I've been waiting for this bloody game since the Wii came out. I actually bought it while on vacation and ignored the amazing weather in Orlando, Florida just to play it when I wasn't going to theme parks, reading, or sleeping. The game is quite similar to SSBM for the Gamecube, so I'll skip the whole gameplay analysis. Just think of it as a 4-player-platform-fighting-game...with all Nintendo (and one Sega) characters. I enjoy most of the new characters, and the Final Smashes are a terrific addition to the game (yet extremely unbalanced). All in all, I'd say it's the best game for Wii to date...sad thing is that it will stay that way. Super Smash Bros. has always had a bad habit of making all other multiplayer games pointless (with exception of co-op multiplayer).
It seems that I was the first in my little group of friends to acquire all the characters, and it's much easier than in the previous games to do so. You only have to play through the "Subspace Emissary" once and then sweep up the 3 or 4 characters that weren't included in that. Piece of cake. The online play is certainly a welcome feature...except that when you are fighting other people, you can only play 4-player timed matches. I don't have any friends registered online, so I don't know if you can actually change the rules with friends because you sure can't with strangers.
My favorite new character would be Ike, with Wolf coming in second. I'm a huge Fire Emblem fan, so I was disappointed when I saw that Roy was no longer in the game, but I couldn't care less now. Ike is the new powerhouse of the game joining Ganondorf and Bowser. Marth, however, remains my favorite character, even if he does suck in anything but 1vs1 matches. In the first SSB, I was Fox, but I was just too clumsy with him in Melee, so I switched to Marth. However, with the slower, but more powerful Wolf, I was happy to be able to play with the same style as when I first started playing the game. A lot of folks don't know how to get Wolf because he isn't an active member in the Subspace Emissary. Just beat boss mode with Fox, and you'll unlock him (provided you can beat him), or go hunting for him in adventure mode.
I hope to see (and smear) many new faces in the horribly laggy online battles. Good luck to all who got the game, or go to friends' houses to play.
Rating: A+
Monday, March 17, 2008
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