Super Smash Brothers takes familiar Nintendo characters such as Mario, Kirby and Donkey Kong, and gets them to fight to the death. There are 8 fully-interactive landscapes, with one for each character, with noticeable links to their games. Controls are analogue-based, with different moves executed depending on the direction and how firmly the stick is pressed. Items like baseball bats, Bob-ombs, and healing items drop into the arenas at random, aiding any nearby characters than can make use of them. The game uses a fixed viewpoint which scrolls, although characters are rendered in 3D.

The one-player mode has 14 stages to work through. Up to 4 human players can do battle at once, with team play as well as all-against-all action. Hidden characters are thrown in for good measure, as are bonus rounds, and a battle to the end with a giant hand (you read right).

Playable characters include:

Captain Falcoln* (F-Zero series)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong games)
Fox (Star Fox series)
Kirby (Kirby games)
Jigglypuff* (Pokémon universe)
Link (Legend of Zelda series)
Luigi* (Mario games)
Mario (Mario games)
Ness* (Mother/EarthBound series)
Pikachu (Pokémon universe)
Samus (Metroid series)
Yoshi (Mario games)

* denotes any characters that need to be unlocked under special conditions first.

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Alternate Titles

"ニンテンドウオールスター！大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ" -- Japanese spelling
"SSB" -- Common abbreviated name
"Nintendo All-Star! Dai-Rantou Smash Brothers" -- Japanese title
"Kakuto-Geemu Ryuoh" -- Japanese early working title

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	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
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	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
	Super Smash Bros.	Nintendo 64	$31.50
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User Reviews

A great multi-player fighting game!	Nintendo 64	darthsith19 (65)
Best party game ever	Nintendo 64	Matt Johnson (4)
We had soooooooooooo much fun when we were kids	Nintendo 64	Pixelspeech (888)

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The Press Says

Gaming Target	Nintendo 64	Jul 05, 2000	8.5 out of 10	85
Power Unlimited	Nintendo 64	Feb, 2000	8.4 out of 10	84
Super Play	Nintendo 64	Nov, 1999	84 out of 100	84
IGN UK	Wii	Feb 04, 2010	8 out of 10	80
Jeuxvideo.com	Nintendo 64	Dec 13, 1999	16 out of 20	80
Retroage	Nintendo 64	Jul 22, 2009	8 out of 10	80
Game Revolution	Nintendo 64	May, 1999	B	75
GameSpot	Nintendo 64	Feb 18, 1999	7.5 out of 10	75
The Video Game Critic	Nintendo 64	Apr 08, 2008	C	50
Electric Playground	Nintendo 64	May 07, 2004	2 out of 10	20

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Trivia

Characters

This is the first time that a collection of Nintendo based characters have been brought together in one game (Mario, Samus, Link, etc.). Super Mario Kart was the first time a collection of Mario based characters was used.

Japanese Sound Differences

The Japanese version has different sound effects. For example, when attacking an opponent with punches and kicks, they sound like "thwaps". As another example, when attacking with the Beam Sword, it sounds a lot like the lightsaber from the Star Wars movies.

Information also contributed by Alexander Michel.

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This entry was contributed by Kartanym