One of the best Wii games ever made.
Gameplay (9.5/10):
Gameplay is like any other Super Smash Bros. game. You try to hit your opponent off the screen. Gameplay is nicely done with no flaws. Characters are well balanced. There are my characters to choose from with 35 characters. Brawl also includes 3rd party characters such as Sonic and Solid Snake. Also this is the first Super Smash Bros. game you can play online. Online play is pretty laggy though and lacks the feature to play with stock (lives). So, you have to play with a time limit online.
Controls (10/10):
The controls are very nicely done. The controls are flexible like it's other Super Smash Bros. prequels. It's very great to be able to use a Gamecube controller for this game.
Sound (9.5/10):
I have to the sound effects are flawless but it could have included more songs, mostly from Star Fox, F-Zero, and Metroid.
Story (10/10):
The one things that Super Smash Bros. games had lacked in the past was a truly solid story. While the Classic Mode (11 match, beat them up) remains a new mode called "The Sub-Space Emissary" comes in to tell you as to how all these characters have come together to fight it out on one platform. Sub-Space Emissary has many hidden secrets that allow you to come back even after you have run through it once or twice. Whether it be to unlock characters you may have missed or even minor trophies or stickers that help enhance the game play further.
So to wrap it all up, Brawl is one of the best fighting games out there, it carries on that certain Nintendo charm and makes sure you get the absolute best of it.