Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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 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, named Primids. Then, Princess Peach and Princess Zelda, who were watching the match, run down to assist Mario and Kirby. The Subspace Army will be the main antagonist, led by the Ancient Minister. They drop down a Subspace Bomb, which is activated by the R.O.B.s, which then shows a detonation timer, that shows the Bomb will explode in three minutes. Mario hurries to deactivate it, but is defeated by a giant cannonball that hits him out of the stadium. Kirby ponders what to do, and notices Peach and Zelda stuck in cages, being held by a Petey Piranha. It is unknown what happens afterwards, but the Stadium is eventually drawn into Subspace.

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. The Tether Recovery will be a new tactic in the game. It allows players to grab onto ledges, using chain-like items, such as a Plasma Whip or a Hookshot.

Throughout the game, players will be rewarded with stickers. Like trophies, these items reflect characters, objects, and places that have appeared throughout Nintendo'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: 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.
 * Wii Remote (Turned on its side)
 * Wii Remote & Nunchuk 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 Super Smash Bros. Melee, they now also save the player's controlling options to avoid selecting the control method again each time.

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 different 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..
 * Sheik and Ganondorf were said to have been submitted for the game, as stated by gameinformer.com . 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.

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 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, 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 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 . 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 . This remix sounds similar to the brand of music used for Green Greens. It is possible this plays on the Skyworld stage.