Super Smash Bros. (video game)

"Something's gone wrong in the happy-go-lucky world of Nintendo!"

- North American commercial

Super Smash Bros. is a 1999 crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series, released in 1999.

Why It's Smashing

 * 1) Play as one of 12 Nintendo characters from different franchises such as Luigi and Mario from the Super Mario franchise, Link from The Legend of Zelda, Kirby from the Kirby series, Pikachu and Jigglypuff from Pokémon, Samus from the Metroid series, Donkey Kong from Donkey Kong Country, Ness from EarthBound, and Captain Falcon from  F-Zero.
 * 2) Excellent 3D graphics, even by Nintendo 64 standards.
 * 3) It has completely Interesting mechanics compared to any other fighting games at the time. Instead of beating up an enemy until they take enough damage and get knocked out due to running out of health, you must knock the enemy out of bounds to get a point or make them lose a life. Some attacks will knock a damaged enemy further away than an undamaged one, and the amount of distance he or she will be launched increases with the amount of damage the character has sustained.
 * 4) Great gameplay.
 * 5) A single-player mode with twelve levels where you battle different pre-selected fighters in different stages. Some stages mix it up by requiring you to knock out an army of soldiers fighting three at a time, while others have two teams of two and you must knock out the other team with your ally fighting against the other team as well. Sometimes, you might fight modified versions of the playable characters, including Giant Donkey Kong, Metal Mario, and the Fighting Polygon Team. In the end, you must fight Master Hand, the character who moved the characters into the arena and gave life to them in the first place.
 * 6) Nine stages to play on.
 * 7) Play with up to four local players for lots of fun.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Despite having 12 characters in the roster, Luigi is very much a clone of Mario (despite being slightly weaker), making him rather pointless.
 * 2) * To add salt on the wound, Luigi’s voice is basically Mario's voice but high pitched.
 * 3) * To make matters even worse, Luigi (Along with Donkey Kong and Ness) did end up becoming bad to play as in execution.
 * 4) Being airborne leaves the player completely open for attack, something which would be taken care of in the next game.
 * 5) Compared to the later games, Smash 64 has the least amount of content, such as having only 12 playable fighters, only 9 stages, and only 5 modes. However, because it is the first game in the series, it is understandable for the most part outside of tournament play.
 * 6) All of the fighters have only 3 special moves, while the later Smash games all have 4 special moves.
 * 7) Pikachu is too overpowered, in comparison to the next entry in the Super Smash Bros series.
 * 8) The graphics and models of some characters like Captain Falcon, Luigi and Donkey Kong are bad compared to the other characters, one infamous example is when Donkey Kong “pulls his arm out of socket” where Donkey Kong’s arm is not attached to the rest of his body while charging up his punch. What makes this worst is that this game was made in 1999, almost at the end of the console's life

Reception
Super Smash Bros. received positive reviews, with most praise going to its multiplayer mode, while its single-player mode received some criticism. The game has sold 5 million units worldwide as of 2001, making it the fifth best-selling Nintendo 64 game of all time.

Trivia

 * This is the only game in the Super Smash Bros. series to have Link and Fox McCloud as the sole reps of their universe.
 * This is the only Smash game to not have any Fire Emblem content in it, even though Marth was considered for inclusion according in a 2015 interview.
 * Like Marth, the creators had also considered Bowser, Mewtwo, and King Dedede to appear for the first game. While they were ultimately scrapped, they would become characters for later entries in the series. Bowser, Marth and Mewtwo appeared in Melee, and King Dedede appeared in Brawl.
 * This is the only game in the series to get the E for Everyone rating.
 * This is the only game in the entire franchise where Fox's blaster causes knockback and deals powerful damage to his opponent.

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