Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Hero-on-Hero Violence
Link and Mario have slayed dragons and stomped evil mushrooms in their own separate Wii adventures — but who would win in a street fight? The latest entry in the Super Smash Bros. series lets you and three friends pit characters from the Nintendo universe against each other, Mortal Kombat style, employing an impressive selection of (bloodless, sadly) punches and kicks. And after you’ve literally beaten all your friends, try the game’s all-new single-player adventure mode, or as the cliché has it, get schooled by 10-year-old kids from Wisconsin to Japan via the Wii’s built-in wi-fi.

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