GameTrailers shows three Japanese Super Smash Bros. Brawl commercials made of in-game and animated footage. We know you Smash fans have been shaking since Nintendo pushed back the fighting title; let these clips deliver your Nintendo-fighter fix before the February 10 North America release. (Japan gets it at the end of this month, while other territories have to wait even longer.)
Keep your eyes peeled for random Nintendo background characters; that's our favorite game-within-the-game.
there's no chance this outsells GTA4. Look at the previous ones, each gta game (from 3 to san andreas)owns each SSB game. I know i know, the wii has a bigger install base, except for the fact this game will likely have 0 effect on the casual gamer since it takes more than 1 brain cell to play.
GTA is a world wide cultural phenomenon, and combined worldwide sales of gta4 from the ps3 and 360 versions will absolutely bury SSBB
Groudon, a legendary Pokemon from Ruby and Sapphire. Not that it matters since any Pokemon that came after Gold and Silver is lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame. Thank goodness they went with the Red/Blue guys for the Pokemon Trainer rather than going with more recent ones.
Pokemon became lame after Gold and Silver? Yeah... stupid things like "balancing gameplay" and "systemizing breeding" and "cleaning up stat calculation" totally ruined the entire series. I mean, nothing quite beat the days when battles consisted of two people taking two Mewtwo and trying to see who would run out of patience first.
I agree with all y'all to some extent. The world map in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald was a mess, and was a pain to try and navigate, but the battles were far improved from Gold/Silver. Diamond/Pearl improved the battles even more, and actually made maps that didn't suck. What they all had in common, though, was that the Pokémon themselves felt uninspired after G/S. All of the various Pokémon in Red/Yellow/Blue were well drawn and memorable, and Gold/Silver followed suit, but the later games started bringing creatures whose designs were lackluster at best. It's just really hard to give a crap about Pokémon such as Luxray or Floatzel.
32 footsteps, I have no problem with the games themselves. In fact, Diamond and Pearl are probably my favorite games in the series. I was just saying the designs of the Pokemon were lame, which I guess is to be expected since there's like 500 or something now.
And no Kyattsuai, I never particularly liked the cut of Mudkip's jib.
The fan is actually good. It has a bad rep because a lot of people don't realize that when you do a smash attack with it, it temporarily stuns the person you hit as if their shield had been broken. Then you can throw away the fan and charge up a regular smash attack.
Also, the fan is excellent for wearing down foes, and you'd be amazed how much knockback it has as a projectile.
As for Mr. Saturn, his biggest advantage is that he is the one thing in the game that is not subject to power degredation - if you can hammer someone repeatedly with Mr. Saturn, the amount of damage he does per hit actually rises with each successive hit (everything else in the game weakens with successive hits, to force you to vary your moves). Mr. Saturn is perhaps the deadliest item in the game to an expert item juggler, as he'll just pound you with Saturn and grab it in midair to keep pelting people with it.
It will have some 40yr old soccer mom, some minority couples, a kid and some old people laughing and shaking the controller (even though you don't shake it) while standing like they're broken in half. And their faces will be like "oooh, something is happening on the screen" "look ma!".
{ Jan 5th 2008 at 8:02PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
NaeemTHM @ Jan 5th 2008 8:15PM
Man the music is pretty epic for a game about Nintendo mascots.
Also, RELEASE IT ALREADY NINTENDO!! The entire reason Wii is justified right now is because of SSBB.
James @ Jan 6th 2008 9:02AM
Never heard of Mario Galaxy? Hmm.
rockintom @ Jan 6th 2008 12:36PM
Galaxy cant even *begin* to compare to Brawl.
Fatass of Kickassness @ Jan 6th 2008 1:32PM
In terms of music? Hmm, looks like somebody hasn't played Galaxy.
shivr @ Jan 7th 2008 8:47AM
galaxy did have a distinct lack of latin singing..
NaeemTHM @ Jan 5th 2008 8:15PM
Man the music is pretty epic for a game about Nintendo mascots.
Also, RELEASE IT ALREADY NINTENDO!! The entire reason Wii is justified right now is because of SSBB.
NaeemTHM @ Jan 5th 2008 8:16PM
Damn comment system...
