If Nintendo made life support systems...

...they'd probably be the best in the world.

After much waiting and anger, Europe are finally getting their hands on Super Smash Bros. Brawl in a matter of days. As usual, it's arrived a lot later than the NTSC/JAP version - who knows what levels of localisation were involved in the PAL port - but hey, as long as they avoid any grammatical faux pas.

'Let's make this train go spastic!' - Mario Party 8

Oops.

I have to take my hat off to Nintendo on this one however. Smash Bros. has been a PR-persons dream. Each day, little snippets and golden nuggets of information were released by Nintendo, keeping everyone interested throughout development. Drip-feeding a concept art here, a stage screenshot there certainly held my interest and even before the US reviews started flooding the net, raving about all the amazing new features rammed into one disc.

I could tell this was going to be something special indeed.

But me, I'm an old-fashion bastard. I'm going to buy the game, with all its bells and shiny new whistles and play as Samus, a recurring character, and one I don't entirely stink with (my friends will testify that I am 'OK' at the game, yet nowhere near their zen-like levels of skill).

This is probably my most anticipated game of 2008, which doesn't look set to be toppled anytime soon (I'm even inexplicably indifferent about Gears of War 2). it looks fantastic and this whole post is my proverbial thumbs up to Nintendo for doing such an awesome job and providing the fan service we were all expecting

(YAAAAY!!)

Much Love,

Dave