Build your own stages in Smash Bros. Brawl

by Justin McElroy { Oct 29th 2007 at 10:55AM }

Did you hear that sound? If we're not mistaken (and we only occasionally are), that was the sound of millions of fanboy heads exploding as they learned that Super Smash Bros. Brawl includes a level editor. It looks fairly flexible too, allowing you to place objects and choose their size, look, etc. You can even select your own music.

One-upping itself once again, SSBB is going to let you share those custom maps, and your friends won't be the only ones seeing your work (though that is an option). You can also send your maps to Nintendo, who will then select one map daily to send out to all players. That's right: You'll not only have a chance at map stardom, you'll be receiving a daily infusion of new content.

Be honest with us: Would a valentine to Nintendo be too creepy?

[Thanks everyone who sent this in.]

Tags: ssbb, supersmashbrosbrawl

Reader Comments (Page 3 of 4)

Mohan @ Oct 29th 2007 12:07PM

This is awesome, finally some user generated content on the Wii other than the Miis! :-D

Skippy @ Oct 29th 2007 12:54PM

Elebits(or Eledees depending on where you live) features custom level building.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Oct 29th 2007 1:14PM

It was just custom item placement in the existing levels though. More "scenario" building than level building.

tjlenz @ Oct 29th 2007 12:08PM

Has anyone thought of how these map downloads will work? Lets just say that I don't pick up the game until two weeks after it is released. Am I going to have to sit through 14 downloads in order to play? Do I really want 14 additional maps cluttering up my system before I have even touched the real game? What if I pick up the game 3, 6, 9 months after release? 90 maps to download, sounds a bit of an overkill. I like the idea but a more pick and choose method of distribution would better. They need to put some kind of search or rating system in place so that where there is that many maps you can pick through and find the right ones to download, unless your SOL if you miss the download for that day.

Grog @ Oct 29th 2007 12:13PM

Methinks you didn't actually read the update. ;)

The way the daily map system works is that there is a new map each day, but it only lasts for one day. I'm not sure if you have to choose to download it each day or if it automatically does that on its own, but you aren't going to have to worry about a backup of maps: the daily map was disappear/be replaced at the end of each day.

smartguy1600 @ Oct 29th 2007 12:22PM

Plus with the WiiConnect24 idea, you should technically be connected to the internet all the time. So when you boot up your Wii, the map will already be there ready to go. Theoretically anyway.

tjlenz @ Oct 29th 2007 12:22PM

The last line in my comment says just that. If you miss the download your SOL(Shit out of Luck). Thats kind of lame. I mean so I was gone for the weekend and I missed one of the best maps to download, now I can't get it. That would suck. It just doesn't seem like they thought it through when they came up with the idea. Methinks you didn't actually read the comment. ;)

SoulBlade @ Oct 29th 2007 12:56PM

Yea that's how it works. You miss the dl, you're SOL. Oh well, the game's not perfect. Don't buy it. Just bitch about it. Yea.. sounds about right.

tjlenz @ Oct 29th 2007 1:35PM

I plan on buying it. I'm not bitching about it, I just think that Nintendo could do a better job with it. Having a level only up for a day seems retarded. It doesn't take a lot of storage for a level, especially when all the stuff is premade. Keeping the best of the week, and month but be a nice addition. Also from the way I read it, you only get the level for the day, then it vanishes. On the website it says

"this means you’ll be able to experience a new stage every day—the flavor of the day, if you will. However, the plan is for that stage to vanish once one day has passed. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime encounter."

To me this says the level will only be playable for a day. That is even worse.

icicle0424 @ Oct 29th 2007 1:43PM

if you like a level, just remember what it looked like and make your own... your copy of brawl will have a level editor too

accidental @ Oct 29th 2007 5:37PM

I'm hoping there's a way for you to save the map if you like it. I don't see why there wouldn't be. If this is the case, then you can bet there will be websites around that upload the daily map each day so that if you miss it, you can download it, stick it on your SD card and jam it into your Wii.

