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Brutal Favoritism is the latest in a long line of umbrella projects created by Rocky. It is a 3D fighting game, developed for the Nintendo Switch and released on October 9th, 2023, coinciding with the creator's birthday. The game is a collection of many of the creator’s favorite characters from many different franchises.
Unlike many umbrella fighters, including a past attempt by Rocky himself, this game is not in the 2D fall-off-the-stage format of Super Smash Bros. Rather, it is a 3D fighter similar to games such as Splatoon. Your end goal is to wear down the Stamina of all of your opponents; whoever manages to do that--or simply survive the longest--is the winner of that match.
A proper sequel, Brutal Favoritism II, is set to begin development. A spin-off sequel has also been commissioned and has begun development, entitled Banquet Favoritism, as well as a proper story sequel, RPG Brutally Yours.
Gameplay[]
The gameplay takes after the style of games such as Splatoon. Players are placed in a large three-dimensional arena with the intention of fighting each other and lowering other fighters’ stamina. When a fighter’s stamina reaches zero, they are ko’d and can no longer fight, but can still spectate the fight.
Controls[]
The game can be played with either a pair of Joy-Cons or a Nintendo Pro Controller. A Dance Dance Revolution pad can also be plugged in to give the player a “hard mode” of sorts, as navigating the map will be nigh impossible.
Menu Controls[]
The menu can also be accessed using the Joy-Con’s gyro controls. Pointing the controller means you don’t need to use the stick to scroll through.
Button | Function |
L Stick | Move cursor across the screen |
R Stick | Rotates the screen roughly 0.2% in the direction tilted. Press down on the stick to reset the camera. |
A | Select |
B | Go back |
X | Invert colors. Press again to uninvert. |
Y | Set colors to grayscale. Press again to ungrayscale. |
Battle Controls[]
Button | Function |
L Stick | Moves the Character |
R Stick | Turns the Camera |
Left/Right/Up/Down Buttons | Press this button at the same time as B to perform a Combo. |
A | Perform a basic punch/kick move. Hold it down to power up the attack. |
B | Perform the Character’s Special moves. |
X | Jump |
Y | Use/Pick up Item |
L | Shield |
R | Recenter the Camera |
ZL/ZR | Taunt |
Game Modes[]
There are several different game modes that can be accessed from the main menu. Each of these menus plays differently and is just as fun as any other game mode that can be accessed, so not playing through all of them would be a waste of time.
Brutality[]
The big blue square takes you to the game's main battle mode. This is where the fun begins. There are a few alternate battle options you can give yourself, including the following:
- Battle - The generic 2-8 person squabble. Pick this one if you just want a standard good time!
- Strikeout - It's a normal battle, except characters chosen are removed from the roster after having played as them, acting similarly to SSBU’s Smashdown. This forces you to figure out how to win as everybody.
- Uniquity - Time to customize your battles! You want everybody to be massive? Go for it! Everyone is 5x as fast? Please! Everyone's stamina gradually depletes over the course of the battle? Give me more!
- Tourney - Set up a big bracket to determine who is truly the best! This can house up to 64 fighters if you want to get that crazy.
- Gamble - Bet cash on who you believe will win the upcoming battle! If the fighter you bet on wins, your bid is doubled. If they lose, your money goes to the fighter that actually won.
If you accuse me of just copying Smash Ultimate's battle modes, I'll simply laugh and say "hey, if it ain't broke, don't fix it" and then probably dab or something.
Selecting Battle takes you to the character select screen. The screen is similar to that of Super Smash Bros; characters are arranged in a large rectangle with a simple icon to identify them. Above the rectangle is a dropdown menu. Opening this allows you to alter the game’s rules, including the time limit, the amount of stamina a fighter has, and what items can appear.
When everyone has selected a fighter, it transitions to the stage select. The stages, like the fighters, are arranged in a rectangle identified by an icon. Their spot on the rectangle corresponds directly with where their home character is on the character roster. Once the stage is chosen, players are sent to a random spot on the stage and the battle begins.
The default time limit of a battle is 5 minutes. This can be altered if it is too long or too short, of course. During those five minutes, your objective is to find the other fighters scattered throughout the stage and deplete their stamina. While Smash Bros is largely based on combat, this game is more oriented on strategy; if you can find a place to wait out your opponents and catch them off guard, or find a means of depleting a large amount of stamina at once, it will be much more effective than just running into combat blindly.
