Halo 3 (Xbox 360) Vs. Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii): Your Thoughts?
Filed under: Gaming, Nintendo Wii, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Vincent
Posted on: September 18, 2007 | 53 Comments
So, I’ve heard a lot of debating about Halo 3 for the 360 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii and which one is better; let’s take a quick analysis.
So yeah, I’ve had a lot of talk regarding these two killer apps for each console; or so everyone says. So much so, that I’ve decided to quickly write this outlining my views and where I stand on it.
Halo 3; the killer game which boasts being the most anticipated game for the last couple of years which is due to come out in just a few days time.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl; the third game in the series, highly anticipated by Nintendo fans alike since the GameCube version back years ago.
So what’s better? My opinion; neither. I’m bored of sequels, meaningless sequels in fact. Halo 3, boasts nothing more than plain shooting, chucking grenades, a generic storyline and a multi-player that bares a lot of resemblance to Halo 2. In my previous posts, I’ve mentioned I don’t really have any care for this game. Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Well, the first game was good, the second game was good…but seriously I can’t see how much further they can go with the series. I mean, won’t it just be like the GameCube version but with new characters and new maps? No thanks.
I really think neither are going to be better than each other, on absolutely any level. I’ve had enough of fan-boy talk between the two, and to be frank nobody’s right. They’re both sequels which apparently are meant to be killer apps; I’m not saying they’re not going to be; I’m just stating that I don’t see what’s the fuss about the two…
So what are your takes on this? What game will be better?
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Well, SSBM was a great game but there was still plenty of room for improvement. First, the character needs to be balanced out a little better. Some characters are just a little too strong like fox and sheik and some are too weak. The difference becomes more noticable as you become more proficient at the game, and incorporate advance techniques in your vocabulary. Sakurai has stated balancing is a priority for him. New gameplay mechanics are being added, such as the footstool jump, aimable tether recovery and gliding. It now has a seemingly nice and detailed story mode. Online is also a biggie, no one has to play against the noob cpu again when they are not with friends, multiplying replay value by a substantial amount. New characters, new stages, new modes of play, best graphics by far on the wii are all just icing on the cake. I also have no question halo 3 will be another high quality product. Halo 3 will sell more in the US, but Brawl will sell more worldwide.
i think that Halo 3 will be better.Super smash bros just sux. thats it. it doesn’t even need to be proven. it just sux.
Umm yea … for those who post on websites please get your facts straight.. Halo has battles with 100+ enemies on screen.. SSB doesent.. Halo has a saved films feautre.. SSB doesent.. Halo has a map editor that you can upload to Bungie.net {also with saved films} and others can download it SSB does not…. so please.. get your facts straight Nintendo fanboys… oh and i tried the very first SSB and that is the only one I will ever play
Lol generic plot… I’m sorry UNDERSTAND the plot before you incriminate it.. and SSB has no plot.. so umm yea…. and please before you piss fanboys off.. dont write biased articles about the two games.. this website has written another article on Halo 3 and it was quite biased mentioning none of the stuff i mentioned in my post before..
Nintendo fanboys: Halo 3 won’t suck.
Microsoft fanboys: Brawl won’t suck
In general, what I’m saying is: BOTH ARE GONNA KICK ASS!
This has to be one of the most pointless articles I’ve ever read. It offers no view on anything and there aren’t any reasons. While I agree that sequels need to stop and more originals need to be produced, Halo 3 and Brawl both offer more than enough content to distinguish themelves from their older brothers and provide another good gaming experience. Stop wasting internet space with dumb posts. To ALex, comparing Halo features to SSB obviosly won’t match up. It’s like comparing Dora to Resistence. Well, Resistence Fall of Man doesn’t have cute little girls and Dora does. Resistence doesn’t teach you Spanish like Dora does. And, there’s no pink in Resistence! Therefore, Dora is better and I definitely like it better than Resistence Fall of Man.
SSBB will be way better then halo. SSBB will have a story line in its adventure mode.
Ive played halo, and there good games. But I have just as much fun playing time splitters. SSBB doesnt have the same gameplay as any other game(not counting melee and original). Im sure halo 3 will sell like hot cakes at first, and everyone will say its the best, and it probably will be pretty good. But it won’t be more fun the brawl and in the long run it probably won’t sell more games then brawl.
Halo is a cultural phenomenon. It is the Star Wars of this generation. And the story is a science fiction adventure. With Aliens, Human Warfare and a hero.
The story is generic, but when is anything not generic. Any action game or movie must have a premise the allows for total annihalation. Where all genocidal actions of mass destruction and serial massacre is justified.
How original can an ‘action’ game be anymore…Its made as a form of escapist entertainment. It wasnt made to win the Nobel Peace Prize or Pulizer. (Although its merits have been acknowledge by the Science fiction community)
Maybe the author of this article would rather play a political game based on galactic diplomacy where you give speeches, shake hands, debate with opponents and spend the whole game trying to sway galactic opinion your way….
THe author should stop being a pretentious twat, and accept it for what it is. A Game, that just happens to break box office records, sells consoles and makes many many money, has a lead Character that alot of people care about, and a storyline that people want to get to the bottom of….
If the author wants to go off and read War and Peace sipping earl grey english tea from his finest china, whilste smoking a pipe which stinks his walrus moustache, its all good with me….
I only played halo once, it was hooked up with two other x-boxes and there were alot of us playing, and it was the greatest… disapointment i have ever felt, there was so much hype… it was crap, this was just after playing time spliiters multi which was on all three consoles, which was amazing and far superior, so for multi playing, i don’t care.
SSB AND SSBM were great games, i love the idea of well done characters battling it out, fine you can say it’s just new levels and characters, but “map editor” new levels… it will be the same as halo 1 and 2 just better graghics, in fairness ssb will just be the same game with a few extras. But ssb is my sort of game, i’m a nintendo fan, and halo dosen’t interest me, as a xbox fan will say he likes halo etc.
It dose not matter what anyone on here can say, each person has their own opinion already and will not care what anyone says (unless it backs there own arguement.)
Ugghh.. you need to use Halo and SSB to get hits on you blog? What a looser. Write something worth reading, because to be honest, your gay. Kthnxbye.