Developed by: Sora Ltd. & Bandai Namco Games
Genre: 2D fighter
Game System: Take a wild guess
Price: $59.99
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Genre: 2D fighter
Game System: Take a wild guess
Price: $59.99
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Every time Nintendo has released a home console since the Nintendo 64, a new installment ofSuper Smash Bros. is never far behind. This award winning franchise is without a doubt one of Nintendo’s most famous and popular series. The reason for this is most likely that people love being able to make their favorite characters fight each other, and that is what this game is all about. With 58 playable characters and a lot more non-playable characters from video game history spanning 1978 to next week (that’s 38 years of history right there,) this is almost just as much a game as it is a celebration of video games. |
This game as multiple modes. In Smash mode, up to eight players (twice as many as in previous installments) fight to knock each other off the stage. Special Smash is similar to Smash, except you can add special modifiers to make things more interesting, like making everybody invisible or add 1% of damage per second. This can be fun, though it also has the potential to be… let’s just say rather chaotic. Classic mode has you fight the characters in a certain order and fight a boss at the end that is more difficult based on how many coins you spent to access it.All-Star mode has you fighting every character in the game in reverse chronological order based on when their game was released. The trophy gallery lets you view trophies of different characters and objects from various franchises represented in the game, making this feel even more like a video game museum. Yes, there is a Pong trophy.
For the first time in the series you can also customize your characters. By playing the game you can unlock stat boosters and alternate special moves that you can equip your characters with. Another customization option is the Mii Fighters, which you can create based on the Wii U’s avatars with the three classes of sword fighter, fist fighter, and plasma blaster fighter. You also can unlock special costumes for the Mii Fighters. The Mii Fighters are definitely one of my favorite parts of the game, as now just about anybody can join the game! |
The character roster for this game has lots of great options. Of course you have representatives Nintendo’s major franchises like Mario,The Legend of Zelda, Kirby, and Pokémon. You also have popular third-party characters like Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, and the triumphant return of the super fighting robot Mega Man after four and a half years of not being in a game! There are also stranger choices like the dog from the classic NES game Duck Hunt, a character based on Nintendo’s line of handheld LCD games named Mr. Game & Watch, and the trainer from Wii Fitthat was literally put into the game because nobody asked for them to be. Good game, Sakurai, good game. |
This game also has a set of downloadable content that you will have to pay extra for. The content that most interests me and a lot of people is the extra characters. Some returning fan favorite characters like Lucas from Mother 3, Roy from Fire Emblem, and Mewtwo from Pokémon can be purchased extra for a few dollars, as well as newcomers like Ryu from Street Fighter and Cloud fromFinal Fantasy VII. You can also buy extra costumes for the Mii Fighters, which was probably just Nintendo’s way of not having to spend as much time coding a highly requested character. Hey, I’m not complaining, it lets me virtually fight a space bounty hunter while dressed as an evil alligator king that spends his time stealing piles of bananas. What more could you want out of a video game? |
Super Smash Bros. for Wii U is a fun fighting game with some great choices for characters and a lot of great customization options and different modes that keep things fresh. All in all I give this game a 9 out of 10.