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Friday, Oct 23
Marvel Super Hero Squad Review: This One Is For The Brats [Review]
Secret Wars: Once you unlock all of the playable characters and finish story mod, you're left with quite a passable little brawler for 1-4 players. It's a watered-down Super Smash Bros. with 3D movement, a nice selection of tiny Marvel characters and arenas, and the ability to fight in free...
Tuesday, Oct 20
Famitsu Awards Bayonetta A Perfect Score [Rumor]
1. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (1998) 2. Soulcalibur (1999) 3. Vagrant Story (2000) 4. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (2003) 5. Nintendogs (2005) 6. Final Fantasy XII (2006) 7. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) 8. Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (2008) 9. 428 (2008)
Monday, Oct 19
Smash Bros. For Charity — A Kotaku Alumnus Story [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]
It clicked all of a sudden," sophomore English major Quinn Hargitai said. "We love to play Smash Bros. - we play it all the time. We never study." It's an awesome idea and a fine bit of reporting on our ex-intern's part. It seems like only yesterday Freedman was updating our massive photo gallerie...
Smash Bros. For Charity — A Kotaku Alumnus Story [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]
Former Kotaku intern Andrew Freedman is making us proud at his university's daily newspaper. Check out his latest piece on "The Peach Bowl," a college charity Smash Bros. tournament. Courtney...
Friday, Oct 9
Your Amazing, Disturbing Wii Play Times [Wii]
readers, you never let me down. I asked you yesterday to share your Wii playing history — as determined in the Nintendo Channel — and you provided the disturbing details. Pikatwo: Super Smash Bros. Brawl - 695 hrs, 37 min Rocci 1212: Mario Strikers Charged - 693 hrs, 33 min - 402 times
Wednesday, Oct 7
The Ten Most Avidly-Played Wii Games In America (As Of Oct 1) [Wii]
You'll see the normal strong performance of Fire Emblem, the continued rise of Call of Duty and the crushing dominance of Super Smash Bros. I'll refrain for deeper analysis on the numbers until Nintendo fixes them. I will have a more personal take on the numbers tomorrow.
Monday, Sep 14
Nintendo's Unusual 2009 Wii Strategy: Publishing The Oldies [Wii]
Nintendo-Published Wii Games In 2008 Endless Ocean (new game) Super Smash Bros. Brawl (new game) Mario Kart Wii (new game) Wii Fit (new game) Mario Super Sluggers (new game) Wario Land: Shake It (new game) Wii Music (new game) Animal Crossing: City Folk (new game)
Thursday, Aug 20
Kotaku Approval Ratings Delivers 56% Negative for Wolfenstein [Polls]
Modern Warfare pulling the highest "still worth it" rating is likely a no-brainer to many. But where the full-bore Team Fortress multiplayer experience is only available to PC gamers, Modern Warfare emerges as the multiplatform standard-bearer for multiplayer shooters. How Modern Wa...
Saturday, Aug 15
Kotaku Approval Ratings: Wolfenstein [Polls]
Based on what you've seen and read, do you plan to purchase Wolfenstein?(polls) And now, your feelings on some older games: Is Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) still worth playing?(opinion)
Monday, Aug 10
Gaming Before Chemo, A Child's Escape [Feature]
We just hear the happiness," Joe's mom, Susan, 47, says as Joe and his 10-year-old brother, Will, tear through Lego Star Wars and Mario Kart on the GameCube. "It's a chance to have peace of mind, and for the little guy, it takes away, maybe, that knowledge of the poison going through him."
Wednesday, Aug 5
What's Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto Doing At Tecmo Press Conference? [Japan]
Koei is releasing Samurai Warriors 3 on the Nintendo Wii, and Shigeru Miyamoto was on hand to talk about the Mysterious Murasame Castle mode in the game. Nintendo has been expressing renewed interest in the property as of late: a Mysterious Murasame Castle song appeared in Super Smash Bro...
Monday, Jul 27
Arche Looks Delightfully Cheap In These Tales of VS. Clips [Clips]
Arche from Tales of Phantasia kind of reminds me of Pikachu from Super Smash Bros. what with her ability to call down lighting. The other combatants in these Tales of VS gameplay vids — Asch, Cless, Chester and Caius — also look cool. But when it comes to fighting games, I like my characters chea...
