Super Smash Bros. (大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ Dairantou Sumasshu Burazāzu) is a series of fighting video games, created by Masahiro Sakurai, who directs all the games, and distributed by Nintendo, which features guest characters. . of established franchises at Nintendo and other video game companies and has sold more than 71 million units in total. The series is unique for its objective gameplay, which differs from traditional fighting games, where the objective is to increase damage counters and knock opponents off the stage rather than depleting health bars.
The series had a successful start in 1999 with Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64. It achieved even greater success with Super Smash Bros. Melee, released in 2001 for the Nintendo GameCube, becoming the best-selling game on that system. The third game, Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii was released on January 31, 2008 in Japan and on March 9 of the same year in America. At E3 2008 it was announced during the conference. The fourth installment, Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U, were released on September 13 and December 6, 2014 in Japan and on October 3 and November 21 of the same year in America, respectively, and the fifth . The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate installment for Nintendo Switch was released worldwide on December 7, 2018.
The saga features characters from Nintendo's most popular franchises, such as Mario (Super Mario), Fox (Star Fox), Link (The Legend of Zelda), Kirby (Kirby), Samus Aran (Metroid) or Pikachu (Pokémon). The original Nintendo 64 game, Super Smash Bros., had 12 characters; the number increased to 26 in Melee, 35 in Brawl, 58 in 3DS and Wii U, and 89 in Ultimate. Some characters are able to transform into different forms that have different play styles and move sets each. All games in the series have been well received by critics, with much praise for their multiplayer features, resulting in a large competitive community that has appeared in several gaming tournaments.
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- Super Smash Bros. 64 (1999)
- Super Smash Bros. Meele (2000)
- Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
- Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3Ds (2014)
- Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (2018)