Product Description

All of your favorite Nintendo characters have come together to answer the question: who is king of the Nintendo hill? The format can aptly be described as Super Mario Kart meets Mortal Kombat, which makes for an odd, yet addictive game. The object is to throw, punch, smash, or blast your opponents off the edge of the beautifully rendered, themed arenas. Numerous power-ups, weapons, and surprises help or hinder the melee. Your eventual goal is to fight your way through to a bizarre final boss character. Victory in this battle rewards you with another character to play, such as the scene-stealing Pokémon, Jigglypuff.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1116 in Video Games
• Brand: Nintendo
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo 64
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: English

Features

• Great characters: Mario, Luigi, Pikachu, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Link, Star Fox, Yoshi, and more
• Simple gameplay
• Computer partner option
• Colorful arenas

Editorial Review
All of your favorite Nintendo characters have come together to answer the question: who is king of the Nintendo hill? The format can aptly be described as Super Mario Kart meets Mortal Kombat, which makes for an odd, yet addictive game. The object is to throw, punch, smash, or blast your opponents off the edge of the beautifully rendered, themed arenas. Numerous power-ups, weapons, and surprises help or hinder the melee. Your eventual goal is to fight your way through to a bizarre final boss character. Victory in this battle rewards you with another character to play, such as the scene-stealing Pokémon, Jigglypuff.

From Star Fox's laser pistol to Link's hook shot, each character's trademark special abilities are utilized to knock one another off the screen. The game does a great job balancing the characters' widely differing powers so that no one character has an insurmountable advantage. The sound and animations are also dead-on: Donkey Kong is a huge, cartoonish ape, while Link is much more detailed and realistic. And Pikachu's famous thunder shock attack is accompanied by a fearsome yell of "PIKA!"

Unlike most fighting games, Super Smash Bros. allows you to team up with a computer partner and take on other teams in both single and multiplayer modes. But the most fun is had when four human players play in a battle royale. The game quickly becomes a scene of incredibly fun chaos: picture Mario beating up on Luigi, while Donkey Kong is chased by a scampering, sledgehammer-wielding Pikachu. It's the perfect party game. --Hugh Arnold

Pros:

• Great characters: Mario, Luigi, Pikachu, Kirby, Donkey Kong, Link, Star Fox, Yoshi, and more
• Simple gameplay
• Computer partner option
• Colorful arenas

• Limited number of arenas

GameSpot Review
It's an idea so simple, it makes you wonder why it took so long to happen: Take all your top-notch characters and toss them all into one game. In this case, the characters are Nintendo's, and the game is a new spin on your typical fighting game. The result is Super Smash Bros., a fighter that is easy enough for anyone to pick up, yet it has enough multiplayer appeal to stay interesting for a good long time.

The characters are, of course, what makes this game interesting. All the characters that have made Nintendo what it is today are represented, including Mario, Link, Samus Aran, Donkey Kong, and Pikachu. There are eight characters to choose from initially, and four more hidden characters to unlock. The game's backgrounds also reflect the various characters' natural envirornments: The Starfox stage is complete with buzzing Arwings, while Link's stage looks somewhat like a castle. The game's music is also pretty amazing, with tunes lifted directly from past games. So you'll hear the Legend of Zelda overworld theme, the world-famous Super Mario Bros. tune, and other littlepieces of incidental music, like the SMB star music and the Donkey Kong hammer tune. The look and sounds of the game really give it a "greatest hits" type of feel. The sound effects have been changed a bit from the Japanese version (the energy sword doesn't sound like a lightsaber anymore, and some of the speech has been changed), but not enough to really matter.

The game's object is pretty simple. Each stage hangs in the middle of nowhere, and you must knock all the other characters off the level to win. But it's not as easy to knock the fighters off as you might think: The characters can double jump, and several have attacks that can also be used to shoot upward., However, the more damage you inflict on fighters, the easier it is to send them flying. While you can rely on your standard arsenal of punches, kicks, and special moves to do damage, you can also pick up occasional items that randomly appear on the level. Items range from simple bats, swords, and guns to the more exotic Donkey Kong hammer and Pokeball, which spits out a random Pokemon whenever you use it.

