Customer Reviews
Absolute class!! - By: Mr. Christopher Simpson, 26 Sep 2008 
Any doubts about the Nintendo Wii being just for Kids gets blown away by this class of a game. I bought this from Morrisons when they were doing Wii chart games for £15 each, & I decided to get this after some begging to my wife who thought it would be too violent. The way the characters move, the pick ups, story line, the music & retro bits are just genius. The only downside I find is that I am unable to link up with anyone online to brawl with & sometimes I find that the characters are too smalll, thats why I have given it 4 stars, which is very disappointing after enjoying Mario Kart online (which I still play regularly). As far as I am concerned, forget serious fighting like Soul Calibur & racing games like Gran Tourismo, just buy SSBB & Mario Kart on the Wii instead. Yes I do own a PS3 (COD4 online being equallly addictive) but SSBB is a classic.
The best one yet, but hits the final hurdle. - By: A. C. De Panama, 21 Sep 2008 It's clear that they pulled out alll the stops for this game. It looks & plays amazingly. The offline modes have dozens of unlockables & levels for you to feast on.
My problem is not with the game at its core, but the online feature. Unfortunately, this is extremely basic.
When playing with random players, you have no idea of their names, any sort of rank or geographical location. You cannot speak to them nor can they speak to you. Once you leave the game, that's it. You have no idea if you'll ever meet that awesome solid snake player again. Let's not forget it takes up to 20 minutes to find a group for you. Makes you wonder whether anybody else is playing!
I kinda expected to be able to make a game, browse open games & see a list of players who were inside. I'd also like to be able to add friends & chat, with a profanity filter of sorts activated.
I understand that the online limits are to protect the kids who may have got this for a birthday present or something, but surely they could outsource the Wii parental controls to restrict online play instead of ruining it for everybody else?
Playing with friends is basic. Trade friend codes, make a game, bang. Can't make team games however, & chat is limited to (up to) four taunt phrases of 24 characters each.
Overalll, it's a great game, but the online play is incredibly dissapointing.
Wow Awesome Game - By: M. Pruden, 13 Sep 2008 
I think a lot of good time has been spent on this game. And they have perfected this. If you like beat em ups, then you will love this. But its the extra game modes what make this. As once you start unlocking items. the game get bigger & bigger. No wonder its on a dual layer dvd. Well done Nintendo. Please more game of this quality.
Smashing! - By: Julie Longden, 29 Aug 2008 Who can't enjoy watching Kirby swalllowing Bowser, spitting him off the stage & then frying mario with fire breath? Or watching Samus pick up a super spicy curry & taking out King Dedede?
If you are worried because you didn't own a Gamecube & never played Super Smash Bros. Melee, then you need not be! The new game offers a perfect starting point for new players. The adventure mode.
This is certainly not the best mode in the game & lacks the simplicity you'd get from another platformer like New Super Mario Bros. (DS), but it provides a solid 10 hours of gameplay to familiarise yourself with the story, & although the cutscenes lack any dialogue it turns out that Nintendo had quite a group of people doing the few lines that crop up while playing. This shows that perhaps Nintendo dumped the dialogue in fear of making the cutscenes dull & repetitive?
Alongside this mode there are a vast array of other modes in Solo play. There are 4 minigames (one must be unlocked later on) that set you a challlenge to break records & unlock collectables. There is a training mode so you can practice a certain character's moves on a CPU player. There is a Classic Mode which is an extremely enjoyable slug fest in which you must defeat enemies in succession. And there's All-Star mode which is unlocked after you unlock alll the characters.
Don't be put off by the name, Multiplayer mode is NOT for people who can coax their friends & family into trying a new game. The incredibly advanced CPU players truly act like players would, (minus the panic) & a difficulty setting to boot. It has a wealth of different ways of playing the addictive & exciting core of the game which is a good Brawl.
You'll probably find yourself surprised at the huge amount of unlockables including music, stages, trophies, stage parts & even game demos in the 'Vault'. Here you can watch videos you've previously seen from Adventure Mode, take a look at alll the screenshots you've taken, play the demos you've unlocked & even build your own stages to brawl on!
There are, like most games, a couple of minor flaws in SSBB, including the complicated controls that limit th game to more experienced gamers & the online system which isn't alll that responsive, but other than that it's a very addicive game that will last months!
With over 25 fighters, huge amounts of interactive stages, fabulous graphics & an awesome array of unlockables, this game gets full marks from my standards!
Multiplayer mayhem! - By: , 27 Aug 2008 I was a bit nervous on spending £30 on a game in a series i'd never played. If you are feeling like this, forget alll your worries & buy it. This games multiplayer mode is amazing, me & my little brother must have fought over 100 times but still we are both stunned over some of the moves you pull off. Single play is great fun until you've done it a couple of times, but you can't have everything. Still tottallly amazing though.
