Super Smash Bros Brawl

Bastion narrator takes a hilarious journey through other games

by Ben Gilbert (Nov 3rd 2011 5:30PM)

What happens when Bastion's ever-present contextual narrator lands in some of gaming's most famous titles? Pure hilarity, as seen in the Dorkly-crafted video above. ...

Hackers add Waluigi to Super Smash Bros. Brawl

by David Hinkle (Oct 11th 2011 8:45PM)

We'll be honest: we're equal parts impressed and creeped out by the video above, which depicts a hacked version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl with an additional character, Waluigi. We're impressed because, hey, dude's totally not in that game -- remember, it's a hack -- and we're also impressed ...

Kirby Wii preview: King Dedede, you, and me

by Ben Gilbert (Jun 15th 2011 7:00PM)

It's hard to speak about Kirby Wii without a tinge of regret, and harder still to do so after seeing this video of a very similar, cancelled Kirby title for the GameCube. The game was never quite "cancelled" per se, but it was put on hold for quite some time while its developer, HAL Laboratory, ...

Rumor: 'Wii Select' budget line launching this month

by Richard Mitchell (May 3rd 2011 11:00AM)

After only four and a half years, it looks like Nintendo is finally ready to introduce a line of budget titles in North America. Kotaku reports that the "Wii Select" line will launch alongside the newly discounted Wii, which is rumored to drop to $150 two weeks from now. The first titles reported ...

Sakurai describes 'grueling development' of Smash Bros. Melee

by David Hinkle (Dec 8th 2010 9:40PM)

If you own a GameCube, odds are you probably have a copy of Smash Bros. Melee, arguably the platform's greatest game. It sold like it was, anyway -- over seven million copies were moved worldwide. Those sales were the fruit of what Sakurai says was a "grueling development cycle," very different ...

Unofficial Smash Bros. Brawl rebalancing update released

by JC Fletcher (Apr 19th 2010 4:00PM)

The "Balanced Brawl" project, first announced in 2009, aimed to fix Super Smash Bros. Brawl by removing overpowered combos and exploitable moves and by altering individual characters to improve the competitive balance. It was an impressive project then, and it's been made even more impressive by the ...

Master Chief crash lands onto Super Smash Bros. Brawl

by Griffin McElroy (Apr 8th 2010 11:30AM)

The modders at Kitty Corp: Meow Mix, the group behind the remarkably awesome Cloud Strife appearance in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, have worked their inexplicable magic once more, bringing a decidedly non-Nintendo character into the frantic fighting game. This time around, it's the Halo universe's ...

Cloud Strife hacked (and slashed) into Smash Bros. Brawl

by David Hinkle (Feb 9th 2010 6:15PM)

Up until today, our biggest problem with Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been that it doesn't have enough introspective, spiky-haired RPG protagonists. That's all changed, thanks to a group of modders known as DasDonkey Team and Kitty Corp: Meow Mix. Final Fantasy VII protagonist Cloud Strife -- along ...