**OFFICIAL** Smash Brothers Brawl Thread

[HopJokey]

Changed the topic title due to request.

Metacritic has it rated at 95 / 100

 

[Ns1]

sickness, thanks.

 

[RandomFool]

That article is obviously biased against the Wii.

 

[randay]

Originally posted by: RandomFool
That article is obviously biased against the Wii.

yup, the reviewer must be an undercover employee for competing console companies. its the only possible reason for the crappy score!

 

[SAWYER]

I have these preordered for my kids. I have never played a Smash Brothers, but am looking forward to it.

 

[blurredvision]

I would love to see some company come out with a complete Smash Bros rip-off game with other characters. If I had a game that was the quality of Smash Bros with the quality of service that XBOX Live, I'd be in heaven.

 

[Ns1]

do want.

 

[RandomFool]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I would love to see some company come out with a complete Smash Bros rip-off game with other characters. If I had a game that was the quality of Smash Bros with the quality of service that XBOX Live, I'd be in heaven.

I don't think it would work out very well. A lot of the fun in the games comes from there being so many unique and recognizable characters. Not many companies have as many characters floating around as Nintendo does.

 

[dguy6789]

They clearly made a mistake. Such a low score....

 

[Yreka]

In for a copy here..

One of the few remaining *legal* venues to smack your kids around in

 

[Dumac]

I'm so excited for this game. 24 hours!

EDIT: Read the review, and I think it's pretty fair.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

sweet, this is the only game that makes me wanna get a wii.

 

[Cellulose]

Damn it, that freeloader is looking tempting...

 

[Piuc2020]

Right with you there Jihad, this is a game that makes me want a Wii but it's so odd... the best games on the Wii make little to NO use of the wiimote at all... Super Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess and Brawl are arguably in the Top 5 games for the Wii (if not the Top 3) and yet they make irrelevant use of the wiimote.

 

[ArmchairAthlete]

Originally posted by: RandomFool

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I would love to see some company come out with a complete Smash Bros rip-off game with other characters. If I had a game that was the quality of Smash Bros with the quality of service that XBOX Live, I'd be in heaven.

I don't think it would work out very well. A lot of the fun in the games comes from there being so many unique and recognizable characters. Not many companies have as many characters floating around as Nintendo does.

Also a lot of the fun comes from sitting next to the people you're smashing with =). Not someone far away on Live.

 

[oznerol]

As someone who doesn't have much nostalgia for Nintendo characters nor a fondness for fighting games, I really don't see the big deal with this title. I've played the N64 and Gamecube versions, and they're both OK. Maybe I'm a bit jaded as my friend was really good at the N64 version and always beat my ass, but still, aside from being a decent fighting game with recognizable characters, there isn't much to it.

I think the biggest selling point really comes from all of the people who grew up with these characters and the "oh my god, I get fight Mario vs. Link!" appeal. It's just a giant fan service. I'd like to know if the people who are bored with these characters, such as myself, are interested in this game.

 

[Dangerer]

Originally posted by: ducci
As someone who doesn't have much nostalgia for Nintendo characters nor a fondness for fighting games, I really don't see the big deal with this title. I've played the N64 and Gamecube versions, and they're both OK. Maybe I'm a bit jaded as my friend was really good at the N64 version and always beat my ass, but still, aside from being a decent fighting game with recognizable characters, there isn't much to it.

I think the biggest selling point really comes from all of the people who grew up with these characters and the "oh my god, I get fight Mario vs. Link!" appeal. It's just a giant fan service. I'd like to know if the people who are bored with these characters, such as myself, are interested in this game.

