Scoring note: This, like all my other Reviews, will be scored out of 10.
 
Story: 2

Not much to say here, all these trophies come to life (it's not the real guys fighting) and want to fight. Talk about original...
 
Graphics: 10

WOW!!! I have never seen graphics this good! Mario's overalls look so real, Bowser looks awesome, and Kirby looks so, um, puffy.
 
Music: 9

The music is great! There's lots of classic music from many different games. For example, when battling in Mushroom Kingdom you hear the classic Super Mario tune sounding exactly the same as it did on the NES. Not only are there so many tunes, they all sound so good! My favorite would have to be the Super Mario Bros. 3 tune, it sounds awesome.
 
Characters: 7

There are a lot of characters (25 individual characters all together). However, the down side is that some are just copies having slightly different abilities or looks (Link and Young Link for example). Why put in these when you could put in characters who deserve to be in the game? Diddy Kong, Mega Man, and King Dedede are just a few examples of characters who should have appeared. Here is a list of all the characters:
 
Starting characters
Mario
Peach
Bowser
Yoshi
DK
Captain Falcon
Pikachu
Kirby
Ice Climbers
Fox McCloud
Samus Aran
Ness
Link
Zelda/Sheik
 
Secret Characters
Jigglypuff
Dr. Mario
Pichu
Young Link
Ganondorf
Falco Lombardi
Mewtwo
Marth
Luigi
Roy (Not Roy Koopa)
Mr. Game & Watch
 
Items: 9

There's a very large selection of items including the Pokeball, Starman, and Warp Star. Each serves a different purpose and by using them right you'll draw closer to victory. Watch out for Party Balls, Bob-ombs, and Capsules, sometimes they'll lead you to victory, other times they'll make you lose.
 
Gameplay: This category is being split up into all the different games you can play.
 
Vs: 10

Normal versus match, it's brilliant!
 
Classic: 6

Defeat one opponent (or more) after another to make your way to the Master Hand. Gets boring after a while.
 
Adventure: 8

This is quite origianal. You go through different stages (sometimes sidescrolling) and beat the opponents to make your way to Bowser or Giga Bowser.
 
All-Star: 6

Battle each opponent in the game with only three Hearts to heal you. Gets a little boring.
 
Homerun Contest: 9

Who says that you can't have fun in ten seconds? In the Homerun Contest you must soften up the sandbag and then hit it as far as you can.
 
Multi-Man Melee: 4

Ugh! Here you must fight the Fighting Wire Frames. This can be as easy as beating 10 or as hard as beating 100, as simple as surviving for 3 minutes or as grueling as surviving for 15 minutes, as simple as KOing as many of them as you can in an infinite amount of time or as exhausting as beating as many super-charged Wire Frames as you can, with no items! This mode gets very annoying sometimes, which lowers the score.
 
Target Test: 7

Here you must break all the targets as quickly as possible. Each character's stage is different. It can be quite fun.
 
Event Match: 8

Here you're placed with a mission, and you must complete it. Sound simple? The first few are, but Event 51 will take many, many attempts.
 
Lifespan: 9

Unlocking all the characters will take a while, unlocking all the stages takes longer, completing all the events takes longer, and even then there still a max number of 290 trophies in the game (although under special circumstances *coughGamesharkcough* you can get 293).
 
Replayability: 9
You will never get bored of Vs Mode.
 
Frustration Factor: 5

The only frustrating things in the game are beating 15 minute Multi-Man Melee and the grueling task of unlocking Mewtwo.
 
Fun Factor: 9
This game has fun written all over, even if you collect all the trophies you'll still want to play Vs Mode.
 
Overall: 9

I hope all GCN games are as good as this. Roll on Super Smash Bros.3!
 
Recommendation: What?! Your still reading this? Get the game now!
 
Favorite Characters: For those who are interested, here are my five favourite characters.
1. Roy
2. Yoshi
3. Bowser
4. Mr. Game & Watch
5. Kirby

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