Its trying to appeal to everyone, keeps Brawl from perfection. True Score: 8.9
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is mainly a fighting game. It is not like other fighting games though. Instead of having a health bar, each character has a percent meter that goes up as you take damage. The higher it gets, the more likely you are to get launched off screen to your death. There is also a very wide of items that you can use. Some include Pokeballs from Pokemon, the Fire Flower from Super Mario Bros, laser guns, the Warp Star from Kirby, and more. There are many different fighting modes. There is cl@$$ic, all-star, training, and more.
Its the game's amazing multi-player that really shines though. The game can be played up to four players split-screen. The rules of these matches can be customized a lot. Like the amount of damage you start with, making everybody giant sized, etc. Brawl can also be played online. And while this had some problems at first, this all seems to have been fixed and works well. Also, online you can watch and bet on matches to win coins.
There is also an adventure mode called the Subspace Emissary. Unfortunately, this is part of the of why I'm giving Brawl an in Game play, (The other part being the awful Wiimote and Wiimote +Nunchuck controls. I recomend using a Gamecube or Cl@$$ic Controller.) In the Subspace Emissary, you play as a large number of Nintendo characters and go through levels, based mostly off Nintendo games. The reason Brawl suffers from this is that it is too repetitive and not nearly as fun as the main fighting mode.
The Subspce Emissary, does however, show off some great CG cut-scenes. These however, are always followed by long load times. The rest of the game also has some great graphics. Even better than the graphics, though, is the sound. Brawl has a an incredible original score composed by many famous game composers. The game also has good sound effects.
Brawl has 35 characters. For the most part they are different from each other. The exceptions being Fox, Falco, and Wolf, and to a lesser extent, Toon Link and Link, and Mario and Luigi. There is wide variety for the rest. Some of the characters are Kirby from Kirby, Ike from Fire Emblem, King Dedede from Kirby, Ganondorf from The Legend of Zelda, Sonic from Sonic The Hedgehog, Solid Snake from Metal Gear, and Pikachu from Pokemon. While most of these characters are great and fun to use, there are some that aren't. Olimar attacks by using different colored Pikmin that do different things depending on the color. Brawl's game play is too fast paced to cycle through until you get to the one that you want to use. The other being Mr. Game and Watch. He is a little too hard to use for me. But that may just be me. I've seen a few people online who can use him well. The game also has many different stages. Based on games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros, Pokemon, Star Fox, The Legend of Zelda, and more. There are also some returning stages from Super Smash Bros. Melee. You can also create your own stages.
There are tons of unlockables in brawl. There are hidden characters, stages, music, trophies, and stickers. All this combined with the fighting modes, The Subspace Emissary, and the stage creator, you will be coming back to this game for a very long time.
In conclusion, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is an amazing game. It is a must have Wii game
Gameplay: 8
Graphics: 9
Sound: 10
Value: 10
Tilt: 9
True Score: 8.9