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TopicTop 25 games of the decade, period. Exclamation mark!
HaRRicH
01/02/20 11:28:45 PM
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<b>#6.1: Super Smash Bros. for 3DS
Released on 10/3/2014
3DS</b>
(written in 2015)

I figure this has the highest playrate for Board 8 on my list. Smash may be my choice for the most consistently excellent series, so the hype was strong here. I played the Wii U-demo once and lost to my girlfriend, so I automatically prefer the 3DS-version.

SHEIK IS BACK! Sheik never left technically, but she was ruined in Brawl. This is the first time I get to return to a previous main in the series (Ness, Sheik, Solid Snake, Sheik again) and she has been sorely missed. Of course, Snake didn't get a chance to retain his title, but he would have had a tough time competing against a Zelda-less Sheik who absorbed Snake's grenade attack. I also love Little Mac and Mario here. Epona is missing from the cast, of course -- she would make for a good clone of Little Mac.....

Tripping is gone and that is wonderful...now as a Brawl-defender, can we fix the next biggest problem Brawl added? I'm talking about jumping off of your opponent's heads. I have died in mid-recovery too many times from this non-attack, or whiffed edge-guarding attacks because my head is suddenly a trampoline. It's kind of funny to see how high characters can bounce in comparison to their regular jumps, but that is it for its value. Cut it out!

Smash just can't quite nail a good single-player adventure mode. Melee's was nice albeit lacking, Brawl's was ambitious but repetitive, and Smash Run here just gets too cluttered with enemies. I enjoy the variation and wish I could focus on one or two of these baddies at a time...not the whole army. The stat-battles afterward are okay. Aside from Smash Run though, they got the Hands and new Master-forms down -- great additions all around. The swords are so tough!

Break the Targets is worse than ever here. Come on. Give us individual stages again, not an Angry Birds-like version of Home Run Contest.

It's overall a very fun game that fixed some of its mistakes, feels true to the series, and has the added plus of portability. I got this game digitally because I think I will always be ready to play a round at any given time, and so far no regrets.

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