Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

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**Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl** is a Nickelodeon crossover platform-fighting game developed by Ludosity and Fair Play Labs, and is published by GameMill Entertainment, a video game publisher who also published another Nickelodeon crossover game known as Nickelodeon Kart Racers (and it's sequel). In Europe, the game is published by Maximum Games, while 3goo publishes the game in Japan. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the latest entry of Nickelodeon's many Super Brawl series of games, which were originally only playable via internet browsers and mobile apps. This game is the very first in the series to be playable on video game consoles.

It was released on October 5, 2021 in most regions. An deluxe edition featuring the three paid DLC fighters a pack-in, *Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Ultimate Edition*, will be released on November 24, 2022. The game will also be released in Japan on that same day for the first time.

## Gameplay

Unlike the previous titles in the Super Brawl series, which were usually reminiscent and inspired by traditional fighters, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl takes the platform-fighter genre approach, consisting of gameplay similar to the Super Smash Bros. series of games. Characters battle on platformed stages in order to knock each other off-screen in order to win. As of right now, single player and multiplayer with up to 4 players is possible both locally and online. The game will utilize rollback netcode, which can bring the online gameplay to a very smooth experience.

### Mechanics

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a very complex platform-fighter with many different actions you can perform. Each character can walk, dash, perform light attacks, heavy attacks, and special attacks. Other actions include double jumps, blocking, grabbing and throwing, air dodging, wave-landing, and wavedashing. Attacks against fighters will build up their damage percentage, and the higher the percentage, the farther they get knocked back.

## Characters

### Fighters

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has a starting roster of 20 characters from various Nicktoons. Many were revealed at launch, while some were accidentally leaked via silhouettes on the box art pictures from retailers. The few remaining characters were revealed by game trailers. 2 more characters joined the roster as downloadable content shortly after launch. On May 13th, it was announced that XJ-9, Hugh Neutron, and Rocko were joining the game as the first premium DLC characters, releasing on May 13th, summer, and fall respectively.

*Italics* font indicates a character that is a newcomer to the series.

\* symbol indicates a character that is a paid DLC fighter.

### Non-Playable Characters

***SpongeBob SquarePants***

* Gary
* Jellyfish
* King Jellyfish
* Queen Jellyfish
* The Flying Dutchman
* Bikini Bottomites
* Glovey Glove
* Hans

***The Loud House***

* Lynn Loud, Jr.
* Lola Loud
* Lily Loud

## Stages

There are currently 25 different stages based on familiar locations you may recognize from many Nickelodeon shows. Every character has their own specific home stage.

## Modes

#### Battle

**Battle** is the default mode in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. This is a one-to-four player mode where you and your friends can select characters and play brawls to the rules of your choice! You can freely select the CPU characters as well, and set their difficulty level. Both free-for-alls and team matches can be set. After matches, you may also save replays.

##### Stock Match

**Stock Match** is an available match type under the battle mode. This is a match type where each fighter in a brawl has a certain amount of stock (lives). When a player is KO'd, they lose a stock. Losing all of your stock will result in being eliminated from the match. The last character who survives wins. You can also add a time limit to stock matches, and if time runs out, the character with the most stock at the end wins.

##### Timed Match

**Timed Match** is a selectable match type under the battle mode. Fighters brawl in a regular match until time is out, and whoever has the most KO's when time runs out is the winner. Unlike stock matches, characters will always respawn and you cannot be eliminated from battles.

##### Sports Match

**Sports Match** is the third available match type in battle mode. Fighters compete and see who can score the most points by attacking a ball into a star-shaped goal. These matches can have time added to them, or you can have a "first-to-score" point limit. You can also customize and select the ball type that you play with during matches.

##### Training

**Training Mode** is a mode where you are meant to practice the game. You can select any character and stage you'd like. There is no time limit nor stock amount. You can set the opponent's level and damage percentage, display hitboxes, and view attacks frame-by-frame.

