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Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Developer(s)	HAL Laboratory
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Designer(s)	Masahiro Sakurai (director)
Release date(s)	2007
Genre(s)	Fighting game
Mode(s)	single player, multiplayer, online
Platform(s)	Wii
Preceded by	Super Smash Bros. Melee

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (also known by its code names Super Smash Bros. Revolution and Super Smash Bros. Wii) is the title of an upcoming fighting game for the Wii. As the third iteration in the massively successful series, it has been confirmed that it will support some network features, Internet play (Wi-Fi)^[1], and will be released sometime in 2007, and thus will not be a launch title. It also marks the first Super Smash Bros. game to be created and feature a character from a franchise not owned by Nintendo in a playable format with in the inclusion of Solid Snake of the Metal Gear franchise as a playable character. Image File history File links Wikinews_waves_Left. ... Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_package_games. ... Image File history File links Wikinews_waves_Right. ... This article needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Ongoing events Future events Upcoming releases Related pages About this page This page deals with current events in computer and video games. ... E3 logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or Exposition), commonly known as E3, is the worlds largest annual trade show for the computer and video games industry and the third largest gaming convention. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... This article is about computer and video games. ... Image File history File links Nuvola_apps_package_games. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... HAL Laboratory, Inc. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... A game designer is a person who designs games. ... Masahiro Sakurai (桜井政博 Sakurai Masahiro) (born August 3, 1970) is a game concept designer, and the creative force behind both the Kirby series and the Super Smash Bros. ... A game director is a person who is in-charge of significant creative aspects of a video game. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Screenshot of Street Fighter II (1991, Capcom). ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... Online means being connected to the Internet or another similar electronic network, like a bulletin board system. ... The Wii (pronounced like the word we, IPA: , see name) is Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... Super Smash Bros. ... Screenshot of Kung Fu Master (1984, Irem). ... The Wii (pronounced like the word we, IPA: , see name) is Nintendos fifth home video game console and the successor to the Nintendo GameCube. ... A computer network is a system for communication between computers. ... Wi-Fi (also WiFi, Wi-fi, Wifi, or wifi) is a brand originally licensed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to describe the underlying technology of wireless local area networks (WLAN) based on the IEEE 802. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Solid Snake ) is the main character in the Metal Gear video game series. ... For the original video game titled Metal Gear, see Metal Gear (video game). ...

Development

Masahiro Sakurai, former HAL Laboratories employee and creator of Kirby and the Super Smash Bros. series, has been announced as the director for the game. ^[2]. He has also implied support for the Wii controller ^[3] and especially the simplified action buttons. This is in line with the previous two Super Smash Bros. games, which had simplistic but expansive controls. Masahiro Sakurai (桜井政博 Sakurai Masahiro) (born August 3, 1970) is a game concept designer, and the creative force behind both the Kirby series and the Super Smash Bros. ... HAL Laboratories is a Japanese video game developer. ... Kirby Kirby (Japanese: カービィ Kābi) is a character in a series of video games published by Nintendo for their video game consoles and handheld video game systems over the years. ... Super Smash Bros. ...

An IGN article states that "as of May 2005, the game's development staff consisted of exactly one person, Sakurai himself" and that there is an office in Tokyo just for the development of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. The article also states that an unknown company whose employees spent a lot of time playing the game is being brought into the development team, and the team will have access to all the original material and tools from the development of Super Smash Bros. Melee. ^[4] IGNs Editors Choice Award is given to only the top games IGN.com is a multimedia news website. ... 2005 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Deaths in May May 26: Eddie Albert May 25: Ismail Merchant May 25: Sunil Dutt May 25: Graham Kennedy May 22: Thurl Ravenscroft May 21: Howard Morris May 21: Subodh Mukherjee May 21: Stephen Elliott May 20... Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ... Super Smash Bros. ...

The various Mario models that have appeared throughout the franchise.

