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Super Smash Bros. Brawl (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズX, Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Ekkusu) is the title of an upcoming fighting game for Wii. Super Smash Bros. Brawl was originally a launch title for Wii, though Nintendo themselves doubted they could finish it in time. As the third iteration in the massively successful series, it has been confirmed that it will support some network features, Internet play, (Wi-Fi) and will be released sometime in 2007. It also marks the first Super Smash Bros. game that features a character from a franchise not owned by Nintendo in a playable format with the inclusion of Solid Snake from Konami's Metal Gear franchise. It also featured the first game's musical coda performed in the Super Smash Bros. style.

Confirmed characters

The only confirmed characters can be seen in the E3 trailer on the official Web page's movie section, and they have been confirmed by Nintendo. The E3 trailer depicts battles between four returning characters: Mario, the main character of the Super Mario Bros. series; Link, the hero of the Legend of Zelda series; Pikachu, the mascot of the Pokémon series; and Kirby, the main character of his self-titled series. The movie also revealed five new playable characters slated for Brawl. Samus Aran and Zero-Suit Samus are briefly shown, but it is unclear if Samus will be two characters (the standard version and Zero-Suit, like Link and Young Link from Super Smash Bros. Melee) or if she will have the ability to change between the two (like Zelda and Sheik in Super Smash Bros. Melee) although she appears as a newcomer character in the trailer. Meta Knight, of the Kirby series, Pit the hero from Kid Icarus, and Wario, Mario's rival and star of the WarioWare and Wario Land series.

Solid Snake, the main character from Konami's Metal Gear series, also appeared in the trailer, shocking fans primarily because third-party characters (those not belonging to Nintendo or any of the companies it owns) had never been present in the series thus far.

Stages

On May 18, 2006 Nintendo revealed on the offical Super Smash Bros Brawl site the first offical course under Meta Knight's character profile, that Meta Knight's airship, the Halberd, from Kirby Super Star will be a course in the game.

Although unconfirmed, the trailer suggests that new stages will also include the interior and exterior of what appears to be the same gloomy castle, (probably from Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance or the recently announced Wii Fire Emblem as it shows flags in the background with symbols resembling the Daein crest), and an island floating high above a rocky canyon that appears similar to the "Battlefield" stage from Super Smash Bros. Melee. It should be noted however, that in the first trailer for Super Smash Bros. Melee, originally shown at E³ 2001, a number of levels that turned out to either not be in the final game at all, or were heavily modified, could be seen.

Items and abilities

The video from E3 also suggest new battle mechanics, such as the "Super Smash", a very powerful move that is triggered by the collection of "Smash Emblems". The trailer suggests that Mario's move is a large blast of fire, seems to be similar to the Mario Kart: Double Dash Mario item Special, that engulfs enemies, Link Super Smash is a barrage of sword slashes while the victim is trapped between two Triforce symbols, Kirby uses his Cook/Chef ability from Kirby Super Star to cook his enemies in a pot. Other large-scale moves previewed in the trailer that may potentially appear as "super smash" moves include: Wario's potential "atomic fart" attack (Masahiro Sakurai has confirmed that Wario has a fart attack, although whether it is the nuclear one in the trailer is unknown); an enormous blast from suited Samus' arm cannon; and Pit's homing light arrow shot from his magic bow. However, it is unclear as to whether these moves are truly special moves. It is unknown how these moves will fit into the game, or if they are even incorporated in actual matches as opposed to prerendered or real-time cutscenes that would play in-game.

The E3 trailer showed a large puppy from Nintendogs blocking the screen. Though it was never shown, Nintendo has confirmed that this is caused by an item. Of the recurring characters shown in the preview, their A, B, and Smash attacks appear for the most part intact, being modified only graphically. According to Sakurai, Snake will not have guns in Super Smash Brothers: Brawl as the developers did not wish to incorporate real-world weaponry. However, Sakurai postulated that Snake will primarily use explosives, such as rocket launchers, as they might be "humorous" if used in-game as well as the cardboard box he hides in during the ending half of the trailer, how exactly this will work is unknown.

Music

The main theme for this upcoming game was revealed in the E3 trailer as the background song, and it was created by the famed Final Fantasy composer, Nobuo Uematsu. It is unknown whether he will be composing additional tracks. Additionally, opera singers Ken Nishikiori and Oriko Takahashi has also participated in this project on vocals. Sakurai stated that the game's music will be performed by a full orchestra with vocals in Latin. The name of the song has still not been confirmed.

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.

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 Super Smash Bros. Melee is being brought into the development team, and the team will have access to all the original material and tools from the development of Melee. The company is referred to as "The Studio" by Sakurai.

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.

Miyamoto and Sakurai, who were there to make the announcement, also confirmed that the game would have full compatibility with the GameCube controller. Sakurai stated that the reason was because he did not want to "alienate those familiar with the pad." In an interview with IGN, Sakurai said the Wii's motion sensing features would not be included because "We found that trying to implement too much motion-sensory functionality can get in the way of the game." Thus, techniques from Super Smash Bros. Melee such as wavedashing, L-cancelling, edgeguarding, etc. will probably be usable in Brawl. However, there will still be an option to use the Wii controller.

The inclusion of Konami-created character Solid Snake may seem conflicted to the Smash Bros. paradigm - to only include characters from games made by Nintendo and their second parties (ie. HAL Laboratory) - but Sakurai stated that Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima "practically begged" for Snake to be included in the next Smash Bros. game (which, at the time of said "begging", was Super Smash Bros. Melee, but production of the game was already too far in to make the addition viable). This isn't the first time Snake appears in a crossover fighting game; he was previously featured as a secret character in DreamMix TV: World Fighters, which also had Bomberman, the first third-party character to appear in a Nintendo game (Wario Blast: Featuring Bomberman!). When questioned about the inclusion of other characters (Sonic the Hedgehog specifically being singled out in the question), Shigeru Miyamoto alleged that discussions for possible other third-party character additions are underway, but nothing has been confirmed.

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 overseas fans as well. Non-Japanese gamers can still voice their opinion on who should be in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, but currently it is unknown whether Sakurai will consider votes that are not in Japanese.

Online multiplayer

Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be the first game in the series to feature an online multiplayer mode. The Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection service on Wii would be very similar to that of the Nintendo DS. It will feature a friend code system, which requires codes to be entered before a player can connect with a specific known opponent. However, in manner similar to Metroid Prime: Hunters for the Nintendo DS, players can still play online without sharing a "friend code" - although with more limited gameplay.

Screenshots

References

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External links

• The Official Super Smash Bros. Website (includes trailer)
• IGN information
• GameSpot page

• Smash Bros. games
• HAL Laboratory games
• Versus fighting games
• Nintendo games
• Wii-only games
• 2007 computer and video games