Smashpedia:Featured article queue/Month 12, 2007

Super Smash Bros., known in Japan as '''Nintendo All-Star! Great Fray Smash Brothers''' is a crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory, Inc. and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 console. It was first released in Japan on January 21, 1999, and released on April 27, 1999 in North America, followed by November 19, 1999 in Europe. Players are able to choose from up to twelve characters (four of whom need to be unlocked) from various games in Nintendo's history, such as Mario, Link, Pikachu, and Kirby. Super Smash Bros. was the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series. It was followed by the very successful Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube and the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii. (more...)