Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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Template:Infobox Super Smash Bros. Brawl is an upcoming fighting game for the Wii. It is the third game in the Super Smash Bros. Series, the sequel to Super Smash Bros. and Super Smash Bros. Melee. The game is being produced by Masahiro Sakurai, who also made the last two Super Smash Bros. games. It is currently scheduled for release in the United States for December 3rd, 2007.

It has been confirmed that the game will make use of the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

Story

The Subspace Emissary Logo.

The story's adventure is called The Subspace Emissary. This will be entirely single-player. It has been said that The Subspace Emissary will rely on character development, meaning that it involves the characters' individual backgrounds.

Mario and Kirby have just finished a battle, finishing it with a handshake. However, Meta Knight's ship, the Halberd, flies over the main stadium. It drops purple smoke onto the ground, which then turn into a group of strange robotic creatures. Then, Princess Peach and Princess Zelda, who were watching the match, run down to assist Mario and Kirby.

In screenshots of The Subspace Emissary, a Hammer Bro. and Bullet Bills were revealed as enemies. An Arwing was also seen being chased by what looks like the Halberd. Additionally, Fox can be seen running away from a giant sheep-like creature, and several robotic creatures imitate the moves of Samus and Meta Knight. In one of the screenshots, Pit could be seen standing in front of an unseen, glowing woman who is presumed to be the goddess Palutena.

Gameplay

A new battle mechanic will be the Final Smash, that is triggered by collecting a Smash Ball. Another new battle mechanic is that players will be able to walk and jump while using projectile-shooting items, like the Super Scope. Some characters have also been seen crawling. However, it is disputable whether all characters have this ability, as only a few were able to perform the Wall Jump in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Additionally, a new technique called the Footstool Jump will be in the game. It allows players to jump on an opposing players head, and spring up by pressing the jump button at the right time. Players will be able to perform Meteor Smashes by doing this as well.

Throughout the game, players will be rewarded with stickers. Like trophies, these items reflect characters, objects, and places that have appeared throughout Nintend's history. Unlike trophies, however, the items will be much easier to find and are simply pieces of 2D game artwork rather than actual new 3D models. Stickers will be stored in an album and can be used to decorate a screen in an extra mode. Sakurai suggested that screenshots taken from the game may play a role in this mode, implying a special camera mode similar to that found in Melee. While the developer has not confirmed nor denied the existance of trophies in the game, he states "Stickers are easier to get a hold of than trophies." This may indicate their inclusion.

The game will be controlled with one of the four controlling methods:

• Wii Remote (Turned on its side)
• Wii Remote & Nunchuk Attachment
• Wii Classic Controller
• Nintendo GameCube Controller

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The execution of standard combos has been made easier; the A button does no longer have to be hit repeatedly, it is enough to hold it down for the character to start a combo attack.

Players will be able to set their own button configuration rather than have to play with the default configuration. People will be able to type in names, like Tom or John, just like in the last two games. While names were only a gimmick in Super Smash Bros. Melee, they now also save the player's controlling options to avoid selecting the control method again each time.