Saturday, Jul 18
33 Months Of Motion Control, The Wii's Hidden Struggle [Opinion]
A new Zelda down-played it. A new Mario limited its motion-control element, as have so many Wii games, to the occasional vibration of a player's right hand. This fall's New Super Mario Bros. Wii, made in the two years since the last Wii Mario, uses motion control no more than the last.
Friday, Jul 17
A Week In Comments [Hyper Multi-tap]
Titles like Katamari Damacy, Okami, or Super Smash Bros. are all interesting in different ways, and offer great gameplay, and are suitable for children. When I was a kid, the divide between child and adult-targeted games wasn't the same as it is now. Still, I tended to ignore games aimed excl...
Wednesday, Jul 15
Famitsu Awards Dragon Quest IX Perfect Score [Famitsu]
This is only the tenth game to get a perfect score from Famitsu, five of of which are in the last three years and four of which were in the last two years: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Metal Gear Solid 4, 428: Fusasareta Shibuya de and now DQIX. Hrm........
Tuesday, Jul 14
Wanna Play "Smashed Sta Barrier"? [Note]
What you missed last night Black Wii Box Is From The Dark, Distant Future The King of Fighters XII Arrives July 28 BioShock Designer Picked "Zelda" Over Girlfriend Check Out Korean Team Fortress 2 "Rip-Off" Gameplay Footage BioWare: Activision's PS3 Comment Is "Silly"
Tuesday, Jul 7
TMNT Smash-Up Preview: Will The Real April O’Neil Please Stand Up? [UbiNintendo 2009]
TMNT Smash-Up is a brawler in the same class as Super Smash Bros. Brawl. It even looks like Brawl probably due to the fact that the developer, Game Arts, did preliminary development on Brawl for Nintendo. Gameplay is a straight-up smackdown between for playable characters in various stages...
Miyamoto: "Wait, Please" For Kid Icarus [Nintendo]
The original Kid Icarus was released on the Nintendo Entertainment system in 1987 and produced by Gunpei Yokoi, father of the Game Boy, among other Nintendo hardware. Most recently, Kid Icarus hero Pit appeared in Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Friday, Jul 3
How Many Hours People Play Nintendo's Wii Games (Sorry, Donkey Kong) [Nintendo]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (March 2008) — 68 hours, 51 minutes Wii Sports (November 2006) — 35 hours, 47 minutes Mario Kart Wii (April 2008) – 31 hours, 40 minutes Super Mario Galaxy (November 2007) — 27 hours, 37 minutes Wii Music (October 2008) — 9 hours, 17 minutes
Tuesday, Jun 30
Wii Sports Resort Is The Third Best Selling Wii Title [Only In Japan]
The game launched on June 25, and in its first four days, the title moved 353,827 copies. Sales-wise for the first four days, that puts Wii Sports Resort behind Mario Kart Wii (608,000) and Super Smash Bros. Brawl (816,000). Wii用ソフト歴代3位のスタート！ 『Wii Sports Resort』国内販売本数35万本を突破−−エンターブレイン...
Friday, Apr 17
Nintendo Stock Takes A Hit [Wii]
As Nintendo didn't have a multi-million unit seller last month as it did in March 2008 (Super Smash Bros. Brawl), we shouldn't be surprised at dropping sales. Nintendo did manage to sell more than 800,000 copies of Pokémon Platinum for the Nintendo DS, though.
Tuesday, Mar 31
New NES Modern Classics Given Our Seal Of Quality [Nintendo]
The NES Modern Classics are just as snazzy, providing us with re-imagined box art for games like Dead Space, Gears of War 2 and Animal Crossing: City Folk—among others—from an alternate universe where we never progressed beyond the Nintendo Entertainment System. A scary thought, but it...
