Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Prima Official Game Guide (Prima Official Game Guides)

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(1 stars) - This is a fools guide to BRAWL.
I have been playing Super Smash Brothers games for 10 years. I've played SSBB -- this game -- competitively in person. I never won any cash prizes, but I did play the best in my Southern California region in BIG tournament with over 100+ in each. The last one I went to I placed 17th out of 200+ entries. I go by ERS++ or Edward ERS, idk if this link will work, but you can see me in action a lot in this video. I've been a Wario beast since late summer 2008, but have retired because of my circumstances..... and Meta Knight. I now just play online with friends when requested to.

Wifi-Stadium - a Super Smash Brothers. Brawl Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6AzGPuzBjQ

That was my credibility, now I will tell you how this guide is BAD.

Possibly it just comes off as common knowledge because I'm a veteran of the series, but the general tips they mention in this guide of how to play are really shallow. The main thing thing to mention is that for everything they tell you that is true or might help you, there are 2 things REALLY wrong. The character data in the back of the book is EXTREMELY dated and flawed. The book considers Marth to be the best character in the game over all, when in all credible tier lists since the summer 2008 have racked WITH OUT QUESTION Meta Knight and Snake as the 2 best characters in the game in that order. Sure the tier list is based off the best players in the world in 1 vs 1, no items playing on overall neutral stages, but to call Marth the best is a joke. What's even stupider is that they rated Meta Knight a 6/10 -- Meta Knight is the most over powered, easy to pick up and play and otherwise broken character in SSB history--. There are really bad tips is how to play the characters too and some of the move data is incorrect. The guys behind rating and explaining the characters were idiots on short notice to rush this out.

The only reason to buy this is if you don't have internet access, because everything important in this book can be read on gamefaqs.com. What's important is unlocking the 35 total characters and all of the stages, which is like 40+. The guide to the subspace emissary-- single player story mode-- is better than online, but has no significance. Doing 100% of the subspace emissary is a waste of time.

Save your money and don't buy this dated trash. Go to gamefaqs.com cheats/hints section to unlock everything and smashboards.com forums to learn how to play better. There are active social networking sites devoted to this game like allisbrawl.com; join to hopefully meet some friends to play online and gain more knowledge of the game. You will not get better at smash from reading this unless you are INCREDIBLY new to the series, in which case you should do your reading online still.

The game is a must have and can be enjoyed on all sorts of levels, but this guide is stupid.

(5 stars) - Simple Awsome!
Simple loved the guide, was very detailed and picture-filled. 5 stars! Its a buy-it-now deal!

(5 stars) - Super Smash Bros. Brawl Strategy Guide
This is for the ULTIMATE Smash Bros. fan!!! EVERYTHING you need to know is RIGHT HERE!

(4 stars) - good game

























At first I said it was boring.But it is fun.
I don't like it too
much. My brother always killing me in the game.

(2 stars) - A Very Shallow Guide
This guide could at the very least be useful for those who have never played a Super Smash Bros. game, but sadly a lot of the information provided, such as character strategies, is very basic and common sense logic (this guy has a shield, you can use that to block projectiles..).

The most useful aspect of the book for me was the list of unlockables and how to achieve them, but we have the internet for that I suppose.

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