With a bigger roster and online multiplayer. Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a game you'll be coming back to again and again

User Rating: 9 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl WII
By Kenny789 | Review Date:
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a cross-over fighting game featuring tons of Nintendo characters battling it out against each other. The game is fairly simple unlike other fighting games that require you to push buttons in the correct order to pull off combos, in Brawl you only need to push one button for attacking. Depending on your controller, you attack with A or B or 1 or 2 and to use Smash Attacks just tap the analog stick in the direction you're facing and push A or 1. To get a better understanding of the controls, it's best to visit the main Smash Bros. Brawl website. There are no button memorization needed since Brawl does not have those kind of combos. To defeat an opponent, you simply need to keep attacking him until his damage percentage is high enough and then you simple use a "Smash Attack" to send him flying off the stage which gives you 1 point. There is also an HP option which swaps the damage counter with a health counter, In this mode you simple keep attacking him/her until his/her health reaches 0. Although the controls and gameplay is fairly easy to understand, the hardcore audience won't feel left out. If you master the controls well then you can "juggle" opponents and do some combos on the ground. No matter what kind of gamer you are, Smash Bros. Brawl has a lot to offer for almost everyone.

Brawl is the one of the games on the Wii with the best graphics. Backgrounds are very detailed and so are the characters. A lot of the characters from Melee have had a massive graphical upgrade such as Link and Mario. Graphics remain fantastic online so no need to worry about it. Even the background characters such as Knuckles, Tails and Silver on the Sonic stage look great. All in all, Brawl has fantastic graphics and everything ingame is very detailed.

Brawl also has fantastic sound in the game. From the Menu to the Stages, all the songs are great. Not only that but Brawl has a large collection of songs for you to unlock/collect. Some have been remade just for Brawl while some remain the same from the game it came from. One annoying thing I found is that the main theme for Brawl is everywhere. From Smash the Targets to online Practice Mode, it's always a different version of the main theme. It's not that the main theme is bad , it just gets a little boring listening to it all the time but that's just a minor problem to me. It might not even annoy you and who knows you might even like it. Sound effects are a little different from Melee for example, the Party Ball makes a slightly different sound than the one in Melee but I don't think a lot of people will notice this. Although it's different, it's still very good. Bob-ombs and Smart Bombs sound great when they explode and the music you get from picking up the Golden Hammer is pretty good. The characters themselves also sound great, I think they did a great job on the voice acting. All in all, Brawl has fantastic sound whether it's the background song or the sound effects of characters and items.

I highly recommend this game to anyone out there who's a big Nintendo fan or to anyone who wants a great multiplayer game. It's fantastic when you have friends over to play it with you and the online is "ok" at the moment. You'll also have a great time playing it by yourself but the game's shining moments are from multiplayer battles.

Overall, this game was everything I expected it to be. I found online to be a bit disappointing and I'm hoping Nintendo will get that sorted out soon but playing with friends was great. We all had a great time and I believe it's one of the best multiplayer Wii games out there.

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