Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the follow-up to Super Smash Bros. Melee. This edition introduces super attacks referred to as final smashes, as well as a…

91 31 January 2008

What Super Smash Bros. Brawl is

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a fighting game developed by Sora and released in 2008. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii only. It runs on Havok Physics.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In "The Subspace Emissary" adventure mode, fighters from across Nintendo's franchises are drawn into conflict when the Subspace Army, led by the Ancient Minister, begins detonating Subspace Bombs that transport parts of the world into an alternate dimension. The fighters must unite against this threat while villains Bowser and Wario attempt to reduce heroes to trophy form using specialized weapons. As the crisis escalates, the true mastermind Tabuu, the embodiment of Subspace who has been controlling Master Hand, is revealed. After Tabuu annihilates the assembled fighters with a devastating attack, King Dedede's fail-safe brooches revive key heroes who then rescue their allies. With Sonic's…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Sonic The Hedgehog series

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is the 192nd of 407 entries we hold in the Sonic The Hedgehog series. The next entry was Sega Superstars Tennis in 2008. Its critic score of 91 is 20 points above the series average of 71. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.

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How it was received

Super Smash Bros. Brawl holds a critic score of 91 out of 100. That places it above 98% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 26 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 87, across 603 votes.

What it launched against

Super Smash Bros. Brawl launched on 31 January 2008, within three weeks of Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf and Bully: Scholarship Edition. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf, Bully: Scholarship Edition.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Super Smash Bros. Brawl yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer