This is truly groundbreaking. The controls? Spot on. The Gameplay? Perfect. If you played the other smash bros. and enjoyed them. You will love this. I've been playing this for two straight hours and man is it perfect. Smash Bros wherever you want to go! Ever since they took down the Wii internet play on brawl I haven't played this game with friends. Until now!

Also I have been a Megaman fan my entire life and to put him in a Smash Bros. game. Beautiful!

They brought back Stadium. So have fun smashing targets! Slamming home runs! Classic, All star, Training, and a new thing called smash run were you have 5 minutes to beat a set of enemies.

You can create a custom Mii to fight as well. So Montmorillonite's Mii has finally been put to work since Wii sports!

I highly recommend this game. It's hard to take time to write the review! I just want to keep playing! Oh and Pacman is freaking unbeatable.

6 stars. If you have a 3ds. BUY IT. If you don't. BUY A 3DS AND THIS!!!!! Sorry for exclamation and caps.

UPDATE: 10/17/14

After a couple of weeks to break it in the game keeps showing me new things. Like unlockable moves for characters. I was slightly off about the Smash run thing it is like a world that you can explore to find stuff and coins. Oh and I am leaving some stuff out so you'll be surprised when you play through it.

I've spent a few hours with this game as of me writing this, and what can I say but man, this is a fun fun game. I wasn't previously a big fan of the Smash Bros series, mainly because I wasn't good at it and because I never had an N64 or Gamecube. Being a big fan of the 3DS though, this is the perfect chance for me to try it out in full finally. The game looks fantastic, and has tons of ways to play. The classic mode is a fun way to kill time while being introduced to the many characters that started it all. The local multiplayer so far with a few friends is flawless, and I've had a couple of online bouts that may or may not have gone well.

Graphics
The game runs at a very smooth 60 frames per second, even in it's 3D mode. And I normally don't play my games in 3D mode, but with this game the effect is very subtle and comes out looking very crisp. It's very quick action and it doesn't lag once. The cinematic final move scenes are awesome to watch even though they sometimes take a bit of time. I'm using the standard sized 3DS, which at times can be difficult to make out. However, I've tried the demo on the XL version, and it is levels above the tiny screen.

Gameplay
Being new to Smash Bros, this is a total first time impression on my part. The gameplay grows on you, and fast. When I first started playing the CPU was too much for me to handle. A few battles in, and I started to win more consistently. However, in classic mode you can choose how difficult you want the gameplay with higher difficulty giving better rewards, for all those experienced players out there. That is currently a challenge for me. Some reports stated that analog sticks were being broken due to the nature of the gameplay, but so far I haven't found myself overly abusing it. No more than any other game anyhow. The only hiccup I've had so far was the fact that I'm still finding it difficult to pick up items. I might be too close to them or too far, but many a time I've missed it by just a millisecond after trying super hard to grab it. Also, this might just be me, but using x and y to jump felt a bit odd and took some getting used to.

Pros
- Smooth graphics running at 60fps
- Huge character list, plus the hidden set of characters
- Tons upon tons of unlockables, such as trophies and new abilities
- Variety in gameplay modes will keep you entertained for a while
- Massive amount of items to use and unlock during battle
- Some items can be super fun to use (Nintendog)
- The ability to customize your characters move set, which is new to the series.

Cons
- That annoying "GO" image that takes up the entire screen when the match starts. Precious seconds count.
- With a smaller screen, you sometimes lose your character in all the action. This happens even more so with 4 characters at once. This might be more of a problem on the smaller 3DS.
- A little hard to grab items at times.

Overall
This is a solid game. And that's coming from someone that came into the whole Smash Bros thing thinking that he was going to hate it. It's easy to overlook the flaws in this because it's really just a fun game no matter what level of game mode you're looking for. From single player, to local multiplayer, to online multiplayer and street pass it's got you covered.

When Nintendo announced that the fourth entry in the Super Smash Bros. series would not only be on Wii U, but also on the Nintendo 3DS, people were hyped. Playing Smash Bros. on the go was like a dream come true! Gamers everywhere counted down the days to Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS. And now, the day has come where we can play Super Smash Bros. anytime, anywhere. But, is Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS just a placeholder until the Wii U version comes out, or will people still be smashing on their 3DS's for years to come?

GAMEPLAY: The Smash Bros. series has a trademark fighting system unique from other fighting games. Rather than deplete health bars, players attack each other trying to raise their percentages and knock their opponents off the arena. This makes it so that combat relies less on combos and more on how well the player is able to maneuver themselves around the many colorful locales Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS has to offer. There are also many items that can be picked up and used on others, such as the Smash Ball, which returns from Super Smash Bros. Brawl. This frantic gameplay transitions well to the 3DS, and although it can sometimes be hard to find yourself in the game's vast locales, you can easily put a reticle around your character to quickly find out where you are. Not only that, but the game runs at a solid 60 frames per second, just like the previous games, so players that prefer to play in 3D will have nothing to worry about.

CHARACTERS: One of the main selling points of Smash Bros. is that it crosses over many of Nintendo's franchises. Naturally, with each new game, people anticipate their favorite Nintendo characters joining the fray. Those people will be satisfied since characters such as Punch-Out's Little Mac, Animal Crossing's Villager, Super Mario Galaxy's Rosalina, and more appear in this game. There are even unexpected characters, such as Xenoblade Chronicles's Shulk, and Pac-Man himself! Add in some equally unexpected unlockable characters, and you have yourself an all-star cast that's bound to satisfy any Nintendo fan's tastes! But, there are some people that would like to see some unexpected people such as real life celebrities and anime characters in the game. This is addressed with the Mii Fighter feature. In this mode, you can take a Mii from your 3DS's Mii Maker and add them into the game with one of three fighting styles: Brawler, Swordfighter, and Gunner. You can also give them four different special moves, attach equipment to change up their stats, and even dress them up in outfits! So, if you ever wanted to see yourself or your friend in Smash Bros., now you have the chance!

MODES: Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS also boasts a variety of modes. There are the series staples, such as Multi-Man Smash, Home Run Contest, and Classic Mode, along with all new modes such as Target Blast and Smash Run. Target Blast has you pummeling a bomb followed by launching it in order to destroy as many targets as possible (Think Angry Birds), while Smash Run has you journeying through a sizable maze collecting power-ups and fighting enemies from various Nintendo games in order to prepare for a challenge with your opponents, which can range from your run-of-the-mill fight, to a race to the finish, or a Multi-Man Smash. Despite Smash Run not being online compatible, it still proves to be a fun, albeit a bit challenging, addition to Smash Bros.. Speaking of online, you can also play online via Nintendo Network with players from around the world. With Brawl, the first game in the series to feature online play, the matches online were often uncomfortable and filled with lag. Fortunately, this has been mostly fixed in Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS. Matches are now smooth, and there's now a variety of modes you can play online. For Fun has players fighting normal matches on nearly every stage, while For Glory has players fighting competitive matches on flat Omega Form variants of the stages. These modes can provide a casual, fun match, or a heated one-on-one for the pleasure of victory.

SOUND: Like I mentioned above, Super Smash Bros. crosses over a variety of video game franchises, so naturally, each stage has music from each game. The music selection featured is well chosen, and each tune fits the stage it plays on. You have the classic Waka-Wakas on Pac-Man's stage, along with the adventurous music on the Zelda stages. Even better, the game features a Sound Test mode where you can listen to each track on its own. You can even insert a pair of headphones into the 3DS and listen to the music while the 3DS is in sleep mode, meaning that Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS also acts a bit like an iPod.

FINAL VERDICT: For years, people have been anticipating Super Smash Bros. For Nintendo 3DS, and I'm very happy to say that it delivers. The gameplay is solid, the modes are fun and addictive, online plays like a breeze, and the music is incredible. Nintendo has knocked (Or, should I say, Smashed) it out of the park once again. I can only hope that the Wii U will be even more of an experience than this.

Smash brothers to me is an interesting conundrum of a game on one hand I love it. It's a great combination of skill, random chance (if desired) and silliness. It's one of the most fun games you can play with friends on the couch and you can have a blast even if not super skilled in certain game modes. On the other hand it's a fighter and in general playing a fighter can only be fun alone for so long.

So what happens when you remove one the most important pieces (In my opinion) which is that fun filled couch multiplayer with all the fun happening on the big screen? Unfortunately you get a game that I find difficult to recommend to everyone.

Let me start this now with saying that I am a HUGE smash brothers fan. I am no professional, in fact I'm not even that great at these games but I love them for what they are and what they do. They bring together so many fun and interesting characters together and says "Have fun finding your favorite!" as it laughs evily and slips into the shadows.

The newest game is no exception to this rule, there are so many characters that the first "problem" I encountered was who the hell do I want to use! I haven't unlocked everyone yet and I already have a roster of 42 characters to chose from. A couple are clones (Mario/Dr.Mario, Link/Toon Link, Pit/Dark Pit etc) but even the clones play and feel different than the originals. Dr.Mario was more or less my main in Melee so I was very happy to see his return in this one. I won't be doing an individual review for each character for a couple of reasons 1. Not enough time, 2. I'm not a professional enough player to know everyone's individual frame speed for attacking, and 3. I haven't even played as even 1/4 of them yet. My Mains are Bowser, Fox, Dr.Mario, and at the moment I'm giving Mega Man a try and this one of the things I love about the game. Every character (Apart from clones) feel so very different it's like playing a different game. By that I mean Mega Man and Fox play vastly differently and mastering one doesn't mean you can even get close to using the other.

The Gameplay:

So let's get into the gameplay! The game is Smash Bros.! If ya have played the others you know what to expect and it does it remarkably well in this iteration as well. The game runs at a constant 60 fps (I believe it's 60) depsite all that's going on on the screen. Explosions and death in every direction in a four player brawl, crazy stages that sometimes kill you more than other players do and overpowered items all over the place! It's just non stop fun and on top of that it allows you to tweak the gameplay style to make matches last longer, shorter, etc I often do a 5 stock match to have some decent length but 3 stock seems to be the tradition.

The first blip on the radar isn't fully the game itself's fault but the system itself Now Smash Bros. is a unique case in which this is one of the only games I can think of that not only defined a genre but defined a Controller as well. Talk to ANYONE who played smas bros. in any form of frequency and they will all tell you the same thing and that's that the Gamecube controller is the best (And possibly only) way to play this game at it's fullest. This controller is so popular that nintendo is releasing a Wireless gamecube controller for the Wii U just for this game. And you can bet I will be buying 2 of those for this game for playing with my friend.

So does the 3DS work for the game? Yes and no Yes it works and you can get used to it eventually (took me many hours) but it's just not great. The circle pad just doesn't work well for this type of game in my opinion. I find it difficult to get the smash attacks to work 100% of the time. However it's not bad enough that the game is ruined or unplayable, it's just after 7 years+ of a gamecube controller it's hard to just change on a dime. Again this isn't the games fault, it's just a downside of the system it's on.

Speaking of which anyone who owns just a 3DS (Not an XL) you may want to skip this game. Even on an XL I have a bit of difficulty seeing everything that's going on when the action get's crazy and there are 4 brawlers on screen, particularly in the larger levels. I can't imagine this on a normal 3DS. Try the demo first I say!

Game Modes:

Apart from just Brawling you get some returning game modes like Classic mode, All Star Mode and various stadium matches like 10 man melee, 100 man melee, etc None of these are new and some are even watered down versions. There is a new target smash game that's just home run mode meets angry birds in a bland throw away mini game. There is also a trophy smash mode which is also a throw away mini game.

Classic Mode:

Classic returns and gets a bit of a change. You can granularly customize difficulty for one thing, instead of 1, 2, 3 etc to 9. You can now do 1.4, 1.5, 1.6, etc giving you the ability to tweak it a bit. However if you game over you HAVE to lower the difficulty. So in order to beat the game on the hardest difficulty you can't die. Period. And this is both a challenge and frustrating as sometimes the stage will kill you more than the computer. Each level you get to choose the path to take and each fork in the road has 3 difficulties. Blue (easy), green (Medium), and red (Hard). Hard gives more gold and trophies or custom parts (more on that later) while the other's are easier. You also don't get to chose your lives, you get 2 stocks per match. So if you die once in one match that stock is restored for the next. The CPU only has 1 stock.

Everything else is more or less the same. It's classic mode, what more do you want!

All-Star Mode:

Fight every fighter from start to finish based on release date I found this mode to be bland to be honest. You don't get the granular difficulty you only get Easy, Medium and hard and even on hard it wasn't that difficult. Only reason I died the first time is the stage killed me because a hole appeared RIGHT as I was ground pounding with bowser and I died. Again I kind of find this to be a short distraction and I move back to classic or Brawl.

New Modes:

There is only one new mode in the 3DS version and it's something called Smash Run. You get 5 minutes to kill a bunch of CPU monsters from all the game franchises. You pick up stat increasing items like Speed, Jump, attack, Special, etc that determines how strong you are in the final match. The final match can be one of four things. A Race, a Climb, a FFA Brawl, and a Multi-Man melee challenge. The game is fun enough, you run around like you did in the Subspace Emissary mode in Brawl and kill stuff slowly getting strong as time goes by and eventually face off in the end against the other CPUs. Well it's MOSTLY fun because the challenges at the end are boring. I would LOVE to be able to set this to only be a brawl at the end with 3 stocks each. I hate the race, I hate the climb and the multi man melee is boring. That said, it could have been much worse.

