User blog:Element Knight 375/Reviews of my Top 5 Favorites

I've been intently watching the videos by the Wiiviewers (a man and his two sons who review games, compare them, play them, etc.) lately, and I thought it might be a fun idea to provide my own reviews of my Top 5 Favorite Video Games, as shown on my user page.

As such, the games I will be reviewing, in order, are Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Mario Kart Wii, Star Wars Battlefront, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, and Boom Blox Bash Party.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Where do I start? This is bar none one of the best games out there, at least for Nintendo titles. I'll start with a backstory and then move on to the review:

The game follows the bath of 36 characters total from the Nintendo universe who are forced to take their own paths in an impropmtu quest to stop the efforts of the Ancient Minister, who has been causing bombs to detonate that cause mass destruction through negative matter. And he does it by having R.O.B.s activate the bombs and dies along with it! Yeah, that's nice. Kill innocent robots that remind you of WALL-E. However, the Ancient Minister turns out to be an ally and all of the characters ultimately join up to combat Tabuu, a metaphysical being who is trying to wipe out all of the heroes who can get in the way of his conquest.

This game is known well by now for its proactive Brawl function. It allows up to 4 players to fight in teams or against each other to defeat opponents based off of rules set before hand, by optional parameters set up in the Special Brawl section. It also allows you to play through a very long Adventure Mode, in which you can find trophies, stickers, CDs, and ultimately new characters to add to the roster.

Now for the review. There are so many reasons why this is my favorite game. I really love the updated graphics and new appearances of characters, as well as the movesets, which (aside from Luigi's Negative Zone) really stay loyal to the histories of characters and make the experience feel real. The Adventure Mode was fun, but very long, taxing, and difficult at times. However, I did find it clever to include so many puzzles and searches to unlock new material.

Another group of favorites is the one with Photos and Replays. The replays are great, as they allow to relive great victories. However, it's the Photos that I have insane fun with. Not really because I like taking pictures of the action, but because I love taking pictures of Pokemon and Assist Trophies in action, as it's fun to look through them and remember ones you recognize.

The Masterpieces are a stroke of genius. I love being able to go in and play a few of the classic titles without having to go through the long task of downloading them. Because of them, I actually got to play a little bit of the first ever Zelda title, as well as the first Mario and Kirby titles.

Classic Mode is also pretty great. It allows you to go in and adventure your way through adversity to earn riches. These riches can be used in the Coin Launcher, another fantastic function where you can play to earn new stickers and trophies for your collection. I also like the Events section, as it's a fun way to create scenarios and see how you stack up to the challenges.

A very, very high point is the Stage Builder. I love the fact that it was easy to use, and that you could choose your own music and name for the stage.

There are a couple of things I didn't like about the game. First of all, I absolutely HATE Luigi's super move. When you get to play as Luigi in a game, you expect to have a fun time and remember his greatest achievements. But now they include a Super Move that's built from his hatred for being in Mario's shadow? That's NUTS! Luigi's proven himself tons of times. He rescued Mario in Luigi's Mansion, and you can also play through as him in Super Mario Galaxy, where he's the one who saves Princess Peach in the end. I would have very much preferred it if he used the Poltergust somehow. Another thing I didn't like was the fact that in Team Brawl, you were assigned a particular color for a particular team. It would have been fun if you could pick a team and change around the color swaps for each of the team members to make it more comfortable. The last thing I didn't like is...let's see here, um... WHERE'S TOAD!? Toad is one of my favorite characters of all time, and yeat they couldn't squeeze in one more character to fill the void? Ridiculous. In fact, they should have brought back characters from Melee as well.

Despite these failings, SSBB is a phenomenal game, the best fighting game on the market in my opinion. Believe me when I say that your collection of Wii games is in no way complete without it. I highly, highly recommend it.

Wiiviewer Reviews
thumb|300px|right|This is the first of two reviews, done by the Wiiviewer, for SSBB,Don't take my silly word for it. Watch videos from the guys behind the hype, the Wiiviewers!

thumb|300px|right|This is the second part of the SSBB review, done by the Lilwiiviewer (the oldest son).