When all other players have their stamina completely depleted, or the time limit runs out, the players are all placed on a podium in front of a cheering crowd, with the top three on platforms labeled 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Another possible victory animation is to have the top three fighters driven through a crowd on karts from Mario Kart: Double Dash!!, with the top player on the Parade Kart driven by Toadsworth.
Campaign[]
The big yellow bubble will take you to Brutality Forever, the game's story mode. While it's designed as a single-player experience, up to four players can take part in the action at once. Up to three save files can be stored, and rewards can be passed from one file to another if you want a harder/easier experience.
There are five different difficulties you can play under. You can choose either Pharmacist, Kingpin, Golfer, Engineer, or Chef. The difficulties are deliberately confusing, giving the player unnecessary stress over which difficulty to choose. As the player may find out, however, each difficulty setting provides the exact same play experience; each title is completely arbitrary in every sense of the word.
The complete story can be read and appreciated here.
Online[]
The big orange oval in the bottom-left part of the screen allows you to battle online. The primary way to do this is by random matchup. Each time you get a kill, your Favoritism Score (FS) increases. The game's all-knowing algorithm will do its best to match you with players of a similar FS. If no one is available, a game dev will match with you and use hacks to completely demolish you without affecting your FS.
You can also battle with friends.
Challenges[]
The blue star-shaped button will take you to the challenge board. Each challenge will give you some random reward when it is completed. A full list of the challenges can be found here.
Vault[]
The pink treasure chest-shaped button takes you to the Vault, in which you can look back on past victories and such. Your variety of options within the vault includes the following:
- STATS - See who you play as the most often, who you get the most kills as, what stage you play on the most, how many online battles you've won, the total amount of time you've spent in the game, and so much more. This is the big meaty one.
- MKTV - A cameraman Lakitu can replay any past battle you've had and hone in on any highlights. You can also edit videos to clip a particularly fun part, add weird visual effects, and other fun video editing tricks. These can then be added to the Switch's photo album.
- AMAZON MUSIC UNLIMITED: A PAID SPONSORSHIP - An Amazon Alexa will assist you in listening to any of the music you've unlocked. You can put it into playlists if you want. If you link your Amazon Prime account to the game, you can then transfer this playlist to your Amazon Music app and listen to this music on the go.
- HINTS - Need advice on how to succeed in the game? Come read some random hints and glean yourself some new information.
- DEMO DISCS - Completing the Pit of 100 Deaths with each character will unlock a Demo Disc for them. You will be able to either watch a clip of the movie/television series they come from, or play a brief portion of a notable game they come from. A full list of the demo discs can be found here.
- CUTSCENES - After clearing a chapter in Brutality Forever, you can come here to relive the cutscenes you watched! Lovely!
- AMAZON PRIME: A PAID SPONSORSHIP - This is the shop! You can use the Cash you've earned in battle to unlock new game modes, music, or costumes or something.
Games[]
The skinny blue baseball bat-shaped button towards the bottom of the screen will take you to a collection of minigames. Play these with friends locally or online! Or by yourself! See if I care! The games include the following:
- PIT OF 100 DEATHS - You're thrown into the gauntlet and need to travel down one hundred floors, battling a random foe or combination of foes on each floor. On floor 100, you'll fight a random boss from the campaign. Try and speedrun this or something.
- KING OF THE HILL - A random spot on a random map will be designated as the titular Hill. The first player to get there and stay there for a full sixty seconds wins.
- AMOGUS - One random character is designated as the Impostor, who seeks to kill everyone as quickly and as stealthily as possible. Everyone else needs to do a bunch of menial tasks and thus stop the Impostor before they all die.
- TRAINING - Want to practice as a particular character on a particular stage? This low-stakes mode allows you to practice fighting as whoever you want, whenever you want, wherever you want.
Settings[]
The black gear-shaped button in the bottom-right corner allows you to adjust some of the core settings to enhance your gameplay experience. Some highlights from the settings include the following:
- VOICE - You can toggle the extent to which characters will have voice acting in battles. They can have fully written dialogue, simple grunts a la the original LEGO games, or be completely silent.