Customize Characters:

The last new thing is the ability to customize the brawlers. Each one has their 4 specials (up, down, left/right and neutral b) which can be changed in the custom screen to slight variations of each. For Instance Fox's left/right B is the Fox Illusion. You can change that to the one wolf used in Brawl, or another one that I don't have yet. Each character get's 3 different versions per special for a total of 12. Don't like Bowser's up B because it doesn't go high enough? Change it to do less damage but launch you higher to save yourself from death! You can also customize the Atk, Speed and Def by equipping 3 different badges. Each one raises one stat while lowering another. Raising Atk lowers Def. Raising Def lowers Speed and raising Speed lowers Atk. I have slowly been changing Fox's attack and Def to be much higher while lowering his speed to make him more like Wolf from brawl and it's been working wonderfully.

Now this mode can only be used against friends, in the single player modes (Apart from Smash Run) and in the non ranked mode online which more or less makes it less useful because I got so used to the slower version of Fox that i couldn't play him well when he was back to normal online and it really does mess with your head. So while interesting it's a fleeting use at best and can be forgotten aboutunfortunately.

One final new feature is that each stage has something called an Omega Mode. This turns the stage into a Final Destination style map with no stage effects, no random things happening etc for me this is a great idea as most players only play on final destination for it's focus on JUST the players brawling. Now we can do that with different scenery and music without worrying about the stage killing us.

Multiplayer Modes:

Enough of this silly single player business! This is a fighter darnit! The multiplayer comes in of course 2 flavors. Online and Local. For local everyone will need a 3DS and a copy of the game. Well I can't comment much on this because I don't have any friends who even own a 3DS let alone the game so I went right online! And wouldn't you know it it sucks.

I still can't understand how Nintendo hasn't figured out online yet. I played 5 matches in total, the first 2 were so laggy that a 2 minute match took over 7 minutes (Yeah figure that one out) for it to end. The frame rate was abooout 5-10 at best. Don't even know how attacks were working. The second and third matches were a bit better but every 10 seconds or so there was a short burst of lag that ended up killing me. The 4th match ended before it even started and I finally got to play a 5th match! Unfortunately I couldn't find a way to change the rules, so we were all forced to do a 2 minute brawl. No stock battles, no items and no special stages in the ranked mode. Which I know is what most people want, however a lot of the fun for me is using the items and dealing with the crazy stages. But all that aside I would still much prefer a 3 stock battle than a 2 minute timer. Personal preference though. With Stock battle it becomes a battle for survival, with timed it becomes a battle of kill stealing which some characters can easily do more than others. As i mentioned before you can't use the customized characters in this mode either. It's pure brawl.

If they can fix the internet issue I think most of my dislike of it would go away, but until then it's just unplayable more than 50% of the time I would guess and isn't fun. Their online MP seems to work great in mario Kart 7 and 8, why not here? You also cannot play smash run online which I find a little sad cause it could be fun with non CPUs.

Final Thoughts:

In the end it's still smash bros. But the restricting multiplayer and the 3DS controls just make it feel worse than the console versions in the past. The roster is fantastic, the characters have a life of their own and the stages and music are wonderful. It's not perfect, but I think it's good enough to get a feeling for the characters for the eventual release of the Wii U version.

I give the game 8 Accidental fox illusions off the edge out of 10.

TLDR;

+Soooo many characters!
+Lot's of stuff to unlock and trophies to collect
+Cool stages with wonderful music and challenges, with an Omega version of each stage
+Looks GREAT on the 3DS and runs smoothly when not online
+/- Controls take time to get used to, many may not like the control pad
-Shoddy at best Multiplayer, bad connections and lack of ability to change game modes is annoying (If this is inaccurate PLEASE someone let me know how to change it)
-Can't use custom characters in ranked mode, making customizing more damaging then not
-The single player content is lacking

Good game, but really I feel it's here to hold me over till the Wii U release. Had both come out, I wouldn't even consider getting this one.

