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Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros. is a crossover fighting video game between several different Nintendo franchises, and the first installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. Players must defeat their opponents multiple times…

85 21 January 1999

Super Smash Bros. is a fighting developed by HAL Laboratory, released 21 January 1999 on Wii and Nintendo 64.

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What Super Smash Bros. is

Super Smash Bros. is a fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1999. It was published by Gradiente. It is available on Wii and Nintendo 64.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Super Smash Bros. is a 1999 crossover fighting game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series and was released in Japan on January 21, 1999; in North America on April 26, 1999; and in Europe on November 19, 1999. It was later released for the iQue Player in China on November 15, 2005.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and party. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Mario Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. is the 21st of 66 entries we hold in the Mario Bros. series. The next entry was Mario Party 2 in 1999. Its critic score of 85 is 11 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Mario World at 100.

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How it was received

Super Smash Bros. holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 13 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 83, across 475 votes.

What it launched against

Super Smash Bros. launched on 21 January 1999, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VIII, Crazy Taxi (1999), Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and SimCity 3000. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VIII, Crazy Taxi (1999), Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, SimCity 3000.

Cheats and codes

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Quick answers

Super Smash Bros. — frequently asked questions

When did Super Smash Bros. come out?
Super Smash Bros. was released on 21 January 1999 for Wii and Nintendo 64.
Does Super Smash Bros. have multiplayer?
Yes. Super Smash Bros. supports multiplayer.

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