- BALANCE - You can give certain buffs or handicaps to specific characters. For example, if you find yourself consistently losing as Rosalina, you can give Rosalina 3x damage output and demolish everyone. Alternatively, if your cousin relentlessly demolishes you every time they play as Miles Morales, you can give Miles -3x damage output and watch them flounder.
- SIMPLE - You can adjust each stage's layout to get rid of unnecessary size, structures, or creatures. If you just want a simple fisticuffs match instead of running all over Rogueport looking for someone, use this.
- GORE - Default gameplay keeps every hit incredibly cartoonish and doesn't spill a drop of blood. If you crank up the gore meter, however, you can see visible pain and suffering inflicted on characters as they're trounced. Use this with caution.
- CONTROLS - You can re-map functions to different buttons if you're uncomfortable with how things are laid out. You can also drop some functions altogether; make every button the taunt button, see if I'll do anything about it.
Characters[]
The game includes a large cast of characters. Casting is not based on popular opinions, but rather the creator’s own personal preferences. Characters have movesets similar to those in Super Smash Bros., although they perform differently than they do in Smash. Characters can also perform a Combo by pressing the two triggers at the right time.
Default Characters[]
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Hammer Luigi swings his hammer from Mario & Luigi in front of him. Depending on the terrain, he can temporarily bury someone in the ground. Side Special: Fire Flower Up Special: Negative Zone Down Special: Poltergust GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Better Brother |
Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: Fire Hammer Luigi slams his hammer down now covered in fire. Neutral/Up: Negative Hammer Neutral/Down: Polter Hammer Side/Up: Negative Fire Side/Down: Fire Vacuum Up/Down: Negative Polter |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Wand Wave Rosalina waves her wand. If it physically hits someone, it does damage. But the wave itself sends a bolt of magic that does even more damage. Side Special: Star Bits Up Special: Launch Star Down Special: Star Spin GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Obscure Power-Ups |
Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: Bit Hit Rosalina hits three Star Bits with her wand as if it was a baseball bat and the bits were baseballs. Neutral/Up: Launching Wand Neutral/Down: Wanded Spin Side/Up: Star Bits Launching Side/Down: Star Bit Spin Up/Down: Launching Spin |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Paintbrush Swipe Bowser Jr’s primary weapon that he only used once is a magic paintbrush that can cover surfaces with paint. Junior swipes in front of himself with his brush. If he hits a surface, it is covered with a fiery paint that will burn if touched. Side Special: Mecha Koopa Up Special: Clown Car Down Special: Wax On GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Koopa Pack, Attack Neutral Special: Mario X Shadow Mario is notorious for the random X’s he graffitis all over the place. In this move, he scrawls one in front of him. If in front of a surface, it will stick and cause damage when touched. If not, it’ll just explode. Side Special: Polluted Piranha Up Special: Hover FLUDD Down Special: Wax Off GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Bloop of the Gooper Blooper |
Super Mario Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: Painted Mecha Koopa Neutral/Up: Painted Car Neutral/Down: Painting Shadow Side/Up: Mecha Koopa Car Side/Down: Mecha Shadow Up/Down: Clown Car Mario
Neutral/Side: Piranha X Neutral/Up: Hover X Neutral/Down: X Away Side/Up: Piranha Hover Side/Down: Polluted Conversion Up/Down: Hover Switch |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Tongue Yoshi extends his abnormally long tongue. If he can reach a foe worth it, the foe will be swallowed and then trapped in an egg. If he can reach some sort of item, the item will be eaten and restores stamina. Side Special: Egg Roll Up Special: Blimp Yoshi Down Special: Poochy GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Wooly World |
Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: Egg Catapult Yoshi balances an egg on his tongue and launches it into the sky. It deals damage both when it hits something on the ascent, as well as splash damage when it crashes back to earth. Neutral/Up: Blimping Tongue Neutral/Down: Poochy Spit Side/Up: Egg Blimp Side/Down: Poochy Omelet Up/Down: Poochy Blimp |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Pokio Cappy possesses a Pokio, those big-beaked birds at Bowser’s Chinese castle. As a Pokio, he pokes his beak forward once before un-possessing and returning to just Cappy. Side Special: Glydon Up Special: Uproot Down Special: Shiverian Racer GRAND STAR SPECIAL: T-Rex |
Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: Pokio Glide Cappy becomes a Pokio and pokes forward, then leaps forward before returning to just Cappy. Neutral/Up: Uproot Poke Neutral/Down: Shiverian Poke Side/Up: Uproot Glide Side/Down: Glydon Pound Up/Down: Stretchy Shiverian |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Flip Utilizing the dimension-hopping ability from Super, Paper Mario flips into the 2D dimension for roughly 0.4 seconds to dodge any incoming attacks. It’s a tricky move to master, but once you do you’ll be unstoppable. Side Special: Koops Kick Up Special: Spring Jump Down Special: Head Rattle GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Earth Tremor |
Paper Mario |
Neutral/Side: Flipping Koops Paper Mario tosses Koops in the air and sends him into the 2D realm. Koops returns on top of a foe. Neutral/Up: Spring Flip Neutal/Down: Flip Hammer Side/Up: Koops Spring Side/Down: Koops Hammer Up/Down: Spring Hammer |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Skull Gem Flavio inserts the Skull Gem into a rock. The Gem then flies out of the rock and deals a good amount of damage to anyone hit. The rock then explodes. Side Special: Chuckola Cola Up Special: Two Stache Bros Down Special: Coconut GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Second Richest Man |
Paper Mario |
Neutral/Side: Skull Chuckola Flavio uses his Skull Gem to crack open a bottle of Chuckola Cola, then throws both in front of him in hopes of breaking a foe's knees. Neutral/Up: Stache Skulls Neutral/Down: Coconut Gem Side/Up: Chuckola Rocks Side/Down: Chuckoconut Up/Down: Coconut Stones |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Inhale Kirby sucks. If an opponent gets caught in his inhalation, Kirby spits them out and then looks like them and can perform their neutral special. Yes, it’s his Smash move. Side Special: Air Ride Up Special: Parasol Down Special: Rickroll GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Mass Attack |
Kirby |
Neutral/Side: Inhalation Air Ride While on his warp star shooting forward, Kirby sucks in as much as possible. This will not only inhale a foe in his path but deal lots of damage. Neutral/Up: Sucky Parasol Neutral/Down: Rickhale Side/Up: Parasolic Air Ride Side/Down: Air Ride Rick Up/Down: Parasol Rick |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Meta Stab Meta Knight takes out his sword and jabs in front of him about fifty times. If you are caught in the stabbing, you won’t be able to escape for a long time. Side Special: Meta Spin Up Special: Meta Fly Down Special: Meta Mask GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Meta Cloak |
Kirby |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
GIMMICK: Duo Wally and Gallade fight as a duo; each one moves at the same time. You can only control one of them at a time, but both will attack at the same time. You can swap who you are controlling by taunting. When your stamina reaches half of its maximum, the one you are controlling will faint and you are forced to play as the other one. Neutral Special: Repel | Psycho Cut Side Special: Great Ball | Close Combat Up Special: Escape Rope | Aerial Ace Down Special: X Attack | Swords Dance GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Mega Gallade |
Pokémon |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Dragon Claw Flygon rushes forwards a bit and slices with a now purple-shaded claw. The purple adds more power to it. Side Special: Flamethrower Up Special: Fly Down Special: Earthquake GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Draco Meteor |
Pokémon |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Thunderbolt Alolan Raichu has a bolt of lightning come down to the ground and zap an opponent. It’s essentially Pikachu’s Smash move. Side Special: Volt Tackle Up Special: Psychic Down Special: Spark GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Electro Ball |
Pokémon |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Party Popper Isabelle pulls out a popper, which explodes and deals a large amount of knockback to anyone hit. Side Special: Donation Gyroid Up Special: Town Tree Down Special: Paw-Print Wall GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Flower Clock |
Animal Crossing |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Bells Tom Nook throws a Bell at an opponent, which bounces off of them and falls on the ground. It’s a stage hazard from then on. Side Special: Umbrella Up Special: Slingshot Down Special: Net GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Home Loan |
Animal Crossing |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Dash Side Special: Dark Cannon Up Special: Float Down Special: Catch on Fire GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Subspace Bomb
Neutral Special: Eye Laser Side Special: Robot Tornado Up Special: Rocket R.O.B. Down Special: Gyomite GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Landmaster |
Super Smash Bros.
