Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl was a fairly innocuous take on the Smash Bros. formula, and we quite liked it for what it was. A sequel is apparently in the works, at least, according to the constant pitter-patter of leaking information, loose threads, and developer insinuations which, together, present a pretty compelling picture.
As studiously documented by TheGamer, the saga began with the leaking of a series of images which suggested a new move for Patrick and model for Danny Phantom could be coming to the original game, and that the inimitable Squidward could join the cast. Then, what was supposed was new box art led some to start to think this might actually be a sequel, as it implied Vlad Plasmius, Jimmy Neutron, and Raphael from the Ninja Turtles would be joining the fight (in addition to a new art style).
Then Redditor Own_Philosopher_2008 posted this image yesterday, which looks to show El Tigre and Garfield duking it out on a testing map. Following that, the actual creator of El Tigre, Jorge R. Gutierrez, shared the same leak to Instagram with the caption, "here comes a new challenger!" adding further fuel to the flames.
If that wasn't enough, one of Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl's lead devs, Thaddeus Crews, reacted with a "this is fine" meme, in response to the leak, before dropping what could be the clincher, if you dare to believe:
It's probably fair to say the community for the original Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl has largely evaporated in the year since launch. At the time of this writing, there are less than two dozen players currently playing on Steam, and we can't imagine the story is very different on PlayStation.
Are you up for another go-around with Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl? Register your interest in the comments section below.
[source reddit.com, via thegamer.com]
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The sequel should be called Nickelodeon All-Star Melee.
Nickelodeon All Star Brawl was a good game, I’ll always stand by that. It’s such a shame that everyone just seems to have written off any interest in a sequel. It’s undoubtedly gonna launch with voice acting and items (since they were added post launch), and it’s likely to have crossplay since they were working on it for the original. Give it more quality offline content and then I don’t see why this can’t be an absolute winner.
The devs just need to polish and clean a few more things for the sequel. The first game had a lot there, it just needed a little more polish in a few areas.
Hopefully they do it for the sequel!
@Deoxyr1bose I think the issue was that Nickelodeon didn't trust them enough to give them a budget for the voices of these classic characters, leaving a lot to be desired. I was fairly certain this would be it but hopefully Nick isn't so frugal this time.
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