Super Brawl Showdown!

The introductory screen to Super Brawl Showdown!

**Super Brawl Showdown!** is a 2022 fighting game developed by Maddie Ramirez (Grrlware). It is an unofficial fan-game, designed as both a sequel to, and a remake of, Super Brawl 2; bringing back every fighter from the first two games with additional mechanics and a series of improved movesets. It introduces several new series to Super Brawl, and expands on several others.

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Many of the menus integrate story elements into the game, introducing Lord Nitro (from Nicktoons Nitro) as the game's main antagonist. Ultimately, the game seeks to create the penultimate Super Brawl experience; intending to serve as an homage to the original Super Brawl games and the people who worked on them.

## Characters

### Fighters

The game began with 24 veterans from the original Super Brawl series (every fighter from Super Brawl 1 and 2, in addition to Korra from Super Brawl 3 and Lincoln Loud from Super Brawl World), in addition to 24 newcomers (some of which are meant to serve as newer or definitive versions of characters featured in Super Brawl 4, World, and Universe). As a result, the base roster started with a total of 48 playable characters from 24 different series; 10 of which were new.

Upon the release of version 0.2.0 Beta, the characters initially available were Classic Spongebob, Fanboy, Classic Timmy, Otis, Rico, Danny Phantom, Aang, King Julien, Dr. Blowhole, Bessie Higgenbottom, Patrick Star, Sheen Estevez, Spongebob, Plankton, Wubbzy, Dark Danny, and Invader Zim; for a total of 17 playable fighters. All beside the original eight were intended to be unlocked only for the duration of the Open Beta.

On January 26th, 2023, it was announced that four highly requested characters would be added to the base roster. The first of these to be revealed was Blue from Blue's Clues.

More playable characters will be added in future updates to the game.

### Assist Characters

Replacing the Fans system of Super Brawl 3, and the Brawl Calls of Super Brawl World, is the Artifacts system. Every stage in the game has a hidden Artifact object with a 20% of spawning each round. Collecting the Artifact will send it to your Vault, allowing you to equip it before entering any match. Equipping an Artifact allows you to summon an *Assist Character* once per round; each one providing a unique effect.

### Boss Characters

Super Brawl Showdown! features a gallery of boss characters that can be fought at the end of a Standard Tournament, in the Boss Rush game mode, or in one of the Campaigns. Boss characters are typically much larger than normal fighters, and have a significant amount of HP. Rather than playing like a normal match, boss characters have distinct phases; which grant them different abilities over time.

* King Neptune
* Vortian Suit Santa

#### Companion Characters

Companion characters are characters that either follow a fighter in the background of a stage, or are used as part of their moveset.

* Chum Chum - Stands alongside Fanboy and cheers him on.
	+ Only occurs when the playable version of Chum Chum is not selected.
* Poof - Summoned via Classic Timmy's down jump kick.
* Cosmo - Summoned via Classic Timmy's special attack.
* Wanda - Summoned via Classic Timmy's special attack.
* Mort - Stands alongside King Julien, and deals damage via special attack.
* Lobster - Summoned via Dr. Blowhole's down special attack.
* Mirror-Universe Patrick - Summoned via Patrick's down punch combo.
* Fanboy - Stands alongside Chum Chum and cheers him on.
	+ Only occurs when the playable version of Fanboy is not selected.
* Friend (Jellyfish) - Summoned via Spongebob's neutral special attack.
* GIR - Stands alongside Invader Zim, and deals damage via special attack.

#### Background Characters

Background Characters are characters that appear solely within the background of a stage.