Sean @ Oct 29th 2007 12:16PM

Holy boner! Suddenly I'm not so annoyed at the delay.

Lemmiwinks @ Oct 29th 2007 12:21PM

The only way this game could get any better would be if it came bundled with free candy.

Geist @ Oct 29th 2007 12:26PM

The only way it would get any better would be if it came bundled with free crack. But then you'd be like "Crack? No thanks, I have Brawl."

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Oct 29th 2007 1:18PM

No, the only way this game could get any better is if it came bundled with free cake.

WHEN ITS NOT A LIE!

Deuz Augustine @ Oct 29th 2007 2:59PM

I would honestly not be at all surprised if this occurred considering the amount of fanservice being provided in this game. I'm sure someone at Nintendo will read this and be like, "What the hell, let's put a lil' Mario candy in there."

SirMal @ Oct 29th 2007 12:25PM

to quote Eddie Argos: "Sweet Jesus! My heart is beating faster, and faster, I'm palpitating, I just can't help myself, I JUST CAN'T HELP MYSELF! SMASH BROS! MAKES ME! WANT TO ROCK OUT! SMASH BROS! MAKES ME! WANT TO ROCK OUT!"

Anni @ Oct 29th 2007 10:56PM

Man, I've never signed onto these comment sections expected an Art Brut quote. Well done, sir.

Clay @ Oct 30th 2007 1:41AM

one time I listened to that song. It was good. I didn't buy the album though because I figured I'd get sick of it. That's my story.

Travis @ Oct 29th 2007 12:29PM

I fear this game runs the risk of having so much in it...it'll explode when you are playing it.

Let's hope there are no bugs

Paul P. @ Oct 29th 2007 12:32PM

now tournament players can build their perfectly flat, perfectly boring levels with no items.

We can make fun levels too. And since it is savable to SD, this means you could set up a website with a databse full of levels. Like the wii save file database, but for Smash Bros. levels.

Geist @ Oct 29th 2007 12:35PM

They haven't mentioned if you'd be able to save downloaded levels, but I reallllly hope you can. It might just be them not wanting to say something and then find out it's not viable later.

samfish (MSDF- Nurse Outfit!) @ Oct 29th 2007 12:42PM

He's saying we could build levels and upload them ourselves to a website where other users can DL them onto their SD cards and play them...thus bypassing the needs for Wii/Friend codes.
...potentially, at least. Who knows? Maybe Nintendo will gimp it so you can't do that.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Oct 29th 2007 1:32PM

I don't really see how they could gimp it. If you're able to send it to friends, the level should show up on their SD exactly the same as it would show up on yours. Unless they tie a level to your wii and then have an encryptor/decryptor/encryptor process when you send it, such that it decrypts the level for transit, and your friends wii re-encrypts it for their hardware upon receiving.

But that really seems way to much trouble to accomplish what? Being a dick?

Mr Khan @ Oct 29th 2007 5:10PM

No, they said you can submit one edited level to Nintendo per day, and they will occasionally (not sure about the interval) send the best of the best out to other Wii's for free, as a temporary download

So you could get 1 new stage a week, or something like that, but you can't keep it (of course, if you liked it you could take a picture of it in-game, then clone it)

mr mobius @ Oct 29th 2007 12:39PM

I'd be surprised if Nintendo didn't offer a website, or at least someone else unofficially, where all the old maps are available to download to sd card or straight to the wii.

Slaziman @ Oct 29th 2007 1:04PM

For being gimped by default by Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection policy, they are doing a pretty good job! Sure, I would've liked some more freedom like in XBL, but this game is just amazing either way.

Then again, DK vs. Mario March of the Minis had a level editor too and daily downloads provided by Nintendo... can't say I played them much.

Slaziman @ Oct 29th 2007 1:06PM

Now if only we could have voice chat in FRIEND matches at least, and please for the love of god online tournaments, that you can compete in together with 3 others locally, and I'll be one happy camper.

