Super Smash Bros. Brawl still tops Wii usage list

by Justin McElroy on Oct 8th 2009 12:00AM

Though it may not yet include all of September, Kotaku's monthly monitoring of the most played Wii titles still provides some interesting insights. For one, it seems that Super Smash Bros. Brawl remains the best bang for your gaming buck, as users ~~are STILL sinking an average of 71 minutes into the game monthly~~ have sunk in an average of over 71 hours of play since launch.

We're surprised to see Wii Sports Resort's absence (give it some time!), but we're even more intrigued to learn that Rune Factory: Frontier is apparently way more engrossing than we could have ever imagined.

[Update: Corrected the Smash Bros. statistic.]

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The Wii doesn't even have Netflix or Twatter integration.

Pffftt...

And, somehow, it's sold over twenty million more units.

How is that, Billy?

I never though I'd be defending Nintendo. I feel dirty.

Are you stalking me? Don't make me get my army of cyborg ninja's out on you. Sega makes games for ME now. How does that make you feel?

Are you Halo Pony, Bill?

Bill Gates?
*heavy sigh*

What's wrong with Nintendo?

Sega makes games for everyone. Which makes them the most profit, dummy.

Chuck, that was hilarious. But I can't confirm or deny whether I was there...

Nothing is wrong with Ninty, it's just, the CEO of Sega defending Nintendo?

Slipped my mind.

LMFAO "Twatter integration"

THIS IS A POST ABOUT SMASH BROTHER.

Don't derail a thread just so you can try (and fail) at being a funny guy. It doesn't work, trust me, I should know.

Also, don't pretend to be a famous person. It's uncool.

No, I'm serious. I'm starting to regret doing this. Now everybody thinks they can be Mr. Internet Funny Guy.

I'm not even that funny, people.

Done!

http://www.gifninja.com/Workspace/5fba2f3b-aba5-482a-9b7e-b7daf9b1b720/output.gif

It would have more hours from me if the online aspect of the game weren't so fucked up.

If Smash Bros had Halo style matchmaking with voice chat, I would be still rocking that game. But sadly, that will probably never happen.

Still the best fighting game on any console not made by Capcom. It's simply fun.

Your avatar makes me want Eggplant Wizard in Brawl.

I actually would have bet the house at the time that the Eggplant Wizard would have made the cut as an Assist Trophy. I would have loved for him to pop out and turn random players into eggplants, Kid Icarus-style. I would have thrown my controller in anger/delight.

Kotaku's monthly monitoring? Doesn't the Wii have some tracking of gameplay by people who elect to contribute? Hard to take Kotaku too seriously, in my opinion.

I can't do Brawl anymore :( don't live near any of my old smash buddies any longer, and I'm not really interested in 1P Brawl...

Ah, I hear your cluckin' big chicken. It's Kotaku reporting upon the info Nintendo provides, not some half-assed Kotaku self-done analysis. Didn't look into it deep enough, oops :P

I don't know anyone interested in 1p brawl.
Brawl is meant to be played with friends nothing but.

Welllll, I mostly agree. I really dug the challenges/events in Melee doing 1P only a lot, but just couldn't get as into it in Brawl.

my two stupid little brothers have their OWN PS3 separate from mine and we have over 20 games and 10 more over PSN yet every fucking night they choose to play this game and I can't even look at them playing it anymore

They play it because it's fun.

I know it's fun but they're missing out on so many good games! They've havent even beat Uncharted: DF yet it's ridiculous.

I can believe I'm saying this, but I thought Super Smash Bros was more fun than Uncharted. Uncharted was better, but SSBB was more FUN. It's just so fun playing again your friends and kicking their asses with Toon Link.

I feel so, so sorry for you.

I love this game to death, but I can't enjoy Wi-Fi on Brawl at all. It always lags, and the lag completely kills the competitive aspect to Brawl. The game plays slower and the button commands never register. And that's with a good connection.

Such a good game.

i guess now is as good a time as any to hype http://allisbrawl.com and http://smashboards.com for the competitive ssbb scene.

Or I could go there to hear people bitch about the balance system, and hatch plans to 'fix' the game?

I'll pass.

All I have to say is

I hope they keep snake for the next SSB.

I completely sucked at SSB until brawl . Snake was the motivation I needed to get good at the game. But he's the only character i'm good with.

When me and my friends play they know My character select token will not move the entire time.

I'm a Lucario man myself.

In order of my use and faves; Ness, Game & Watch, Falco, & DK. I love me some Ness :) Really started liking Lucario like Alton, unique character.

For how much I love Pikmin I was a little disappointed with Olimar :(

Olimar isn't that bad.
But I know what you mean.
have a friend that feels the same way.

What I'm hearing is that it's been nearly 2 years and nintendo still hasn't popped out a new came for the core gamer.

wow, popped out a new game*

Seems Nintendo liked to keep it 1 SSB game per system.

Oh, I don't want another SSB for the wii, I just want another game for the Wii that's not wii sports whatever.

Oh ok got ya.

Actually, now that we have our flagship Zelda, Mario, and Metroid games, I think their obligations to the core market are fulfilled. You guys can flame me, now.

Sure, but looking at it that way makes me think there's no longer a reason to own a wii, because once you've played those games you don't have much more coming your way.

Don't get me wrong, I love those games, and No More Heroes was just plain awesome, but I've gotten a lot more playtime out of my 360, and there's always a lot more grade A content coming to both the 360 and the PS3, it just makes me feel ripped off for getting a wii.

FLAME!!!!!

Nah I won't do that.

I agree, Nintendo does have good core games, but doesn't release many. We usually have 2 Zelda games, 2 Mario games (not including spin-off titles), a Metroid game, and a few good 3rd party games every Nintendo system. Nintendo needs to release MORE core titles instead of crappy shovelware. The only thing not keeping me from selling my Wii is Virtual Console.

I love this game, but I only play it when I have buddies over. It's unfortunate that Nintendo can't easily do patches on their games, 'cause if they could just get the Mario Kart Wii matchmaking system integrated into Brawl somehow, it would be usable. Otherwise, it takes me (literally) 5+ minutes to match up with someone to play with, so I end up just playing against the computer. With Kart, I can hook up with 10+ other people in seconds.

Glad to see it's still getting play time!

I really dislike the online for SSBB.
Aren't all the matchmaking games just 2 minute KO fests?

Thats funny because today me and my brother were talking and hes 18, im 19 and in CoD4 we have weeks worth of game play and we were saying how that doesnt even come close to the hours we have put into Smash. Me him and my 17 year old brother have been playing Smash since 64 and still enjoy a good game on the week ends or when ever we get together. Its simply the most fun you can have with a group of friends

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