Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is an upcoming fighting game for the Nintendo 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 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.

Gameplay


A new battle mechanic will be the Final Smash, that is triggered 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 few were able to perform the Wall Jump in Super Smash Bros. Melee. 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.



The game will be controlled with one of the four controlling methods:
 * Wii Remote (Turned on its side)
 * Wii Remote & Nunchuck Attachment
 * Wii Classic Controller
 * Nintendo GameCube Controller

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 SSBM, they now also save the player's controlling options to avoid selecting the control method again each time.

Returning Characters

 * Mario (of the Mario series) - Mushroom symbol
 * Link (of the Legend of Zelda series) - Triforce symbol
 * Pikachu (of the Pokémon series) - Pokéball symbol
 * Kirby (of the Kirby series) - Warpstar symbol
 * Fox McCloud (of the Star Fox series) - Star Fox symbol
 * Samus Aran (of the Metroid series) - Screw Attack symbol
 * Princess Zelda (of the Legend of Zelda series) - Triforce symbol
 * Bowser (of the Mario series) - Mushroom symbol
 * Donkey Kong (of the Donkey Kong series) - DK symbol

Newcomers

 * Pit (from Kid Icarus) - Bow symbol
 * Meta Knight (from the Kirby series) - Warpstar symbol
 * Zero Suit Samus (of the Metroid series) - Screw Attack symbol
 * Wario (in the outfit of the WarioWare series) - Wario's "W" symbol that is on his cap.
 * Solid Snake (from Konami's Metal Gear series) - FOXHOUND symbol

History of Characters
In the E3 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. This will be Pit's first appearance in 16 years. Meta Knight will act as the second Kirby character in the series. Wario will be wearing his WarioWare outfit, and will move in frame-by-frame movement. Zero Suit Samus will be an alternate form of Samus, similar to Princess Zelda and Sheik. In the same trailer, Solid Snake was revealed, acting as the first Third-Party character in the series. In the end of the Nintendo World Trailer, Fox McCloud was revealed to be a playable fighter. Recently, Princess Zelda was confirmed on the official website. She will have a design change, just like Link. Other characters confirmed by the official website were Bowser and Donkey Kong.

Yoshi has been strongly hinted, as a Yoshi Music Track, Yoshi Stage, and Yoshi's Symbol, the Egg, was revealed on the official website. Ridley was vaguely hinted, as a music track based on his theme was put on the official website. However, whether these two characters will be in the game or not, is unknown. Samurai Goro is also used as an Assist Trophy, which hints the fact that Captain Falcon will return.

According to Sakurai, discussions for possible other third-party character additions such as Sonic the Hedgehog are underway, but nothing has been confirmed.

Items
Certain items from Melee will not be returning, but there will be new items.

Returning Items

 * Poké Ball
 * Super Scope
 * Crate
 * Barrel
 * Bumper

New Items

 * Banana Peel
 * Cracker Launcher
 * Gooey Bomb
 * Smash Ball
 * Sliding Box
 * Assist Trophy
 * Hammer Bro.
 * Nintendog
 * Samurai Goro
 * Dr. Wright

Stages



 * Angel Land - Pit's homeland. Like the Hyrule Temple from Melee.
 * Battlefield - The stage will feature different daytimes.
 * Bridge of Eldin - Link's stage. The ground will occasionally crumble, halting the battle for a while.
 * Castle - A castle of unknown origins. Possibly Hyrule Castle, but uncomfirmed.
 * Delfino Plaza - A moving stage, comparable to Mute City of SSBM
 * Halberd - Meta-Knight's ship, like the Corneria and Venom stages from Melee, it flies in the air.
 * Helipad - Snake's stage.
 * Lylat Cruise - A stage that moves through the Lylat System. Very similar to Corneria and Venom.
 * Mario Circuit - like Mute City from Melee, it has Shy Guys driving across occasionally as they did in Mario Kart DS as an obstacle.
 * Pokémon Stadium - like the one in Melee, its terrain changes.
 * Smashville
 * Yoshi's Island - Yoshi's Island based on its appearances in Yoshi's Island DS. It will change Seasons, and feature a Support Ghost.

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. 

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, which is a remix of the ending music to Yoshi's Story. It also features Yoshi's voice during the track. The website hinted at Yoshi being in the game on this page and also showed Yoshi's logo next to the song, thus almost proving Yoshi will be in Brawl. A track from the original Metroid game was revealed. It is called Metroid: Boss Battle Music, or Ridley's Theme. It is the theme music of when Ridley appears in the Metroid game, which also very vaguely hinted that he may be playable, or at least appear in Brawl. A medley from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, titled The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Medley 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.