* Jellyfish - Appears on the Jellyfish Fields stage.
* Boogregard Shlizetti - Appears on the Frosty Mart stage.
* Yo - Appears on the Frosty Mart stage.
* Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason - Appears on the Playground stage.
	+ Only occurs when the playable version of Kyle is not selected.
* Oz Harmounian - Appears on the Playground stage.
* Jorgen Von Strangle - Appears on the Fairy World stage.
* Dimmsdale Kids - Appears on the Carnival stage.
* Shrimp Puffs Cart - Appears on the Slavesdale stage.
* Abby - Appears on the Farm Road stage.
* Pip - Appears on the Farm Road stage.
* Skipper - Appears on the Penguin Lair stage.
	+ Only occurs when the playable version of Skipper is not selected.
* Kowalski - Appears on the Penguin Lair stage.
* Private - Appears on the Penguin Lair stage.
* Maurice - Appears on the Jungle stage.
* Sam Manson - Appears on the Amity Park stage.
* Tucker Foley - Appears on the Amity Park stage.
* Sokka - Appears on the Wasteland stage.
* Katara - Appears on the Wasteland stage.
* Appa - Appears on the Wasteland stage.
* Bessie Higgenbottom - Appears on the Pier 31 stage.
	+ Only occurs when the playable version of Bessie Higgenbottom is not selected.
* Penny Lefcowitz - Appears on the Pier 31 stage.
* Happy Higgenbottom - Appears on the Pier 31 stage.
* Portia Gibbons - Appears on the Pier 31 stage.
	+ Only occurs when the Pier 31 Artifact is not selected.
* Mr. Nesmith - Appears on the House of Pain, Zeenu, and Forgotten Temple stages.
	+ Only occurs when the playable version of Sheen Estevez is selected.
* Widget - Appears on the Wuzzleburg stage.
* Walden - Appears on the Wuzzleburg stage.

## Stages

The game began with 33 returning stages from the original Super Brawl series. It included every stage from Super Brawl 1 and 2 (including cut stages such as House of Pain), in addition to Super Brawl 3's Krusty Krab Alley and Aang Memorial Island, Super Brawl 4's Hall of Heroes, and Super Brawl World's NYC Subway and Loud House Sleepover. The game also introduces 23 new stages, bringing the total amount of stages on launch up to 57 stages.

Each stage has a hidden item known as an Artifact. These can be collected and stored within the Vault. There is a 20% chance an Artifact can spawn on a stage, and will often involve solving a simple puzzle to reveal the item. Artifacts can be equipped in the Character Selection menu.

Upon the release of the Beta version of the game, there were 45 stages initially available to players.

More stages will be added in future updates to the game.

## Update History

### Pre-Beta

The game began development in mid-2020, originally designed as a remake of Super Brawl 2. It was not officially announced until August 29th, 2022, when a video featuring House of Pain was uploaded. Several players received early-access builds after solving puzzles hidden in trailers showcasing each of the returning fighters.

### Open-Beta

Open-Beta Version 0.2.0 was released at 11:45am on December 14th, 2022. It broke 150 downloads within 24-hours, and received somewhat positive reviews. While Fanboy, Rico, Patrick, and Wubbzy were praised for their well-built movesets, Classic SpongeBob was mentioned to be underpowered, and many bugs were present in the initial build. Open-Beta Version 0.2.1 was released on December 15th to fix some of these bugs, and make some balances changes to both Classic SpongeBob and Patrick Star. These two versions of the game served as the launch of the Open-Beta; with Open-Beta Version 0.2.3 adding Spongebob and Plankton, reworking the King Neptune boss battle, and adding alternate colors.

With the release of Open-Beta Version 0.2.4, Super Brawl Showdown! was now run in Electron instead of NW.js. This resulted in the game being ported online and uploaded to several different websites; increasing the game's reach drastically. The update added an additional campaign, the Vortian Santa Suit boss battle, and made a variety of balance changes. On May 15th, 2023, the game reached 2000 downloads on its itch.io page.

## Gallery

The main menu screen of Super Brawl Showdown!
## Trivia

* **Super Brawl Showdown!** is the first large-scale Super Brawl fan game.
	+ The original plan was to create a **Super Brawl 2** clone featuring all fighters from **Super Brawl 1, 2, and 3**. Unfortunately, the **Super Brawl 3** fighters were cut (except for Korra), and the game took on its own identity.
* **Super Brawl 2**'s Plankton was the first fighter to be added to the game, followed by Spongebob.
	+ Despite this, the first characters to be considered officially complete were Classic Spongebob and Bessie Higgenbottom.
* Abrasive Spongebob, Mr. Krabs, Avatar State Korra, Zoe Avez, Olmec, Rocko, Doug, and Moose & Zee were all considered for the base roster, but were eventually cut from the game. Some of their unfinished character data still exists within the game's files.
	+ It has been rumored that some of these characters may return in future updates to the game.