Super Smash Bros. |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Lead Steve attaches a string of lead to a foe, causing them to be dragged behind him for a good ten seconds. Side Special: Hoe Up Special: Slime Block Down Special: TNT GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Nether Portal |
Minecraft |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | CRAZY DAVE |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Peashooter Dave holds a Peashooter, which shoots a projectile at a foe. It doesn’t do a whole lot of damage on its own, so shoot it a bunch. Side Special: Chomper Up Special: Cactus Down Special: Sunflower GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Cob Cannon |
Plants vs. Zombies |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | OLD MAN |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Cooking Standing over a fire, Old Man reaches for a foe and tries to throw them into the fire. If successful, Old Man steals up to 50 Stamina from the foe. Side Special: Woodsman’s Axe Up Special: Paraglider Down Special: Remote Bomb GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Major Test of Strength |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
GIMMICK: Duo Dipper and Mabel fight as a duo; each one moves at the same time. You can only control one of them at a time, but both will attack at the same time. You can swap who you are controlling by taunting. When your stamina reaches half of its maximum, the one you are controlling will faint and you are forced to play as the other one. Neutral Special: TBA Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Gravity Falls |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Gravity Falls |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | MICHAEL SCOTT |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Dundie Michael takes out a Dundie and throws it forward. Side Special: Hockey Stick Up Special: Plasma Screen TV Down Special: I Feel Very Blessed GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Should’ve Burned This Place Down When I Had the Chance |
The Office |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA<be> |
Moves | TROY AND ABED |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Community |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | LUKE SKYWALKER |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Star Wars |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | HAN SOLO |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Star Wars |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | WALL-E |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Pixar |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | EARIO |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Brawl in the Family |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | CALVIN |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Transmigrifier Gun Calvin fires his Transmogrifier Gun which turns an opponent into some random inanimate object for about three seconds, receiving some damage during that time. Side Special: Water Balloon Up Special: Springboard Down Special: Snowman GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Calvin and Hobbes |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | MILES MORALES |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Venom Strike Miles jabs his hand forward and shocks whomever he hits. They are knocked back quite a ways, and are dealt a good deal of damage. Side Special: Slap These Up There Up Special: Thwip, Release Down Special: Fight-or-Flight Thing GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Shoulder Touch |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | PETER B. PARKER |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Selecting a Bagel Peter rolls a bagel down his arm and flings it at a foe. While a single bagel does minimal damage, it can be used in rapid forensic to greatly harm an enemy. Side Special: Don’t Make me Take it from You Up Special: Spider-Man Doesn’t Wear Capes Down Special: Turn On the Charm GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | MAVERICK |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Swipe Maverick swings his paw forward, giving a nasty cut to anyone he hits. This move can Ben used over and over to deal constant damage. Side Special: Pounce Up Special: Leap Down Special: Hiss GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Cat Tower |
Salutationary |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Unlockable Characters[]
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Headbutt Wiggler lunges forward and smashes his head into whatever may be in front of him. Side Special: Charged Sprint Up Special: Flutter Down Special: Roll GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Sun Shines on Wiggler |
Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Banana Peel Toadette drops a banana peel behind the kart. If an opponent slips on it, they will stumble for a few seconds and take damage. Side Special: Red Shell Up Special: Glider Down Special: Lightning GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Golden Mushroom |
