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Super Smash Bros.
is a series of platform fighting video games published by Nintendo. Created by Masahiro Sakurai, the ''Super Smash Bros.'' series is a crossover featuring many characters from other video game series created by Nintendo and other developers. Its gameplay is distinct from traditional fighting games, with players aiming to knock each other off of stages after accumulating damage with numerous attacks. The games have also featured a variety of side modes, including single-player story modes. Sakurai conceived the idea of ''Super Smash Bros.'' while working at HAL Laboratory in 1998 with the help of Satoru Iwata. The series's first game, '' Super Smash Bros.'' (1999), was released for the Nintendo 64 and used characters from Nintendo franchises including ''Mario'', ''Donkey Kong'', ''The Legend of Zelda'', '' Kirby'', and ''Pokémon''. The game was a success, and Sakurai was asked to make a sequel for the then-upcoming GameCube, '' Super Smash Bros. Melee'', which was develo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platform Fighter
A platform fighter is a video game genre, sub-genre of fighting games that emphasizes free 2D movement, often with floating platforms that can be traversed on, similar to a platform game, platformer game. The central gameplay involves combat between two or more player-controlled characters, with the goal of attacking an opponent's character until they are defeated. Unlike other fighting games, platform fighters typically do not have a Health (game terminology), health bar; instead, the damage that a player's character has taken increases the distance they are launched when hit by an attack. Opponents are defeated when they leave the boundaries of the arena. History While there have been some 2D fighting games that have used mechanics like platforms in stages like in ''Savage Reign'', these games are not considered platform fighters as they play like traditional 2D fighting games with an added gimmick. Though ''The Outfoxies'' was an early example of many of the mechanics feature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
