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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wii
Released On: Mar 9, 2008
8.7
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 81 Critic Reviews
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99% Positive
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1% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 81 Critic Reviews
93
99% Positive
80 Reviews
80 Reviews
1% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Four different control options as well as an as-deep-as-you-want-it combat style mean that whether you’re a parent looking forward to seeing Mario and Sonic have a punch-up, or a Nintendo fan wanting the Nintendo Chronicle (of love), Brawl can offer you an outstanding game.
Never before has there been a game with more replayability then Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 1,840 User Ratings
8.7
88% Positive
1610 Ratings
1610 Ratings
10% Mixed
177 Ratings
177 Ratings
3% Negative
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 1,840 User Ratings
8.7
88% Positive
1610 Ratings
1610 Ratings
10% Mixed
177 Ratings
177 Ratings
3% Negative
53 Ratings
53 Ratings
Sep 21, 2025
THIS GAME IS SO GOOD. The story mode is one of the best media i've ever consumed. The game is old but it looks beautiful. The roster is pretty goated compared to other games. Mechanics are good and controls still hold. Extras are pretty fun and the trophie mechanic is actually obessing. I would lie if I said I wasn't trying to get them all. Nothing wrong with this game. It's perfect. A HARD recommend
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Wii The title's robust and balanced multiplayer offerings are completely engrossing and wholly entertaining from beginning to end, and this time around you can take those bouts to the online arena for similarly satisfying results.
Matches play like a Destroy All Monsters mêlée, with up to four players duking it out until the last man, or Pokémon, stands.
Super Smash Bros is a series that has often been unfairly derided as button-mashing, largely thanks to its surface sheen of cutesy characters, but it has one of the most enduringly innovative and deep systems of any fighter. [Apr 2008, p.84]
It's certainly a game that can kill a bit of time between a group of friends, and it's not like there'll be many negative memories associated with the game afterwards, but I just don't feel it's that good.
Oct 7, 2024
This game has some of the most fun campaigns, however this game suffers from being a series. Melee and Ultimate are both better and it ends of making this game feel useless cause you could play the others. But the music and game is still good so yeah 7/10.
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Wii Aug 24, 2023
this game is great for the soul purpouse of the extras like the coin shooting game, the giant roster of trophies, and the subspace emmisary. the only issue is that the balancing is off in numerous ways while also failing to follow up on the tight and swift combat of melee... i just think that this game gets worse with time while melee ages like gold.
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Wii Sep 28, 2019
The game is really amazing ! ................ Until the part in adventure mode in which, after around 60%-65% completion, the game "tells you" to redo every level. The game design was really cool for every map.... but to repeat everything ? do all of them... all over again ? Sorry.. garbage mentality. One of the best with the worst of the worst gameplay plot twist in my entire gaming experience....
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Wii May 29, 2017
I'm not sure why everyone likes this game, but I think it's something to do with them being casual players with items on every match. If you are a true smash bros player, you will despise this game. Meta knight is broken, the ice climbers have a ridiculous chain grab (along with some more characters), there are barely any tournament legal stages, and of course, random tripping. If you want a better fighting game, play street fighter, or any other smash game (I personally recommend melee and wii u/3ds version). Apart from that, the adventure mode, all star mode and classic mode are great, and I recommend this if you are a casual player.
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Wii Summary [Metacritic's 2008 Wii Game of the Year] Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the next installment in the Smash Bros. series for the company's Wii console. Among the new characters playable in the game are Meta Knight, the sword-wielding nemesis of Kirby; Pit, the angelic archer from Kid Icarus; Zero Suit Samus, the powerful Metroid series heroin...
Rated T for Teen