The beautiful thing about a new Smash Bros. game is that it means something different but equally special to everybody. To me, Smash has always been about celebrating and basking in Nintendo's fabled history. In every way imaginable, Smash Bros. is the very gaming embodiment of celebration, but it also happens to be one of the best multiplayer games around, one of the best fighting games around, and simply one of the funnest games around. Also, owing to Nintendo's remarkable restraint (you can bet if Ubisoft/EA/Activision had Smash, it'd get yearly full-priced releases), a new entry in the series comes only once a console generation, making each one a genuine event. This particular entry is noteworthy because it is the very first one to appear on a handheld alongside a console version, something fans had begged for years to see. Now that we received it, one question begs to be asked: was it worth it? Is Smash 3DS all it could have been? For the most part, yes it is.

At its core, Smash is all about playing as your favorite Nintendo character, beating the tar out of other famous Nintendo characters, with the hope of sending them off the screen or, at the very least, far enough they can't make it back to the stage. The control scheme is simple enough that anybody can grasp it, but nuanced enough where it takes genuine dedication to master any one of the now nearly 50 strong roster, if you want to. Or you could just pick your favorite character and go nuts for the fun of it all. That's the brilliant thing about Smash, it's easy enough for even the most inexperienced gamer to enjoy, but deep enough to reward skill/dedication levels of pretty much anyone. As far as the mechanics go, Smash 3DS is about as good as it gets. This feels like the ultimate combination of Brawl's level of variety and inclusiveness and Melee's hardcore quality. The roster is fantastic as well, with way more characters than any Smash before. It's truly something special to be able to play as Mega Man, Pac-Man, Link, Toon Link, Ike, Lucina, Kirby, and Luigi (my personal roster). Thankfully, most of the characters feel unique. There are far fewer clones this time around, and even the ones that are there are often different enough to distinguish them on their own. So when it comes to the core of Smash, Smash 3DS nails it.

It is truly awesome to be able to play Smash wherever I go on my 3DS. For being the first Smash game on a handheld, this one is superb. The graphical power of the 3DS is most definitely pushed to its limits here. Nintendo did a great job optimizing this version to the hardware. This is a beautiful 3DS game. That is certainly true technically, but also artistically, as the game shines brilliantly and coherently. Despite having so many different art styles, the game feels artistically cohesive and harmonious; a huge feat to be sure. Things you'd think would hamper the experience, like the small screens, are deftly handled with various visual effects like customization options for character outline thickness and other things. The soundtrack is also fantastic. Featuring most, if not all, songs from the Wii-U version, it's just great to hear all the neat new remixes and renditions of classic Nintendo songs. All-in-all, the presentation of Smash 3DS is top-notch.

Smash 3DS differentiates itself from the Wii-U version by focusing much more on Nintendo's handheld history. This is most evident in the stage selection and collectibles. Whereas Smash Wii-U has a Skyward Sword themed Zelda stage, Smash 3DS has one focused on Spirit Tracks. This is true almost across the board and while the two versions do share SOME of the same, they are mostly unique. This is probably what makes Smash 3DS worth getting for hardcore Nintendo fans alone. To me, the key to "winning" a Smash game is in acquiring its collectibles, trophies namely, and the 3DS version offers tons of unique Handheld themed trophies. Again, to name an example, Smash Wii-U has Wind Waker HDtrophies, Smash 3DS has Ocarina of Time 3D trophies. The differences between the two versions definitely make both worthy of a purchase for hardcore Nintendo fans.

You may wonder then, why did I only give this version 4-stars? The truth is, while Smash 3DS is truly a great entry in the series, it is out-shined in virtually every way by its Wii-U counterpart. Smash Wii-U feels like the TRUE next gen version of Smash. It has much more features, content, modes, stages, and not only more, but better too. Smash 3DS has no multiplayer board game mode, no 5-8 player smash, less trohpies, less stages, less challenges, etc. The unique modes the 3DS version introduces are not very good on their own either, and some of the traditional modes like "classic" pale in comparison to the unique, envelope pushing versions found in the Wii-U version. All that been said, Smash 3DS is still a great entry in the series, and probably equal to Melee in quality. That's a huge compliment from me, as Melee has always been my favorite Smash until the new Wii-U entry hit the series out of the park.

All-in-all, it's hard to be disappointed by the very first handheld Smash Bros. game. Nintendo did a superb job making this feel like its own, unique entry in the series that wasn't watered down or diluted because of its status as a handheld game. Ultimately, any Smash game is all about celebrating Nintendo heritage. Smash 3DS certainly meets that goal with aplomb. So whether you're an old Nintendo fan or a new one, and you want to revel in fabled gaming history while also playing one of the best fighting/party games around on a handheld, Smash 3DS gets a strong recommendation. It's a great little game. Buy it, prepare for some serious fun, and enjoy this nice little celebration of Nintendo goodness on the go.

