SSBB is HUGE! [56K OMG] [Continued on Post #4] [Updated12/27/07]

We all know Super Smash Brothers Brawl is a game that's going to last you a while. But how long exactly? Let's look at what's been announced so far. Keep in mind, there is still a lot more to be shown.

Main Battling Mode

Well, this is pretty self-explanatory and you know this is gonna last you a while. Battling by yourself against the computers and of course battling against your friends and family. This mode provides endless fun. On top of that, you will have to unlock all the characters, of course.

Wi-Fi Mode

Can't find a friend to play with? Now you can play with your friends around the world through Wi-Fi.

Even with friend codes and no voice chat, this mode can supply you with many hours of fun! And even better, Sakurai gave us this little nugget of information "We're planning a number of services that make use of Wi-Fi, but we'll reveal them gradually with the other modes. Enjoy."

Why must you tease us so Sakurai? DLC and WiiConnect 24, perhaps?

And don't worry, you won't be bored when trying to find players... BECAUSE YOU GET TO BEAT UP A PUNCHING BAG! [OMGYESGAMEOFTHECENTURY!]

That poor punching bag can never catch a break...

But of course... Brawl isn't all multiplayer is it? Well, of course not... there is the...

Single Player Mode

Single player mode is, of course, back!

And now it's better than ever. Hey, I wonder what those coins mean? Apparently, Sakurai says you don't use them to shop. What else could you use them for. :?

But now, Brawl doesn't only feature the standard single player mode, but it also includes...

Adventure Mode

A couple of months ago, Sakurai announced the new adventure mode which would be a side-scrolling adventure called "The Subspace Emmisary".

Not only will this mode be a full, robust side-scrolling adventure, Sakurai also says that it will feature character development. There's no telling how long this mode will be, but it will feature man levels and Sakurai calls it "robust". And today was announced the...

Team Play (Co-Op Adventure Mode)

Now, not only can you team up with your friends competitively, but you can also work cooperatively.

"Basically, it is the same as a standard Smash brawl, so if you take damage and get knocked off the screen, you lose a life.

However, this mode features a space jump that allows Player 2 to return to where Player 1 is even after getting left off the screen.

If Player 2 gets separated from Player 1 by the screen scroll, he or she will quickly space jump back to Player 1's side. But, if Player 2 gets knocked off the screen by an enemy, that counts as a lost life."

Events

Events are back from Super Smash Brothers Melee. Events are set up as certain situations which you must fight through. You can select from three difficulty settings for each event.

More Co-Op Modes

You can now events with your friend! Want more? You can also play target mode with them. This is a great way to have fun with your friend, without competing with them, as they might not be on the same level of skill as you.

Coin Battle Mode

Coin battle makes a return from Melee. Beat up an opponent to earn their cash... just like in real life! The players with the most money at the end of the match wins.

Tournament Mode

It's no secret - Smash brothers has entered the tournament scene. Now Sakurai has included the 'Tourney Mode'. It includes 'obust tourney-generating functions'!

Whether you play professionally, or just with a bunch of friends - I'm sure you can enjoy this mode. :)

My Music

With My Music, not only can you listen to the fabulous soundtrack by thirty-six competent composers, you can also edit what songs will play on each level! The soundtrack already sounds AMAZING. You can clearly see an arrow on the screens meaning that most levels will have atleast more than four songs.

I'm going to spend many hours just going through these songs on the background. You even unlock songs in the game through collectable disks.

Some of my favorites so far:

Pokémon: Pokémon Stadium/Evolution

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Medley

Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Main Theme

Spectator Mode

Finally, we get word on a spectator mode! If you don't know what it is, this new mode enables you to watch other battles without having to play.

At any time, you can watch a random match! That's pretty cool. You know what's even better? Before going into watching the match, you get to bet on who you think will win. You bet coins and you can win some cool prizes.

Unlockables (Trophies, Stickers, Maybe MORE!?!?!)

Trophies make a welcomed return to Brawl from Melee! If Melee is anything to go by, there is going to be... A LOT! And they seem to be even more features now.

And now, stickers are being introduced. Apparently, they are a lot easier to collect than trophies. Personally, I don't see the point except for maybe for the few minutes you might spend making a funny picture.

Home-Run Contest

It's back, and it's biger and better than ever! :)

Seriously, what kind of game allows you to beat up a punching back with a friend through Wi-Fi.

Send Screenshots To Your Friends

Now, not only can you take screenshots in Melee, but you can also save them on an SD card or your Wii itself. But that's not even the best part.

You an even send them to your friends! :D Get ready for some funny pictures.

Wait, but what's blurred out? Looks like we'll have to find out later. Sakurai has revealed that the mysterious pink button is actually the 'Submit' button. You can submit your images to Nintendo, although it hasn't been revealed what this means. [Online image galler, daily photos are a possibility]

Target Mode

Target mode is back! This time it includes five outdoor locals. Fan of time trials and targets of the last games will obviously love this.

Video Capture Mode

Want to show your friends how much you own?

Well now you can! And the best thing is... you can do it directly through the Wii with three minute replays. You can also send the files to your friends, straight from the Wii. How cool is that?

