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Is Super Smash Bros. For Wii U Any Good?

The Title Says It All
Super Smash Bros. For Wii U - Videogame Review by Nathan Brooks


Guess who's back
Here's a hypothesis for you; "Everybody likes Smash Bros." To test this, you need to go up to someone (prefably someone you know) and ask them if they like Smash Bros. If yes, great, if no, buy Smash Bros. For Wii U (if you don't already own it) and invite this person, and everybody else who said no, to play an 8-player Smash. The answer will almost certainly be yes afterwards. Super Smash Bros. For Wii U is unbelievably fun and not smiling at least once whilst playing is impossible. 

Story
There is no story. It's Smash Bros., what do you want?
Story: N/A

Presentation
There's very little I can say about the presentation. Are the graphics excellent? Yes. Is the music excellent? Yes. Anything else to add? No. 

 In other words, it's perfect.
Presentation: 10/10

Gameplay
The main aim of a game should be to entertain the player and Smash Bros. For Wii U does exactly that and it does it outstandingly. 

The fighting mechanics are perfectly designed so that every different player is able to develop is or her own unique play style. In fact, this game makes that one of the main focuses. You can customise characters with badges that make their attack, defence or agility stronger as well as unlock new special moves for them as well, but more on that later.
The Great Cave Offensive itself
Courses are (mostly) excellently designed, my personal favourite being the Great Cave Offensive, by far the best stage to play an 8-player Smash on. Oh yeah, when you get the Smash Bros. haters to play an 8-player Smash, make sure it's on this course. The great thing about the Great Cave Offensive is it's size. All 8 players get split up, with a few groups of 2-3 players fighting each other in different sections of the course. If you play on stock mode (which I highly recommend), eventually a victor from each group will emerge, all of which will then fight to the death in a sort of final round. Finally, the strongest will win and then the losers will probably beg for a rematch which you won't hesitate to play. 

I can't describe how fun this game is. The enjoyability is not possible to imagine for a human being's mind, it's that fun. All of this is thanks to the perfectly crafted gameplay 
that couldn't be any better. Unless you're one of those people who whinge about the game being to similar to previous Smash Bros., but changing it would be stupid, because as the old saying goes, "If it's Smash Bros., don't fix it." Or at least something like that.
Gameplay: 10/10

 Lasting Appeal
You know what? This game is so good I could go on for ages about the amazing things in it, so for this final section, I'm going to just tell you the bad things.

So, um... I guess erm... I err... I have no idea.

I've heard negative things about the Smash Tour mode, but I've never played it, because I haven't had to. Surely that's a good thing right? There's so much good stuff to do, that the game itself prevents you from ever having to play it's only shortcoming. You can't really complain about that shortcoming then, can you?

So many characters, so little ti- wait,
haven't I done this before?
There is so much in this game. I've already mentioned custom characters and that is an excellent feature.  You unlock special moves and badges by playing the classic mode, which is excellent fun, single player, or 2-player co-op. Obviously, there's a huge roster of characters and loads of stages to unlock and play on as well. There's also Stadium Modes, Training Modes, Special Smashes, 8-player Smashes (one of the best things to ever enter the gaming world) and the good old regular Smash.

 Basically, it's virtually impossible to get bored of this game. Even if this game was just Smash Mode, you probably won't get bored for a very, very long time. For about 50 years, at the least.
Lasting Appeal: 10/10

 Final Thoughts
Best game of the year. Get a Wii U now.
Overall: 10/10
This looks like Toad cruelty to me. Is he being payed for this?

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