Why Smash bros get so much hype?

[Foxi4]

If we're taking this route, every person that says sports and esports are the exact thing are also correct. I have no intention of pursuing this topic, none at all.

And said person would be right. A sport is a game or competition played competitively. If chess are a sport then "sport" doesn't entail any athletic or other skill involved.

 

[FireGrey]

Because it's a fighting game but it takes skill and doesn't suck balls.

 

[Youkai]

The Original SSB for N64 was actually one of the best fighting games ever in my opinion like Street Fighter 2 was back in the days ^^V
but the never Versions were all nothing I could enjoy ... don't know either why it is still so popular

 

[duffmmann]

There is no one single reason, all I know is that when these games come out, me and my friends spend days in front of the tv just beating the shit out of each other. Super fun local multiplayer, probably my all time favorite local multiplayer experience is with the Smash series.

 

[LegendAssassinF]

Mainly because the formula is unique... How many games do you know that are 2D style Fighting Brawlers? Not many companies own enough IPs to actually do this sort of thing. I think Shonen Jump fighting games are the closest we got to a Smash Bros on the DS. There are enough fighting games that tried to replicate the Street Fighter formula. The game in general is pretty good in my opinion and is on par with how technical it can get at the higher levels of play coming first hand from someone that goes to Apex every year to compete. Nintendo is the only company that could of done this sort of fighting game because of their vase number of IPs.

 

[SoupaFace]

I realize that I'm a minority in the gaming community for being so open to so many different genres of games therefore gave played / enjoyed too many of them to count; yet it's hard to forget how satisfying it feels to hit or be hit in really any of the smash brothers games (but god damn is Melee multiplayer bliss even to this day as a fairly casual player).

That said, I think the real reason(s) there is such a large amount of hype for Smash 4 (ie. why there are so many active threads on this forum about it) comes down to 3 things:

1. People have grown up with one iteration of the series that they played alone enough to feel like they stood their own with a given character but especially with other people a fair amount.

2. Have you seen how many different online news outlets have been hyping the shit over Smash 4 since it was announced to maybe be in production since 2011? Official character announcements were front page worthy of any news sight that gave a damn about Nintendo franchises.

3. The 3DS scene is mighty popular in not only this 'general gaming forum' but at least one other as well, so it's only natural to see numerous people going ape shite over it.

 

[Clydefrosch]

i never liked the n64 one, but melee got me so bad. it was just a whole lot of fun, unlocking characters, fighting master hands, the sandsack thing. all the characters and their moves, the items, trophy collection and the challenges. i mean yeah, there are better games out there, no question. but this is loads of fun with a friend or three

 

[Arras]

Because punching friends in the face with weird Nintendo characters is just plain fun. It's also easy to learn, does not require memorizing an entire command list for every single character like most fighters tend to and generally losing is not nearly as fucking annoying.

 

[WiiCube_2013]

It's Nintendo's most awaited game that happens with each console cycle.

I can't wait to get my Smash 4 for Wii U! I'll be playing all day (if it's my day off).

 

[Duo8]

It's different because it's not muscle-memory-based like others.

 

[SirAileron]

The series is not without its shortcomings, but the draw for it is similar to Mario games, as the mechanics base themselves off of platformers primarily. There are many who can't enjoy Smash bros, but wreck people at Street Fighter and Tekken because those games are more muscle memory, and involve zero platforming. Or are Counter Strike legends that can work every spawn point and territorial advantage in a map.

Lots of these hyper-competitive fighting game players tend to talk shit about how good they are at games, and get completely obliterated by the first Mario stage. But they can focus cancel and combo into Ultras, or no-scope hapless noobs across a large Battlefield map.

So, it's understandable why people wouldn't understand the fun in Smash Bros. Platformers aren't exactly the dominant form of game lately. By the same token, if you were presented a book that you'd like, but it's in Thai, and you don't understand Thai, you're not going to get anything out of that book unless you took the time to learn the language.

 

[crediar]

The music.

 

[The_Hulkster]

Because Smash Bros has been the shit since 1999.. hell it's the only game that made me cry when being announced in 2008 it was such a huge surprise. Combos out the ass, fierce competition local or online ( now cuz brawl online wasn't anything ).
Don't play with items ( pro ). After over 10 years of playing I can honestly say the best fighting game in the world. Don't believe me? What other fighting game has sold 1 million copies over 2 days alone in just one country.

You actually cried over the announcement of a video game?

 

[WiiCube_2013]

The music.

Oh yes!! This is my all-time favourite part of the Smash series and FINALLY Nintendo is going to be releasing a Smash CD with the 3DS and Wii U versions, I hope it also features tracks from Melee, Brawl and 64.

Another good reason to buy both Smash games.

By the way, I'd like to see Sony release PlayStation All-Stars 2 for PS4 but that's probably never gonna happened, it'd be cool though.

 

[YayMii]

- It encourages local play with friends and family (3DS obviously excluded here but not the Wii-u version)

Wait, why would the 3DS be excluded? It has local play, and plenty of my friends and family have 3DSes.

 

[Naderino]

Definitely better than $ony's PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Dang... Foxi4 is out to have my mirror break now

 

[Foxi4]

Definitely better than $ony's PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Dang... Foxi4 is out to have my mirror break now

For using that dumb term? Sure. Start your atonement by eating your own fist. ;O;

 

[Black-Ice]

Definitely better than $ony's PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Dang... Foxi4 is out to have my mirror break now

Lock yourself in a room with N64's. He won't be able to get you that way ;o;

 

[Foxi4]

Lock yourself in a room with N64's. He won't be able to get you that way ;o;

Black-Ice please, I bought an N64 recently. ;O;

 

[Saturosias]

If we're taking this route, every person that says sports and esports are the exact thing are also correct.

Well, they would be correct (if you flipped the two). eSports are a type of sport, and the "sports" you're thinking of is probably physical sports. Comparing Brawl to DoA as if it's chess vs. football though, that's an invalid analogy.