Do you know those dreams that you get every once in a while that when you wake up you just feel happier than you've ever felt in your life? You lay in bed wishing you could fall back to sleep but no matter how hard you try all you can do is just think about that dream and all of the little things it did to make you happy. I have those dreams too It's sad sometimes Waking from such a magnificent world and not being able to go back Well, that was the case, UNTIL THIS HOLY GRAIL OF A GAME CAME OUT! When this game was announced I wasted no time and set the date in my calendar. THE HYPE WAS REAL! I went into a hype overdose and couldn't think straight for months. My family began to worry about me. I TOLD THEM TO MIND THEIR OWN DANG BUSINESS OR I'LL MESS THEM UP! Anyways, as time went on the sickness got stronger, I couldn't contain the hype anymore. I began to think of drastic ways to make time go by faster, finding other games to fill the void just made it worse for I wanted Smash and not these pieces of junk! I told my abusive step dad to smell my flatulence and BOOM! One swift Falcon Punch and I was out. He put me in a coma for 3 months, my calculations were correct and I awoke on release day! My step dad was there holding my hand with a Smash cartridge nestled between us. "Jim" I mumbled. "Yes?" He replied. "Is that Smash Bros for Nintendo 3DS Mine?" I said with a grin. "Yes it is" he replied. Those 3 words were like fresh honey to my ears, I lit up like a little boy on Christmas and within a snap I was standing on my hospital bed. I snatched that cartridge from that deadbeat of a father and throat punched him with the force of 3 fully charged DK punches. His body crashed through the wall and into the waiting room, a nurse was there to quickly inform me that he was dead and would't harm me anymore. I was free to play Smash for ever and ever and ever. The End.

What can I say that hasn't already? We've all been dying for a handheld version of Smash Bros and this game certainly delivers to say the least.

If you're new to the series, essentially Smash Bros is its own breed of fighting game. Up to four characters on screen at a time from various Nintendo franchises "duking it out" with interactive stages and constant weapon drops from above. It's the Mario Kart of fighters.

My only nitpick is the occasional difficulty making out your character on the small 3ds screen. Not a big problem, especially if you have the 3dsXL.

I've been enjoying this series since the first release on N64, however there's never been a better time to join the brawl. If you're a fan of Nintendo franchises, party games, action games, or just having a good time on the go, do yourself a favor and get this game!

Smash bros has come a long way since the N64. With each game Nintendo does a good job in adding diversity.

This is a a good step up from brawl. The game feels faster and less floaty while still providing the player with more diversity than even brawl. The game feels even more balanced than the previous three because the big characters are faster and more viable to play.

The only complaint i have is how nintendo still doesn't understand how to make and enjoyable online experience. It's a lot better than brawl's online but it still feels a step behind Sony and Microsoft.

If you like smash, have access to a good wifi connection, and can get over some of the limitations of playing the game on a 3ds, then this game is perfect for you.

needed a really good wifi connection kind of makes the game less portable than i thought it would be.

Coming from a competitive player:

The balance is amazing, the character design is improved and new characters' playstyles are very unique and fulfill even more roles and character types.

There's also tons of waifus and lots of other based content to make Smash 3DS the best smash yet.

Lots of advanced techniques for movement options rivaling Melee, while at the same time more universally available to the entire cast (rather than very pivotal for certain characters and then useless for others) and the inputs needed to perform them are much simpler and more intuitive.

The animation and expressions of characters are impressive. Attack animations and smashes are the most intense looking yet! And very humorous and appealing and cute characters like DDD and Yoshi and Kirby!

Our entire family has been a great fan of Smash Bros series and so when this game hit the stalls, we picked it up immediately. After spending a few hours on this game between me and rest of the family, this surely looks like a fun game to play. The game has so many different ways to play. We tried online bouts and they work great. We haven't had chance to try multiplayer mode though.

The videos run very smoothly in the 3D mode. The game effects are very nice and can be enjoyed even more in the 3D mode. There are plenty of characters to choose from. The game progresses really well as you get hooked to it. And sure you can change the difficulty levels if you think the machine is being too tough or too easy on you. I would recommend being a slightly light on the analog stick to ensure no physical damage is caused to the controller. I'd read some reports about that and hence being cautious so far. All in all, a great addition to your 3DS kitty.