Thief @ Jan 5th 2008 8:17PM
CMOON EARTHWORM JIM!@!!!!
Shignami @ Jan 5th 2008 8:27PM
He had better be a Megaman clone.
Shignami @ Jan 5th 2008 8:27PM
WHAT? no crazy, confusing, insane-ass shouting and giant fiery text emblazoned across the screen?!
This is no Japanese commercial.
Foetoid @ Jan 5th 2008 8:30PM
My four predictions for this game:
1. GOTY
2. Best Selling Wii Game Ever
3. Best Selling Game This Year
4. Best Selling Game This Generation
And yes, i know all the big hitter games hitting 360/Ps3, but it doesn't matter, my 4 predictions are undeniable!
License to ill @ Jan 5th 2008 9:37PM
I doubt it will be GOTY, or out sell GTA4...
But we'll find out soon enough.
Platy @ Jan 5th 2008 10:45PM
GOTY release so early in the year is a hard thing ...
but my prediction is that it will win score 15 (out of 10) in replay value xD
Platinum_Skeet @ Jan 5th 2008 11:41PM
You can blow out all those best selling categories because Wii Sports 2 is going to kick SSMB's ass...
As much as I like SSMB it'll sell like Super Mario Galaxy. Remember most of the Wii's base is casual.
BPM64 - The Second Attack! @ Jan 6th 2008 12:44AM
SSMB?
Super Super Mario Bros?
wait in the car @ Jan 6th 2008 2:37AM
I have a feeling this is actually going to outsell MGS4. Also, it's "'Licensed' to Ill".
wait in the car @ Jan 6th 2008 2:41AM
I mean "GTAIV" (also).
Worst Review Ever @ Jan 6th 2008 1:09PM
SSMB = Super Sexy Mario Bros.
tmacairjordan87 @ Jan 6th 2008 3:20PM
there's no chance this outsells GTA4. Look at the previous ones, each gta game (from 3 to san andreas)owns each SSB game. I know i know, the wii has a bigger install base, except for the fact this game will likely have 0 effect on the casual gamer since it takes more than 1 brain cell to play.
GTA is a world wide cultural phenomenon, and combined worldwide sales of gta4 from the ps3 and 360 versions will absolutely bury SSBB
Jhongerkong @ Jan 6th 2008 6:28PM
@platy
Resident Evil 4 was released January 05 and im pretty sure it got GOTY.
SGT Grumbles @ Jan 5th 2008 8:31PM
Well I'm off to bury myself in snow. You guys better not forget to unfreeze me February 10th.
Shmil @ Jan 5th 2008 9:22PM
science damn you time child!
1UPMASTER @ Jan 5th 2008 10:19PM
hey T.C., you got those voice crystals?
Raikage (Wii FC 5508 0487 4434 0992) @ Jan 6th 2008 2:43AM
So your the retarded offspring of 5 monkeys having butt sex with a fish-squirrel, CONGRATULATIONS!!!
tc @ Jan 6th 2008 9:58AM
ooo, "time child". My name is the acronym that keeps on giving!
JakubK666 @ Jan 6th 2008 3:21PM
Be patient T.C. , it's only a month. You must wait!
South Park is so excellent :)
Shadow El ( NDF - Zola Ring ) @ Jan 6th 2008 4:02PM
Shinx and its evolutions>>>>you.
Also, Blaziken.
Shadow El ( NDF - Zola Ring ) @ Jan 6th 2008 4:04PM
Oops, wrong post, I meant the Pokémon complaints one.
Patrick @ Jan 5th 2008 8:36PM
what the eff was that big red thing at the end?!
Dopple Boppler @ Jan 5th 2008 8:42PM
Groudon, a legendary Pokemon from Ruby and Sapphire. Not that it matters since any Pokemon that came after Gold and Silver is lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame lame. Thank goodness they went with the Red/Blue guys for the Pokemon Trainer rather than going with more recent ones.
Dictatorship @ Jan 5th 2008 8:44PM
Groudon? It's now a legendary poke that appears randomly on a pokeball.
Kyattsuai @ Jan 5th 2008 8:55PM
You mean you don't liek Mudkips, Dopple?
