At Long Last, Nintendo Proclaims: Let the Brawls Begin on Wii

When Mario appears in a new game, people perk up. But when loads of characters from across the Nintendo universe battle alongside such video game icons as Sonic The Hedgehog and Solid Snake, people take charge! The March 9 launch of Super Smash Bros. Brawl quickens the pulse of even the most jaded veteran gamer. Featuring a host of playable characters, special items, stages and music, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is an encyclopedia of Nintendo's video game history, making it the biggest and deepest brawl of them all.

This innovative fighting game, the first Super Smash Bros. game for Wii,

ups the ante with several exciting new modes and wireless features. By logging

onto Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, players can now enjoy online battles with

friends near and far. An extensive new single-player mode is perfect for solo

brawlers who want to hone their skills. A sprawling adventure mode called "The

Subspace Emissary" lets players jump and brawl their way through enemy-packed

side-scrolling levels, meeting up with other characters, watching incredible

cinematics and taking on massive bosses -- solo or in a cooperative two-player

mode. And, of course, there's the series hallmark: elaborate, action-packed

battles that pit up to four players against one another in a brawl to see

who's the last one standing.

"The excitement around Super Smash Bros. Brawl is contagious," said Cammie

Dunaway, Nintendo of America's executive vice president of Sales & Marketing.

"It's a delight to see how the creators have taken an already irresistible

series and made it even deeper and more fun for Wii. We're just as thrilled as

the fans are."

Online battles aren't the only wireless boost in this latest Super Smash

Bros. installment. With Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection, players also have the

ability to share photos, swap replays, team up for challenging minigames and

even create their own stages to share with friends or submit to Nintendo.

Every day, Nintendo will offer one of these fan-created stages for players

everywhere to try out.

For an even more customized Brawl experience, players can select their

favorite music and choose the control scheme they like best, whether it's the

Wii Remote alone, Wii Remote with Nunchuk, Classic Controller or

Nintendo GameCube controller. All these options give players a virtually

endless amount of ways to play, a fact that makes Super Smash Bros. Brawl one

of the most anticipated games of 2008.

The previous installment in the series, Super Smash Bros. Melee, was

the best-selling game of all time for Nintendo GameCube with 7.09 million

copies sold worldwide. For more information about Super Smash Bros. Brawl,

visit www.SmashBros.com.

Remember that Wii features parental controls that let adults manage the

content their children can access. For more information about this and other

Wii features, visit Wii.com.

About Nintendo

The worldwide innovator in the creation of interactive

entertainment, Nintendo Co., Ltd., of Kyoto, Japan, manufactures and markets

hardware and software for its Wii, Nintendo DS, Game Boy Advance

and Nintendo GameCube systems. Since 1983, Nintendo has sold nearly 2.5

billion video games and more than 430 million hardware units globally, and has

created industry icons like Mario, Donkey Kong, Metroid, Zelda

and Pokemon. A wholly owned subsidiary, Nintendo of America Inc., based in

Redmond, Wash., serves as headquarters for Nintendo's operations in the

Western Hemisphere. For more information about Nintendo, visit the company's

Web site at www.nintendo.com.

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