##### How To Play

**How To Play** is a scrollable menu where you can learn how to control and play the game.

#### Arcade

**Arcade Mode** is a single-player mode in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. You pick a character, and battle through a series of 7 stock matches. Your opponents are completely random, as well as the stages. Winning Arcade mode can unlock you goodies, such as profile icons, artwork in the gallery, and music in the Jukebox. The higher the difficulty, the more aggressive the computer players will be. You will also have less stock during matches while the computer gains more stock, putting you both at an equal amount.

#### Online Mode

**Online Mode** is a selectable mode in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. In this mode, you can battle with players all over the world. You can also set up a player profile that will be displayed to people you encounter.

##### Competitive Play

**Competitive Play** is one of the selectable sub-modes in Online Mode. Players will randomly match up with another player online in a 1v1, 3 stock, 6 minute match. Only a few competitive-friendly stages are available to select. Winning a match will increase your competitive Player Rating, losing a match will lead to it decreasing.

##### Quick Play

**Quick Play** is one of the selectable sub-modes in Online Mode. Similar to Competitive Play, players are thrown into a 1v1, 3 stock, 6 minute match. However, unlike Competitive Play, all stages are available for players to select. Winning or losing a match will not change your player rating, and it is hidden for this mode as it is casual-friendly.

##### Online Lobbies

**Online Lobbies** is the third selectable sub-mode in Online Mode. Here, you can create either a public or private room for up to 11 other friends or random players to participate in battles and spectate. You can make either a casual or competitive lobby. In a competitive lobby, the ruleset is always set to 1v1, 3 stocks, and 6 minutes. In a casual lobby, you can freely set the match-type and amount of players to whatever you please.

#### Extras

**Extras** are bonus content found in the game that don't involve typical gameplay. Some of the content involves unlockable goodies that are earned from clearing Arcade Mode.

##### Gallery

The **Gallery** is a place where you can take a look at various images of fighters and stages in the game. You can also look at images of non-playable characters seen throughout the game. Many images in the gallery have to be unlocked by clearing Arcade Mode with various different fighters.

##### Moves

**Moves** is a hub where you can take a look at each of the fighter's different attacks and learn the inputs needed to use them. You can also view descriptions of the special attacks.

##### Replays

**Replays** is a section where you can view videos of matches that you have saved. You can pause matches and fast-forward them.

##### Jukebox

The **Jukebox** is a menu where you can listen to the many music tracks that are in the game. You can unlock songs by clearing Arcade mode.

##### Credits

The **Credits** is a menu where you can view all of the game's credits.

## Reception

### Pre-Release

Upon reveal, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was heavily praised via fans. Many were excited to see Nickelodeon characters duke it out. Hype for the game increased even further when it was shown that Ludosity handled the development, as they also had worked on the well-received platform fighter "*Slap City".*

### Post-Launch

After release, the game has received mixed reception. The gameplay, mechanics, roster, and music were praised by many, though the price, lack of voice-acting, graphics, items, crossplay, and extra modes were criticized. It received a 7/10 rating from IGN and NintendoLife.

## Gallery

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's logo.Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's base-game fighter roster.SpongeBob and Patrick on Jellyfish Fields
## Trivia

* Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the first game in the Super Brawl series to:
	+ Be released on a video game console.
	+ Feature downloadable content.
	+ To **not** feature any content from *The Fairly OddParents*.
		- It is the second game, if you count Super Brawl 3: Just Got Real as another official entry.
	+ To **not** have all four ninja turtles as playable characters since their addition, as only Leonardo and Michelangelo appear.
	+ To be developed by multiple different studios. (Fair Play Labs and Ludosity)
	+ To feature a playable fighter from *The Wild Thornberrys*, *The Ren & Stimpy Show,* *AAAHH!!! Real Monsters*, and *Garfield*.

* Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the third Nickelodeon-themed game to be published by GameMill Entertainment.
	+ The first two are Nickelodeon Kart Racers and Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix.
* Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the only game in the Super Brawl series to not feature the word "Super" in its title.