Nineteen-year-old German homebrew programmer "Fuzzy" recently revealed his latest project for Nintendo's dual-screened handheld; a portable port of Nintendo's franchise mash-up brawler, titled Super Smash Bros. Rumble. The above shakycam video reveals the early fruits of his labor -- so far, only three levels and one character (Mario) are available. It obviously needs a massive amount of work, particularly in the character design and animation departments, but it's a wicked idea. We hope that Fuzzy will continue working on this inspired project, provided that Ninty's legal juggernauts abide.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 2:15PM Brett from Atlanta said
I wonder how this guy would feel if they announced an official smash brothers for the ds at E3 next week?
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 2:20PM (Unverified) said
I've never understood why Nintendo hasn't made at least a port of the N64 Smash Brothers if not a brand new one made specifically for DS.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 2:54PM Dopple Boppler said
Try playing Brawl with the Wiimote; Smash Bros. without an analog stick is a lot poopier than one would think.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 3:00PM (Unverified) said
Fair enough good sir, I hadn't really thought about that.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 3:07PM (Unverified) said
According to the Surfer Girl Loves Star Wars blog, Nintendo did have a prototype Smash Brothers for the DS, but test reactions to it were "lukewarm," so the game was scrapped.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 4:25PM (Unverified) said
I only play Brawl with the remote sideways. It's definitely not for everyone, but I love it.
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Posted: Jul 7th 2008 8:32PM CJLopez said
Only the great master can master this kind of gameplay.
I heard it was difficult, I heard it was the smash less kind of control, so I made it my first priority to master it.
I may lose against my friend most of the time, but when I switch to a stick control scheme, I mop the house with their ass!!!!
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I heard it was difficult, I heard it was the smash less kind of control, so I made it my first priority to master it.
I may lose against my friend most of the time, but when I switch to a stick control scheme, I mop the house with their ass!!!!
Posted: Jul 6th 2008 2:38PM (Unverified) said
man i agree with all of you man that why i have respect for there guys except the ones that pirate
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 2:50PM (Unverified) said
Like most of these projects, it'll get so far and then nintendo will just bring in the lawyers.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 2:52PM Mr Khan said
Looks good so far, though the animations are a bit wonky, they work well enough for sprites
If they remade Smash Bros for the DS, though, it would look better than the original, since the original was actually a low-budget game that Nintendo was just throwing out to sell on the characters backs. HAL Labs just happened to make a brilliant game in the process
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If they remade Smash Bros for the DS, though, it would look better than the original, since the original was actually a low-budget game that Nintendo was just throwing out to sell on the characters backs. HAL Labs just happened to make a brilliant game in the process
Posted: Jul 6th 2008 3:10PM (Unverified) said
I'm a hobbyist game developer for the PC, and if I had a dime for all the ssb, mario, sonic clones that I've seen people make, I'd be a rich man. But yeah, to get a game going for the DS like this is interesting.
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 3:40PM (Unverified) said
it looks dutch not german...
interesting run away AI :)
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interesting run away AI :)
Posted: Jul 6th 2008 3:52PM Gwr said
My respect and apreciation for that man,he did an amazing job with that game but honestly it looks kinda lame.
DS SSB is something that we all want,sure the controls wouldnt be perfect but they can still work(ive played SSB emulated on pc with keyboard,its worse than control but still OK).
And about online,go see SSBB and how pathetic that online is we know nintendo sucks for online ,they ruined a game that could have been awsome .
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DS SSB is something that we all want,sure the controls wouldnt be perfect but they can still work(ive played SSB emulated on pc with keyboard,its worse than control but still OK).
And about online,go see SSBB and how pathetic that online is we know nintendo sucks for online ,they ruined a game that could have been awsome .
Posted: Jul 6th 2008 6:39PM Supermanisdead said
Looks incredible, he should make it his new priority to get the collision detection and the sprite animations working better. But great effort!
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Posted: Jul 6th 2008 10:47PM BPMOmega XBL PSN Steam said
It's a nice attempt, but I don't think it'll go far. Fighting games are pretty complex in engine development (regardless of how "simple" you may think the game is), which requires a lot of dedicated manpower and hours.
Oh, and there's all the art, too.
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Oh, and there's all the art, too.
Posted: Jul 6th 2008 11:43PM (Unverified) said
I wish the 360 and PS3 would get Smash Brothers-like games.
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Posted: Jul 7th 2008 10:57PM (Unverified) said
Woah I never heard of Battle Stadium DON until you mentioned it. Definitely gonna try the PS2 one.
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Posted: Jul 7th 2008 10:39AM (Unverified) said
I play the original SSB on my PSP with an n64 emulator.. doesnt have sound though. id love to see it released for DS
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