

Broadly speaking, every character has a set of light, strong and special attacks, with additional variation depending on the direction (up, neutral or down).


The core game mechanic features players battling it out to hit each other, increase their damage percentage and ultimately send them flying off-screen to trigger a knockout. While some of these cartoons have a staunch following to this day, there’s a clear strategy here of targeting gamers within the Venn diagram of ‘Smash fans’ and ’90’s – 00’s cartoon nostalgia’. The aforementioned Teenage Mutant Ninja turtle can go head to head against characters like Oblina ( Aaahh!!! Real Monsters), Patrick Star ( SpongeBob SquarePants), Zim ( Invader Zim) and more. It’s a very similar game that’s been reskinned to showcase the last 30-40 years of Nickelodeon’s most loved cartoon series. That’s right, if you’re a long time Super Smash Bros player, there is little to surprise you here. This is Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the latest platform fighter that isn’t at all shy about where it got most of its inspiration from. But based on what 20 has shown us so far, anything absolutely goes these days. I never expected my last couple of free evenings to be spent trying to smack, dodge and jump over Michaelangelo against the backdrop of The Flying Dutchman’s Ship.