Stage Builder

No... it can't be... can it? I have dreamed of this feature in this game for so long... and now it's actually here?

In SSBB, you can actually MAKE your own stage. You get to totally customize it including the music that plays on the stage. Can it get any better?

Well actually, it can.

You can now send stages straight to your friends. Wow, that's amazing. But that's not all!

See that 'Submit' button? You can send your stage to Nintendo! Everyday, Nintendo will update your Wii with a new screenshot and stage every single day. Don't worry about size, because the stage clears at the end of the day.

Sonic and Snake

Umm... yeah... sorry, but these guys are way too awesome not to be included in this thread. :)

This is the first time 3rd party characters have ever been included in Smash Brothers. Even if you don't like these characters (come on... you gotta like at least one of them) you should still be excited for this. I know I'll have to play with these characters. How often do you get to put Mario in choke holds?

And there is much more to be seen and still much more to be announced!

Not even mentioning all the exploring and tricks to figure out. You can play around and master all the control types too! This game has so much content - it's epic!

This thread took me a while, I hope you like it. Now I know how Willy must feel. Too bad I can't think of cool catchphrases.

I will be continuing the thread in this post because it's too many characters, already.

The Characters

Not only will you probably unlock all the characters, you have to remember, all the characters play differently. Playing with different characters can really change the game than the usual method of mastering one or two characters and playing with them a lot.

The Stages

Do you know how diverse the stages in Brawl are?

So far there are 20 stages announced. You can be sure that there will be a lot more to see.

Sakurai also revealed that old levels from Melee will be in the game! We know about "The Temple"

Controls

That's right! Every possible way to control Brawl is avaliable. :D Don't worry vets - you can still use your Gamecube controllers!

But what makes this even sweeter, is that you can now configure your controls and save them onto the Wiimote to bring them to your friend's house.

Coin Launcher

The new way to earn trophies with coins!

Basically, you use your conis as bullets and you shoot whatever you see. Through this, you earn trophies for everything you shoot.

Rotation Mode

Have you ever had five or more people over and you wanted to play some quick games? Well, you can do that in SSBB! :)

Training Mode

Training mode is back! Practice your skills before taking yourself online! And you can even put training mode in slow motion! :)

The Items

This time around, there are SOO many items, including new Assist trophies and pokeballs!

Items

More items from Melee...

Assist Trophies

Pokeballs

More Pokemon from Melee...

i hope this won't be hyped AAAProductNumber49

It's AA. Only because sheep want to go on the safe side. It will easily be AAA quality though.

i hope this won't be hyped AAAProductNumber49

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=25929328

AA hype.

i hope this won't be hyped AAAProductNumber49

[QUOTE="ProductNumber49"]i hope this won't be hyped AAAsexy_chimp

It's AA. Only because sheep want to go on the safe side. It will easily be AAA quality though.

Can you really blame them/us? After MP3... who the hell knows. I thought that game was definitely AAA quality.

But i think I put my vote as AAA.

I wonder why they though stickers were cool....lol..

Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Saturos3091

Why would you want such a unique character such as Pokemon Trainer to be left out? I think he'll be really awesome! And I'm sure there are still a lot of characters to be reaveled. Maybe some 3rd party characters (Sonic anyone?). ;)

Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Saturos3091

Considering the fact that Diddy lacks the strength of DK and that Dojo already released information on Diddy Kong, I REALLY DOUBT that he'll be a Donkey Kong clone.

i hope this won't be hyped AAAProductNumber49

I wonder why they though stickers were cool....lol..

flclempire

Well their slightly more interesting than trophies since you can do stuff with them.

Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Saturos3091

They won't have any clones this time around.

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Homesrfan

Why would you want such a unique character such as Pokemon Trainer to be left out? I think he'll be really awesome! And I'm sure there are still a lot of characters to be reaveled. Maybe some 3rd party characters (Sonic anyone?). ;)

I think it's best if they don't announce too many new characters, especially 3rd party characters. Part of the fun of unlocking characters is finding out who's unlockable in the first place.

[QUOTE="flclempire"]

I wonder why they though stickers were cool....lol..

sexy_chimp

Well their slightly more interesting than trophies since you can do stuff with them.

But the trophies are so shiny and have information with them! Plus they're fun to collect!

i hope this won't be hyped AAAProductNumber49

thats what she said,....

[QUOTE="ProductNumber49"]i hope this won't be hyped AAAblueteeth

thats what she said,....

Fission Mailed.

[QUOTE="sexy_chimp"][QUOTE="flclempire"]

I wonder why they though stickers were cool....lol..

Homesrfan

Well their slightly more interesting than trophies since you can do stuff with them.

But the trophies are so shiny and have information with them! Plus they're fun to collect!

Yeah I liked reading about trophies too.

