VideoGamesBlogger celebrates some of the new abilities in the upcoming Nintendo release Super Smash Bros. Brawl:
Another new feature for Super Smash Bros. Brawl has been revealed! The game will allow you to send three-minute replays that you have recorded from the game to friends on your friend list via the online Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection support built into the game. Although it’s unclear whether you can record at any time, or if the game does it for you at the end of fights. What it will do is record automatically replays of your Time in modes like Target Mode, which makes it’s return in Brawl.
I love it! Not only do I get to pwn people in the actual game, it means I also get to record it and play it for hours of endless amusement. [Evil, I know. A graceful winner, I am not...] Along with this cool announcement, VGB also reiterated a new fact about the game that I missed:
It was revealed last month that Super Smash Bros. Brawl would feature online play and this is a much requested feature that will definitely be welcome (the ability to record fights).
I am also excited about the online play component. However, for me, it kind of takes away from what made the game so fun in the first place - dropping by a friend’s house and going a few rounds. I am well aware that the internet play is an add-on to the game and does not take away from the human component in the least…but as my life is becoming increasingly gchat/AIM/email based (and my friends are moving farther and farther away) I find myself hesitating a bit about the new online features pushed by all three platforms.
I kind of feel like it will be yet another reason for me not to see my friends - we can always just hook up online.
Does anyone else feel that way?
