Brawl supports multiplayer battles with up to four combatants, and is the first game of its franchise to feature online battles via Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection. This mode is a plot-driven, side-scrolling beat 'em up featuring computer-generated cut scenes. It includes a more extensive single-player mode than its predecessors, known as the Subspace Emissary. It is a departure from traditional fighting games, notably in its simplified move commands and emphasis on ring outs over knockouts.

Like that of its predecessors, the objective of Brawl is to knock opponents off the screen. Brawl is the first game in the series to have playable third-party characters. Melee, although some characters from Melee were cut in Brawl. The number of playable characters in Brawl has grown from that in Super Smash Bros. After delays due to development problems, the game was released worldwide in 2008. Game development began in October 2005 with a creative team that included members from several Nintendo and third-party development teams. Masahiro Sakurai, director of the previous two games in the series, assumed the role of director at Iwata's request. series, it was announced at a pre-E3 2005 press conference by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata.

The third installment in the Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a 2008 crossover fighting video game developed by Sora Ltd.

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