Fanboys, prepare for masochism after the break with this week's NSFW review of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Zero Punctuation beats up Smash Bros. Brawl ... you're surprised?
by Alexander Sliwinski 
on Apr 23rd 2008 8:30PM
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Fanboys, prepare for masochism after the break with this week's NSFW review of Super Smash Bros. Brawl.
Reader Comments (132)
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 11:08PM SharpShooter said
Wow, congratulations Fernando! You actually got a special mention at the end of the video. I'm so jealous now :(
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 5:55AM BIGGEN said
i don't hate fernando, he makes some valid arguements...sometimes. but i do hate halo3 and i love cod4, but not because it's popular to do so. it's because one is fun to play and the other, well, has so many obnoxious ass, pimple faced, pre-pubescant, living in their mom's basement, run towards each other while shooting and then melee to see who wins, shit talking pricks, that it just isn't any fun.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 10:07AM (Unverified) said
That was awesome! I got this game through GameFly and I was so excited to get the game to come to the same conclusion.... It takes hours to unlock the characters you wants and it's not worth the time. I put some time into the game and then none of my friends could stop me. Highly over rated game! I do enjoy Halo3, even though COD4 is more enjoyable for me.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 12:17PM The Wicker Man said
Im growing tired of seeing comments on Fernando instead of the article.(guilty) every post is starting to appear rather self mastubatory.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 12:20PM (Unverified) said
hey fernando,
lets exchance some Wii info, i hear you are good at SSBB. i would like to challenge you :)
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lets exchance some Wii info, i hear you are good at SSBB. i would like to challenge you :)
Posted: Apr 24th 2008 2:10PM (Unverified) said
oh schnapp he said fernandos name "miserable fanboy twat"
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:34PM (Unverified) said
The game is okay, but totally not worth the hype. But neither is the Wii, so it's a perfect fit.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 9:55AM BeeksElectric said
I agree, but unfortunately my friends are right now positively addicted to the game, even though I was the one that bought it first and introduced them to it. The first night I had my friends over to play it, we played through the SSE in tag team fashion, playing straight through for 13 hours (just to unlock all of the shit, and even then, I had to go back afterwards to get three more guys...).
Beyond that, my game isn't too far, but my buddy immediately ran out and got it for his Wii, and he and my other friend who is amazing at the game have, in about four weeks of playing almost every night, almost cleared the entire punchboard of challenges and unlocked almost every trophy. Meanwhile, I keep trying to bait them away with Halo 3, COD4, and Rock Band, to no avail...
I like SSBB, but the problem is my friends LOOOOOOOOVE it!.... (linger longer)
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Beyond that, my game isn't too far, but my buddy immediately ran out and got it for his Wii, and he and my other friend who is amazing at the game have, in about four weeks of playing almost every night, almost cleared the entire punchboard of challenges and unlocked almost every trophy. Meanwhile, I keep trying to bait them away with Halo 3, COD4, and Rock Band, to no avail...
I like SSBB, but the problem is my friends LOOOOOOOOVE it!.... (linger longer)
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:34PM (Unverified) said
in b4 Nintendo fanboys ferociously attack Yahtzee
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 10:05PM (Unverified) said
..but not before a hater threw in his two cents. Honestly, calling out the fanatics has gotten worse than the fanatics themselves.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 11:19PM (Unverified) said
Man, I scrolled down and this comment STILL hasn't been validated.
This must be so awkward for you!
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This must be so awkward for you!
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:35PM (Unverified) said
Yeah saw this coming. No surprise. He has expressed his dislike for the Nintendo Wii in interviews already. I haven't played Brawl but I have played it's predecessors and I personally don't really see his gripe with unlockable content. All games should have some goal to work towards.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:37PM (Unverified) said
Plus, he seems to forget that if you have other people playing with you, it very significantly shortens the amount of time it takes to unlock characters and stages and such.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:38PM (Unverified) said
The point about unlockables was made that it's stupid for a party game like Brawl to have them because then you can't get all the characters right away unless you have played it before.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 9:04PM (Unverified) said
Yes. A fighting game with unlockables. Oh, what torture. Brawl doesn't even make you play single player to unlock things, and it's actually much faster to unlock things with friends anyway.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 2:44AM DarknessBear said
Ummm Joeshie... you never played Rock Band or Guitar Hero before? Rock Band is the ultimate party game and you still have to unlock everything.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 2:35AM Muffimon said
Games that are meant to be enjoyed with other people should not be crippled at the beginning. Developers only do it to "add replay value." Maybe I'm in the minority, but I didn't hate Street Fighter 2 at all for allowing me to choose EVERY FREAKING CHARACTER AVAILABLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME! Would the game really have been better if Capcom decided: "You know what? Let's be SUPER GENIUSES and make players only get to play as Dhalsim until they've played some crappy single-player mode for hours or unless they've finished the game twenty freaking times! Oh yeah! That's what gamers want!"
Mortal Kombat is the worst about this, I find, which is why I hate the game now.
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Mortal Kombat is the worst about this, I find, which is why I hate the game now.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:34PM (Unverified) said
Very funny. Yahtzee is like the only voice of truth amongst reviewers.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:35PM waynski1457 said
I enjoyed this vid. I completely agree that the game is tailored around nostalgia buffs, but I still love it.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 10:05AM (Unverified) said
I completely agree with him. Even for a nostalgia buff such as myself, It only took me a couple weeks to get bored of it. Its also really not the pick up and play game everyone makes it out to be. When you get 4 people in ther eand the screen zoomes out, you can barely see your character, much less try and control him. For someone who is just grabbing a controler and playing for the first time with whichever character they thought would be cool, thats a deal breaker.
