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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl logo.
Developer(s)Unknown
Publisher(s)Nintendo
Designer(s)Masahiro Sakurai (director)
Platform(s)Wii
Release


[1]
Genre(s)Fighting game
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, known in Japan as Template:Nihongo title, is a fighting game for Nintendo's newest console, the Wii. The third iteration of the Super Smash Bros. series, Brawl is the first Super Smash Bros. game that features at least one character from a franchise not owned by Nintendo with the inclusion of Solid Snake from Konami's Metal Gear series. Its first official trailer was first unveiled at E3 2006, while its second official trailer was unveiled at the 2006 Nintendo World Tour. It is currently slated for release in 2007.[3]

Characters

See also: Playable Characters
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Left to right: Link, Mario, Zero Suit Samus, Pikachu, Pit, Kirby, and Meta Knight stare at Wario. Not shown: Fox McCloud, Solid Snake, Samus Aran (in her Power Suit), and Wario

The initial introduction of characters shows various returning characters from Super Smash Bros. Melee, and some newcomers. The returning characters have been updated and redefined since their last appearance. Mario, Pikachu, and Kirby have been slightly cleaned up, becoming sharper, and more defined. Link has taken on his more realistic appearance from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, and Fox McCloud has taken on the design shown in Star Fox Command. Samus Aran has changed the most of all; "under certain conditions", she will remove her Power Suit, taking up the name "Zero Suit Samus". Donning only her Zero Suit, she wields a gun that can transform into a laser whip.

Several newcomers make their appearance in the game as well:

  • Meta Knight, Kirby's recurring rival in the Kirby series, is the second of the series after Kirby to become a Super Smash Bros. fighter.
  • Pit, the savior of the Kid Icarus series, makes his first playable appearance since the 1987 NES classic Kid Icarus and 1991's Game Boy game Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters. He wields the Sacred Bow of Palutena, which has the ability to separate into two short blades for close-range combat.
  • Wario, an antagonist of Mario, appears for the first time, wearing his WarioWare costume.
  • Solid Snake, the main protagonist of Konami’s Metal Gear franchise, is the first third-party character to appear in a Super Smash Bros. game. Instead of guns, Snake will use a variety of explosives, including rocket launchers, and fight hand-to-hand.

Stages

List of Stages

*Battlefield - An updated version of the battlefield stage with the SSBM Menu remix tune for it's theme. *Delfino Plaza - A stage based on Mute City from SSBM, you hover above the stage and then land at certain areas. This is an exact replica from the game Super Mario Sunshine.

Un-confirmed/Un-named Stages

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The updated version of the Battlefield Stage.

The E3 trailer suggests that new stages will include the interior and exterior of a gloomy castle, the Halberd, Meta Knight's airship from Kirby Super Star;

New stages shown in the Nintendo World trailer include an Angel Land stage from the Kid Icarus series that features fragile platforms and a statue of Palutena in background, a stage in the style of the Yoshi's Island games that appears to change seasons (based on Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island/Yoshi's Island DS rather than the style of Yoshi's Story as in the previous installments) , a Mario Kart stage styled after the "Mario Circuit" track theme (similar in platform arrangement to parts of Melee's Mute City, with kart-driving Shy Guys that seem to be similar to the F-Zero racers), a Pokemon Stadium stage similar to the one from Melee, and a nondescript Star Fox spaceship stage in outer space that appears to come out of hyperspace and starts to free fall towards Fox's home planet, Corneria. The Star Fox 64 version of the Great Fox, along with Arwings and Wolfens were shown flying around in the background. A stage based on Shadow Moses Island from Metal Gear Solid was also shown and is being developed by Hideo Kojima himself.[4] In the new updated version of the Super Smash Bros. website, it has been confirmed that "many stages will undergo elaborate changes during battle", with an example of a day-to-night-to-day system given.[5]

Items and abilities

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Mario getting ready to perform his "Final Smash" move, "Mario Finale".