B3astofthe3ast @ Oct 29th 2007 1:08PM

Awesome, cant wait for the massive flood of penis maps that my friends are gonna send me. Also cant wait to fight on said penis maps.

Crono (NDF - Knight of the Old School) @ Oct 29th 2007 1:33PM

What would be cool is if they programmed smash bros level hooks into a future update of the wii browser, so that you could browse to said website on the wii and then download smash levels to SD.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 29th 2007 1:35PM

One of my first creations will be the shape of Daffy Duck riding a boner. I will name it McElRoy.

Then I'm making a box with only one tiny hole way up in the corner, so to get KOs you need really good aim.

Then I'm recreating the first stage of Donkey Kong.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 29th 2007 1:59PM

Levels shaped like the Weighted Companion Cube?

Cake levels?

IT'S ON.

Slaziman @ Oct 29th 2007 2:01PM

Boner? Box?

IT'S MY DICK IN A BOX

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 29th 2007 3:03PM

I take back everything. My first level will be shaped like a dick in a box and I will be sending it to the Slaz-man.

Obie @ Oct 29th 2007 1:54PM

Awesome, even Halo 3's forge doesn't let you change geometry, good stuff.

Now where is the bluetooth Wii headset Nintendo?

Lmda @ Oct 29th 2007 1:56PM

At the rate they're out doing themselves I doubt there will be another Smash for at least 8 years.

Slaziman @ Oct 29th 2007 2:02PM

lol @ Papa Mario/Mario Smurf avatar

1up_clock @ Oct 29th 2007 2:25PM

It appears that Bramble Blast/Stickerbush Symphony from Donkey Kong Country 2 is now confirmed for the soundtrack. Which is good, because that's the greatest song in any Kong game ever.

Oh, and level editor. Awesome.

Sieged Eagle @ Oct 29th 2007 2:49PM

I officially forgive Sakurai and the rest of the delevoping team for this epic update. Stage Editor will be one of the best things SSBB will have and will highly multiply the RV.

Also, this makes up the fact that you can't make your own drawings on the DS stage. Making your own stage is, in my honest opinion, far better.

In other words, Wii win!

B1gC72 @ Oct 29th 2007 2:51PM

this will be the game of all games. one of the greatest fighters ever hands down.

WiNG @ Oct 29th 2007 3:07PM

Guys please vote for and download my map.

It is called Goatse.cx

It is a map about... um... clouds.

hydralisk456 @ Oct 29th 2007 5:32PM

Yeah.... clouds..... then you need to pay my level juicegi.rl, also about.... clouds....

SGT Grumbles @ Oct 29th 2007 3:10PM

Now all we need is the Weighted Companion Cube as a character.

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 29th 2007 3:18PM

Or at least as 99% of the maps.

Triforceowner @ Oct 29th 2007 3:18PM

Smash is definitely living up to the Halo 3 standards of online play at this point. It hasn't topped it in all categories per say, but what it has done is more than satisfactory, more than many other games, and in some cases more than Halo 3. These things should be standards in games from now on and I love Nintendo for taking up the challenge of making them so. I hope that Mario Kart also features some of this type of stuff.

mike @ Oct 29th 2007 3:20PM

AS a 360 fanboy, colour me impressed.

I guess ill go play my brothers copy when its out and try to make some levels. Lets just hope it doesent become lame like halo 3s editor where once you make a map, you cant get anyone to play with you on it cause there is no way for people to find your game

ThornedVenom @ Oct 29th 2007 4:26PM

FUCK YEAH SEAKING!

Derek @ Oct 29th 2007 5:53PM

this is why I love Nintendo. They tweak a game till it's as perfect as possible; they never rush games to market.
"A late game is only late until it ships; a crap game is crap forever"

Rubang B (NDF - Heart) @ Oct 29th 2007 6:12PM

Ok ok new idea.... a level shaped like the Weighted Companion Cube... with its own dick in a box! It will be the level of the day every day. One big square with a heart platform in the middle, and one smaller square with a bow shaped platforms on top, with a dick connecting them. You're welcome.