Starting Up "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" for Nintendo Wii

Series Summary

"Super Smash Brothers Brawl," known commonly as "SSBB," is a crossover fighting video game developed by Sora and published by Nintendo for the Wii console. As the third installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, Brawl's character roster expands from that of its predecessor, and is the first in the series to feature third-party characters. As with the rest of the series, Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a departure from traditional fighting games, noted by its simplified move commands and the emphasis on ring outs over knockouts. The game also supports multi-player battles with up to four combatants, and is the first game of its franchise to support online battles through the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection.

For those familiar with previous installments of the "Super Smash Bros." series, learning to play "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" should be a simple transition. However, for beginners and experts alike, a video tutorial can not only teach you how to play "SSBB," but it can give you a better feel for the changes in the game, the style, and the characters. In this free video series, a gaming expert will teach you how to play "Super Smash Bros. Brawl," from choosing game modes, stages, and characters to learning the game's controls. You'll learn a number of smash attacks, standard attacks, and directional moves for Mario, Yoshi, Kirby, Link, Pikachu, and Donkey Kong, among a few other controls. Follow these video instructions and be the first to master "Super Smash Bros. Brawl" for Nintendo Wii!

Video Transcript

"Now we?re going to show you how to get started with the game. The first thing were going to do is insert the game disk. Go ahead and hit A to wake up your Wiimote. Now every time you insert a new game it's going to appear in the upper left hand corner of the screen on the disc channel. So just move your cursor over here and here's the game lets hit A over that channel here we have Super Smash Brothers. Go ahead and hit start, Okay, It's going to show a quick warning screen, always make sure you tighten your wrist strap and It'll just take about two, three, four, maybe even five seconds if it's feeling risky to load up the game. Now the first thing were going to see after the, after the game loads is a two minute or so introduction movie, and we don't have to watch that we can just hit the A or start button, to skip right on through to the main screen. So let's go on ahead and do that, and here's the main screen, and that's how we get started."