Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Japanese: 大乱闘 スマッシュ ブラザーズ X, Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Ekkusu, Great Fray Smash Brothers X) is the third installment of the Super Smash Bros. series. It was due for release December 3, 2007 on Nintendo's new Wii console in North America. However, it has now been announced that the game is set for release February 10th, 2008. Virtually all information known about this game has come from the the game's official website, Smash Bros. DOJO!!. It will be playable at the E for All Event at Los Angeles starting Oct. 18.

Petey Piranha
Petey Piranha holds both Princess Peach and Princess Zelda in cages, and the player must damage the cages to break them open. The players, however can only save one princess. The fate of the other princess is currently unknown.

Names
As in Melee, players can enter a name to be displayed during gameplay. In Brawl, personalized control schemes can be tied to individual names. Names may now be up to 5 characters long, as opposed 4 as in Melee. The ability to save names and control schemes to the Wii remote's internal memory has not been confirmed, but Sakurai has stated that it is being considered.

Stickers
Stickers are a new addition to Brawl, and are comparable to the trophies from Melee. According to Super Smash Bros. Dojo!!, they are awarded to players simply for playing the game, and can be collected in an album. Players can then create scenes or pictures by arranging collected stickers.

Tourney Mode
Tourney Mode is, like Special Brawl is to the Special Melee, the equivalent of the Tournament Mode from Melee. More options are available than in Melee's Tournament Mode, such as handicapping certain players by making them start with a certain amount of damage, and allowing for matches of up to four characters at a time rather than the maximum limit of 2 from before.

Special Brawl
Essentially an update to Melee ' s Special Melees, Special Brawl offers a large quantity of various character statuses and lets the player choose which ones the characters will have.

Wi-Fi Play
The game will feature online play. One can battle friends or battle anyone. An interesting fact is that the Battle Anyone option is completely anonymous, with no name sharing or even leaderboards.

Trophies
Trophies return from Melee, it has retained all the features of the Melee trophy viewing mode and now has an added feature to place individual trophies next to each other, most likely for the sake of taking a screenshot. According to Sakurai's update, it is now easier to identify and organize the trophies you've collected.

Home-Run Contest
The Home-Run Contest returns from Melee with a few new changes - a barrier surrounds the platform the player starts on, and enough damage must be dealt to Sandbag to smash through it. As well, it now features two-player support, both alternately and together. Online play is also featured, though only with friends.

Super Smash Bros Brawl: Main Theme
The main theme of Super Smash Bros. Brawl. A remix of it was heard in the Nintendo World trailer.

Menu 1
The main menu theme from SSBM Menu 1 has been confirmed to play on the Battlefield, the other theme has not been confirmed yet.

Yoshi's Story Ending
A remixed version of the ending to ''Yoshi's Story.

Metroid: Boss Battle Music (Ridley Fight)
A remixed version of the boss music from Super Metroid.

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Medley
A remix of the various Ocarina tunes from The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

Star Fox: Space Armada
A slightly remixed version of the Space Armada theme from the original Star Fox.

Kid Icarus: The Underworld
A remix of the Underworld theme, the Grim Reaper enemy encounter, and the Game Over tune from Kid Icarus.

Animal Crossing: Go K.K. Rider!
A remix of the song Go K.K. Rider!, song by K.K. Slider, from both Animal Crossing and Animal Crossing: Wild World.

Pokémon: Pokémon Stadium/Evolution
A remix of the music heard while inside a Gym from the Pokémon RPGs, as well as the typical "Evolution" tune.

Metal Gear Solid: MGS4 Love Theme (Smash Bros. Brawl Version)
A remix of the Love Theme from the upcoming game Metal Gear Solid 4. Of note, this will appear in SSBB before it appears in it's original game.

Talking! DS Cooking Navi
The October 9th update to the Japanese page of Smash Bros. Dojo!! featuring Kirby's final smash includes a song not present on the English page. Note that the title's translation is not official.

Warioware: Ashley's Theme
A remixed theme of the character, Ashley, from WarioWare: Touched!. Includes vocals, like in the Main Theme. There are two versions, English and Japanese. The Japanese version could only be heard on the Japanese site of Dojo.

Trailer #1
The Super Smash Bros. Brawl trailer was first shown at E3 (a.k.a. Electronic Entertainment Expo). Nintendo's surprise showing came at an after-hours conference on the first day of E3 (and not during Nintendo's pre-E3 press conference, which is typically the time any major projects are unveiled for E3). It was first shown on May 11, 2006.

The trailer shows a very dramatic fighting montage of some classic Super Smash Brothers characters, and, one by one, new characters to this newest installment to the Super Smash Brothers series that includes Wario, Pit, Meta Knight, and the surprising but welcome Solid Snake.

