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Super Smash Bros.

1999 83 / 100 Fighting Platform
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 Show full summary

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.

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Fighting Genre Action Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Side view Perspective Combat-focused Game feel Multiplayer Game feel
World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer

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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.

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
HAL Laboratory
Publisher
Nintendo, Gradiente, iQue
Franchise
Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, Pokémon, Mario, Metroid, Donkey Kong, Kirby, Earthbound, F-Zero, Star Fox, Super Smash Bros., Yoshi
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player, Split screen
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Action, Party
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Nintendo 64 Nov 19, 1999
  • Nintendo 64 Jan 21, 1999
  • Nintendo 64 Apr 26, 1999
  • Nintendo 64 Nov 15, 2005
  • Nintendo 64 Jan 05, 2000
  • Wii Jun 12, 2009
  • Nintendo 64 1999
  • Wii Dec 21, 2009
  • Wii Jan 20, 2009

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