36. Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)
Time didn't treat this game well in my list, dropping it from 12th. As a game I still think it's the most complete in the series with plenty of characters and a complete story driven platformer with more non-standard boss fights. The additions of Solid Snake and Sonic from other companies felt like a big change from the normal cast (though Snake seems terribly out of place). This game's major bonus was the variety of moves available across characters. There were still clones, but they seemed to differ by a little more than previous entries. The control scheme with just the wiimote was rough but adding in the nunchuck made it easier to control. The power of moves decreased if you used them too much so you had to be knowledgeable in your moveset. The smash balls added some fun extra moves but tended to reduce the focus on how consistent you needed to be win a game. The high level AI characters could have been a little better but the difficult of extra modes like boss battle made up for it. Ultimately, the reason this game dropped so far is that it just doesn't play as well as I would have hoped after sinking a bunch of time into it.
Primarily an RPG player but have interest in any game that will make me think.