Characters

Veteran Fighters

File:Mario Bros. Emblem.gif Mario		File:Legend of Zelda Emblem.gif Link
File:BrawlMario.jpg		File:571px-Brawlink.jpg
Often said to be the king of balanced characters, Mario returns with his old style of the pick-up-and-go kind of guy.		Link re-appears as one of the heavier fighters with a slow movement, but still has a strong attack strength and a large amount of equipment.
Standard Special Move	Fireball	Standard Special Move	Bow
Side Special Move	Cape	Side Special Move	Unknown
Up Special Move	Super Jump Punch	Up Special Move	Spin Attack
Down Special Move	Mario Tornado	Down Special Move	Bomb
Final Smash	Mario Finale	Final Smash	Triforce Slash
File:Kirby Emblem.gif Kirby		File:Pokémon Emblem.gif Pikachu
File:Brawlrkirby.jpg		File:Brawlpikachu.jpg
Kirby is back as a light-weight. He has retained his copy-cat style, and his multiple jumping.		Pikachu is an all-around character, but is very technical due to it's quick speed and strong attacks.
Standard Special Move	Swallow	Standard Special Move	Thunder Jolt
Side Special Move	Hammer	Side Special Move	Skull Bash
Up Special Move	Final Cutter	Up Special Move	Quick Attack
Down Special Move	Stone	Down Special Move	Thunder
Final Smash	Cook (conjectural)	Final Smash	Volt Tackle
File:Star Fox Emblem.gif Fox McCloud		File:Metroid Emblem.gif Samus Aran
File:Foxsmnas.jpg		File:Brawlrsamus.jpg
Fox has quite the bounce to his step, but he has weak attacks. He can use his Blaster to do damage to enemies without stopping them from their actions.		Like Link, Samus has a slow pace and a heavy center of gravity along with powerful attacks. After using her Zero Laser, she becomes Zero Suit Samus for the rest of the match.
Standard Special Move	Blaster	Standard Special Move	Charge Shot
Side Special Move	Fox Illusion	Side Special Move	Missile
Up Special Move	Fire Fox	Up Special Move	Screw Attack
Down Special Move	Reflector	Down Special Move	Bomb
Final Smash	???	Final Smash	Zero Laser
File:Legend of Zelda Emblem.gif Zelda		File:Mario Bros. Emblem.gif Bowser
Light-weight and slow, Zelda uses magical attacks that are hard to control, but do hard damage when used successfully.		Bowser is likely both the heaviest and the slowest character. This is probably due to his immense attack strength.
Standard Special Move	Nayru's Love	Standard Special Move	Fire Breath
Side Special Move	Din's Fire	Side Special Move	Koopa Klaw
Up Special Move	Farore's Wind	Up Special Move	Whirling Fortress
Down Special Move	???	Down Special Move	Bowser Bomb
Final Smash	???	Final Smash	Giga Bowser Transformation
File:Donkey Kong Emblem.gif Donkey Kong		File:Yoshi Emblem.gif Yoshi
File:BrawlDK.JPG		File:BrawlYoshi.PNG
Much like Bowser, Donkey Kong is heavy and strong. He has a unique ability which allows him to carry characters with him for a short distance.		Yoshi is an agility based character with strong smash attacks, and a decently heavy weight.
Standard Special Move	Giant Punch	Standard Special Move	Egg Lay
Side Special Move	Headbutt	Side Special Move	Egg Roll
Up Special Move	Spinning Kong	Up Special Move	Egg Toss
Down Special Move	Hand Slap	Down Special Move	Yoshi Bomb
Final Smash	Konga Beat	Final Smash	???
File:Mario Bros. Emblem.gif Peach
Peach will return with a new outfit design based on her more recent appearances. Peach retains her floating ability and at least two of her attacks from Melee.
Standard Special Move	Toad
Side Special Move	Peach Bomber
Up Special Move	Peach Parasol
Down Special Move	Vegetable
Final Smash	Unknown

Newcomers

File:Kid Icarus Emblem.gif Pit		File:Wario Emblem.gif Wario
File:Pitart.jpg
Pit can multi-jump in the air. He uses a bow in battle, which he can break into two blades for brawl battles.		Wario has many obscure attacks. He can attack by biting his opponents.
Standard Special Move	Palutena Arrow	Standard Special Move	Unknown
Side Special Move	Unknown	Side Special Move	Wario Chopper
Up Special Move	Wings of Icarus	Up Special Move	Unknown
Down Special Move	Unknown	Down Special Move	Wario Waft
Final Smash	Palutena's Army	Final Smash	Unknown
File:Metroid Emblem.gif Zero Suit Samus		File:Fire Emblem Emblem.gif Ike
File:Brawl ZeroSuitSamus.jpg
Zero Suit Samus enters battle after Samus used her Zero Laser. She is lighter and faster than with her Power Suit, but has weaker attacks.		Ike uses his two-handed sword in battle, which he, despite this, can even hold in only one hand.
Standard Special Move	Unknown	Standard Special Move	Eruption
Side Special Move	Unknown	Side Special Move	Unknown
Up Special Move	Plasma Whip	Up Special Move	Aether
Down Special Move	Unknown	Down Special Move	Unknown
Final Smash	Unknown	Final Smash	Unknown
File:Pokémon Emblem.gif Pokémon Trainer		File:Kirby Emblem.gif Meta Knight
The Pokémon Trainer will use three Pokémon to fight for him, rather than actually fight by himself. Those are Squirtle, Ivysaur and Charizard.		Meta-Knight can multi-jump in the air and float for a short time. He has a very fast combo attack.
Standard Special Move	Unknown	Standard Special Move	Unknown
Side Special Move	Unknown	Side Special Move	Unknown
Up Special Move	Unknown	Up Special Move	Unknown
Down Special Move	Pokémon Change	Down Special Move	Unknown
Final Smash	Unknown	Final Smash	Unknown
Solid Snake
Solid Snake uses a variety of explosives in battle, as well as a rifle.
Standard Special Move	Unknown
Side Special Move	Unknown
Up Special Move	Unknown
Down Special Move	Unknown
Final Smash	Unknown

