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The internet exploded TWICE the day this was announced. And if you thought that wasn't enough, you should check the pages for the other Smash games!
"What Mr. Sakurai suggested then was a specific idea to make Smash Brothers for both Nintendo 3DS and Wii U."
— Satoru Iwata, E3 2011 announcement
Let's face it, there's a reason this series is so popular: Super Smash Bros.'s nature as a Massive Multiplayer Crossover featuring many different Nintendo characters is just about every fan's wet dream. Then, sometimes, the hype goes through the roof even more.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
- Any new character that was confirmed to be playable, especially Snake and especially, especially, Sonic. R.O.B. and Toon Link were the only exceptions, as they were Replacement Scrappies to many fans' dream additions. They didn't stay hated for long, though.
- A long time ago, this trailer came out, and people were enjoying it so far. They got happy to see Meta Knight, then all of a sudden-WHOA! Who's this dude?
- A long time ago, this trailer came out,
- "Cool, new Smash Brothers game. Wait, what's this, a new Metal Gear? What, they're discussing the game? An invitation? YEAH!"
- And a few months later, after enduring years of waiting and April Fools Jokes about his appearance in Melee, Sonic the Hedgehog joins the fray complete with Crush 40's "Live and Learn" blaring in the background, allowing players to pit Sega's iconic mascot against his longtime rival. There's a reason why that screenshot from Brawl is at the top of this page.
- And a few months later
- A more subdued moment happened when it was revealed that the character-specific battle introductions from the original Nintendo 64 Super Smash Bros. came back for Brawl.
- Brawl's Stage Builder.
- Shortly before the game's release, the full soundtrack was leaked. The internet practically squealed like 5 year old girls upon learning about (and hearing) the remixes of King Dedede's theme, King K. Rool's theme, Pokémon Red and Blue's Route 1 song, and the final boss theme from Golden Sun, among other songs that can be seen in the Awesome Music page.
