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Everyone is excited about the Disney boy joining Smash Bros, but I’ve never played a Kingdom Hearts. However, as a young teenager I spent many hours watching Hey Arnold! and cat dog. So I’m more excited about today’s release of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, a smash-like platform brawler with Nickelodeon characters like Spongebob and Invader Zim.
There aren’t a lot of things that I feel real nostalgia for, but the late 90s / early 00s era of Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network is up there. All-Star Brawl features characters and stages from Aaahh !!! Real Monsters, The Wild Thornberrys, Rugrats, Korra and many more. Each character has their own fighting style.
There are single player and multiplayer modes, the latter supporting local and online play for up to 4 players. I can’t tell you if it really has competitive legs, but I’d love to huddle around a screen and play it with an N64 controller and three friends, please.
Nick All-Star Brawl is developed by Ludosity, who previously developed the well-received platform brawler Slap City. I like these cases where an indie developer makes a small indie game that feels great and then gets a license that allows them to develop a game in the same genre for a larger audience. The last example that comes to mind is Streets Of Rage 4, which was developed by Guard Crush, the creators of the extremely affordable Streets Of Fury.
Hopefully it will be successful enough that new characters will be added in the future. I want Pustulio DLC.
Graham Smith
Graham used to be to blame for all of this.
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