Its nowhere near as easy to pick up and play as Karts is. In karts after a few races, you can begin to pick up little tips and skills. In SB, you really have to play the same character hundreds of times to start to work out its little quirks. Karts FTW, Much to my chagrin, SSMB FTL
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Its nowhere near as easy to pick up and play as Karts is. In karts after a few races, you can begin to pick up little tips and skills. In SB, you really have to play the same character hundreds of times to start to work out its little quirks. Karts FTW, Much to my chagrin, SSMB FTL
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:36PM (Unverified) said
Hilarious, though many of his claims are bullshit. Ain't gonna pretend the game doesn't have flaws, but some of the things he points out are pretty dumb.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:42PM (Unverified) said
The problem is that this game can be a little difficult for some people...
Theres so much thing going on on the screen, and you need to be a good player, with experiencie.
It's not perfect by any means, but like you said, some of the thing he say are only exagerations (with every game, not defending this title in particular).
At least it's like an "honor" for a game to be reviewd by Yahtzee, because only good games are reviewed by him.
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Theres so much thing going on on the screen, and you need to be a good player, with experiencie.
It's not perfect by any means, but like you said, some of the thing he say are only exagerations (with every game, not defending this title in particular).
At least it's like an "honor" for a game to be reviewd by Yahtzee, because only good games are reviewed by him.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:48PM (Unverified) said
except like most fighting games, a total noob can just walk in and have a shot at winning against a veteran just by button mashing.
and no he reviews shitty games too. Look up his review on that jericho game.
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and no he reviews shitty games too. Look up his review on that jericho game.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:50PM (Unverified) said
You are wrong jordan...
I'm 100% sure that you can beat me or Fatass on a single fight...
Whenever you want to try, just tell me.
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I'm 100% sure that you can beat me or Fatass on a single fight...
Whenever you want to try, just tell me.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:55PM (Unverified) said
except i don't have a wii, and will never have one.
I've beaten very experienced friends before in more complex fighters like the tekkens and soul calibers (with no experience on my part since i don't like fighting games) and yes I did it with melee too.
This is virtually the same as the other two and still not as complex as those other fighting games so I could ***have a shot*** (you missed that part, I didn't say I could definitely do it, just have a chance) at beating you.
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I've beaten very experienced friends before in more complex fighters like the tekkens and soul calibers (with no experience on my part since i don't like fighting games) and yes I did it with melee too.
This is virtually the same as the other two and still not as complex as those other fighting games so I could ***have a shot*** (you missed that part, I didn't say I could definitely do it, just have a chance) at beating you.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 9:07PM (Unverified) said
Why people keeps saying Soul Caliber? Really, a lot of other guys say Soul Caliber, and not as a typo... the U and E are very separated.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 9:25PM Supermanisdead said
Fernando correct a spelling mistake? Is this Bizarro world?
Goodbye?
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Goodbye?
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 9:33PM (Unverified) said
All I know is that never having played SCII before, I routinely defeated someone who owned and played often in that game.
I did not own SSBM, and was routinely defeated by those who did. Now, owning SSBB, but not having much time to play it, I am routinely defeated by those that play often. And I have never lost nor come near to losing to someone who's never played a Smash Bros game before.
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I did not own SSBM, and was routinely defeated by those who did. Now, owning SSBB, but not having much time to play it, I am routinely defeated by those that play often. And I have never lost nor come near to losing to someone who's never played a Smash Bros game before.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 10:17PM (Unverified) said
Ayeyayai Fernando, chill my brother chill. He speaks some truth in this vid but its cool, its nothing we *didnt already know anyway. ;)
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 11:30AM (Unverified) said
lol, I got downvoted for that?
The only people worse than the fanboys around here are the dedicated system haters.
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The only people worse than the fanboys around here are the dedicated system haters.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:55PM (Unverified) said
Sadly my role as "that guy" was predestined in whatever future group of friends i was to have since i first played sonic on the master system.
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Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 9:23PM Saria the Cat said
Sadly, I am "that girl," which is even more frustrating to other players, who are mostly male. This is because at least "that guy" who is beating their asses is a GUY, but "that girl" beating their asses...well, no man wants to endure that. :P
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Posted: Apr 24th 2008 6:02AM Ironmanxrs2 said
If you're commenting on Joystiq you are probably "that guy". For instance I can whoop yall's butt in anything from Tecmo Bowl on NES to COD4 on 360. I'm even "that guy" that had the sega genesis/sega CD/32x combo.
But getting back on point. Mario party 709 XLIVV and Smash Brothers 876732 can lick my ballsack. Dont worry... next go around they will include Master Chief, Doctor Horton and Danny Devito.
They should include a random chick named "girlfriend" cause if you play a lot of this game it may be a welcome addition.
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But getting back on point. Mario party 709 XLIVV and Smash Brothers 876732 can lick my ballsack. Dont worry... next go around they will include Master Chief, Doctor Horton and Danny Devito.
They should include a random chick named "girlfriend" cause if you play a lot of this game it may be a welcome addition.
Posted: Apr 23rd 2008 8:40PM Klitorisaurus said
Yes!! That was a classic! I wonder what he'll say about GTA IV?
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