Spicing up Super Smash Bros with Brawl+
Made with tender loving care over two years ago, Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Brawl’s tasty blend of nostalgia and gameplay has made for a delicious recipe that is enjoyed to this very day. But what if there was a way to improve that formula with new music, stages, and even characters? With Brawl+, gamers and programmers have found new ways to improve on an old favorite.
Created by its many diehard fans, Brawl+ is a modification to make Brawl a better game. There are many technical aspects included that will no doubt your typical player, but aesthetic tweaks like icons for both Zero Suit Samus and Sheik on the character select screen are a nice touch.
Of course, that’s the tip of the iceberg. The publicly-available tool BrawlBox (available here) has taken the framework of Brawl+ and allowed designers to tweak the game even further. Why stop at balancing the gameplay, when you can create and implement everything imaginable?
Project M
A crack team of programmers, not satisfied with the physics present in Brawl, have tweaked Super Smash Bros. Brawl to play more like GameCube prequel Super Smash Bros. Melee. With Project M, not only is everything faster, the characters also have much more weight to them and techniques like the infamous wavedash make a triumphant return.
There has also been a separate attempt to put Melee’s characters into Brawl. By making palette swaps, cut characters like Pichu, Dr. Mario, Roy, Young Link, and Mewtwo are now playable. Not only do they look the same (for the most part), they also play just like their prequel’s counterparts.
Super Smash Bros. 64 Tribute
Going even farther back, Super Smash Bros. 64 is an attempt to replicate the Nintendo 64 game that started it all. While not everything is changed, many of the original stages (like the Mushroom Kingdom) are playable.
Custom Stages
Brawl’s 41 stages may seem like enough, but some feel that number is far too small. Some creators have put in stages from the best the Smash Bros. series has to offer.
And who says the changes made need to be in the Smash Bros. universe? Stages based off of Castlevania, Monster Hunter, and other original creations are available for would-be Brawlers.
Of course, some people go all-out with their design choices…
So how do you install this lovely program? All you need is an SD card. Everything you need to get started is on their official Web site.
And to install, simply follow this handy video above – no homebrew channel needed!
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It says you load it up via homebrew, does this mean we need to mod our Wii’s?
Woah, gameplay vids looks fantastic. Ugh, if I only had my Wii.. Totally regretting now for selling it.
i love brawl and im gald they have young link and mewtwo. the gameplay vids look great; ive gotta get my SD card ready!!
I’ve played Brawl+ before and it’s cool, but I think I’ll keep my Wii the same for now.
I never played to this level on Melee, but this is a welcomed feature for those who did.
Sounds pretty awesome, but I don’t even have a Wii
I’ve always heard of this, but I never knew it was that easy to implement. I may have to try this!
Thats neat! I like the new music added in the Mario Galaxy stage.
This is the only game I still play on my Wii that I mean really play. I come back to it a lot, and now seeing this I’m going to have to try it out and see for my self how really cool it is.
This is the few times I would say, WOW. Wish I had a N so I can mod it to play these. I thought SSBB was bland and unfun.
Jesus, Amazing that a bunch of guys with no professional experience can make a better game than Nintendo. What Nintendo did to the smash bros franchise with brawl was a travesty and the fact that modders had to fix their mistakes is an even greater one.
Cool might try it.