by Michael Tucker - 01.29.08
The intro to this game totally sets the mood for the brilliance that we will all soon enjoy. Like I told the other 4cr staffers - “[This intro] makes me stupid. Like, seriously, irrationally, stupid. It makes me want to claim the game as the BEST GAME EVAR and punch anyone who disagrees. It doesn’t matter that I haven’t played a second of it.”
I’m pretty sure I’m too old for a game to make me feel this giddy and be alright with it, but whatever, an exception can be made for Smash Bros. Rational thought left the stage long ago when I first found out they were making a game where Solid Snake can punch Mario in the face.
Video embedded after the cut.












Yay, ness.
John Clay Handley - 01.29.08 12:48 am
I can’t wait for this game!
Zelda_boy - 01.29.08 12:49 am
Whats with all the “Ness confirmed” about this video? We’ve known about Ness for a while now.
w456wert - 01.29.08 12:50 am
@John - Since you say “Yay, Ness”. Is it just me or was Ness nerfed from N64->Melee transition? I found him less powerful in melee than he was in the N64 version
Edgar - 01.29.08 12:51 am
Oh, Marth and Ness, I fret your inclusion no longer…
Seriously, two of my most used fighters go unconfirmed until now. Stuff like that can mess with a man. Honestly, I wasn’t sure if this game could live up to the hype, but having watched the trailer, I now deem the game “Single most awesome piece of crossover epic-ness since Battletoads & Double Dragon.” Finally, a game that can conquer my love of Super Smash Bros. Melee…
Stein - 01.29.08 12:51 am
OH
NESS
at :41
hvnlysoldr - 01.29.08 12:53 am
That was…the single most amazing video of my life. I have absolutly no doubt in the Sub-space emissionary as of now.
The amount of awesome moments…pikachu standing over a fallen Samus, ready to kick ass, Fox flying through hordes of shots, Link and Mario dodging lasers…
I’m actually crying in awe of its awesomness…
Lil_fighter - 01.29.08 12:54 am
That sonic stage looks so awesome…
I know this is bad, but I am so incredible tempted to mod my Wii, just to play this…I’d buy the game when it comes here for sure, and it would be so very nice to play a month and a half before it comes out…ARGH
Lil_fighter - 01.29.08 12:59 am
fsck yeah marth is back
kevin - 01.29.08 1:07 am
my wife is feeding my 12 day old son. she now has to change another diaper. and not the boy’s.
lamartherevenger - 01.29.08 1:20 am
LOL @ LAMARTHEREVENGER
That was unreal. I can’t wait for all the info to come out, to hell with spoilers. Killer app anyone?!?!?
Grahf - 01.29.08 1:40 am
@w456wert
Yeah, I already knew Ness was coming back, but its still nice to have video evidence of him.
John Clay Handley - 01.29.08 1:42 am
Hell yes. I really hope that was Marth. The video quality is pretty horrible. I’m dying to see a higher-quality vid.
Truly epic. When the camera panned over the lineup, I was all, “Hell yeah.”
Volt - 01.29.08 1:49 am
Whoa, that’s insane. I watched this not half an hour ago, and now it’s gone from YouTube.
Insanity.
BACKSLASH - 01.29.08 1:51 am
If it’s not Marth, then it’s definitely some other sword-wielding Fire Emblem character running alongside Ike. I didn’t use Marth, and can’t really remember what he looks like, but that does seem like Marth to me, makes the most sense as well.
SV - 01.29.08 2:10 am
Hey, I found another link to the opening in case this one still doesn’t work.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=NjqXGdK4zAI&eurl=http://brawlc entral.com/
BACKSLASH - 01.29.08 2:28 am
Ulps, sorry about that.
http://tinyurl.com/3yaff7
BACKSLASH - 01.29.08 2:29 am
Truthfully, I’m not entirely thrilled about the return of Ness and Marth. Ness I don’t mind as a character, but I think from an asthetic stand point, I enjoyed Lucas much more. Besides, the two have almost IDENTICAL move sets. I just personally felt one or the other was enough. Not both.
As for Marth…well…I f**kin’ hate Marth. You can blame everyone in the world and their f**kin’ obsession with him on that one.
OTHERWISE the video was awesome, to be sure. So glad I have my game paid off in full. I just have to wait for it to actually get here…
OOF - 01.29.08 2:44 am
The thing I like about Marth is that he is freaking fun to fight. As a computer or as a human. I never use him, I just fight against him.
rbelmont - 01.29.08 3:05 am
I’m glad Ness and Marth are back.
It was ridiculous how many leaks there were today.
For anyone interested, brawlcentral.com has got a 14-minute video of the subspace emissary and other info with quite a few spoilers. (ahem, Ganondorf and Capt Falcon anyone?) I guess this is fitting though, seeing as how the game is going to be released in a few days.
But yeah, I totally agree with Michael: I’ve been telling people that exact phrase for a while now, and I truly believe it.
BEST. GAME. EVAR!!!!