Super Mario |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Shade Fist Vivian throws a single punch. There’s a lot of power behind that punch, though; whoever gets hit will fly backwards a good ways. Side Special: Infatuate Up Special: Fiery Jinx Down Special: Veil GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Superbombomb |
Paper Mario |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | LORD CRUMP |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Paper Mario |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | RAWK HAWK |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Paper Mario |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | KORAIDON |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Pokémon |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Pokémon |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Spear Jab Bandana Dee jabs his spear forwards and stabs anyone in his way. Side Special: Pole Vault Up Special: Spear Chopper Down Special: Speararang GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Mega Spear |
Kirby |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Boko Club Bokoblin swings his club forwards. It deals a lot of knockback if it does hit someone. Side Special: Boko Spear Up Special: Boko Bow Down Special: Boko Shield GRAND STAR SPECIAL: Moblin |
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Gravity Falls |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Gravity Falls |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | DWIGHT SCHRUTE |
Combos |
Neutral Special: Sucker Punch Dwight punches twice in front of him. The second punch, if it lands, will catch the opponent off guard and cause them to fall to the ground. Side Special: Bull Tranquilizer Up Special: Bouncy Castle Down Special: Beet GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
The Office |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | DARTH VADER |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Star Wars |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | EVE |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Pixar |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Brawl in the Family |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | HOBBES |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Calvin and Hobbes |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | SPIDER-MAN NOIR |
Combos |
Neutral Special: TBA
Side Special: TBA Up Special: TBA Down Special: TBA GRAND STAR SPECIAL: TBA |
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Moves | Combos | |
Neutral Special: Power Stone Thanos punches forward while using new the Power Stone. His punch sends opponents flying backwards. Side Special: Mind Stone Up Special: Space Stone Down Special: Reality Stone GRAND STAR SPECIAL: It Costs Everything |
Marvel Cinematic Universe |
Neutral/Side: TBA Neutral/Up: TBA Neutral/Down: TBA Side/Up: TBA Side/Down: TBA Up/Down: TBA |
Unlocking Criteria[]
All characters can be unlocked by having them join your party in the story mode, but there are other ways to unlock them as well. After completing one of the criteria listed, you will need to defeat the character you are unlocking in a 1v1 battle on their home stage.
Name | Criteria |
Wiggler | Win 10 matches as any Super Mario character. Play 20 matches on any Super Mario stage. |
Toad and Toadette | Win 20 matches as any Super Mario character. Win 15 matches on any stage from Mario Kart. |
Vivian | Win 15 matches as any Paper Mario character. Receive or defeat Beldum, Marilyn, or Doopliss from the Buddy Taxi 30 times total. |
Lord Crump | Win 30 matches as any Paper Mario character. Get fifty consecutive hits on Flavio in a single combo. |
RAWK HAWK | Win 69 matches on a Paper Mario stage. Find his underground gym beneath Rogueport. |
Koraidon | Win 100 matches total. Defeat the Miraidon stage boss ten times. |
Metagross | Stand still for five consecutive minutes without taking any damage. Perform a basic kick attack 200 times. |
Bandana Dee | Win 15 matches as any Kirby character. Use the Bandana item 15 times. |
Bokoblin | Win 20 matches as any BotW character. Use the same character 35 times. |
Gideon | Play on any Gravity Falls stage 20 times. Lose as Dipper or Stanley 40 times total. |
Dwight Schrute | Play on a The Office stage 50 times Win as Michael Scott 50 times. |
Darth Vader | Play on any Star Wars stage 60 times. As Luke Skywalker, fall into lava for a prolonged period of time. |
EVE | Win 50 times as WALL-E. Find the plant in the boot on the Trash Planet stage and take it to the landing site. |
Kingsonn Dededoo | Play on any Brawl in the Family or Kirby stage 50 times. Obtain Dedede from the Buddy Taxi 15 times. |
Thanos | Win ten battles with exactly half of your maximum stamina remaining. Unlock half of the total roster. |
Stages[]
These are the stages that you can perform battles on during battle. Many of them have stage hazards within them, which can be turned off in the settings. Also, each stage has a stage boss that, when defeated, will grant the defeater an extra 100 stamina for the remainder of the battle.
