{"id":91433,"date":"2019-04-04T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/04\/soapbox_i_dont_get_smash_bros_and_i_just_dont_know_why"},"modified":"2019-04-04T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T19:00:00","slug":"soapbox-i-dont-get-smash-bros-and-i-just-dont-know-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2019\/04\/04\/soapbox-i-dont-get-smash-bros-and-i-just-dont-know-why\/","title":{"rendered":"Soapbox: I Don’t ‘Get’ Smash Bros. And I Just Don’t Know Why"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Soapbox features enable our individual writers to voice their own opinions on various topics, opinions that may not necessarily be the voice of the site. In this piece, staff writer Gavin looks back on his history with the Smash Bros. series and tells us why he’s weary of the latest iteration on Switch…<\/em><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve all got different tastes when it comes to video games and, indeed, everything else in this world. We\u2019re all entitled to our opinions, of course, however \u2018wrong\u2019 they may be. People are welcome to believe that Skyward Sword<\/a><\/strong> is complete and utter trash, for example, although I remember having a cracking<\/em> time with it over Christmas 2011. Sure it\u2019s a slow starter, but I can\u2019t understand the vitriol it provokes in some corners of the internet. Alternatively, you might enjoy, say, 3D Sonic games; that\u2019s fine<\/em>. You won\u2019t hear any whining from me \u2013 we can still be friends.<\/p>\n

However, working for this website has magnified a personal issue I\u2019ve got with one of Nintendo\u2019s crown jewel franchises; something that\u2019s been bugging me for ages and which flared up last year with the launch of Switch\u2019s biggest game since Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong>. Yes, it\u2019s confession time \u2013 I just don’t understand the world\u2019s obsession with Super Smash Bros.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

As perplexing as this may be to some readers (and some colleagues \u2013 sorry Alex!), I just cannot<\/em> enjoy Smash in the way legions of fans seem to. I know I\u2019m not entirely alone and that there\u2019s a small band of us who watch from the side-lines with a sense of bemusement as the rest of the world goes Smash crazy. I see sales figures that show it\u2019s now the biggest selling Switch game in Japan<\/a> and I know it must be good \u2013 I know<\/em> I must be missing something, but I simply can\u2019t find a way in.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s certainly not for lack of trying \u2013 I\u2019ve been burned before, multiple<\/em> times. I bought (and subsequently sold) the first three games in the series. I picked up the original N64 game back in 1999 because, well, of course<\/em> I did. Just watch the intro for a reminder of how cool this mashup was:<\/p>\n