On Wednesday, May 10, 2006, at the After-Hours Press Conference at E3 2006, Nintendo revealed that the next game's name would be Super Smash Bros. Brawl. E3 logo The Electronic Entertainment Expo (or Exposition), commonly known as E3, is the worlds largest annual trade show for the computer and video games industry and the third largest gaming convention. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some new playable characters will include:

1. Meta-Knight (from the Kirby series)
2. Pit (from Kid Icarus)
3. Zero-Suit Samus (from Metroid: Zero Mission of the Metroid series)
4. Wario (from various Nintendo games, notably the Warioware series)
5. Solid Snake (from the Metal Gear Solid series)

Miyamoto and Sakurai, who were there to make the announcement, also confirmed that the game would not make use of the Wii controller. The change was not mandated because Sakurai feared it would "alienate those familiar with the pad." Metaknight, as shown in Kirby Air Ride Meta Knight is a fictional character that appears in most Kirby games, usually as the boss right before Dedede, though his evil twin, Dark Meta Knight, once took the usual role of Dedede himself. ... Kirby Kirby (Japanese: カービィ Kābi) is a character in a series of video games published by Nintendo for their video game consoles and handheld video game systems over the years. ... Pit is the main character in the Kid Icarus video games made by Nintendo. ... Screenshot of Kid Icarus Kid Icarus (derived from the Greek myth of Icarus) is a console game for the Famicom Disk System in Japan, where it is known as Hikari shinwa: Parthena no kagami (光神話 パルテナの鏡 Hikari shinwa parutena no kagami), or Myth of Light: Parthenas Mirror. ... Samus Aran is a video game character created by Nintendo, and is the main protagonist in the Metroid series. ... Metroid: Zero Mission is a part of the Metroid series and a remake of the original Metroid. ... Box art of the first Metroid game The Metroid ( Japanese : メトロイド) games are a series of video games produced by Nintendo. ... Wario, in his most common appearance Wario (ワリオ in Japanese) is a fictional Nintendo video-game character who was created as an antagonist to Mario and has since become the protagonist of his own games. ... Nintendo (Japanese: 任天堂, ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 ) is an international company originally founded in Japan on November 6, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in a Japanese playing card game of the same name. ... ... Solid Snake ) is the main character in the Metal Gear video game series. ... Metal Gear Solid Packaging Artwork Metal Gear Solid, (Japanese:メタルギアソリッド ) commonly abbreviated as MGS, is a stealth-based game developed by Hideo Kojima and first published for the PlayStation video game console in 1998. ...

Joystiq.com has also revealed through screen captures that a puppy from Nintendogs will be an item in the game that will veil the screen for a few seconds. Nintendogs is a pet simulation video game, similar to a virtual pet, for the Nintendo DS portable game system. ...

Videos also suggest new battle mechanics, such as "super special" character moves that are triggered by the collection of emblem items.

Famed Final Fantasy composer Nobuo Uematsu contributed the main theme of the game. It is unknown whether he will be composing additional tracks. [1] Final Fantasy (Japanese: Fainaru Fantajī) is a series of computer role-playing games produced by Square Enix (originally Square Co. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Nobuo Uematsu Nobuo Uematsu (植松 伸夫; Uematsu Nobuo, born March 21, 1959) is a Japanese composer of video game music, and one of the most well-known, prolific, and versatile in the field. ...

Japanese fans are currently being asked to submit their desired characters and themes to Nintendo's website, the most popular of which will be incorporated into the game. It is currently unknown if this will eventually be opened for Amercian fans as well. News report

Screenshots

References

1. ^ Casamassina, Matt E3 2005: Smash Bros. For Revolution. IGN, 2005-05-17.
2. ^ IGN Staff (2005-11-16). Smash Bros. Revolution Director Revealed. IGN.
3. ^ Gantayat, Anoop (2005-10-21). Revolution Controller: Japanese Creators Speak. IGN.
4. ^ Gantayat, Anoop (2005-12-02). Sakurai Elaborates on Smash Bros. Revolution. IGN.

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External links

• IGN information
• GameSpot page
• The Official Super Smash Brothers Website
• Official Trailer for Super Smash Brothers Brawl.
• High Resolution Trailer