The game introduces the ability to perform special moves, referred to as "Final Smash" moves. These abilities are used through an item bearing the Smash Bros. symbol, which are called Smash Balls.[6][7]

The trailer shows Mario's, Link's, and Kirby's Final Smash moves. Mario, who is the only one seen in the trailer actually grabbing a Smash Ball, invokes a large, vertically expanding blast of fire known as the "Mario Finale", Link performs a barrage of sword slashes while Mario is trapped between two Triforce symbols, and Kirby uses his Cook ability from Kirby Super Star and Kirby and the Amazing Mirror to boil Mario in a pot. Wario and Samus have also displayed attacks that have unusual amounts of strength (a nuclear fart and a tremendous laser cannon, respectively), and Wario's has been confirmed to be an attack on his profile, though it is unknown if Samus's attack is indeed a Final Smash.

In the Nintendo World trailer, Pikachu, Wario and Snake were shown with the ability to crawl. It is unknown if every character will have this ability as only a few characters had the "wall-jump" technique in Melee.

Several new items are set to appear. The E3 trailer also shows footage of a puppy from Nintendogs attempting to climb the screen, blocking the view of the battle.[6] Although Nintendo has confirmed that this is caused by an item, the actual item was not shown in the trailer.[8] The official website has listed another new item known as the "Gooey Bomb", a bomb that sticks to surfaces and fighters before exploding, but can be transferred to another fighter by passing by them.[9]

Certain items seen in Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee are also set to appear again, and some of them return with alterations. For example, the Super Scope item will return. Unlike in Melee, characters will now be able to shoot while moving and jumping; other gun-like weapons are also known to have this feature, such as the newly introduced, bazooka-like "Cracker Launcher", which shoots a wide range firework of many colors. [10] [11]

Music

Over 30 prominent video game composers are contributing to the soundtrack, with many creating new arrangements of classic Nintendo songs. A possibly complete list of the composers involved with the game is posted at the official site.[12]

The main theme for Brawl was revealed in the E3 trailer as the background song, and it was created by the Final Fantasy composer, Nobuo Uematsu. It is unknown whether he will be composing additional tracks (He stated he was only hired to do the main theme, but would enjoy doing more). Additionally, opera singers Ken Nishikiori and Oriko Takahashi have also contributed to the vocal arrangement in this project. Sakurai stated that the game's music will be performed by a full orchestra with vocals in Latin.[13] An arranged version of the main theme with no choir is present in the Nintendo World trailer; the use of this arrangement in the final game is unknown.

In the E3 trailer, an orchestrated version of the game over jingle from Metal Gear Solid plays when Snake appears at the end of the trailer.

The music from Super Smash Bros. Melee's Corneria stage is present at the end of the second trailer. It is unknown whether it will be changed or not. 'Menu 1', the score from the Super Smash Bros. Melee menus and character select screen has been remixed and orchestrated to play in the returning Battlefield stage.[14]

Development

Masahiro Sakurai, former HAL Laboratories employee and creator of Kirby and the Super Smash Bros. series, returns as the director for the game. Sakurai revealed that at E3, he was called to executive producer Satoru Iwata's room on the top floor of a Los Angeles hotel, and told by Iwata, "We'd like you to be involved in the production of the new Smash Bros., if possible near the level of director".[15] Although originally suggested to be a launch title, an IGN article states that "as of May 2005, the game's development staff consisted of exactly one person," Sakurai himself. Sakurai states that many people who have spent excessive amounts of time playing Super Smash Bros. Melee are being brought in as the development team,[16] and the team will have access to all the original material and tools from the development of Melee. However, actual development of the game never started until late 2005.[17] Sakurai cannot announce the name of the team at this time but refers to them as "The Studio".[16]

The game was conspicuously absent from Nintendo's Wii showing at its 2006 Pre-E3 press conference. The next day, on Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at the After-Hours Press Conference, Nintendo officially revealed the game under the name of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Miyamoto and Sakurai, who were there to make the announcement, hinted that the game could have full compatibility with the GameCube controller. Sakurai said that the reason was because he did not want to "alienate those familiar with the pad." In an interview with IGN, Sakurai said the Wii's motion sensing features might not be included because, "we found that trying to implement too much motion-sensory functionality can get in the way of the game."[6] As far as Wi-Fi play is concerned, Sakurai has confirmed some functionality.[18][6] However, as stated in the Toukouken on the Japanese version of the Smash Bros. website, "there would be many hurdles to cross," and an online ranking system is unlikely to be implemented.[19]

