Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Tonight I wanna post a review of one of my favourite Wii games. Wanna know why it's one of my favourites? It doesn't use the motion controls! Hurray!!!.... Well.. aside from the character selection screens, but shuttup! I just want to set this straight, motion gaming is not cool in my eyes; immersion in a game requires your thoughts to be transferred into precise actions, which can be far better done with a button press instead of an actual movement.

Now, on to the review!

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the third installment in a series of fighting games featuring an all star roster of Nintendos most popular characters. It was published by Nintendo for the Wii in 2008.

STORY
The story mode of SSBB introduces a group of antagonists called the Subspace Army, who are led by the Ancient Minister, and follows each individual characters attempts to stop them from taking over. Its a fairly weak story, lacking in dialogue, but featuring well rendered cutscenes. There isn't much (or any) character development, since players know most of (if not all) the Nintendo characters already. The story is really a weak wrapping for the gameplay in this case.

PRESENTATION
As i said before, the cutscenes in this game look stunning, and are one of my favourite parts of this game. Alongside that are the excellent in game graphics, coupled with the catchy/familiar tunes played on each stage, giving each location its unique feel.
There are also points where characters will talk during gameplay (i.e. taunts) and the voice acting here sounds spot on, especially for Sonic and Solid Snake. Its really a Nintendo fan boys wet dream, although non nintendoids may be able to appreciate its looks and sounds as well.

GAMEPLAY
Super Smash Bro.s Brawl isn't your standard fighting game, by any means. Players control 1 of 35 playable characters over 41 selectable stages; where the objective in most game types is to knock your opponent off of the stage. This may be off either side, off the bottom of the screen, or out of the ceiling. This gets easier the higher your opponents damage goes, and its all a fairly simple interface to understand.
Controls work fairly well, and nothing really bothers me about this game in the way of glitches or bugs; but SSBB strikes me as the kind of game you want to play with friends. Strangely then, you are forced to unlock the majority of the character roster; meaning that if you take it to a friends party, guess who won't be playing as Solid Snake!

Gameplay gets a tad repetitive after a while, and the variations on game type do very little to avoid this. Every match will consist of you beating the crap out of a beloved Nintendo character; and while that is acceptable, it will get boring to most gamers.

Before I forget, there is a single player campaign of sorts, which takes the form of a side scrolling platformer/beat em up; which plays like a normal match, except all the maps are basically the same and the screen scrolls along with your character. Would have been more fun if it weren't so lengthy.

REPLAYABILITY
SSBB is a decent game, with lots of characters and levels to unlock. As well as that, their are in game awards to win by completing certain tasks, along with online multiplayer if you feel so inclined.
But the real draw for Super Smash Bros. is that it creates immense amounts of retarded fun when multiple people gather around the Wii and start beating the shit out of each other. As Nintendo characters of course.

I assure you, if you're doing it right, you wont be able to tell who the fuck is doing what until the final bell rings.

OVERVIEW
Overall, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a decent game. It looks pretty, sounds amazing and is addictive as all hell. Add friends into the mix and you may never put it down.
But then again, even soccer can be fun with more than one person. Come to think of it, soccer with one person is very sad....
But, yea, as I was saying, a non existent story and long boring single player campaign drag this fun fighter down a bit, but not too much. I'm just happy I got to beat the stupid out of Princess Peach using Solid Snake.

That's my 22nd review down, i hope people are reading this. If not, oh well, I'm having fun. While I'm here, I think everyone should take a listen to ww.beeradio.podbean.com, do it; it'll mean alot to me. See you next time!