Sonic, online co-op confirmed for Smash Bros Brawl
by Ross Miller 
{ Oct 10th 2007 at 2:34AM }
Nintendo has announced at their fall press conference (via IGN) that Sonic the Hedgehog, having already put aside 16-bit differences to challenge Mario in the Olympics, has joined the lineup for Smash Bros. Brawl. A new trailer was shown at the event that shows him transforming into Super Sonic. Anyone want to take bets on what his down+B special move is going to be?Also announced was the inclusion of online cooperative play. While North American Smash Bros. fans might be finding it hard to wait until December 3 to pick up the game, Japanese gamers have it even harder - Nintendo also announced that Brawl isn't hitting Japan until January 24, 2008.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
dark @ Oct 10th 2007 2:05AM
SONIC CONFIRMED!
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:16AM
SUPER SONIC ALSO CONFIRMED!!!
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:20AM
EVIDENCE!!!!
http://ssbm.detstar.com/submitted/shadow_sonic.jpg
(stolen from the thread at VGChartz)
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:27AM
Nevermind. I think that pic's fake. Man I'm going crazy.
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 3:17AM
http://www.smashbros.com/de/index.html
SHAZAM!
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 3:19AM
Hell...I should've waited, like, 40 seconds..
http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/characters/sonic.html
Ninjabass @ Oct 10th 2007 2:06AM
Oh man, I'm having flashbacks of the early 90's.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:05AM
... and then, the cosmos was altered a little bit.
This is the best new from the week. Period.
Fernando Rocker (NDF - Water Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:07AM
And believe me, this game will sell more than Halo 3. Not the first day, but in the long run.
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:09AM
riiiiight fernando, like you're an objective source...
phattie @ Oct 10th 2007 2:10AM
lol.. thats the funniest thing ive heard all day, and its only 2am.. do you thnk grandma is really interested in this?
ThornedVenom @ Oct 10th 2007 2:12AM
Finish the fight?
@Phattie - Come on dude, think about the old hardcore fanboys from the 16-bit era.
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:50AM
Phattie doesn't know what the 16-bit era was like, being that he's only about 15.
Can't fault him, really.
phattie @ Oct 10th 2007 3:10AM
^ hahaa... actually, ive owned all nintendo consoles up until wii (excluding virtualboy).. its just not my cup of tea
rTwelve @ Oct 10th 2007 3:35AM
I will enjoy going back and forth playing Brawl and Halo 3 online, so all of you that have to stereotype everyone into little fanboy categories can suck it.
mike @ Oct 10th 2007 3:43AM
lol no way this will even come close to halos sales. this past weekend had over 1 million people playing halo 3 online at the same time. Thats more users then go online then any game on the wii combined.
Smash bros does look like a fun game, but i feel it will suffer the fait of smash bros melle, which is become unplayed after a few weeks when you realise theirs no online play. (I know SBB has online play but its lame and all friends codish)
Ill head over to my brothers wii to play the game a bit, but unless nintendo comes out with some sort of proper online system, or I travel back in time to when i was a teenager who played games with his friends after school, Ill be moving along.
Evan @ Oct 10th 2007 8:15AM
Smash Bros and Halo are very close is popularity...
Halo 2 (Xbox) - 8 million
SMB Melee (GC) - 6 million
Halo 1 (Xbox) - 5 million
SMB (N64) - 5 million
Given the popularity of the Wii, it's very possible for Brawl to outsell Halo 3.
SoulBlade @ Oct 10th 2007 8:43AM
evan
I thank you for numbers and logic.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 8:46AM
"Given the popularity of the Wii, it's very possible for Brawl to outsell Halo 3."
Oh it's entirely possible, but it's hard to credit the forum's most prolific troll with being right. That upsets the natural order of things you see.
bm @ Oct 10th 2007 8:59AM
"but i feel it will suffer the fait of smash bros melle, which is become unplayed after a few weeks when you realise theirs no online play."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA what?
Dude. People are still playing it even -now-.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 9:09AM
"Dude. People are still playing it even -now-."
No Shi'ite. I still could do a pickup game of Mario Kart. Frankly, I don't know what the obsession is about downplaying a good game, regardless of console. I may not get the obsession over Halo 3, but that doesn't mean I think that Halo has a bad story or is a bad game.
Raikage (NDF - PK THUNDER RING) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:03PM
Heck I played Melee last night (cuz Rocker ditched me on Mario Kart :D lol)
Mavhunter @ Oct 10th 2007 2:08AM
...I need to change pants.
