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| Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) | 
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| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: £34.99
Buy New: £20.25
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Buy New/Used from £20.25
Avg. Customer Rating:  (57 reviews)
Sales Rank: 90
Platform: Nintendo Wii
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 11 - 18 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0 x 0
MPN: WI-RVLPRSBE
UPC: 045496901103
EAN: 0045496900397
ASIN: B000FQ9R4E
Release Date: June 27, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Best wii game ever October 13, 2008
The game has characters from the best games, even the old classics. Its fun for a fighting game and story mode isn't bad.
 Absolute class!! September 26, 2008
Any doubts about the Nintendo Wii being just for Kids gets blown away by this class of a game. I bought this from Morrisons when they were doing Wii chart games for 15 each, and I decided to get this after some begging to my wife who thought it would be too violent. The way the characters move, the pick ups, story line, the music and retro bits are just genius. The only downside I find is that I am unable to link up with anyone online to brawl with and sometimes I find that the characters are too small, thats why I have given it 4 stars, which is very disappointing after enjoying Mario Kart online (which I still play regularly). As far as I am concerned, forget serious fighting like Soul Calibur and racing games like Gran Tourismo, just buy SSBB and Mario Kart on the Wii instead. Yes I do own a PS3 (COD4 online being equally addictive) but SSBB is a classic.
The best one yet, but hits the final hurdle. September 21, 2008
It's clear that they pulled out all the stops for this game. It looks and plays amazingly. The offline modes have dozens of unlockables and levels for you to feast on.
My problem is not with the game at its core, but the online feature. Unfortunately, this is extremely basic.
When playing with random players, you have no idea of their names, any sort of rank or geographical location. You cannot speak to them nor can they speak to you. Once you leave the game, that's it. You have no idea if you'll ever meet that awesome solid snake player again. Let's not forget it takes up to 20 minutes to find a group for you. Makes you wonder whether anybody else is playing!
I kinda expected to be able to make a game, browse open games and see a list of players who were inside. I'd also like to be able to add friends and chat, with a profanity filter of sorts activated.
I understand that the online limits are to protect the kids who may have got this for a birthday present or something, but surely they could outsource the Wii parental controls to restrict online play instead of ruining it for everybody else?
Playing with friends is basic. Trade friend codes, make a game, bang. Can't make team games however, and chat is limited to (up to) four taunt phrases of 24 characters each.
Overall, it's a great game, but the online play is incredibly dissapointing.
Wow Awesome Game September 13, 2008
I think a lot of good time has been spent on this game. And they have perfected this. If you like beat em ups, then you will love this. But its the extra game modes what make this. As once you start unlocking items. the game get bigger and bigger. No wonder its on a dual layer dvd. Well done Nintendo. Please more game of this quality.
Smashing! August 29, 2008
Who can't enjoy watching Kirby swallowing Bowser, spitting him off the stage and then frying mario with fire breath? Or watching Samus pick up a super spicy curry and taking out King Dedede?
If you are worried because you didn't own a Gamecube and never played Super Smash Bros. Melee, then you need not be! The new game offers a perfect starting point for new players. The adventure mode.
This is certainly not the best mode in the game and lacks the simplicity you'd get from another platformer like New Super Mario Bros. (DS), but it provides a solid 10 hours of gameplay to familiarise yourself with the story, and although the cutscenes lack any dialogue it turns out that Nintendo had quite a group of people doing the few lines that crop up while playing. This shows that perhaps Nintendo dumped the dialogue in fear of making the cutscenes dull and repetitive?
Alongside this mode there are a vast array of other modes in Solo play. There are 4 minigames (one must be unlocked later on) that set you a challenge to break records and unlock collectables. There is a training mode so you can practice a certain character's moves on a CPU player. There is a Classic Mode which is an extremely enjoyable slug fest in which you must defeat enemies in succession. And there's All-Star mode which is unlocked after you unlock all the characters.
Don't be put off by the name, Multiplayer mode is NOT for people who can coax their friends and family into trying a new game. The incredibly advanced CPU players truly act like players would, (minus the panic) and a difficulty setting to boot. It has a wealth of different ways of playing the addictive and exciting core of the game which is a good Brawl.
You'll probably find yourself surprised at the huge amount of unlockables including music, stages, trophies, stage parts and even game demos in the 'Vault'. Here you can watch videos you've previously seen from Adventure Mode, take a look at all the screenshots you've taken, play the demos you've unlocked and even build your own stages to brawl on!
There are, like most games, a couple of minor flaws in SSBB, including the complicated controls that limit th game to more experienced gamers and the online system which isn't all that responsive, but other than that it's a very addicive game that will last months!
With over 25 fighters, huge amounts of interactive stages, fabulous graphics and an awesome array of unlockables, this game gets full marks from my standards!
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