The new trailer shown on November 3 at Nintendo World was later added to the official site.[20] The trailer is slightly modified from the original version: the Japanese text is changed to English, and the suspected Winter Yoshi's Island is no longer seen. The version of the trailer added to the Japanese site keeps the Japanese text, but the suspected Winter Yoshi's Island is once again removed. Also, Sakurai has updated the site to say that it will be a little longer before the game will be playable. During a test play between Sakurai and Hideo Kojima, Kojima stated that the game feels complete and that Nintendo "could put it out right now and it could sell millions of copies."[21] According to the official site, there will be updates every weekday.

Inclusion of characters

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Solid Snake sneaking up on Link

The inclusion of Konami-created character Solid Snake may seem to conflict with the Super Smash Bros. paradigm — to only include characters from games made by Nintendo and its second parties — but Sakurai said that Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima "practically begged" for Snake to be included in the next Super Smash Bros. game (which, at the time of said "begging," was during the production of Super Smash Bros. Melee, but production of the game was already too far in research and development to make the addition viable). Incidentally, this is not the first time Snake would appear in a crossover fighting game, as he was previously featured as a secret character in DreamMix TV World Fighters.

When questioned about the inclusion of other characters, Shigeru Miyamoto alleged that discussions for possible other third-party characters are underway, but nothing has been confirmed. If a third party character does appear in Brawl, the character must have been on a Nintendo console or handheld. Additionally, the character must originate from a video game (as written in a response to one fan requesting several anime and manga characters). Japanese fans were asked to submit their desired characters and musical themes via a forum on the game's official Japanese site, with some possibly appearing in the game. Likewise, fans from other countries were asked to submit ideas on Nintendo's official forums. It is currently unknown if Nintendo will ask fans outside of Japan to request characters or musical themes, but now looks unlikely.[22]

As of June 9 2006, suggestions were no longer being taken. In Toukoken, the portion on the Japanese gaming site chronicling character and music suggestion updates, Sakurai has stated that some of the characters in Super Smash Bros. Melee may not return. He also states that he may not want to put much emphasis on Japan-only characters, but is not opposed to them entirely, noting the success that the Fire Emblem characters enjoyed internationally thanks to their inclusion in Melee. He also said that third party characters will amount to one or two, excluding Snake.[23]

Inclusion of Sonic the Hedgehog

In August 2006, Sakurai and Miyamoto stated that Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog was the most requested third-party character to be included.[24] Around the same period of time, Tips & Tricks reported that Miyamoto has stated Nintendo has actually contacted Sega regarding this, and that they're awaiting a final decision.[25] Then, in the October 2006 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly, he mentioned that, "Sega's hedgehog would be the perfect addition to Brawl's cast." An article in the first issue of a Swedish Nintendo Magazine named +N makes a report that the known confirmed characters will be in Brawl, along with Sonic the Hedgehog as a playable character,[26] though the magazine's credibility is questioned. Yojiro Ogawa, the director and producer of Sonic and the Secret Rings was asked by the UK's Official Nintendo Magazine about to see Sonic appear in Nintendo's upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl and he said: "In my personal opinion, it would be great to have Sonic in it. But that would really involve Sonic and Nintendo's management, it's nothing to do with me!"[27] Yuji Naka, former head of Sonic Team and the chief of PROPE has said that he wants to see Sonic in the next game. When IGN asked in an interview about the upcoming Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games as to whether or not Sonic would be seen appearing in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Nintendo Europe marketing director Laurent Fischer stated, "That's not on the cards at the moment."[28] As of June 2007, it is still unknown whether or not Sonic will be included in the final production.

References

Note: As the website recently went through a clearing and updating, the references may no longer be current.

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