Original Smash Bros. rated by ESRB for Wii

by Richard Mitchell on Dec 14th 2009 1:30PM

North American Wii owners, the wait may soon be over. After years of patient, patient waiting -- and watching the game land on both the European and Japanese Virtual Console -- the original Smash Bros. should soon be winging its way to American Wiis. The evidence: The game has been rated for Wii by the ESRB, hopefully signifying that a release is imminent. In case you were wondering, the game received an E rating, ostensibly making it suitable for everyone.

We'll just have to wait and see how Grandma takes it when she gets a Star Rod to the dome.

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Reader Comments (15)

Wasn't the original rated T?

Just double checked and nope it was rated E

I think it was.

Come on, Joystiq. There was no SuperScope in the original Smash Brothers.

Ugh, quite right. Fixed.

This is great news...for anyone who doesn't have a homebrew-enabled Wii. Meanwhile, the rest of us have been enjoying it on our Wii64 emulators for quite some time now. Of course, we're all "dirty pirates", right? Oh well.

No you're just like Robin Hood. Its the EXACT same thing.

My favorite of the three. Glad its coming back.

I still don't understand why this didn't come out before Brawl.
If there's one thing Brawl was missing, it was hype.

Brawl didn't have hype? Err.... Really?

/sarcasm =]

It should have come out before Brawl, because then the people that couldn't wait for Brawl (e.g. me) would have been more tempted to get the N64 version while waiting. But now...? I'd rather go back to playing Brawl, which I haven't done in a few months, than get the first one. But that's just me.