The 3rd installment of the of Nintindo's tribute to itself is one of the best games you'll ever play on any platform.
User Rating: 9.5 | Super Smash Bros. Brawl WII
Since 1999 the Super Smash Bros. series has been the most original and fun fighters out on the market. That still remains true today, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is one of the best games that has been released this year, not to mention one of the best games to be released in years. There is a large range of things to do in this game it should keep you busy for a long time. For the few who don't know what the Super Smash Bros. series is, I'll explain. Super Smash bros. takes characters from around the Nintendo universe, and puts them in a fight to the finish in the different worlds they come from. The point of the game is to knock your opponents off the side of the screen, that will get you points, every time you get knocked off you loss a point. The percentage at the bottom of the screen is how much of chance you will have of being knocked out when a opponent hits you. This Super Smash Bros. series always had a good range of characters, this one has a very large roster. Going from 12 in the original, to 26 in Melee, to now a roster of 35 characters, 14 of these have to be unlocked. This time around the roster had a lot of surprises for new characters, from Pit, Ike, R.O.B., Pokémon Trainer, and Wolf. The roster now goes beyond the Nintendo universe. Sonic the Hedgehog, and Solid Snake are now playable characters. These characters definitely stand out at first, but after playing them , you'll see they fit right in. You'll more than likely find that at least one of these will become one of your favorite characters. The adventure mode has been improved, and now goes under the name of The Subspace Emissary. This adventure mode if surprisingly long, your fist time though your sure to spend around 15 to 20 hours playing though this mode. Subspace Emissary is a story where a wide range of the characters all have some sort of problem, that all are linked in some way, you eventually all team up to take down one foe. Another new feature is the ability to create your own level, which is surprisingly very customizable, as you unlock more sets of items, its a mode you'll most likely end up enjoying a lot. But, none of this compares to the amount of time you'll probably end up playing the multiplayer, Super Smash Bros. Brawl still holds one of the most engaging multiplayer experiences you'll ever have. Now the battle goes online, you'll probably end up having even more fast paced fights than ever. You'll definitely want to find some friends online, because the friend online mode has more ways to fight than with strangers, the looser of a friend online Brawl can change the rules of the Brawl. This game also has hundreds of things to unlock, which mainly consist of trophies and songs. And the songs in this game add up to, in my opinion one of the best soundtracks in any video game ever. With all of this, you'll likely come back to this game for years to come, you'll lose yourself in how much fun you will have playing this game. If you have a Wii, you need Super Smash Bros. Brawl. 
