Pick your favorite character, put up your dukes, and get ready for the biggest Smash Brothers battle yet! When this ultra-popular game finally made it to the Wii, gamers everywhere were excited, and this game is every bit as fantastic as expected. Whether you're a long-time fan of Smash Brothers or just playing it for the first time, you're sure to have a smashing good time!
A cool new feature in this version of Smash Brothers is a huge single-player story mode, where you can explore a sidescrolling Mario-style world and play as a variety of different characters. Collect power-ups, find hidden items and fight your way to the end! You can also play the story mode as a co-op with a friend. The story is kind of random and might seem a little annoying at times, especially the video clips between levels that interrupt the action. Still, the animations look wicked and if you can get over your impatience to get back to the fighting, there's some awesome stuff to see here.
The Classic mode is where you'll find the usual Smash Brothers battle antics, with better graphics, new items, and more than 40 unique stages. Choose from a huge cast of playable characters and fight against up to three others! Each character has different levels of strength and speed, and packs some special attack moves. Multiplayer mode allows you to challenge your friends, and you can even connect with your pals online by using the WiFi connection. Team up two on two or duke it out in a battle royale where it's everyone for themselves!
Team up two on two or duke it out in a battle royale where it's everyone for themselves!
Instead of losing "health" as your character is hit, a meter will increase as you take damage. The greater your damage, the further your character will fly back from the screen when they get hit. If you get knocked offscreen, you'll lose a life or a game point depending on what mode you're in at the time. To help your character get ahead, you'll use items like hammers, exploding boxes, mushrooms, stars and more. Items all have different effects on you or your opponents, and might even summon an invincible helper character for a little while. Some items are super-powerful, and some effects are just silly and hilarious to watch!
Players of all skill levels can have fun and win challenges, since sometimes mashing buttons as fast as you can works just as well as perfecting your attack moves. You can choose to use the Wii remote, remote and nunchuk, classic controller, or even a Gamecube controller if you have one, which means that you and your friends can customize your controller setup to the way that feels most comfortable.
When you're in a stage, the most important thing is to keep your character moving, get back in the game when you take a hit, and keep on fighting even when you get knocked back. Don't think too much, just destroy whatever you see, and you'll soon master the art of staying the last one standing! Sometimes the battle moves so fast that it's hard to tell what's going on. You can even earn a victory without quite realizing what happened, but hey, it's still great! You meant to do that, right?
There's no doubt that Smash Brothers is one of the greatest multiplayer action games around. So get in some practice, rock those special moves, and invite your friends over for one totally fun fight!
