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[Zelnor]

[quote=This article at Destructoid]Reason #5- Smash Bros. Brawl may be the last in the series.

I believe it was Robert Smith who asked, "Tell me who doesn't love what can never come back?" That kind of love is exactly what many Smash Bros. fans are feeling for Brawl right now. The series has always been on the verge of death, and that has always been part of it's appeal. The first game came out of nowhere, a seemingly throw away title that debuted near then end of the N64's life cycle, with no storyline and no promise of a sequel. It practically became a collectible on the day it was released.

Gamers everywhere would end up amazed with the announcement that the GameCube's opening line up would feature Smash Bros. Meele in place of the standard Mario console launch title. Some would say that Melee sold almost too well through out the GameCube's life cycle. Nintendo never needed to produce a sequel to Melee on the'Cube, as that would just work to stifle Melee's continued respectable sales.

In planning for the Wii, years prior to the console's run away success, Nintendo feared that it may need a secret weapon to push gamers to take a chance on the under powered, risky new console. They knew that a Smash Bros. game would be sure to give them some cushion in case the Wii totally flopped. That's probably the only reason Super Smash Bros. Brawl exists.

Nintendo President Iwata has made it clear that he believes the Smash Bros. series need Sakurai behind the wheel in order to be worth playing. Sakurai has both commented "Smash Bros. can't go on forever" and that he made Brawl with the thought that it would be the last in the series. He has split from Nintendo entirely, forming his own company Sora, intent to create his own games with his own characters. There is every reason to guess that Brawl, Sakurai is now done with this chapter in his career.

On top of all that, one can't forget that Nintendo has a long history of suddenly stopping it's game series for no apparent reason. The 2D Mario games ground to a halt for over ten years, despite the fact that they never lost popularity. Though the Mario Party series is a shameless example of Nintendo producing identity free, cut and paste shovelware, the company generally takes a higher road when it comes it's sequels. For example, when famous Japanese essayist and occasional Iron Chef judge Shigesato Itoi stated he was done making the Earthbound/Mother games for Nintendo, President Iwata formally announced they would not continue the series without him.

It's hard to imagine Nintendo of Japan taking anything but a similar tact with Sakurai and the Smash Bros. series. With it's long history of focus on artistic integrity, itself now run by ex-graphic designers and artists, Nintendo of Japan prides itself in making decisions that are both ethically and artistically sound. It would clearly be a betrayal to attempt to a new Smash Bros. game without Sakurai, not to mention being artistic suicide. Making a sequel to Brawl with someone other than Sakurai would be like commissioningbr a shopping mall airbrush artist to make a sequel to the Mona Lisa.

The point is that gamers want Brawl not just out of excitement of what the game will offer, but out of a need to alleviate their fear that their favorite characters have been cut, to know that the series has one last batch of surprises in store, to savor that unique Smash Bros. excitement one last time. There will never be another game where you can play a twenty year old Nintendo game about Eskimos for forty seconds, then train at throwing alien, brain sucking jellyfish on the heads of a small children. As obviously good an idea that may be, it's just not likely to happen again. [/quote]

|I think after this wall of text, I don't have to explain much - It's all in there. At first my reaction to this justified theory (it's more then just the usual Internet rant or [url=]Epileptic Tree[/url], I dare say) was along the lines of "WTF SUCKURAI NO WAY NOOOOEZ D=", but, well... A) In this life / world, nothing really lasts forever and, more importantly, b) I still play Melee, not regularly, but it's manages to hold its charm over the years and is still as exciting as the day I bought it. In contrast to other no end games like The Sims or Animal Crossing, it doesn't really get boring. And with the fat hype, new controls and innovative stuff Brawl has, most prominently the stage builder, I doubt the fun will ever stop. in contrast to my old Gamecube, I think I'll keep my Wii as long as it works and won't seell it out - Except if the Next Nintedo Console has full downwards compatibility again, which hopefully includes the Use The Wii As A Gamecube Thing.
Then I'd Play my Zelda:Collectors Edition on my ???, which emulates a Wii which emulates a GCN which emulates a N64 which plays Majoras Mask. XD

Your opinions ? And how long do these consoles work ? I hope they work decades long, I wanna keep my Wii for a long, long time. ((Source : http://www.destructoid.com/five-reasons-why-people-crave-super-smash-bros-brawl-67540.phtml))

[Spiny]

Nintendo ends their series with dignity.If Smash Bros. is going out,It will go out with a BANG!

[Sind]

I hope this isn't the end.

[Plastic Mario]

LINK: /Noooooo


Brawl can NOT be the end.

Oh, and fix the 9001 broken tags or something.

[Super Nate Pyrokai]

Hmm... I think I'm beginning to understand a lot about what has been put into Brawl. The Stage Builder and the Online Play, are both made with intent of creating a game that doesn't necessarily need a sequel.

I mean, sure, it's a real ball buster that this might be it for the series, but if this game truly is as good as it seems then we should all be fine.

[Ike-Mike]

There can do so many sequels until it's just 1 or 2 more small features thrown in per every game.
But I'll make sure I'll support Sakurai on whatever completely new project he is working.

[Fancy Wario]

Let's hope it's not the last one. We don't need to end the series with such a crappy roster.

[Spiny]

[Fancy Wario]

[Popple]

If Nintendo finally gets off their asses and puts in down loadable content so I can get a few new characters or at the very least some new stages, then I really don't care.

[Zelnor]

[Spiny]

Brawl's main characters seem to be Mario,Kirby,R.O.B.,Bowser and Taboo

[Yoshi]

Jr. has no hope.

But frankly.... I don't give an egg.

Pit and a certian zelda-game secret character are enough for me. And if that's not good enough, Bowser might have words this time. (Last time he was... a bumbling walrus turtle. 0_0) Yoshi has an epic final smash, so he'll be my secondary for a LOOONG time.

[Aggrieved]

[Dino Piranha]

Hmm... Maybe this is why Nintendo added so many things to this game, maybe because its the last in the series... Oh boy I hope it isn't.