Two-player battles are fun and all, but the game's real charm comes out in four-player mode. In any of the multiplayer games, you can either set a time limit or give players a certain number of lives to expend. Graphically, Smash Bros. does pretty well. Each character moves pretty nicely and looks about as good as you'd expect. Characters that have previously appeared on the N64 look about the same as they do in their own games. Samus Aran, who makes her first N64 appearance in this game, looks OK, although she is a little on the blocky side.

The game is extremely simple to learn and reasonably easy to master. The one-player game won't exactly last a long time, unless you count the time you have to spend unlocking all four of the hidden characters. So, if you've got a crew of friends ready to pick a Nintendo character and throw down, then Super Smash Bros. is definitely worth a purchase. --Jeff Gerstmann
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From the Manufacturer
Super Smash Brospits Nintendo's biggest stars against each other in an all-out slugfest. Delivering fast-paced fighting action which is easy to learn and tough to master, this game features new moves, never-before seen battle arenas, and a fresh arsenal of special items. They've raced cars, they've thrown a party, and now Nintendo's cast of characters is taking its competitive spirit someplace it's never been before: the ring!

Customer Reviews

this game rocks!
come on, all your favorite nintendo characters kicking each other into oblivion... who wouldnt love it?

Game is Sweet. I stupidly bought the booklet by mistake
The game is really fun. It's a good twist on the fighting genre of games and all the characters feel really balanced against each other.

I however was dumb and did not read the description very well on here and bought the booklet thinking that it was the game. I thought I was getting this great deal on the game for only $2.00. So just make sure that before you buy it you make sure its the game and not something else.

THE BEST NINTENDO 64 GAME ON THE PLANET!!!! A MUST-BUY!!!!
This game is truely the best N64 game ever made. If you want to puarchase it, don't be afraid of the corny cartoony looks on the front of the box. The game is almost as detailed as Super Smash Bros Melee. If you can't afford Super Smash Bros Melee and have a good N64 rusting in your garage, now is the time to buy this. I got mine used, but in very-good condition. There are 8 characters in the game, Samus Aran, Kirby, Mario, DK, Pikachu, Fox Mccould,Yoshi and Link. There are an extra 4 unlockable characters, making the grand total 12! The game also features many items from different nintendo brands. Baseball bat from Ness's world. Ray gun from Star Fox's area. Invinciablity star from Kirby's dreamworld. Fire flower from Mario land, and many others! Even features the orignal hammer!! There is only one thing bad about the game....... It only has 8 sceens to battle in! They are Sector Z, Peaches Castle, Dreamland, Planet Zebes, Yoshi's Island, Hyrule Temple, Congo Jungle and Safforon City. The sceens are't that bad though. You even get the choice: RANDOM. Another good thing is that up to 4 players can play!!! Or, if you don't have any bros of sisters, you can fight up to three computer players!! You can also change the CP's level from easy, to medium to hard! The controls are easy to learn and fun to use! It also contains "1 Player "Adventure Mode"!" This game is truely the best!! You will never get tired of it!! (I've had it for 4 days now, and I've been playing it night and day!!) One of the last features of it is that it has "Break the Targets" and the new to SSBM and SSBB "Board the Platforms"!!! You can even change your characters color if you want!

Here are the character"s ratings:

Mario---He's ok if you like simple gameplay.---B button=fireball.

Kirby---He's kinda like an ultimate character because of his swallow power.---B button=swallow.

Samus Aran---She's the best are doging. She's also a little good at shooting too.---B button=shoot super blast.

DK---He's one of the best at throwing.---R Shoulder button=grab and throw.

Yoshi---He's awsome at getting back to land when thrown far. He's also good with attacking.---Left arrow/right arrow of C pad + Joystick Left/ Right = Huge jump.

Pikachu---Great at getting people from a distance!---A button=shock bolt.

Link---Awesome at attacking and fighting!!!!---Joystick up + B button=huge sword wave.

Fox Mccould---The fastest of them all!!!! He's also excellent at getting back to ground when thrown far.---Double Joystick tap=super fast dash.

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Luigi---The same as Mario, only a little more powerful on attacks.---A button=punch/kick combo.

Jigglypuff---WHY DID THEY EVEN PUT HIM IN THIS GAME!!!! THE WEAKEST, THE SLOWEST, THE EASEST KNOCKED OUTEST!!!! HE STINKS!!!!!! (Why couldn't they have put Falco in his place??)

Captain Falcon---Awesome at attacking and a little fast.---B button="Falcon Punch"

Ness---I haven't unlocked him yet :(

Buy it!!