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ABC News review of Super Smash Bros. Brawl

IGN's Matt Casamassina gives a very positive review Super Smash Bros. Brawl for ABC News. He says: "Nintendo maybe created the best fighter around"

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Guwapo775887d ago

Times are changing indeed...now we have videogame reviews from ABC.

Wouldn't it be nice for them to add a videogame review right after the sports minute on the 6 O'Clock news?

fenderputty5887d ago

I only hope that people don't listen to ABC for their reviews. The mainstream media has proven time and time again that they know jack sh1t about video games. I don't want to take away from Brawl cause it's a great game but, I would much rather take IGN's word then ABC's word.

Monteblanco5887d ago

Fenderputty, did you actually watched the review?

As much as I distrust TV journalism, I have to say the piece was pretty well done. They hired IGN to do the review, which is not only accurate but very favourable. I wish most TV game news were in this quality level.

fenderputty5887d ago

I can't steam all media from work. I do know that TV journalism isn't always the best source for gaming news. Hell ... half the time it's distorted for normal news. Take Fox and the ME scandle for instance. If they actually used IGN, then they did something I would never have expected them to do ... research.

RecSpec5887d ago

I didn't hear anyone complain when news stations were reviewing Halo.

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PSWe605887d ago

I'd like to congradulate Nintendo for their first good game this year

TitanUp5887d ago

nice casual review from ign didn't get to technical just went straight to gameplay and characters. nice work on abc part for not doing the review them selfs

wiizy5887d ago

there are plenty of good games on wii.

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5 Best Fighting Game Stage Themes

Fighting games and music have a long and storied history together. Here are five of the best fighting game stage themes throughout video game history.

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Tetsujin675d ago

Tekken Tag Tournament 1 Arcade OST - Nina Williams
Street Fighter 2 - Ken stage, Ryu Stage, Vega (Claw), and Guile
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - Karin theme
Tekken 3 Arcade OST - Hidden Characters Theme
Super Street Fighter 2 - Fei Long CPS1 version (found on Hyper SF2 A.E.)
Tekken 2 Arcade OST - Kazuya and Devil theme
Marvel vs Capcom 1 - Strider Theme, Ryu, and Roll

Tedakin675d ago

There should have been at least one Mick Gordon Killer Instinct theme on here.

Rebel_Scum675d ago

Should be some tunes from the first Mortal Kombat in any list tbh.

I really like the use of Mozart’s Dies Irae in Wolfgang Krausers stage in Fatal Fury 2.

azizlksa674d ago

Volcanic rim for Street Fighter 4 is probably my favorite stage theme

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5 Obscenely Overpowered Video Game Characters

Developers should always strive to make their products as balanced and fair as possible. Sometimes, video games feature a incredibly overpowered characters that just break the game.

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JSusie5801d ago

Orlandu/TG Cid in Final Fantasy Tactics
Bo Jackson in Tecmo Super Bowl.

The end.

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BrainSyphoned860d ago

Having to do a thing three times would make my list as #1

Jeriphro860d ago

What do you mean? Like doing the same task three times in a row?

BrainSyphoned860d ago (Edited 860d ago )

Ya, find three items, kill three mini bosses, go to three dungeons. Things of three is a tired video game sweet spot number.

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0hMyGandhi860d ago

For me, it's collect-a-thons. They weren't fun in Donkey Kong or Banjo and Kazooie and they still aren't fun now. Why create these wonderfully oversized, detailed worlds if you are going to just supplement gameplay with ambiguous item fetch-quests.

There are exceptions, of course, But by and large, it just shows laziness on the part of the developer.
Good article, by the way!

Jeriphro860d ago

Yeah. It is funny some of the design decisions made by developers. Another one that irks me is unskippable cutscenes, especially after you die after the cutscene and are forced to rewatch the unskippable cutscene AGAIN. I mean, who thinks that a great idea?! haha

jambola860d ago

how about not allowing cutscene skipping
that's flat out inexcusable in any game in the last 10 years

SDuck860d ago

this comments are demanding a "The 4 Horsemen of The Apocalypse of Game Design Flaws" sequel