32_Footsteps @ Jan 5th 2008 11:05PM
Pokemon became lame after Gold and Silver? Yeah... stupid things like "balancing gameplay" and "systemizing breeding" and "cleaning up stat calculation" totally ruined the entire series. I mean, nothing quite beat the days when battles consisted of two people taking two Mewtwo and trying to see who would run out of patience first.
Wilhelm @ Jan 6th 2008 2:31AM
No 32 footsteps, you see, the game themselves were improved, but all of the 'new' Pokemon have absolutely nothing on the original batch.
Covarr @ Jan 6th 2008 3:32AM
I agree with all y'all to some extent. The world map in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald was a mess, and was a pain to try and navigate, but the battles were far improved from Gold/Silver. Diamond/Pearl improved the battles even more, and actually made maps that didn't suck. What they all had in common, though, was that the Pokémon themselves felt uninspired after G/S. All of the various Pokémon in Red/Yellow/Blue were well drawn and memorable, and Gold/Silver followed suit, but the later games started bringing creatures whose designs were lackluster at best. It's just really hard to give a crap about Pokémon such as Luxray or Floatzel.
Dopple Boppler @ Jan 6th 2008 9:43AM
32 footsteps, I have no problem with the games themselves. In fact, Diamond and Pearl are probably my favorite games in the series. I was just saying the designs of the Pokemon were lame, which I guess is to be expected since there's like 500 or something now.
And no Kyattsuai, I never particularly liked the cut of Mudkip's jib.
Anticrawl @ Jan 5th 2008 8:56PM
Heh they had these videos linked to on those Walmart comercials at PS3 fanboy. Wondered when you guys would notice these commercials.
Obie @ Jan 5th 2008 8:58PM
SMASH GET! Can't wait for this one!
icicle0424 @ Jan 5th 2008 9:13PM
a few things I noticed...
1) paper fan... ugh
2) beam sword is blue?!
3) metroid assist trophy, for like a split second... w00t!
4) Dedede is friggin HUGE
GoldenS1104 @ Jan 5th 2008 9:21PM
The fan is actually good. It has a bad rep because a lot of people don't realize that when you do a smash attack with it, it temporarily stuns the person you hit as if their shield had been broken. Then you can throw away the fan and charge up a regular smash attack.
icicle0424 @ Jan 5th 2008 9:27PM
really? heh.. and all this time I've just switched the paper fan to "off"... does Mr Saturn do anything? cuz I always switched him off too
Superstar90 @ Jan 5th 2008 10:32PM
how could you turn off mr saturn? omgosh
32_Footsteps @ Jan 5th 2008 11:01PM
Also, the fan is excellent for wearing down foes, and you'd be amazed how much knockback it has as a projectile.
As for Mr. Saturn, his biggest advantage is that he is the one thing in the game that is not subject to power degredation - if you can hammer someone repeatedly with Mr. Saturn, the amount of damage he does per hit actually rises with each successive hit (everything else in the game weakens with successive hits, to force you to vary your moves). Mr. Saturn is perhaps the deadliest item in the game to an expert item juggler, as he'll just pound you with Saturn and grab it in midair to keep pelting people with it.
icicle0424 @ Jan 6th 2008 3:29PM
GAH! I've been playing the game wrong! Where were you people when I was learning how to play SSB?
Yan @ Jan 7th 2008 3:22PM
For your further information, Mr. Saturn is also a shield breaker. Can fully destroy a perfect shield with 2 hits (being thrown at said shield twice).
Neebs @ Jan 5th 2008 9:19PM
And we'll get a crappy Wii would like to play commercial.
...IN AMERICA.
Anticrawl @ Jan 5th 2008 9:26PM
As much as I think those "We would like to play" commercials are good for advertisment I'm gonna hate seeing Smash Bros. in one of them.
Superstar90 @ Jan 5th 2008 10:35PM
It will have some 40yr old soccer mom, some minority couples, a kid and some old people laughing and shaking the controller (even though you don't shake it) while standing like they're broken in half. And their faces will be like "oooh, something is happening on the screen" "look ma!".
o.o @ Jan 5th 2008 9:41PM
I can just imagine.
Wii would like to play.
-insert brawl footage here-
Me: WTF.
joe @ Jan 5th 2008 9:54PM
I still can't believe they brought back the Ice Climbers.