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E3 '07: Smash Bros. Brawl whacks Wii Dec. 3

Publisher reveals release date for anticipated Nintendo first-party brawler.

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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--During its press conference during 2006's Electronics Entertainment Expo, Nintendo took the wraps off its next installment in the highly anticipated brawler featuring classic video game characters, Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii. At the time, the game was dated to arrive in early 2007, though that date was later bumped at the Nintendo Summit in May. However, Reggie was quick to reaffirm that Super Smash Bros. Brawl would still make it to market in 2007.

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Now, a year and some change later, Nintendo has used its E3 Media and Business Summit press conference to reveal that Super Smash Bros. Brawl will double-jump onto the Wii on December 3.

The newest Smash Bros. will feature several industry icons not seen before in the series. In addition to Wario, Pit from Kid Icarus, Kirby villain Meta Knight, and a Samus Aran sans heavy-metal duds, Solid Snake would lend his lethal stealth abilities to the game, cardboard box and all.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl on the Wii has not yet been rated. For more on the game, check out the previous trailer for the game, and stay tuned to GameSpot's complete E3 coverage for more recent developments.

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i would think about add charater Ryu from Ninja Gaiden

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LIARS!!!! STOP DELAYING THE DATE, GIVE IT TO US BEFORE CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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You know what would be awesome, if you could upload your mii into it. They could have like a base mii character and every mii would have the same moves, but you could upload your design and play as yourself. Oh and I also pray that sonic makes this game.

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This will be the best game for the Wii this year. This plus halo 3 = an amazing time!!!

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Online is confirmed! Plus to RESIDENTCHAOS47, It is unknown if Marth is being replaced by Ike but since Ike has different moves Marth may stay. (or get replaced by Sigurd) Ice Climbers are also in, and it's likely Game n' Watch is out. C. Falcon and Ness are in for sure. Other clones like Ganondorf will be redone with their own moveset, while Pichu and Roy kick the proverbial bucket.

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All I am asking for is online play. With online play, it will most likely beat Halo 3. (in my opinion)

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nintendo, please put sonic in this game.....

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Snake in SSBB sweet. Could this out sell Halo 3??? there are more Wii's than 360's now. Probably not but I will still Buy SSBB. I wanna be Snake and Zero Suit Samus.

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Yes!!!! birthday games for me, CoD 4 and Brawl are gonna be nice additions to my collection this year, those and halo 3, duh!

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Awsome now this will be cool. And i've heard rumors that sonic will be in this too. Coincedence? I don't know! but anyway this is gonna be an awsome game with a real 1 player mode

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Yessssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!! This is definitely gonna be a game we'll be talking about for a while!

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I can't wait for Brawl to come out... >.> I believe Captain Falcon will make it because of Samurai Goroh being an assist trophy. I heard the following were taken out: Roy Marth: Replaced with "Ike" Ice Climbers Pichu Game and Watch Dr. Mario Young Link (I believe Wind Waker Link is false, because some random boy must've made it up) I believe that is all. Guess we have to again wait for months to pass for the truth to come out.

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This is gonna be the best game ever. I can't wait till it comes out.

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I agree Altar360. It was stupid how they made Ganondorf a copy character of C. Falcon. I hope that there are no copy characters in this game.

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If this game has Live Online Play, and lives up to the hype then I'm set for another 6 years until the next smash bros game comes out. If it has online it better have a ranking system. It would make it even better.

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I'm sooo excited! I pre-ordered it like amonth ago.

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i cant wait anymore, i want to play it now!

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cant wait for it come out, i wonder if its online?

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IM GONNA PRE ORDER IT

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Can't wait for this game!

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is this gonna be online? I NEED TO KNOW!

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i can't wait for this game!!!!!! i really hope sonics in this one. hes always been my favorite game character and i wanna beat up mario and pikachu and kirby etc as him

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AWESOME!! I cant wait... I wana play it know!! lol!!

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i wouldnt say the best of 07 because this is only in the Nintendo's line up, but this does look best for Nintendo i mean i want it for my wii but dont forget about the other big titles like Bioshock(pc,360), Assassin's Creed(Pc,360,ps3),and Mass Effect(360), and Halo3.

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Sonic or no sonic this game will vbe the #1 game in 2007. I just can't wait! :)

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I agree with smashbastard. Sonic really needs to be in this one. He had Wario beat in the fan polls so if Wario made it in then so should Sonic. Besides, everyone probably would like to see Mario and Soinc go at it to see who truly is the better icon.

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yes its finally comin out! is it online for sure?

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i want ganondorf to not only look like he did in twilight Princess, but also wield the sword he used on said game

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soooooooooo happy it's comin out this year!

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Padouke, The Koopa and professor you were talking about were A Hammer Bro And Mr.Wright. (I think thats his name.) They aren't playable,however, they are assist trophy,which basically is an item that when you pick it up, spawns a helper like Samurai Goro to attack your enemies. Check out the Super Smash DOJO! Site.

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I hope they have a Mario Galaxy Stage to fight on...

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I can't wait until this game comes out. It is going to be a blast.

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sonic better be in this game i mean the poll results want him in listen to our words nintendo cause if he not in it the overall hype will go down a good much

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COMMENT! I can't wait!!! AHHHHH *head asplodes*

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This game better be worth the wait.

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that's what i like about nintendo, there not afraid to say"hey im really sorry but we want this to be the best game in the series so, can we have a few more months?" they're not afraid to have a few setbacks

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Man, I was expecting this game to be released a little earlier.. right now the Wii needs this.

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cant wait

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All I need is smash bros online and i will never want again. Theres just something about smash bros its timeless, I mean you'll play it and get bored lock it in a cupboard but then a week or so later your at it again. You don't get games like that very often

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i hope that the releasedate for Europe also is before 2008

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wow it releasing on dec 3 i just want to play the f@ck game al ready damm i no this game is going to be awsome specially fox he is the best i hope they put mega man he's awsome dam can't wait any more need to play this game lol

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It's sweet that a official (hopefully) release date has been announced for this incredible game. It's be nice if it came sooner, I just wanna play the fricking thing already lol

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This could be the best SS yet. Looks like a koopa and some professor will be playable characters! I can't wait for December.

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Sweet, a game I really want actually comes out before break, awesome!

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At least it SSBB will be released 22 days before Christmas. Can't wait to play it.

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Wow... I was expecting this story to have 500+ comments by now.

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Now lets get online and some awesome new characters (as in Megaman)

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I only hope sonic doesnt appears

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I cant wait 2 get this game now all they need 2 do is show more of the characters that are gunna appear in the game

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