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'''''Super Smash Bros. Brawl''''' ({{ja|大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズＸ|Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu Ekkusu}}, ''Great Fray Smash Brothers X''), often shortened to "'''''SSBB'''''" or "'''''Brawl'''''" ({{ja|スマブラＸ|Sumabura ekkusu}}), is the third installment in the [[Super Smash Bros. (series)|''Super Smash Bros.'' series]] published by [[Nintendo]]. The game was designed by [[Masahiro Sakurai]], who also created the two preceding ''Super Smash Bros.'' games, and was developed by an ad hoc development team consisting of [[Sora Ltd.|Sora]], [[Game Arts]], and staff from other developers, beginning in October 2005. The game uses an engine called [[Havok]] provided by an Irish company of the same name.<ref name="oldDojo">{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061116161044/www.smashbros.com/en/main.html|title = Foreword|accessdate = 2007-11-11|last = Sakurai|first = Masahiro|publisher=Smash Bros. DOJO!! (Internet Archive)}}</ref>

''Brawl'' supports four types of controllers<ref name="four control"/> - the [[Wii Remote]] alone held horizontally, the Wii Remote and [[Nunchuk]] together, the [[Classic Controller]]/Classic Controller Pro, and the [[GameCube controller]]. Up to four players can engage in local [[Versus Mode|multiplayer battles]] at any given time with any combination of controllers, while ''Brawl'' also supported online play through the [[Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection]], the first game in the series to do so.<ref name="Wi-Fi Play">{{cite web|url= http://www.smashbros.com/wii/en_us/gamemode/wi-fi/wi-fi01.html|title=Wi-Fi Play|author=Sakurai, Masahiro|date=2007-11-16|publisher=Smash Bros. DOJO!!|accessdate=2008-04-22}}</ref>

 

While ''Brawl'' continues to include the tournament-like "[[Classic Mode (SSBB)|Classic]]" and "[[All-Star Mode|All-Star]]" single-player modes, ''Melee''{{'}}s {{SSBM|Adventure Mode}} has been replaced with [[The Subspace Emissary]]; a much more extensive side-scrolling beat-'em-up mode featuring both the playable characters and many enemies specifically created for the game. The resulting mode includes an involved plot and numerous pre-rendered cutscenes, as well as some platform game elements during gameplay.

 

Following the trend set by earlier games in the series, ''Brawl'' showcases a wide selection of characters from Nintendo and its second parties, setting them to fight in several different types of matches. Unlike its predecessors, however, ''Brawl'' also includes two third-party characters in [[Solid Snake]] and [[Sonic the Hedgehog]]. In total, the number of playable characters was increased from ''Melee''{{'}}s 25<ref>26 including [[Sheik]] as a separate character from [[Princess Zelda]]</ref> to 35 (or 39, if counting Sheik and [[Zero Suit Samus]] separately from Zelda and [[Samus]], and counting [[Squirtle]], [[Ivysaur]], and [[Charizard]] individually rather than grouped with the [[Pokémon Trainer]]).

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New character slots which go to Nintendo series previously unrepresented include [[Pit]], the first appearance of the {{uv|Kid Icarus}} series since the 1991 Game Boy game ''{{s|Wikipedia|Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters}}''; [[Wario]], originally a ''Mario'' spin-off but long launched into [[Wario (universe)|a franchise of his own]]; [[Captain Olimar]] from the {{uv|Pikmin}} series; and the NES accessory [[R.O.B.]].

''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' received critically positive reviews and sold successfully. In the United States, the game sold 874,000 units on launch day and 1.4 million units in its first week to become the fastest-selling video game in Nintendo of America's history, according to Nintendo. The game has sold 10.79 million units worldwide as of March 2012 according to Nintendo, which made it the best selling game in the series and best selling fighting game at the time. ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' is currently the 8th best selling game for the [[Wii]] and sold 13.32 million units worldwide as of September 30, 2018, and was only surpassed as the best selling in the series and best selling fighting game by its own sequel, ''Super Smash Bros. Ultimate'', in 2019. ''Brawl'' currently holds an aggregate review score of 92.84% on Gamerankings and a score of 93/100 on Metacritic. Despite this, British publication NGamer received criticism for awarding a 93% rating to ''Brawl'', with readers deeming the score too low, especially in comparison to Official Nintendo Magazine's 95% rating. ''Brawl'' has reviews with ratings equal or slightly better than ''Melee''. The game's multiplayer was received excellently, but single player, while noted as superior to ''Melee''{{'}}s, was still only average.

However, since 2013 (five years since its release), ''Brawl''{{'}}s representation in [[tournament play]] has decreased. This is because many changes from ''Melee'' likely intended to make ''Brawl'' more beginner-friendly have resulted in a less dynamic [[metagame]] that gradually became less successful with players and spectators. Arguably the most controversial change is the added ability to act during [[hitstun]], which reduces [[combo]] potential for characters; other factors include the generally slower pace of gameplay, the decreased [[falling speed]]s, the removal of mechanics such as [[L-canceling]] and [[wavedashing]], introduction of random [[tripping]], and very polarized [[Character matchup (SSBB)|character balance]] (attempts to universally ban overcentralizing characters such as {{SSBB|Meta Knight}} have proven unsuccessful). Because of these changes, ''Brawl'' has a smaller tournament scene than both its predecessor and successor games, although it still appears in some major cross-game tournaments.

==Changes from ''[[Melee]]'' to ''Brawl''==

*All characters now have three taunts instead of one, have unique [[on-screen appearances]], and the announcer counting down before the match begins which return from the original ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]''.