ThornedVenom @ Oct 10th 2007 2:06AM
The world just exploded.
borland502 (SDF - Macross Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 8:54AM
No, that would be when Master Chief and Kronos join SSBB.
ipsum @ Oct 10th 2007 2:08AM
Holy freakin' crap I just made a huge mess in my room.
Leonidas @ Oct 10th 2007 2:07AM
Badass.
Now Gimme Geno and I'll be one happy camper.
Matt_M @ Oct 10th 2007 2:07AM
"All that you know... is at an end."
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:07AM
a japanese game released earlier in the US? wow
BPM (FDF - Hypno-Toad) @ Oct 10th 2007 3:19AM
We have gotten the Wii and DS before Japan did. And their big launch titles (SM64DS and LoZ: TP) before Japan, too. Various other JP-developed titles do get released in America, first.
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 10th 2007 2:07AM
No videos or images?,I guess I will have to wait 5 minutes for the cell phone video in youtube.
Weird the link in the main page doesn't work.
BTW Mosnter Hunter 3!,F*ck YEAH!
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 10th 2007 2:15AM
Well good luck to the first guy that find the video in youtube,I typed Super smash brothers brawl Sonic and there are like OVER NINE THOUSAND poorly done fan videos.
Adv2k1 @ Oct 10th 2007 2:07AM
Brawl is going to be game of the year and be the most awesome thing ever.
Finally Sonic vs. Mario fights I have been dreaming of since I was like 10. It almost makes me cry of joy.
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 10th 2007 2:11AM
In related news Team Sonic is making brawl,ha just messing with you Nintendo wouldn't allow that.LOL
Anyway is probably going to be released the next year,I doubt the release date for December is going to stay firm,it was already delyaed in Japan :(
phattie @ Oct 10th 2007 2:09AM
I guess that means no online fighting? If VF5 can do it for 360 why cant this?
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:11AM
It has online fights and online co-op you troll bitch!!! Read!
phattie @ Oct 10th 2007 2:13AM
The coop refers to the mission part of the game.. where does it say online fighting?
religiousjedi @ Oct 10th 2007 2:13AM
You fail Phattie...
Brawl has been confirmed for online fighting for a while now.
First, I find out Brawl will be playable at E for All...and now Sonic is in it...though I wouldn't mind if he wasn't, but still...
This IS the best October of my life (so far!).
Nailio @ Oct 10th 2007 2:20AM
Phattie dont you have a bridge to camp under and a few goats to harass?
I for one welcome Sonic. Though Ill be pissed if one of his moves is "Summon secondary character that no one cares about!
Go Cream and Cheese"
I'd say Big the cat but I figure people would form a mob and slay me ;_;
rom @ Oct 10th 2007 2:09AM
Back in the day, the thought of Mario and Sonic in the same game would have made my head explode. It's great to see it finally happening.
Mainyu @ Oct 10th 2007 2:11AM
Dammit, I wish they wouldnt put sonic in
I will never use him
blooh (CDF - Ass Ring) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:12AM
lol
Mighty Shockwave @ Oct 10th 2007 2:12AM
Sonic in Brawl?!
FUCKY FUCKY FUCKY FUCKY FUCK YES!!!!!!
Yes, this news is that good.
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:13AM
Hell.
Fucking.
Yes!
jorojoserojas @ Oct 10th 2007 2:47AM
Need a number, dude. How many comments? This is one of those things that NEVER happens; us actually getting what we want!
samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:50AM
214 comments
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:56AM
215 comments!
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:14AM
They also announced that the new Mario Kart on Wii will have MOTORCYCLES in it! What the eff!?!?!? I'm choking to death on my own excitement.
And the Wii will have a DS demo station channel.
And the voting channel will start to let you vote for your favorite games and pick other games you might like based on your tastes.
And MONSTER HUNTER 3 is coming to the Wii! Suck on that Sony!
This is still getting live-blogged from Japan!
http://wii.ign.com/articles/826/826130p1.html
Word of the street(IDF-Digital Ruler). @ Oct 10th 2007 2:20AM
"Mario Kart on Wii will have MOTORCYCLES in it! What the eff!?!?!? I'm choking to death on my own excitement".
PGR4 did it!
Monster Hunter Pwns too bad the loading times in the PSP drag it down otherwise is awesome.
Seriously how long I will have ot wait for the damn video,well see ya tomorrow I hope I don't miss the party..I hope zero punctuation makes a review of this game when it's released...IN AMERICA!
Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 10th 2007 2:23AM
Square-Enix is supporting Wii Ware big time, and will have a new Crystal Chronicles game exclusive to the Wii Ware channel in Japan in March. It's an online-focused game that has you build your own country somehow.
http://www.square-enix.co.jp/littleking/