Trailer #2
This SSBB trailer came out in late 2006, and featured variations of people playing SSBB, along with small bits of characters trying out new moves, and in general just moving about around the stage. One of the most noticable things was the ability of characters to crawl. All of the new characters were given a once-over, and many new things were discovered.

Another interesting development was the increase in the intricacies of stage design. Many stages had very pleasing backgrounds, with stunning visuals. One stage was seen that had destructible platforms, and another was seen with Meta-Knight's ship flying by in the background. Another stage that was shown had a look about it that definitely suggested a Mario-Kart theme, as many Shy-Guys raced on in the background (similar to Mute City). Fans of the MGS series may notice the similarities between the Helipad area in the beginning of MGS:The Twin Snakes and the background featured behind Solid Snake during the trailer. At the end of the trailer Fox made his return on a floating platform in space, many fans not liking his face appearance. Note: Zero Suit Samus and Fox hold their weapons at all times as they fight.

As expected, there will be many new treats in the next installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, but will (hopefully) retain the overall feel of the gameplay.

Trailer #3
This trailer was released during a Nintendo Press Conference on October 10th, 2007.

Like Trailer #2, this trailer starts off with various characters fighting each other, this time with the health meters present. Andross is shown attacking the fighters, and changes to Fox grabbing a Smash Ball (just by touching it) and uses his Final Smash. Of note, Zero-Suit Samus is also shown with a smash ball while Fox is grabbing the Smash Ball. Yoshi is seen causing massive damage with his Final Smash, and then a montage of Pokémon (some new) and Assist Trophies are shown. The Trailer then shifts to the Stickers and Trophies. After that we are treated with quite a bit of Subspace Emissary gameplay footage. Finally, all the currently revealed characters each strike a pose. The movie unfortunately ends with "Coming Soon", indicating a delay from the original December 3 release date.

Mini-Trailer #1
Although not much of a trailer, a small video, about six seconds in length, can be found here. It has some original footage, as well as some footage from the Nintendo World trailer.

Smashboards user Devastlian, while watching the footage, noticed what appears to be a gameplay tweak in Brawl. In the last scene of the short trailer, Pikachu is attacked in the air, causing him to tumble onto a platform. After very briefly laying on his side Pikachu avoids an attack from Pit by what appears to be a roll, which can be done in SSBM by simply hitting left or right on the joystick when laying on the ground. What Devastlian noticed was that Pikachu rolled right off the side of the platform and down onto the main platform of the stage. In SSBM, the character would simply stand up at the edge of the platform. It appears that the roll is a bit faster than other trailer footage of characters rolling, so some argue that the animation is a tech. Regardless, this small detail was an interesting find for SSBB anticipators.

Mini-Trailer #2
About ten seconds of new Brawl footage was shown at the E3 2007 Nintendo press conference, and can be seen here.

The vast majority of footage was of things that had already been revealed at the Dojo site, but had not yet been shown in video form. This includes Fox using the Cracker Launcher, in-game footage of Bowser and Zelda, and battles taking place in the Delfino Plaza and Bridge of Eldin stages. The video did bring about something new, though, and that was a very brief shot of Donkey Kong in one of the clips, confirming him to be in the game. Other small things of note are the Bulblin seen briefly on Bridge of Eldin and what appears to be Wario's taunt, though, to be fair, Wario has made numerous actions which could be identified as taunts, so it is still unclear.

A slightly extended version was posted on Smash Bros Dojo the same night, five extra seconds in length, which included added footage of Pikachu being chased by Giga Bowser, and Link using his Triforce Slash on Wario. The last clip with Pikachu, Mario, and Donkey Kong was also lengthened slightly. That version can be seen here.

Subspace Emissary Trailer #1
The 42-second trailer starts off with Mario and Kirby shaking hands and the crowd cheering. Then, thick clouds appear and the Halberd appears over the stadium. Gaseous purple forms are dropped from the ship, which then form into the strange creatures from the "This World..." update. Zelda and Princess Peach are watching this from the sidelines, then come to the aid of Mario and Kirby.

Subspace Emissary Trailer #2
The video itself continues from the previous video. The Ancient Minister shows up and drops the Subspace Bomb and activates it with the R.O.B.s. Mario tries to stop it but stops and gets blasted by a cannonball and sends him flying. Then Zelda and Peach get caged by Petey Piranha and leave Kirby to fight against him.

Pit's Descent
This cutscene shows Pit watching the stadium be pulled into Subspace through some kind of fountain. Just as he does, Palutena shows up and gives Pit his bow, sending him to stop the Subspace Army. He runs up a set of stairs and stands against a wall. The wall then opens up and Pit falls back. He starts gliding through the clouds while Kid Icarus: The Underworld plays in the background.