Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a 2008 crossover fighting game developed by Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo for the Wii. The third installment in the Super Smash Bros. series and the successor to Super Smash Bros. Melee, it was the first game in the series not to be developed primarily by HAL Laboratory. It was developed by a creative team under Sora that included members from several Nintendo and third-party development teams. It was announced at a pre-E3 2005 press conference by Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Masahiro Sakurai, director of the previous two games in the series, assumed the role of director at Iwata's request. Game development began in October 2005; after delays due to development problems, the game was released in Japan on January 31, 2008, North America on March 9, 2008, Australia on June 26, 2008, and Europe on June 27, 2008.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 2008
- Developer
- Sora Ltd.
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 31 January 2008 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Sora Ltd. |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platforms | Nintendo Wii |
| Genres | platform fighter, crossover fiction |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q843131, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Super Smash Bros. Brawl? How long to beat it
Total play time for Super Smash Bros. Brawl is about 196.2 hours to do everything, and around 11.5 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 11.5h | 229 |
| Main + the extras: story plus the side content most people do | 53.7h | 182 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 196.2h | 55 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Super Smash Bros. Brawl sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Super Smash Bros. Brawl lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 72ahead of 24% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 58ahead of 95% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Reviews written by people who have played it. These are separate from the GamingPickz Score and are never averaged into it: that score comes from thousands of Steam reviews with a sample-size correction, and a handful of unverified ratings would distort it rather than improve it.
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Common questions about Super Smash Bros. Brawl
What platforms is Super Smash Bros. Brawl on?
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is available on Nintendo Wii. It first released in 2008.
Who made Super Smash Bros. Brawl?
Super Smash Bros. Brawl was developed by Sora Ltd. and published by Nintendo.
How long does it take to beat Super Smash Bros. Brawl?
about 11.5 hours for the main story, 53.7 hours with the main extras, 196.2 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.