I debated if I was going to purchase Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii; admittedly I am not a very good fighting game player as I am more a button masher if anything. As the release date approached I still hadn't had my reservation for the game at my local Gamestop. It wasn't until literally two days before the release when I read the review on IGN.com and there it was, a picture (this time actually from the game) of Mario fighting Sonic in the Green Hill Zone! How cool is that! At that point I ran over to Gamestop and put down my $5.
As someone who has been playing video games since before the Nintendo Entertainment System and actually remembers Game and Watches, Super Smash Bros is more than a game, it’s a history of Nintendo, and this time around they've even included Sonic and Snake into the mix. When the last Smash Bros came out EGM did an April fool’s joke that indicated Sonic was in the game, he wasn't and lots of gamers spent a lot of time trying to unlock him!
There's roughly around 35 characters and tons more supporting characters and loads of stages to play in that take you to all sorts of famous Nintendo places from games of old. There's even a single player game that has a story that can only be described as what "fan fiction" might come up with.
Although I haven't been able to spend too much time with the game thus far what I've played has been very enjoyable. Nintendo has always been able to create loveable and memorable characters (in an almost Disney like way). In today’s age when games don't reach astounding sales unless they are riddled with violence, language and nudity it’s nice to see that Nintendo still stays close to its roots.
So for the most part I didn’t buy a game as much as a way to reminisce, perhaps even going back to some of the games I never did finish after getting a taste of them once again in SSBB. In any case I look forward to unlocking the many characters and stages in the coming weeks and finally being able to settle that age old question of who would win in a fight, Mario or Sonic!
