Super Smash Bros.

Super Smash Bros.

Console: Nintendo Wii
TV Standard: NTSC
Developer(s): HAL Laboratory, Inc.
Publisher(s): Nintendo
Release Date: 2009-12-21
Players: 4
Co-op: Yes
ESRB: E - Everyone
Type: Action, Fighting, Platform, Virtual Console

Super Smash Bros. (retroactively referred to as Super Smash Bros. 64 or Smash 64) is a crossover fighting video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It was first released in Japan on January 21, 1999, in North America on April 26, 1999, and in Europe on November 19, 1999. The first installment in the Super Smash Bros. series, it is a crossover between several different Nintendo franchises, including Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Metroid, F-Zero, Mother, Kirby, and Pokémon. It presents a cast of characters and locations from these franchises and allows players to use each character's unique skills and the stage's hazards to inflict damage, recover health, and ultimately knock opponents off the stage.