Monday, Mar 23
February's Top-Selling Games, Accessories By Platform
1. NDS MARIO KART DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 2. NDS NEW SUPER MARIO BROS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 5. NDS SUPER MARIO 64 DS NINTENDO OF AMERICA 6. NDS FIRE EMBLEM: SHADOW DRAGON NINTENDO OF AMERICA 7. NDS MARIO PARTY NINTENDO OF AMERICA 8. NDS KIRBY SUPER STAR ULTRA NINTENDO OF AMERICA
Sunday, Mar 8
Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon Review: Party On, Marth
Online Multiplayer: Shadow Dragon adds online multiplayer via the Nintendo DS wi-fi adapter. While the appeal of multiplayer battles isn't nearly as strong as the single-player story mode, it's feature rich enough (but just enough) to make online battles compelling and Shadow Dragon...
Tuesday, Dec 30
Japan's Best Selling Games Of 2008 Are... [Only In Japan]
01. Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G (PSP) 02. Pokemon Platinum (DS) 03. Wii Fit (Wii) 04. Mario Kart Wii (Wii) 05. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 06. Rhythm Tengoku Gold (DS) 07. Dragon Quest V (DS) 08. Hoshi no Kirby: Ultra Super Deluxe (DS) 09. Animal Crossing City Folk (Wii) 10. Wii Sports (Wii)
Thursday, Jun 19
MGS 4: The Big Boss Of Japanese Sales [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
11. Wii Sports (Wii) 14. Family Trainer: Athletic World (Wii) 16. Wii Play (Wii) 17. Mario Kart (DS) 19. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 22. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii) 24. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 27. New Super Mario Bros. (DS) 29. Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) 30. Pokémon Diamond (DS)
Thursday, Jun 12
Dragon Ball Z Japanese Sales Are Over 90,000!! [Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart]
16. Wii Sports (Wii) 17. Boura wa Kaseki Holder (DS) 18. Wii Play (Wii) 19. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) 20. Link's Crossbow Training (Wii) 21. Mario Kart DS (DS) 23. 99 Tears (DS) 25. Battalion Wars 2 (Wii) 27. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) 30. New Super Mario Bros. (DS)
Thursday, May 15
Nintendo Responds To April NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Six of the top 10 games of the month are for Nintendo systems: Mario Kart Wii (No. 2), Wii Play™ (No. 4), Super Smash Bros.® Brawl (No. 5), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness (No. 7), Pokémon® Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time (No. 8) and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock (No. 9).
Thursday, Apr 17
Nintendo Responds To March NPD Sales, Seems Pleased
Nintendo also finished with the top-selling U.S. game of March. Super Smash Bros.® Brawl, which launched March 9, came in at No. 1 with 2.7 million units sold. Three Wii games finished in the top 10, including Super Smash Bros. Brawl at No. 1, Wii Play™ at No. 4, and Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock at...
Thursday, Apr 10
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Media Create]
05. Pro Yakyuu Spirits 5 (PS3) - 60,000 / NEW 06. Pokémon Ranger: Batonnage (DS) - 58,000 / 406,000 07. Wii Fit (Wii) - 39,000 / 1,834,000 08. Tottado! Yowiko no Mujintou Seikatsu (DS) - 39,000 / NEW 09. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 24,000 / 1,548,000 10. Deca Sports (Wii) - 22,000 / 116,000
Wednesday, Apr 2
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Producer Pines For New Nintendo Characters [Wii]
It almost seems like a waste, given the creative talent at the developer/publisher, but it's clear that Nintendo has been successful with its reliance on older characters, with nostalgia playing a big part in Super Smash Bros. Brawl interest. Add to that the interesting and more abstract...
Thursday, Mar 13
Frankenreview, Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) [Roundup]
GameSpy From a visual standpoint, Brawl doesn't look much better than Super Smash Bros. Melee did on the GameCube. There is some slight improvement, as you can run the game in 16:9 widescreen format at 480p, and the difference is more noticeable on newer television displays. The real benefi...
Tuesday, Mar 11
Brawl Online Not Working, Nintendo Says Try Again
They had to have seen this coming. The game had similar issues when it was released in Japan, as Ashcraft reported back in January. If a smaller group of people situated on a much smaller piece of real estate had that much of a problem, how could the U.S. even have a remote chance at flawless online...