The game can be played for lots of different reason. I'll be picking it up for the competitive aspect since Melee had a HUGE following at my university. I personally found the game highly entertaining when I sucked bawlz and got destroyed by my friends, but I find the game even more addicting now that I can compete with them

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7tMO0bo1HnY

The game is just absolutely beautiful when played skillfully. Here's to hoping brawl can do the same

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Dangerer

Originally posted by: ducci
As someone who doesn't have much nostalgia for Nintendo characters nor a fondness for fighting games, I really don't see the big deal with this title. I've played the N64 and Gamecube versions, and they're both OK. Maybe I'm a bit jaded as my friend was really good at the N64 version and always beat my ass, but still, aside from being a decent fighting game with recognizable characters, there isn't much to it.

I think the biggest selling point really comes from all of the people who grew up with these characters and the "oh my god, I get fight Mario vs. Link!" appeal. It's just a giant fan service. I'd like to know if the people who are bored with these characters, such as myself, are interested in this game.

The game can be played for lots of different reason. I'll be picking it up for the competitive aspect since Melee had a HUGE following at my university. I personally found the game highly entertaining when I sucked bawlz and got destroyed by my friends, but I find the game even more addicting now that I can compete with them

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7tMO0bo1HnY

The game is just absolutely beautiful when played skillfully. Here's to hoping brawl can do the same

Cool. Thought it was possible, but didn't know for sure that other competitive smashers went to these forums. Brawl is indeed looking very good. Going to go win the gamestop tourney tonight.

 

[Inspector Jihad]

Originally posted by: Piuc2020
Right with you there Jihad, this is a game that makes me want a Wii but it's so odd... the best games on the Wii make little to NO use of the wiimote at all... Super Mario Galaxy, Twilight Princess and Brawl are arguably in the Top 5 games for the Wii (if not the Top 3) and yet they make irrelevant use of the wiimote.

true...i still think the best way to play games is with a controller pad. the wiimote is good for wii sports type stuff but gamepad is the way to go.

 

[oznerol]

So my friends and I got this at the midnight launch and played it up until now...

My really short opinion - OK game, but still not for me. The backgrounds are pretty cool, though.

It is definitely not a "9.5" game, but if you're a Smash Bros. fan, you will love this, as it's basically the exact same game as it has ever been. My friend dominated on the N64 version, as I mentioned above, and he never played the Gamecube one. He jumped into this one, and the controls and everything were exactly the same for the same characters, so he was just as good as he ever was.

We tried using the remote + nunchuk combo first - don't bother. We then moved to the classic controller, which was OK. I prefer the Gamecube controller the best. You can set every button to any command you want, though, so that is very nice. We also tried multiplayer, but couldn't get a game started.

I will probably never play this game again.

 

[NGC_604]

It's by far the best fighting game out there.

 

[erwos]

Originally posted by: ducci
We tried using the remote + nunchuk combo first - don't bother. We then moved to the classic controller, which was OK. I prefer the Gamecube controller the best. You can set every button to any command you want, though, so that is very nice. We also tried multiplayer, but couldn't get a game started.

Great - so now I need to buy $150 of Wavebirds. Damn Nintendo for canceling production of them...

 

[NFS4]

Just picked up my copy. Getting ready to play it now

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: erwos

Originally posted by: ducci
We tried using the remote + nunchuk combo first - don't bother. We then moved to the classic controller, which was OK. I prefer the Gamecube controller the best. You can set every button to any command you want, though, so that is very nice. We also tried multiplayer, but couldn't get a game started.

Great - so now I need to buy $150 of Wavebirds. Damn Nintendo for canceling production of them...

Thats my biggest issue. I've got my Wii located above my tv in the entertainment center so I'd need wavebirds to play this well (otherwise the cords would #1 be too short and #2 fall in front of the TV).

 

[Ns1]

Originally posted by: erwos

Originally posted by: ducci
We tried using the remote + nunchuk combo first - don't bother. We then moved to the classic controller, which was OK. I prefer the Gamecube controller the best. You can set every button to any command you want, though, so that is very nice. We also tried multiplayer, but couldn't get a game started.

Great - so now I need to buy $150 of Wavebirds. Damn Nintendo for canceling production of them...

I've got my 4 from my GC

but of course, I got no wii or brawl.

Such a dillemma