OK. First off. For the last couple of hours I´ve been having my Wii on in the background while doing other stuff just listening to the countless soundtracks that you unlock over the course of the game. Screw Winamp or any other music, my Wii with Super Smash Brothers Brawl spinning is the best music you can ask for. There is SOOOO much soundtracks packed into this game you´ll be amazed over and over on how far they have gone to get as many songs in here as possible and the fantastic Jukebox mode makes it possible to listen through all of it. On top of awesome soundtracks you have remixed versions of some of the songs with a modern sound and I find myself sitting here digging along to almost every song. From the remixed version of "Underground Theme" (Super Mario Bros.) to the remastered version of the "Airship Theme" (Super Mario Bros. 3) to the fantastic, all time great "King K.Rool / Ship Deck Theme" (Donkey Kong Country). I swear, that game had some of the best music ever made in a videogame and I totally forgot about it up until now.
Other absolutely fabulous tracks that can be found amongst the masses is "Dragon Roost Island" (Zelda: The Wind Waker), a remix with some male vocal work of "Opening / Menu" (Metroid Prime), a modernized "Yoshis Island" (SMW2: Yoshis Island) AND my absolute favorite so far, Famicom Medley wich takes 5-10 second clips from alot of NES titles and puts them together into a mindblowing remix that will have you guessing as to wich games it mixes together. Super Smash Bros Brawl is truly a celebration to everything Nintendo over the years and its really an overdose of nostalgia to sit and listen through all of this music. On a sidenote I spent some hours on Saturday Night playing 3 player Brawl and I dont think you can find a better Partypleaser at the moment. Thumbs Up! Rock Band / Singstar / Guitar Hero eat your hearts out.
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I fired up The Simpsons Game DS yesterday night and it is truly one of the best games on the DS so far. I am not really a simpsons fan but the way they chose to go with the Simpsons game combined with the 2D platforming game that is Simpsons on the DS instead of the a bit more confusing 3D version on the other consoles makes for a really great time. The 2D graphics are wonderfully drawn and every stage has so much detail you can easily stop and stare at every screen. The videogame jokes and the popculture references works very well and it will constantly make you smile. It makes fun of so much popular culture stuff and with you as a videogame player. It dosent take itself seriously for one second and constantly throws insane jokes your way that rubs me the right way almost every time. So if you own a DS and havent checked this one out yet, go and get it.
Alright I gotta go. I´m off to fight Mario, Ganondorf & Sonic with Toon (wind Waker) Link on The Pirate Ship Wind Waker stage. Then I gotta find out how you unlock Zero Suit Samus, something I havent done just yet. Over and out!