So after 7 long years of waiting for a “three-quel”, Nintendo’s finally giving us another Super Smash Brothers installment, exclusively for the Wii. Super Smash Brothers Brawl’s had time to brew and cultivate into a Wii-exclusive beat-em-up game, and since the last installment — for people out of the loop, that’s Super Smash Brothers Melee — Nintendo’s worked on making the third installment better than the rest. From the looks of it, SSBB’s going to be the biggest thing to hit the Wii — behind Mario Kart Wii, of course.This is what’s different about SSBB:

• New characters. Along with Mario, Yoshi, and Link, SSBB introduces some new characters, including Princess Zelda (who, by the way, can transform into Sheik — oh yeah!), Pokemon Trainer, and more notably Snake. Yes, that Snake. Who knows how Metal Gear Solid relates with the whole kill-in-fluffy-safe-ways, since Snake isn’t exactly kid-friendly, but he’s in there, and he’s actually a very interesting character.
• A new addition called Adventure Mode. This was in previous installments to an extent, but nothing like this. The plotline is more involved, where you play out character storylines while fighting against evil Nobody-like creatures called the Subspace army, and depending on how well you do, you win trophies.
• Online capabilities. You’ll have the ability to play with other friends online, and that should open up some interesting possibilities.
  
  
• Classic games. Besides winning trophies, you can win masterpieces, which enable players to play classic games such as the original Super Mario Brothers and Star Fox. Boosting included.

There isn’t much information yet — SSBB was released the 9th of this month — so within the month more developments (or problems, whatever develops) will come forth. SSBB is going to be one of this Spring’s top sellers for the Wii, and possibly the best game of the year for the Wii. It’s only March too! Wii’s definitely going to be on top this year, something that can’t be said about other platforms. You know who you are.

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