Super Smash Bros
The Game: Mario is a platform game star. When someone says Mario platform games are the first things that will pop into your head. Of cours he has a lot of spin offs, but he's Mario- he basically invented the platform genre right? Well yes, but he also had his hand in the creation of several other sub genres, the most obvious of which is the kart racer. As mentioned else where in this article Super Mario Kart remained unique for a few years, but after Mario Kart 64 every game mascot found their way into a go kart and was hurling bombs and oil slicks at each other. Another genre team Mario established is the fatal four way cartoon brawler. And like Mario Kart it pretty much held a monopoly on its genre for a good number of years, that is until last years Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale came onto the scene. Sure Nintendo fanboys may point out the reviews weren't so hot so Drake's game, but you can bet your bottom dollar that there will be more games in this style to follow. A bit like Super Mario RPG, the original Super Smash Bros game seemed destined to get stuck abroad and not make it to UK shores. Luckily Nintendo learned their lesson and although we had to wait a year for it we did get the first Mario Smash em up. The game was great and unlike the Mario Kart series the game finally pitted Mario against the cream of the Nintendo crop. Mario vs. Link, Luigi vs. Pikachu and Kirby vs. Samus was all possible for the first time thanks to Smash Bros. Much like Mario Kart the series didn't truly take off until its first sequel when Super Smash Bros Melee hit the GameCube. With more Nintendo fighters, more modes and what can be regarded one of the best examples of achievement rewards system before there were achievements in games, the game was the killer app for Nintendo's purple Cube.
What It Says About You: You're the kind of person who when they were growing up used to rip the heads of Barbie dolls and melt ants under a magnifying glass. You are like Sid from Toy Story in this sense. When you were given that plush Mario doll for your twelfth birthday you decided to actually ram him down a drain pipe...only after hurling barrels at him of course. It's not good enough that Mario stomps Kooper Troopers or that whenever a Pokemon faints they can be revived, you want blood. You want to take all those stupid happy faces of the Nintendo mascots and batter and bruise them.
Sound Bite: Finally I get a chance to make Pikachu suffer!!!!
Favourite Non Mario games: Tom and Jerry Fists of Fury, Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale, Sonic The Fighters