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Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) January 25, 2008

Filed under: News — Floating World @ 8:32 am

Well, what do we have here…

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Yes, that’s Super Mario Bros.

Several memorable characters compete for brawl supremacy—that’s Super Smash Brothers Brawl in a nutshell.

But what about the past fights for each of those characters? What were they like?

It may sound impossible, but you can experience those battles in Brawl as well!

That’s right, for the first time ever, you can play trial versions of these games by the miracle of Virtual Console!

That’s what Masterpieces is! Here you can relive the greatest battles of the biggest star characters through demo versions of their games.

Here are some of the titles you can expect to see available in Brawl. Crazy, isn’t it?!

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world w 14 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) Ice Climber
(1985, NES)

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world w 10 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) Super Mario Bros.
(1985, NES)

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world w 09 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) The Legend of Zelda
(1987, NES)

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world w 18 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) Kid Icarus
(1987, NES)

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world w 04 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) Kirby’s Adventure
(1993, NES)

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world w 06 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) Super Metroid
(1994,Super NES)

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world w 03 Smash Bros Update: Masterpieces (VC Demos) Star Fox 64
(1997, Nintendo 64)

Whoaaa. Makes my head spin just seeing all those. You won’t need to be connected with Nintendo WFC to play these games.

Just remember, there are some NES classics in there as demos, so expect some of the time limits on those games to be so short that all you can do is laugh at how hard they are.

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I’m almost…to the top!

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Ahaha! Oh man, out of time already?!

That’s what a good demo is all about. It gives you just enough to let you appreciate the game. Plus it’s a lot of fun to see just how far you can go before the little time that you have runs out.

If you take a liking to one of the trial versions, you can always buy the full game through the Shop Channel! You might even find a couple titles that divert your attention from Brawl for a while.

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Some titles come with save data.

But hmm, it seems there are still titles hiding in the Masterpieces section.

Titles?! What games don’t I know about?! That discovery is part of the fun, isn’t it?

Masterpieces are called masterpieces for good reason, and each of the well loved characters here come from a past that is worthy of that title.

To end, I’d like to take this opportunity to send my thanks to all the game creators and affiliated parties who helped in making this possible.



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  • skunkchop
    You guys realize that if they have a demo of Super Mario Brothers that's at least five minutes, the whole game could be beaten. The record is 4:59:60.
    I can't wait for this game, it's amazing that they could fit so much things onto a regular Wii disc.
  • saf
    Is there a reason why the Japanese site has Earthbound and Fire Emblem, and the English site doesn't? D:
  • taylor
    YES! Earthbounds on there! :D
  • JimmyDief
    Good point about Earthbound. I bet you that this update gives a lot of people hope about that coming, and I'd love to play it.
  • king of hearts
    this is just silly.... some are timed and one level? they should just give us a demo of the game >.> or pull off an animal crossing and give us a few full games especially punch out...

    that reminds me....I havent visited my town in over three years O.O,
  • xero
    They should have Sonic since its on the VC.

    This is really awesome. I've always thought you should be able to download a demo of any game on the vc, it would make it so much more convenient and I might actually spend my Wii points.
  • familycircus
    I guess this means that earthbound is finally coming to VC.
  • I wonder if they'll have demos from the Sonic and Snake archives...
  • soho
    They're seriously using every ounce of that disk available.
  • scullum2001
    wow! ...that's all i have to say about that. haha
  • JB
    Yeah, all the games are on the disc!
  • scullum2001
    I don't really understand how this works. Are all these games/demos on the SSBB disc? If so, that's crazy!