Default Stages[]
Image | Name | Description | Home Character |
Luigi's Mansion Luigi's Mansion/Mario Kart: Double Dash!! |
The location of Luigi's first (and potentially only) standalone series with him as the main protagonist. Although I have not yet played this game, I have a good understanding of the plot-King Boo ironically traps Mario in a painting and Luigi goes in to save him armed with a vacuum. Let me know if I’m way off. This stage is largely based off of its battle course appearance in Double Dash. You can play in its exterior and have ghosts swarm you, but you can also go inside and have more ghosts swarm you. The layout inside is pretty much identical to the aforementioned battle course, so have fun with that. |
Luigi | |
Comet Observatory Super Mario Galaxy |
The giant space station-esque building up in space. It’s not really a space station, rather; more of a home for Lumas and a space princess. It’s fairly peaceful, although a bit difficult to navigate the first time you play Galaxy, admittedly. This stage encompasses the whole of the Observatory. Every single difficult-to-find area of it can be explored. Of course, you can’t enter the tiny buildings and fly to different galaxies. That would make this Mario Galaxy. Lumas throughout the stage can throw items to either hurt or help you. |
Rosalina | |
Delfino Plaza Super Mario Sunshine |
The hub of everyone’s favorite Mario platformer. This is the place Mario was convicted of covering the island in paint and stealing their sunshine--literally. But, of course, it was actually our good friend Bowser Junior, or Shadow Mario. In this stage, you can travel around the entire city. You cannot, however, enter any graffiti, pipes, or cannons that take you to other areas. You can enter the gate leading to Corona Mountain if you want an added challenge. If you obtain a Shine Sprite and take it to the arch, you have added power for a time. |
Bowser Jr. | |
Pinna Park Super Mario Sunshine |
The local amusement park of Isle Delfino. It has a roller coaster, merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, and a giant mechanical Bowser. So, you know, everything you need for a good time. This was also the place that nearly made me hate Yoshi, given how annoying they are in Sunshine. This stage takes place in all of the park, including the outside with the Monty Mole Tank thing. You can ride the rides and get good vantage points to attack from different angles. |
Yoshi | |
Bonneton Super Mario Odyssey |
The tutorial stage of one of the greatest Switch games yet released! This land is filled with buildings shaped like top hats and a bunch of spaceships that are also shaped like top hats. It’s also filled with hat ghosts that can very well take possession of your soul for a bit. This encompasses all of the Kingdom that can be explored in Super Mario Odyssey. However, it takes place after the place has recovered from Bowser’s assault, so the airships are functional. Bonnetors are stage hazards that can take possession of your character for a short time. |
Cappy | |
Rogueport Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door |
The port of rogues serves as the hub of the greatest RPG ever created, for Mario or otherwise. It was once a bustling city a thousand years ago, but calamity struck in the form of Princess Peach’s demon form, and reduced the town to its current glory. This stage encompasses all of the town, much like Delfino Plaza. Also like Delfino, you cannot enter any areas that would take you to different parts of PM:TTYD, such as the Excess Express or Rogueport Sewers. |
Paper Mario | |
S.S. Flavion Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door |
The prize jewel of Flavio’s collection of expensive things, the S.S. Flavion is the very ship that carries Mario and crew to Keelhaul Key. It was on this ship that Cortez attacked them with his ghost army and eventually destroyed it, thus ruining Flavio’s hopes of being rich forever. This stage moves throughout different places in TTYD. It starts in Rogueport Harbor. Then it sets sail to the open sea, where the majority of the battle happens. If the battle runs for too long, Cortez’s army will invade the boat, causing it to be destroyed. The remainder of the fight will take place on the shore of Keelhaul Key. |
Flavio | |
Whispy Woods Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards |
In this Kirby game, Whispy Woods is fought for the first time in 3D. It was probably the only boss battle in Kirby 64 I had the willingness to play towards in all honesty. But it was a nice break from the norm of Whispy Woods battles; you walk around him instead of in front of him! The stage in this game takes place in this very boss battle. You aren’t restrained to the circle, as in Kirby 64. You can walk towards him and around him and other directionalities as well. The tree is the stage boss, and is such for the entirety of the time you are on the stage. This stage is less of a “hide and seek” sort of battle stage and more of a “your foes are right there, fight them” stage, as there isn’t really anywhere to go or hide. |
Kirby | |
Halberd The Subspace Emissary |
