Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) Review

Review by: cube_gamer

Reviewers Score: 10 / 10

Posted: March 16, 2008

Here is the awesome review of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.

Gameplay: 10/10
Music/Sound: 10/10
Graphics: 9/10

I have already read many reviews on Brawl, (1 day after release) and many have said that Brawl is just Melee version 1.1. I want to prove that wrong with this review. (Why change something that's this good anyway?) This game is one of a kind. Crossover characters abound in this game. From Mario to Sonic to Solid Snake(OMG!). But that is not what this game is about. The game's biggest focus is the multi player brawls. From Melee they have added a few tweaks, like the Final Smashes. A floating ball appears out of nowhere. It's called the smash ball. Like it says, smash it until it's broken. Then you may use your final smash to obliterate your foes. It's always satisfying to unleash those moves. There are also a ton of new items. The Golden Hammer is my favorite. It's just like the normal Hammer, but much more powerful. Also they have added assist trophies. They act like the poke' balls but they have other Nintendo characters in them.

But aside from the multi player features, they have added a slew of new single player features. The biggest addition is the improved adventure mode. It is labeled as the Subspace Emissary (SSE). This time the game has a story to it. Many of Nintendo's characters unite to fight off a mysterious and unknown enemy. But I won't go into much detail of it, I don't want to include spoilers. I will tell you now that this mode is kind of hard (playing on Normal Difficulty). The A.I. is very smart on this game. It is still the side scrolling game play that we are familiar with. But you fight a bunch of original enemies, along with some familiar ones. Not only that, you will also encounter giant (and I mean that) bosses. You will also brawl with some of the characters in this mode. It is highly improved from Melee. Not only is it longer (OMG!) it has many more secrets. And you must find them all to get 100% of the game completed. They have also brought back Classic mode (It wouldn't be Smash with out it). But it's been modified greatly. Who you fight is completely random, also on randomness you can fight up to 3 giants in one session, but it random, even the first one that you fight can be a giant or a metal, or it could be teams, you can just never tell. But they have taken off race to the finish and get the trophies mode in classic. But there are six difficulties of hit the targets. And they get really hard. But as always you fight Master Hand at the end of the road.

All-Star mode also makes its return. But this time it is much harder to finish without continuing. There are more characters to fight, and they still only give you 3 heart containers. And they randomize it also, you may fight up to six characters in one fight at random times. But less bombs appear in fights this time. (Melee's version had too many bombs in the fights) The event mode makes it's comeback in this game. Now you can choose the difficulty of the events, to me that is a major improvement, I like them to be really hard all the way through. And the home run contest is back, a it's improved. You can now smash that sandbag around with out it flying out of the ring. But you still have the time limit. They still have the collectable trophies.

Fighting still has the same formula, but there are some changes in the classic characters' moves. And some things are easier to pull off: per say the wall jump.
Oh and guess what, IT HAS ONLINE MULTIPLAYER!!!!!!!!!!! That is what some of us have been waiting for. And a stage builder, where you build your own stages, and unlock more parts as you build more. (Sound's sorta like Halo 3 there, with it's forge mode.) It also has a replay mode where you can save your videos of what you did. And now you can take a snapshot at any time in the game.

So I give the gameplay a 10 of out 10.

Music, it's collectable in this game. There is many more songs in this game. Some of which the famous composer Nobuo Uemastu has made many of the original compositions in this game. Most of the songs are remixed to have that brawl feel to them. Many are straight up rips from the older games. But they all feel at home on this game.

So I give the Music a 10 out of 10.

Now for the graphics, this is the Wii we are talking about. It can pull somethings off, like in Metriod Prime 3, and Super Mario Galaxy. The graphics are a step up from Melee, but better than most games on the Wii. Some of the effects are really good. Like the lighting, it pulls off some crazy effects on the characters. This time the metal characters have some detail on them, other than a reflective surface.

So I give the Graphics a 9 out of 10

All in all this is not Melee version 1.1 (that means bug fix) This a new game all to itself. Buy the game (if you have a Wii) or I'll break your thumbs! (Melee version 1.1 came out with the Player's Choice, many bug fixes. So ha!)

The game itself 11 out of 10 (lol)!