Super Smash Bros Brawl Review

Super Smash Bros for the N64 and Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo Gamecube, two of the greatest multiplayer games of all time, both still extremely popular to this day. Brawl? Greatest multiplayer game of all time.When the trailer for Brawl was first shown at E3 2006 it was pretty exciting. Seeing those new characters and the much improved graphics brought a lot of hope plus the addition of third party characters brought great potential. Well its been almost two years later and after two typical Nintendo delays its here. So how good is this game…well if you liked Melee than you might like the addition of some new characters such as Snake, Sonic, Pit, Meta Knight, King Dedede, Olimar, Ike, Wario, Diddy Kong, R.O.B, Wolf and more. Or maybe you'll like the addition of online, more stages, better graphics, the greatest soundtrack of all time, an eight hour adventure mode, more unlockables and even more ways to customize your battle. More of our thoughts after the jump.

The gameplay in this game for the most part remains the same. Obviously you can customize almost anything in this game whether it be stock, time or coin match, speed size and controller options (stick with the Gamecube controller). One of the new feature to this game is the smash ball. This item essentially has a different effect for each character giving them an extremely poweful move. Whether it be Donkey Kong breaking out his drums or Fox crashing in with his landmaster. Overall the smash ball adds a lot of depth and makes the game that much more fun. The other new addition is the Subspace Emissary. Its a lot better than Melee's adventure mode in that it lasts eight hours and it has tons of beautiful videos to further enhance the experience. It gives the game a decent story and just simply adds more unlockables. Another cool edition is the stage builder. It could have been a lot better but what this adds to the game is a way to create neat stages suited to your playing needs, you can even send them to friends or have the chance of Nintendo choosing them and placing them up on Wi-Fi.

Online, Brawl has online? Sounds like a great idea and with friend codes it's just as if you were playing with them in your own living room. I haven't tried it much myself but I hear there are a few problems which will hopefully be worked out. Other great features from this game are trophies, returning from Melee, stickers and masterpieces. Masterpieces are demo versions from classic games enabled by the power of the Virtual Console. Super Mario World, Super Metroid and Ocarina of Time are among the titles that you can try out.

Enough can't be said about this soundtrack with a team of some of the greatest musicians working on this project. Some of Nintendo's greatest songs are in here whether they remain the same or are given a unique remix. All the great songs from the Mario franchise to the Legend of Zelda and all the way to the Wii Shop Channel music are included in this game and their all great.

The best thing about Brawl is that its so accessible, almost anyone who has ever played Smash Bros has loved it and yet there is a monstrous amount of depth that you can play this game for years to come as seen with Melee. Great with friends, great by yourself and just overall an amazing experience. In conclusion this game is for everyone, whether you be a die hard Nintendo fan or someone just getting into gaming, you owe yourself to play this amazing game.