Josh Bujanda - 01.29.08 5:07 am
Probably a spoiler I dunno
http://www.destructoid.com/interview-reveals-wind-waker-link -for-brawl-final-fantasy-vii-writer-co-plotter-67193.phtml
is destructoid messing with my head or did they just confirm wind waker link
Im getting tingles about the possibility of a wii mote wind conducting final smash
nick - 01.29.08 8:06 am
@Josh
Must have been true since brawlcentral just went down like a ton of $#!t bricks.
Intro video = win
DCSimian - 01.29.08 9:18 am
I truely believe this is going to be GOTY, if not GOYL(Game of your life). That intro is just so epic and it makes me want to smile.
OMFG - 01.29.08 10:36 am
that song gives me shivers every time
Lotan - 01.29.08 12:01 pm
Spoiler character we were all waiting for, confirmed:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/redcancel/up254056.jp g
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a198/redcancel/up254053.jp g
yk - 01.29.08 2:26 pm
@ YK
Dude, is that a real deal there? It doesn’t look fake, please tell me it’s not. please. xDDD
Marth
Henry - 01.29.08 2:36 pm
HOLY (censored), GAME OF INFINITY CONFIRMED
CJMErl - 01.29.08 2:43 pm
Guys! I figured out why the delayed Brawl! Wasn’t there suppose to be some MGS4 spoilers in brawl or something?
Pedro - 01.29.08 2:53 pm
yeay, i can finally sell my kidney so i can buy a plane ticket to japan and personally pick this game up right now…and play it on the tv i’ll buy with my kidney money…so good…i hope there’s more characters we haven’t seen…like a shigeru miyamoto character who kills everyone and everything…
hip hop anonymous - 01.29.08 2:58 pm
@Hip Hop
Man, your kidney better be made of solid gold because that’s only gonna get you about half way across the Pacific.
OOF - 01.29.08 3:07 pm
Holy crap YK!!!
Great pics.
Awesome that WW Link is in.
As well as all of those veterans, namely Ganondorf and Falco.
MAN, I seriously am going to have a panic-attack sometime in the next month while waiting for this game.
Josh Bujanda - 01.29.08 3:30 pm
Aren’t kidneys worth thousands? ok…I better remove my ebay auction…
hip hop anonymous - 01.29.08 4:04 pm
For those who are interested and don’t already know, there’s a whole slew of characters that have now been confirmed playable. If you’re at all interested, follow this link. But keep in mind, there are spoilers involved.
…You might be surprised who’s playable.
OOF - 01.29.08 4:21 pm
No effin’ way. Don’t you dare play with my emotions. If those images aren’t real, HEADS WILL ROLL.
DAAAAAMN
Volt - 01.29.08 5:08 pm
Where’s the Mii character spot?
mattfox - 01.29.08 5:12 pm
R.O.B.?! If Megaman isn’t in, I’ll be sad
DCSimian - 01.29.08 5:24 pm
@ Volt: As far as I know man, those are genuine man. Otherwise they are REALY DAMN GOOD fakes.
@Mattfox: I dunno. I think Miis could be fun, but at the same time, I don’t know if the Mii (popular as it is) is as big of a Nintendo icon to warrant a spot (then again, I suppose the same could be said for R.O.B.) In addition, I dunno what kinda moves you would GIVE to a Mii.
@DCSimian: Sorry to dissapoint man. I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Megaman’s creator already said no one approached him, and with the game launching in Japan on Thursday, I sincerely doubt they went and squeezed him in.
OOF - 01.29.08 7:38 pm
OH.
MY.
GOD.
March 9th should have been Like… November 2nd. D:
Crimson Warrior - 01.29.08 7:55 pm
I really hope for one more “big” character along the lines of a Mega-Man.
Besides that, the game looks amazinggg.
alex - 01.29.08 8:56 pm
Wait, so where’s the SUUUUPER SMAAAAAASH BROTHEEEEEEERS!” at the end of the intro??? Lame, they got rid of it.
Plus the intro seems to just be material pulled together from SSE….
yanipheonu - 01.29.08 9:28 pm
Higher quality version. W00t.
http://www.gamevideos.com:80/video/id/17284
I love you, HAL Laboratory.
I was just about to say that I noticed that the announcer was gone from the title. But… we have like another month until we get it. Nintendo of America can get an announcer before then.
I’m liking the Melee intro a _little_ bit more than this one right now though.
Oh, and this better have an equivalent of that Special Video from Melee or whatever it was called.
Volt - 01.29.08 10:58 pm
What is that thing that Lucas is holding at about 53 seconds in???
Colenol Awesomesauce - 01.29.08 11:40 pm
Ah…what a teriffic intro for Super Smash Bros. Brawl. I wonder if there’ll be a second intro, too, after you unlock EVERYONE. Hey, it’s possible.
Paul Gale - 01.30.08 4:38 am
…. I don’t even OWN the console and I’m drooling.
Fantastic.
Anthony Damiani - 02.08.08 8:25 am