Super Smash Bros. (series): Difference between revisions

'''''Super Smash Bros./Brothers''''' ({{ja|大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ|Dairantō Sumasshu Burazazu}}, ''Great Fray Smash Brothers''), often shortened to '''''Smash Bros.''''' or simply '''''Smash''''', is a series of fighting games published by [[Nintendo]], featuring characters from franchises established on Nintendo systems. The series had a successful start in 1999 with the game ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' released on the [[Nintendo 64]]. It achieved even greater success with ''[[Super Smash Bros. Melee]]'', released in 2001 for the [[Nintendo GameCube]], becoming the best selling game on that system. The third installment, ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', was released on the [[Wii]] throughout the year of 2008. The fourth game in the series, ''[[Super Smash Bros. 4]]'', was released for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] on September 13th, 2014 in Japan, and on October 3rd for other regions (excluding Germany, where the game was released one day earlier, and Australia, where the game was released a day later), while the [[Wii U]] version was released on November 21st, 2014 in the Americas, and was released on November 28th, 2014 in Europe, the next day for Australia, and on December 6th, 2014 for Japan. [[Masahiro Sakurai]] has directed all four games despite [[HAL Laboratory]] handing the series to a new developer for ''Brawl''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.archive.org/web/20060717223706/www.smashbros.com/wii/en/story/page_3.html|title=web.archive.org/web/20060717223706/www.smashbros.com/wii/en/story/page_3.html<!--INSERT TITLE-->}}</ref>