They may look cute, but there's nothing nice about the characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This fighting frenzy will have you inflicting painful KO's on familiar opponents you thought were your friends. Take your frustrations out on Link, Mario and other characters from throughout the gaming world. Shoot spaceships out of the sky in the Lylat System from the Star Fox games and deal out killer blows in Rumble Falls based on the look and feel of Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat.Hit opponent after opponent to build up your damage meter, then knock your enemies clear off the screen. Rely on weapons that are silly but very effective, such as banana peels, pitfalls, gooey bombs and many more. Hurl old-school crates and barrels or select from Assist Trophies and Poke Balls to strike fear in the hearts of your foes. Combine Standard, Strong and Smash attacks to bash your way to victory. There are so many ways to smash, you'll get lost in the melees for hours on end.
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The game is all around great, but there is one major thing that keeps this from hitting five stars. The controls are very difficult to understand using the Wiimote. It took us about a week of constant button mashing to figure out what does what. The instruction manual wasn't really of any use either. On the plus side, it's fun, challenging, and entertaining for large groups of people (after you TRY and explain the controls to them)
What's great about it: graphics, old school game-ish, fun for parties
What's not so great: controls are hard to learn using Wii Remote