Notes

Confirmed Characters

In the E3 2006 Trailer, the first few characters introduced were the main heroes of Nintendo's most popular series. This includes Mario, Link, Kirby, Pikachu and Samus. The trailer also introduced Pit, Meta Knight, Wario and Zero Suit Samus as new characters. At the end of the trailer, Solid Snake was revealed, acting as the first Third-Party character in the series. In the end of the Nintendo World Trailer, a separate trailer from the aforementioned one, Fox McCloud was revealed as a playable fighter.

Princess Zelda and Bowser were later confirmed on the official website on June 25th and July 3rd, respectively. Donkey Kong appeared in the 15-second E3 2007 clip on July 12th, and his profile was soon after added to the official website. The official site also announced Yoshi as a returning player on July 24th. Ike, a character from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (a game that was released outside of Japan, unlike the original Fire Emblem) appeared on the site on August 1st, and became the first character to be confirmed since Solid Snake. Princess Peach was seen in a trailer for The Subspace Emissary on August 3rd, and finally confirmed on August 17th, which also showed Peach's new design. On August 13th, the Pokémon Trainer was revealed as a character.

There are currently 18 differant characters revealed, excluding the three Pokémon used by Pokémon Trainer.

Speculated Characters

• Ridley was vaguely hinted, as a music track based on his theme was put on the official website.
• Captain Falcon is hinted to return, as Samurai Goroh also appears as an Assist Trophy.
• Ganondorf was hinted when the Internet Movie Database listed a voice actor for him. [1].
• Sheik and Ganondorf were said to have been submitted for the game, as stated by gameinformer.com [2]. However, the reliability of this source is disputed.
• According to Sakurai, discussions for possible additional third-party character additions are underway, but nothing has been confirmed. The amount of third-party characters will amount to 1 or 2, plus Snake, according to Sakurai.
• Sonic the Hedgehog has been greatly desired to join the fray, and Sakurai has taken note of this.
• Ness has been vaguely hinted as an item from the EarthBound series has been revealed, the Franklin Badge. His symbol was also seen.

Stages

	Stage	Description
File:Battlefield SSBB.jpg	Battlefield File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Returning from Super Smash Bros. Melee, the stage will now be set in a green landscape and feature different daytimes.
File:Bridge of Eldin.jpg	Bridge of Eldin File:Legend of Zelda Emblem.gif	A flat stage. King Bulblin will occasionally destroy the bridge, halting the battle for a while.
File:CastleSiege.jpg	Castle Siege File:Fire Emblem Emblem.gif	Taking place on a castle, this stage encorporates elements of various Fire Emblem games.
File:Delfino Plaza Stage.jpg	Delfino Plaza File:Mario Bros. Emblem.gif	A moving stage, comparable to Mute City from Super Smash Bros. Melee. It will feature a flying moving platform that takes the characters to various locations in Delfino Plaza.
File:Halberd.jpg	Halberd File:Kirby Emblem.gif (Conjectural)	Meta Knight's ship, which occasionally flies right through the stage.
	Lylat Cruise File:Star Fox Emblem.gif	A stage that moves through the Lylat System. Very similar to Corneria and Venom.
File:Mariocircuit.png	Mario Circuit File:Mario Bros. Emblem.gif (Conjectural)	Comparable to Mute City from Super Smash Bros. Melee; it has Shy Guys driving across occasionally as an obstacle.
File:Rumble Falls Stage.jpg	Rumble Falls File:Donkey Kong Emblem.gif	A Donkey Kong stage similar to Icicle Mountain. It will have ladders to climb upwards.
File:Groudon3.jpg	Pokémon Stadium File:Pokémon Emblem.gif (Conjectural)	An exact copy of the Pokémon Stadium from Super Smash Bros. Melee (sans the fallthrough platforms). It is currently unknown whether it also will change its terrain.
File:Stage08 070725a-l.jpg	Skyworld File:Kid Icarus Emblem.gif	Pit's homeland. It consists of several breakable platforms.
File:Brawl Stages - Smashville.jpg	Smashville File:Animal Crossing Emblem.gif	The stage's datetime is based on the Wii's internal clock. K.K. Slider makes live performances Saturdays on 8 P.M.
File:Yoshi'sIslandStage1.jpg	Yoshi's Island File:Yoshi Emblem.gif	Yoshi's Island is based on its appearance in Yoshi's Island DS. It will change seasons.

