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Review by grognard66
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SSBB represents the latest example of the Nintendo-generation of journalists over-rating a solid, but hardly spectacular game. The game offers good graphics and sound for a Wii game as well as solid controls. There are a plethora of levels and characters and the game is definitely targeted to revival-tent Nintendophiles with a wealth of fan-service offerings.
However, if you take away the Nintendo skins you are left with a fairly basic brawler that simply rehashes what the industry has been offering for well over a decade. Nintendo's aversion to online gaming is in full evidence with the lack of voicechat and other features which have long been standard in the gaming community and actually getting into and completing a match has been hit or miss shortly after release.
While the levels are amusingly themed there is a heavy does of random luck involved with the dropped items/placement which does help level the playing field but discourages skill in favor of luck. SSBB offers many hours of nostalgic fun for fans of Nintendo franchises but hardly deserves the ridiculously high scores it has been receiving as is quite common with major Nintendo titles (Zelda, Mario, etc.).
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