Super Smash Bros. (video game)
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| Developer: | Nintendo |
| Publisher: | Nintendo |
| Designer: | Masahiro Sakurai |
| Release date: | 1999 |
| Genre: | Fighting game |
| Game modes: | Single player, multiplayer |
| ESRB rating: | E (Everyone) |
| Platform: | Nintendo 64 |
| Media: | 64 megabit cartridge |
Super Smash Bros. (ニンテンドウオールスター!大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ Nintendo All-Star Dairantou Smash Brothers in Japan) is a video game released for the Nintendo 64 in 1999. It achieved wide popularity, in part due to a low number of unique fighting games on the N64, as well as its frantic multiplayer. The game featured an innovative combat system that encouraged quick fighting and was easy for anyone to pick up due to its simplistic combos, short learning curve, and recognizable characters. Also, unlike most other fighting games, the idea was to knock opponents out of the ring, rather than make their health run out, meaning a skilled or lucky player could hold out almost indefinitely, although the more damage one has, the farther one flies when hit. Many of Nintendo's "mascot" characters were featured, adding to the "nostalgia effect" for many players.
Super Smash Bros. was followed up with a sequel in 2001, Super Smash Bros. Melee, for the Nintendo GameCube.
Characters
There were twelve characters in Super Smash Bros., all of them drawn from Nintendo history. Eight characters were there at the beginning of the game, and four were unlocked by doing various things in the game.
- Donkey Kong (from the Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Country series)
- Fox McCloud (from the Star Fox series)
- Kirby (from the Kirby series)
- Link (from the Legend of Zelda series)
- Mario (from the Mario series)
- Pikachu (from the Pokémon series)
- Samus Aran (from the Metroid series)
- Yoshi (from the Mario series)
Secret characters
- Captain Falcon (from the F-Zero series)
- Jigglypuff (from the Pokémon series)
- Luigi (from the Mario series)
- Ness (from the Mother series, specifically EarthBound)