Help Me See the Joy of Smash Brothers Please - He says in a Grinch Voice)

[RuRo]

Well it's always possible that a game might just not appeal to some people, and me describing what the game is like or why I enjoy it will never give someone that "joy" (and also there are plenty of reviews already out there), so I will just pick up a couple of specific points:

- As someone who owned Melee and who played the original on N64 before that I can't bring the perspective of someone playing the series for the first time, but imo there is no reason why the Wii U version shouldn't be just as enjoyable as your first game of the series. I must admit that knowing it was coming out I wasn't really anticipating "playing through" the game that much, I was just looking forward to upgrading the Super Smash Bros experience to HD and thought of things like unlocking characters, getting used to the new mechanics etc. as just chores to get through to have a fully unlocked Super Smash Bros that I was decent at again, but actually it is probably my game of the year even based on just these initial stages.

- I don't think it matters that much whether you like Nintendo characters that much. When I played the N64 version as a kid Pokemon was pretty much the only Nintendo game I had played and it was still fun, and when I got Melee I only really knew Pokemon, Zelda and some Mario characters, so even characters like Star Fox and Captain Falcon were completely alien to me. Didn't matter, still one of my favourite games of all time. Not to mention characters like Marth and Roy were many people's favourites despite Fire Emblem games not being released in the West at that time and loads of people never having heard of them.

- A bit like Mario Kart for me, a big part of what made the game amazing was playing it against people. I probably wouldn't have been nearly as interested in Super Smash Brothers if I was not fortunate enough to know people that were also into it as much as me. That local multiplayer experience is dying these days, but if you enjoy that then Smash is potentially as good as Mario Kart for it. It might be slightly more difficult to get started on than Mario Kart if you have never played it before, but after that stage I actually think it is easier to set up Smash brothers so that it is some fun for everyone (items, CPU players, crazy stages or modes) compared to Mario Kart. And obviously you can play it very seriously and competitively.