Sunday, Mar 9
Super Smash Bros. Brawl Review: Mascot Mashing Mania [Review]
In 1999, Nintendo released Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64, taking their most popular characters and dropping them into a simplistic fighting game that captured the hearts of millions of gamers around the world. Its sequel, Super Smash Bros. Melee, was the best-selling title in the e...
Thursday, Mar 6
GameStop Launches Brawl With Massive Tournament [Super Smash Bros. Brawl]
GRAPEVINE, Texas, March 6, 2008 - GameStop, Corp. (NYSE:GME), the world's largest video game and entertainment software retailer, today announced that it will host Super Smash Bros. Brawl video game tournaments at 2,500 of its U.S. GameStop and EB Games locations on Saturday, March 8, 200...
Thursday, Feb 14
Simple 2000: The Japanese Software Chart [Only In Japan]
01. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii) - 252,000 / 1,071,000 03. Wii Fit (Wii) - 65,000 / 1,421,000 05. Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games (DS) - 26,000 / 200,000 06. Wii Sports (Wii) - 21,000 / 2,759,000 08. Family Ski (Wii) - 18,000 / 42,000 10. Mario Party DS (DS) - 16,000 / 1,617,000
Wednesday, Feb 13
Nintendo Holding Free Super Smash Bros. Brawl Tourneys [Updated] [Wii]
Super Smash Bros. Brawl features dozens of Nintendo characters, from Mario to Link(TM) to Pikachu(R), as well as new characters like Solid Snake, a gritty soldier from Konami's hugely popular Metal Gear series, and Sonic The Hedgehog. The combat-filled game lets characters of all kinds...
Thursday, Jan 31
Does Super Smash Bros. Brawl Actually Deliver? [Impressions]
It's no secret that SSBB is really a GameCube 1.5 game. Yes, you probably could've even played this on your Nintendo 64, but that's not the point. But that's the thing, it's a throw back, a gentle reminder of games gone by. Just as Super Mario Galaxy turned traditional platform gaming on its ear,...
Tuesday, Nov 6
Nintendo's Reggie On Stage in New York [Liveblogging]
11:45 AM - Super Smash Bros Brawl comes on February 10th. The industry's first blockbuster title of 2008! 4 player Wifi multiplayer. Mario Kart will is coming next year too, including optional steering wheel controller. And Wii Fit/Wii Balance Board coming next year to US.
Saturday, Oct 13
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Sonic vs Link
From the folks at 1Up comes this clip of SSBB featuring a battle between Link and the newly announced Sonic. The fight takes place on the StarFox level so we get to see some nice wormhole action as well as getting an explanation form the narrator about some of the weaponry and special moves. It'...
Friday, Oct 12
Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Hands On Impressions
The roster in the demo—and the one I assume will be available at Nintendo's booth at E For All—featured the following characters: Mario, Donkey Kong, Link, Samus, Fox, Pikachu, Diddy Kong, Pit, Meta Knight, Ike, Princess Peach, Yoshi, Sonic and Bowser.
Wednesday, Oct 3
The Holiday Season - Now How Much Would You Pay?
The holiday season is upon us, and that means game publishers across the country and around the world are getting ready to unleash some of the best gaming of the year on our poor, unsuspecting wallets. Every time a new release date is posted I simultaneously cheer and wince as through my elat...
Tuesday, Jul 10
Nintendo's E3 Lineup and Gallery
Wii — Super Mario Galaxy(TM): This amazing achievement by legendary Nintendo a Nunchuk(TM) and comes packaged with Nintendo software to show off its — Super Smash Bros.(R) Brawl: New characters, new moves and new arenas Nunchuk make this one of the best-controlled first-person games e...
Thursday, May 11
Podcast: Nobuo Uematsu Does Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Sometimes we wish someone with come up with a universal phonetic notation system to transcribe musical sounds, so we could type out the Final Fantasy victory theme here and your minds would immediately grok it up as a jubilant refrain synthesizing in your heads. That would be our musical p...
E306: Super Smash Bros. Brawl Q&A
Sakurai: I've only just played Mario and Zelda today for the first time, but I did like the plane demo. Will the single player of SSBB be the same as it was on the GC? Sakurai: No we're going to try to make a single player mode that they could enjoy more than the GC version.
