What genre is Brawl?

[Mattnumbers]

Now I know the obvious answer would be a fighting game, but think about it.

With the SSE we can add adventure, action, and platformer.

It also has some RPG elements to adventure mode, and it has a good deal of strategy in its gameplay too.

thoughts?
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[iMichael]

Masahiro, Sora and Nintendo are marking it down as an action game. So it's an action game as of now and will probably stay like that.

 

[Rx-]

I don't think it actually has RPG elements. It just has an adventure story. "Action" isn't really a genre, and "Platformer" is a subcategory of the Adventure genre.

So the SE Adventure mode is Platformer, and the Multiplayer mode is Fighting. And that's your answer.

 

[T-major]

are you kidding me? it's obviously a Music game....

seriously though, I would say Platform-Fighter. A fighter, with platforming elements and controls similarities.

 

[Micahc]

A competative fighting game. If anyone says "party game" I will eat you and your parents.

 

[Mattnumbers]

I don't think it actually has RPG elements.

I count a riveting storyline as an RPG element.(we don't know how good the story is yet though)
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[PsychoIncarnate]

A competative fighting game. If anyone says "party game" I will eat you and your parents.

If it was marketed as a competitive fighting game, it would only be marketed at a very small group of individuals and wouldn't have so many options, customizations and etc.

 

[Micahc]

If it was marketed as a competitive fighting game, it would only be marketed at a very small group of individuals and wouldn't have so many options, customizations and etc.

It's got a tourney mode, so I'm calling it competative.

 

[SmashWolf]

Lets see, its quite the mix. Fighter, platformer, action, adventure, and a party game. If you think of Samus, its a shooter too. Well, thats something, huh? I'll go for action, though.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

It's got a tourney mode, so I'm calling it competative.

Well then, your still wrong. It can be played competitively, but that's not it's genre

 

[Meta_Sonic64]

are you kidding me? it's obviously a Music game....

Really, I heard is was a Puzzle game

 

[00Elf]

I've always like the term "platform fighter" myself.

But that's the great thing about Nintendo, few of their games fall into a convenient category.

 

[Chi's Finest]

Fighter.

I know all the elemnts thrown into Brawl, but it's still a fighter. It's not like a fighting game hasn't had a storyline and platforms before.

 

[Micahc]

Well then, your still wrong. It can be played competitively, but that's not it's genre

Is competative even a genre? I calling it competative either way

I like platform fighter though... COMPETATIVE PLATFORM FIGHTER!!1!!1!1

 

[EDreams]

Every good game has strategy in it's gameplay, that doesn't somehow change it's genre.

It's a fighting game.

 

[Tatsujinken]

I see the versus mode as the main bulk of the game, so I'm still going to label Brawl as a fighter.

 

[I_R_Hungry]

let's just call it "variety" or something

it can be a fighting game, it can be a party game, it can be an action game =/

 

[Micahc]

let's just call it "variety" or something

it can be a fighting game, it can be a party game, it can be an action game =/

But can it be a music game?!

 

[Dark Paratroopa]

Smash Bros. should be its own genre.
I would say action though, it describes the game's elements the best.

 

[Mattnumbers]

But can it be a music game?!

Actually if you think about it the music is just about good enough to listen to without even playing the game.......lol.
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[bballstar23]

Woah, deja vu. I'm pretty sure someone's made this exact thread before.

 

[Chaosblade77]

I agree with the person a few posts up. It's in the "Smash Bros" genre.

I'd say it would probably be something like "Fighting, Adventure" since "platformer" is actually a subgenre.

 

[Fossilized Ursidae]

How many times will this thread be made?

 

[KingKraken]

Didn't a thread exactly like this get locked?

 

[Meta_Sonic64]

Does the genre even matter. It's not like you really care, you'll still get the game.

 

[TheMagicalKuja]

As far as genre goes, it doesn't even matter.

But one thing I will tell you that it's NOT: a button masher.

Any assmonkey that tells you it's a button masher, kick them in the crotch.

 

[ozg82889]

are you kidding me? it's obviously a Music game....

Really, I heard is was a Puzzle game

i heard it's a hentai game.


but a foolishness aside it's whatever nintendo decides to call it. they can call it a FPS if they wanted to (that would be wrong though).

 

[iMichael]

Does the genre even matter. It's not like you really care, you'll still get the game.

Exactly.

It's marked as an "Action" game so let it be...geesh.

 

[Metalknux]

A competative fighting game. If anyone says "party game" I will eat you and your parents.

"Party game."

I said it, and there isn't **** you can do about it. I hate when losers on the internet make threats.

 

[Micahc]

"Party game."

I said it, and there isn't **** you can do about it. I hate when losers on the internet make threats.

Pff... jerk...

 

[RyuDragonKing]

Action-Adventure/Platformer/Musical Brawler(lol brawl)/Competitive/RPG the list goes on.

 

[Rhubarbo]

Free-style fighting, platformer, it varies on the mode.

 

[Metalknux]

Pff... jerk...

I was being sarcastic... kinda.. I really don't know, I just felt like typing something. Nothing personal.

 

[Micahc]

I was being sarcastic... kinda.. I really don't know, I just felt like typing something. Nothing personal.

Ha ha, s'ok

This is spam so uuhhh...

Yeah, action game sums it up accurately if you don't want to define it as a "fighting" game.

 

[finalark]

It's a fighting game, just because it doesn't follow the same rules that Street Fighter set down doesn't mean it's not a fighter.

 

[sonic130]

A competative fighting game. If anyone says "party game" I will eat you and your parents.

Party game

 

[WeeklyJumpman]

Nintendo consider it an Action game.

 

[Rash]

Brawler, maybe?

 

[Chi's Finest]

Nintendo consider it an Action game.

Nintendo also uses HELL in an E game, but then edits it out of the same song in a T game. They don't know what they're doing half the time.

Brawl=Fighter because Chi's Finest said so.....

 

[Eight Sage]

Now I know the obvious answer would be a fighting game, but think about it.

With the SSE we can add adventure, action, and platformer.

It also has some RPG elements to adventure mode, and it has a good deal of strategy in its gameplay too.

Fighting game...

Super Mario 64 DS, for example, is an adventure game though it has a puzzle section. So you should pay attention to what you're saying! lol