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Homesrfan

Why would you want such a unique character such as Pokemon Trainer to be left out? I think he'll be really awesome! And I'm sure there are still a lot of characters to be reaveled. Maybe some 3rd party characters (Sonic anyone?). ;)

[QUOTE="Homesrfan"]

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Saturos3091

Why would you want such a unique character such as Pokemon Trainer to be left out? I think he'll be really awesome! And I'm sure there are still a lot of characters to be reaveled. Maybe some 3rd party characters (Sonic anyone?). ;)

I agree with the balancing. I'm so glad Sakurai is back on this one. I think he's really polishing this to extreme, almost Super Mario Galaxy levels of polish.

Nice thread by the way :)KillaHalo2o9

Thank you. :)

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"][QUOTE="Homesrfan"]

[QUOTE="Saturos3091"]Another game I can't wait for. SSBB is going to be awesome. Sadly, the character selection at the moment is rather poor with the exception of Ike and Link IMO. I really think Pokemon Trainer, as well as Diddy Kong could've been left out. Hopefully Diddy won't turn into a simple DK clone.Homesrfan

Why would you want such a unique character such as Pokemon Trainer to be left out? I think he'll be really awesome! And I'm sure there are still a lot of characters to be reaveled. Maybe some 3rd party characters (Sonic anyone?). ;)

I agree with the balancing. I'm so glad Sakurai is back on this one. I think he's really polishing this to extreme, almost Super Mario Galaxy levels of polish.

Nice thread by the way :)KillaHalo2o9

Thank you. :)

This game is very polished. They said they could've released it months ago but they are just adding things and fixing things right now.

This game is very polished. They said they could've released it months ago but they are just adding things and fixing things right now.

sexy_chimp

Yes, they were polishing it, but now I think Sakurai is just making us hyped. Nintendo is obviously enjoying this wave of hype the game is getting through the website. There is obviously a ton of content so that's why they thought it would be a good idea to have the site.

*sniff*

Its so beautiful

wow

it will last me 2 days and then it will stay a game i play at parties

wow

it will last me 2 days and then it will stay a game i play at parties

mistervengeance

Rofl? Fail.

Anyways. On the other hand. Melee has lasted me since it's release till now. (Meet up with friends every other week and play, take a break from school and have a good time.)

And it looks amazing. Subspace Emissary.

[QUOTE="ProductNumber49"]i hope this won't be hyped AAAHomesrfan

Why not? So far, I can see it's faults being it's Wi-Fi mode (which there is still more to be shown) and that, from what we know, most of the music is not orchestrated.

I mean, it will probably get AA at GS, but this looks like an AAA game to me.

If halo and geow characters were in it, and lots of guns too, it would be AAAA.

[QUOTE="Homesrfan"]

[QUOTE="ProductNumber49"]i hope this won't be hyped AAAdarkIink

Why not? So far, I can see it's faults being it's Wi-Fi mode (which there is still more to be shown) and that, from what we know, most of the music is not orchestrated.

I mean, it will probably get AA at GS, but this looks like an AAA game to me.

If halo and geow characters were in it, and lots of guns too, it would be AAAA.

Don't forget chainsaws. It must have chainsaws.

[QUOTE="Homesrfan"]

[QUOTE="ProductNumber49"]i hope this won't be hyped AAAdarkIink

Why not? So far, I can see it's faults being it's Wi-Fi mode (which there is still more to be shown) and that, from what we know, most of the music is not orchestrated.

I mean, it will probably get AA at GS, but this looks like an AAA game to me.

If halo and geow characters were in it, and lots of guns too, it would be AAAA.

Grr.. Stupid copyrights...Lol.

[QUOTE="ProductNumber49"]i hope this won't be hyped AAAsexy_chimp

It's AA. Only because sheep want to go on the safe side. It will easily be AAA quality though.

Exactly. I bet against it getting an AAA rating because I'm 99% sure GS will underrate it just like the first two games.

Not long has Halo3 8)KillaHalo2o9

People still play SSBM on a regular basis and it doesn't even have online. ;)

Yeah. Melee's lasted me for a few years now. The last time I played it was...today! I surprisingly got a trophy and I don't even know what I did :P. Turns out I'm missing a few trophies.

Edit: Pit's way too cool.

This is a poor list.

You do realize all fighters have these same exact elements? Some stupid campaign, lots of characters, some sort of rewards.

What makes this game suddenly take the same elements most fighters have had for a long time and makes them last so long as opposed to the rest?

This is a poor list.

You do realize all fighters have these same exact elements? Some stupid campaign, lots of characters, some sort of rewards.

What makes this game suddenly take the same elements most fighters have had for a long time and makes them last so long as opposed to the rest?

Thompsonwhore

I'm going to safely assume you've never played Smash brothers before because it's absolutely nothing like other fighters.

I can say 'don't get too excited' or 'don't hype it' a thousand times but You're going to do it anyway aren't You..
KungfuKitten

This game deserves the hype...

I hope so at least. :)

This is a poor list.

You do realize all fighters have these same exact elements? Some stupid campaign, lots of characters, some sort of rewards.

What makes this game suddenly take the same elements most fighters have had for a long time and makes them last so long as opposed to the rest?

Thompsonwhore

As I just said, many people still play SSBM on a regular basis to this day and it lacks those features. Why should we not state that SSBB will also last a long time when it has these new features?