Super Smash Bros.

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Description

Super Smash Bros. 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 Falcon* (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

Part of the Following Groups

• Console Generation Exclusive: Nintendo 64
• Franchise crossovers
• Game feature: BGM / music player
• Gameplay feature: Arena fighting
• Super Smash Brothers series

User Reviews

A great multi-player fighting game!	Nintendo 64	darthsith19 (70)
Best party game ever	Nintendo 64	Matt Johnson (4)
We had soooooooooooo much fun when we were kids	Nintendo 64	Asinine (1006)

Critic Reviews

Nintendo Land	Nintendo 64	2003	90 out of 100	90
Game Freaks 365	Nintendo 64	2002	8.8 out of 10	88
IGN	Nintendo 64	Apr 27, 1999	8.5 out of 10	85
Super Play (Sweden)	Nintendo 64	Nov, 1999	84 out of 100	84
Power Unlimited	Nintendo 64	Feb, 2000	8.4 out of 10	84
Retro Gamer	Wii	Jul, 2009	83 out of 100	83
Game Revolution	Nintendo 64	May, 1999	B	75
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Wii	Jul 26, 2009	7 out of 10	70
Cincinnati Enquirer	Nintendo 64	2000		62
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.

Related Web Sites

• Wikipedia: Super Smash Bros. (Information about Super Smash Bros. at Wikipedia)