Since the last entry I re-downloaded “N+” (more on that in another entry. And I waded through a couple more levels of “Super Smash Bros. Brawl”’s Subspace Emissary.
Waded through.
I like it for nostalgia. I don’t like it for gameplay. Is there anyone who feels differently? I enjoy bringing “Fire Emblem” heroes Ike and Marth into a team-up with Metaknight to fight… puppets? I do wish they were fighting enemies I also had nostalgia for. Anything but puppets, really. But it never gets old arming them with a “Donkey Kong” hammer or a “Metroid” screw attack.
I enjoy the Subspace Emissary until I think about what I’m doing: playing my favorite characters in something other than their best games. It’s like wearing your favorite sweater to the beach or bringing a good book to a rollercoaster. Why am I doing this again?
But I still haven’t gotten to Sonic and Snake, and I’m eager to have them team-up. I need to see that. So I will press on.
Next: I will press on. And I will face the likely disappointment of having no new handheld games to bring with me on my Sunday flight to E3.


Since the last entry, I…
Nintendo’s biggest attempt at
Do you think Nintendo’s recent releases are lacking something … like new characters?
I know… I thought my achievement quest was over once I hit 25,000 Achievement points, and “Super Smash Bros. Brawl” was released.
“Wii Sports” was the first video game my mom played after obsessing, years earlier, over “Tetris” on the original, green-tinted Game Boy. It was the first time we’d shared a game experience together since then.
Readers, I need advice.
“Super Smash Bros. Brawl” is great, near-perfect even… but it’s not. There are still a few things missing from it that keep it from being among my favorite games of all time.
If you are playing “Super Smash Brothers: Brawl” alone — you are not alone.
I waited in line for an hour and a half on Saturday night to get “Super Smash Bros. Brawl,” and the first thing I did when I got home was boot up new adventure mode - the Subspace Emissary (SSE).
We don’t normally review games here at Multiplayer, but this time we made an exception.