Items

	Item	Description
	Assist Trophy File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Comparable to the Poké Ball, makes an Assist appear with a random effect.
	Banana Peel File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Can be dropped on the stage. Other characters will trip over it and fall, causing damage to them.
File:SSBBBARREL.PNG	Barrel File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Contains a random item.
	Bumper File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Lies on the ground or floats in the air and hits back all characters touching it.
	Cracker Launcher File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Shoots out fireworks. Players can aim with it.
File:SSBBCRATE.PNG	Crate File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Contains three random items.
	Franklin Badge File:Earthbound Emblem.gif	Deflects any Projectile back at the opponent.
	Gooey Bomb File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Can be attached to the ground or a character and explodes after a few seconds.
	Pitfall File:Animal Crossing Emblem.gif	Can be set on the ground. Other characters fall straight through the ground when walking over it.
	Poké Ball File:Pokémon Emblem.gif	Makes a random Pokémon appear and fight for the player.
File:Samus 070718e.jpg	Power Suit File:Metroid Emblem.gif	Appears after Samus's Zero Laser. Can be thrown to hurt other characters.
File:CrateOnWheels2.jpg	Sliding Box File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	A Crate with wheels at the bottom, which glides away when hit.
	Smash Ball File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Lets the character use their Final Smash move.
	Smoke Ball File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Emits a large cloud of colorful smoke. Doesn't do any damage.
File:Brawl Super Scope.jpg	Super Scope File:Super Smash Bros. Emblem.gif	Shoots out many small energy balls or three ones. Can also shoot while walking or in mid-air.

Music

Famed Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu contributed the main theme of the game. It is unknown whether he will be composing additional tracks.

The official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website lists a total of 36 composers to work on music for the game. Uematsu is not listed. [3]

• A remix of Menu 1 from Super Smash Bros. Melee will be used for the stage Battlefield.
• The official website revealed a track called Yoshi's Story: Ending [4], which is a remix of the ending music to Yoshi's Story. It might play on the Yoshi's Island stage.
• A track from the original Metroid game was also revealed. It is called Metroid: Boss Battle Music [5], or Ridley's Theme. It is the theme music of when Ridley appears in the Metroid game. It is unknown what stage it could possibly play on.
• A medley from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time [6] was shown on the official website. It is combination of many music tracks from the said game. It also includes a remix of Saria's Theme, an alternate tune that played on the Great Bay stage in Super Smash Bros. Melee. Wether this track plays on Bridge of Eldin or not, is unknown, but most likely not, as Bridge of Eldin is from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.
• A Star Fox music track was revealed, titled Star Fox: Space Armada [7]. It is a remix of the Corneria stage music from Melee. It is likely to play on the Lylat Cruise stage.
• A jolly remix of the Grim Reaper and Game Over music from Kid Icarus was recently put on the official site, title Kid Icarus: The Underworld [8]. This remix sounds similar to the brand of music used for Green Greens. It is possible this plays on the Skyworld stage.

External Links

• Smash Bros Dojo - The official Super Smash Bros. Brawl website