Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Super Smash Bros. Brawl, released 2008 for the Nintendo Wii, is the third and so far final game in the Super Smash Bros. series. It was one of the most anticipated game, mostly because of its delays in releases. Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the first game in the series to feature non-Nintendo characters, namely Sonic and Snake.

Game modes
Super Smash Bros. Brawl featured many modes unavailable in the last two games, as well as those found in the two games. Classic mode, for example was kept. Adventure mode, however, was redesigned into a new adventure featuring way more than just one playable character, known as the Subspace Emissary. Also added was the ability to create one's own stages, known as Custom Stages. One of the other modes, known as Masterpieces, allowed the player to play demos of games from previous systems. In the Japanese version of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, EarthBound was a demo. It was removed from the English version for unknown reasons.

Characters
In this game, there were 35 characters, with some characters from its prequel being removed. Two Earthbound characters were featured: Ness from Earthbound, and Lucas from Mother 3.
 * Ness
 * Lucas
 * ssb:R.O.B.
 * Pikachu
 * Pokémon Trainer
 * Jigglypuff
 * Lucario
 * Captain Olimar
 * Fox McCloud
 * Falco Lombardi
 * Wolf O'Donnell
 * Mario
 * Luigi
 * Bowser
 * Peach
 * Yoshi
 * Wario
 * Donkey Kong
 * Diddy Kong
 * Samus Aran
 * Zero Suit Samus
 * Link
 * zw:Toon Link
 * Zelda/Shiek
 * Ganondorf
 * Kirby
 * Meta Knight
 * King Dedede
 * Sonic
 * Snake

Reception
Super Smash Bros. Brawl was the highest rated game in the series, scoring a perfect score on Famitsu, among others.