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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a crossover fighting video game for the Nintendo Switch and its contemporaries, developed by Ludosity and Fair Play Labs. It features characters from various Nicktoons and is a platforming fighter, similar to the Super Smash Bros. series.
A sequel, simply titled Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, followed in 2023.
Gameplay[]
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a platform fighter, with players battling on different stages and attempting to knock their opponents outside the boundaries of the arena. Each stage offers a different layout, with some also having additional hazards that can cause damage to the characters. Movement takes place on a two-dimensional plane, with characters able to move around by running, jumping, double-jumping, or performing a mid-air dash in any of eight directions. Characters have three different types of attacks: light attacks, which are weak but quick and can be used to perform combos; strong attacks, which are slower but do more damage and knock opponents back further; and special attacks, the properties of which vary by character. Different attacks can be performed by pushing up or down or running in combination with one of the three attack buttons. Players can also grab and throw opponents or enemy projectiles, even in the air, and guard against attacks without penalty, though they will be pushed back in doing so. Unique to the game is the "strafe" function, where players can hold a button to prevent their character from turning around while moving in different directions; this can be used to continue attacking an opponent while actively retreating from them. As characters take damage, the amount of knockback caused by opponents' attacks will increase, making them easier to knock off the stage.
The game supports local and online multiplayer for up to four players, with the game's online functionality utilizing rollback netcode on supported platforms. The game also features a single-player arcade mode and a "Sports" mode, based on the "Slap Ball" game type from the developer's previous fighting game Slap City. In Sports mode, players must knock a ball into an opponent's goal, with different types of balls having different properties, such as soccer balls being unable to be grabbed. Players are able to unlock images displayed in an in-game gallery, music for the game's sound test, and online profile icons.
Playable characters[]
Stages[]
- Jellyfish Fields (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- The Flying Dutchman's Ship (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- Glove Universe (SpongeBob SquarePants)
- The Western Air Temple (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Omashu (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- Harmonic Convergence (Avatar: The Last Airbender)
- The Loud House
- Royal Woods Cemetery (The Loud House)
- Rooftop Rumble (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Sewers Slam (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Technodrome Takedown (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
- Space Madness (The Ren & Stimpy Show)
- Powdered Toast Trouble (The Ren & Stimpy Show)
- Irken Armada Invasion (Invader Zim)
- CatDog's House (CatDog)
- Showdoen at Teetor Totter Gulch (Rugrats)
- Wild Waterfall (The Wild Thornberrys)
- Traffic Jam (Hey Arnold!)
- The Ghost Zone (Danny Phantom)
- The Dump (Aaahh!!! Real Monsters)
- Sweet Dreams (Garfield)
- Slime Time (Double Dare)
- Tremorton Joyride (My Life as a Teenage Robot)
- Duck, Duck, Pie! (The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius)
- Hardcore Chores (Rocko's Modern Life)
Reception[]
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Reviewers praised the gameplay but criticized the game's presentation and lack of content.
Push Square called the game "the best Super Smash Bros. clone we have ever played", but criticized the lack of modes offered and lamented that the lack of voice acting made the game feel "a bit cheap overall". IGN felt that the mechanical differences and good online play made the game a great alternative to similar fighting games like Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, though noted it was far less polished or fully-featured than such other games. Destructoid believed that the game provided a solid framework for a future franchise, and hoped GameMill would invest more time and money into a sequel.
Notes[]
- This marks the first crossover game to include any characters from Aaahh!!! Real Monsters since the 2003 arcade release of Nicktoons Racing, and the first to include characters from The Wild Thornberrys since 2004's Nicktoons: Freeze Frame Frenzy.
- It also marks Garfield's first official appearance in a Nickelodeon product following their acquisition of his parent company, PAWS Inc., in 2019.
- Unlike the previous Nicktoon crossover games involving the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, this game features the versions of the characters from the 1987 series (and its video games), who guest-starred in a few episodes of the 2012 series.
- Abby Trott, who voiced April in this game, also sang the theme song from Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
See also[]
- Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion (another Smash Bros.-esque fighting game starring characters from a children's television channel)
External links[]
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl at Nickipedia, the Fandom wiki on Nickelodeon.
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl at GameFAQs
- Official website