- THE PERFECT MULTIPLAYER GAME!!!Have you ever had one of those days were you and your friends kept changing games every ten minutes because you couldn't find one that all of you liked? WELL GUESS WHAT? YOU JUST FOUND THE PERFECT GAME. This is probably the greatest fighter/party-game/multiplayer game ever invented.
The game has a very simple structure. Combatants land in the arena, then proceed to knock the stuffing out of each other. Well actually, there is a little more to it. ;) As opposed to regular fighting games, SSBM does not consist of your standard damage taking health bar. It rates it's damage by percent. Players start with 0% damage. When they get hit the percent rises, slowly at first, but then the more people get hit, the faster the percent rises. Once people reach the "Red Zone" (anywhere from 200% to 300%) hits will start too knock them back farther. In other words, if Link is fighting Luigi, and Luigi has about 300% damage, and Link gives him a good solid hit, Luigi takes a one way ticket to the moon.
During the fight, there will be many things that can affect the players besides each other. Items rain from the sky, consisting of everything from baseball bats to mushrooms to Pokeballs. The arenas themselves can even affect the player. Some move, some disappear, some even change into different arenas.
Characters range from Pokemon, to residents of the Mushroom Kingdom, to residents of Hyrule, to characters from Fire Emblem, to Fox and Falco, to a bunch of people who you've probably never heard of in your life (Mr. Game and Watch, yeah, that's a dudes name). Courses are basically the character's homes, yet they are so well designed that they are all a completely new experience. No matter how many times you will be in one course, it will always be fun. Modes have more than you could ever imagine. Melee Mode, Tournament Mode, Classic Mode, Adventure Mode, Giant Mode, Camera Mode, and of course what would any fighting game be without... INVISIBLE MODE?!
Anyway, I've had this game for a very LOOOOOONG time, and no matter much my friends and I play it, we never get sick of it. EVER. So do yourself a favor, buy it, play it, and realize what a smart person you are for doing so.
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