Say Good-Bye to Brawl's 100% score on Metacritic, and Game Rankings!

[BenKenobi88]

thekitchensink said:
"The idea behind the game was to make an unparalleled fighting experience that took specific advantage of the analog stick, which was one of the N64's keystones at the time. It wasn't until later in the development that Sakurai had asked for permission to slap Nintendo's most well-known characters onto the bodies of the fighters and market the game as the perfect fanboy fighting experience."

WTF??? Is this true???

 Pretty much.  Why?  It was starting as a generic fighter...it still would have been a kick-ass game without Nintendo characters, but of course Nintendo characters makes it even more enjoyable and entertaining.