nintendo is lacking of game innovation and every game that I've liked of the Wii is a sequel of another great game (Mario galaxy, Metroid prime 3, Zelda, etc) I think they need to start developing some new stuff.

Fun... But nothing really new.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Don't get me wrong. This is an awesome game. My only gripe with it, though, is that IT'S THE SAME THING. Apart from some new characters and a few new items, it's the same game as Melee.
Pros:
Crisp graphics
Fun gameplay
Snake?!?
Cons:
Same gameplay

A lot of multiplayer fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Super Smash Bros. Brawl This game is a lot of fun~~ it get in perfect state and very fast :3 . But the game is great when you're having a videogame party and want to kick some arss~~ but sometimes, in solitarie, you get a little saturade. Anyway, it's a big step in the Smash evolution. I'm happy with it and I will buy the next one too <3

SSBB

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

it is a great game, you have hours of fun and the characters are great! :D they really moved up from SSBM

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