Games

Super Smash Bros.

HAL Laboratory

1999•Fighting•PEGI 7

Taste attributes: actionfamilyanimalsfastwholesomelightimaginarysimplelinearglossy

Boxlist takeA wholesome, accessible fighting game: breakneck and stylish. Best if you like warmth over edge.

Pace: very fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

83 / 100

475 ratings

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About This Game

Super Smash Bros. is a crossover fighting video game between several different Nintendo franchises, and the first installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. Players must defeat their opponents multiple times in a fighting frenzy of items and power-ups. Super Smash Bros. is a departure from the general genre of fighting games: instead of depleting an opponent's life bar, the players seek to knock opposing characters off a stage. Each player has a damage total, represented by a percentage, which rises as the damage is taken.

Summary: IGDB

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionFamilyAnimals

Keywords

PikachuCrossoverMarioDonkey kongAlternate costumesCameo appearancePlatform fightingKirby

Details

Developer: HAL Laboratory
Publishers: Nintendo, Gradiente, iQue
Released: 21 January 1999
Series: Mario Bros.
Platforms: Wii, Nintendo 64
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Perspective: Side view
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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