The legendary ship of the legendary knight. You can tell it belongs to Meta Knight because it has his face on the front. If that isn’t enough proof for you...it’s him driving it. I don’t know, deal with it. This ship was taken over by Tabuu and used to spread around Subspace’s conquest via Mr. Game and Watch’s soul. Luckily, an assault assisted by Snake and Lucario allowed him to reclaim it. This stage is greatly based off of its appearance in Smash Brawl’s story mode. Stage hazards include Mr. Game and Watches, Primids, and other Subspace soldiers. The stage can tilt to the side as the ship flies, and the surface has a cannon that can blast you to pieces. |
Meta Knight | |
Mauville City Pokémon Alpha Sapphire |
The “big city” of Hoenn. It’s shaped like a square, which you’d think would make for fairly easy navigation. In actuality, it can get confusing. But hey, still one of my favorite places in Hoenn! This stage covers the entire square of the city. You can visit many of the shops and areas within the city that are available in ORAS, but you can’t leave. Must be a power outage or something. |
Wally and Gallade | |
Tower of Mastery Pokémon Y |
The big landmark in the Kalos region...no, Prism Tower is not the most important landmark! How dare you! This place is where you first learn about Mega Evolution, as well as score a free Mega Lucario. It has a really intense staircase, but once you reach the too and see the view, the ascent will have been worth it. This stage covers the tower. Not really Shalour City, however. I mean, you can see it from the topmost part of the tower, but you can’t really go in it. Since it’s solely the tower, it’s a smaller stage, which should lead to some more intense battles. |
Flygon | |
Battle Tree Pokémon Moon |
The Battle Tree. The intense battle-scaling mode of SuMo. As you defeat opponents, you climb higher in the tree and gradually face more and more difficult foes. Higher up, rumor has it that you fight a few familiar faces...? In this stage, you can ascend the tree. It has seemingly endless levels to it. On every level, there is an opponent, typically a randomly selected Pokémon for you to fight. Only by defeating the Pokémon can you move through the tree. It’s a scam. |
Alolan Raichu | |
The Town Animal Crossing: New Leaf |
Ah, the town. The place where all the action happens. And by action, I really mean grabbing fruit for villagers that are standing right next to the tree holding fruit they want. There isn’t a whole lot of “action” in animal crossing. This stage encompasses the whole of an Animal Crossing town. It’s scaled down a little bit, because the towns are pretty big. There are ten villager houses, Re-Tail, the town hall, and the plaza. You can’t go to Main Street, as it’s another location. |
Isabelle | |
Main Street Animal Crossing: New Leaf |
The strip mall of New Leaf. In this plot of land north of your town, you can visit many different shops and facilities to improve your town-ing experience. It also has a nice music to it, one of my favorites from the game. That and the 4 o’clock theme. This stage encompasses the street of Main Street. You can enter the Happy Home Showcase if you want, but you can’t return to the town since it’s another stage. Villagers and assorted shop keepers are stage hazards that will get in your way and throw Bells at you. |
Tom Nook | |
The Man Cave Gravity Falls: Dipper vs. Manliness |
One of Dipper’s first major character development episodes of the show was the one where the other main characters tore apart the character development he’d already established. What do I mean? Stan and Mabel were insulting his pre-teenedness and so he went and joined the Manotaurs to become a man in...the Man Cave. The Man Cave in this game is a large cave. It has multiple rooms, one being the one with all the foosball tables and stuff, another having a hot tub, and one being the throne room of Leaderaur. Also creatures from the woods can enter to be stage hazards. |
Dipper Pines | |
A Glove Story Gravity Falls: Sock Opera |
One of Mabel Pines’s biggest enterprises on the show was when she put together a massive puppet show to impress a blond guy obsessed with puppets. It has many scenes with extravagant props and a wee bit of an explosive finale. This stage takes place in the scene of the musical. Sock puppets are stage hazards that can harm you, but not very badly because they’re just socks. If the battle lasts very long, the explosive finale will start and light the entire stage on fire. |
Mabel Pines | |
Mystery Shack Gravity Falls |
The main location of the show. This tourist trap has a lot of old relics that are largely frauds designed to scam people out of their money. It is also the home of the Pines, and in the basement there is a dark secret which is no longer a secret... On this stage, you can explore the entirety of the Shack, as well as the grounds outside it to an extent. You cannot go to the basement through the vending machine, as that’s another stage in itself. Gnomes and goats and other animals are common stage hazards. |
Stanley Pines | |
Dunder Mifflin Scranton The Office |
The main location of one of TV’s greatest hits. The Scranton Branch is home to many lively characters that have impacted the lives of millions—for better or for worse. This building is like a second home to some, but to others it’s their worst nightmare. Sometimes it’s both. This stage encompasses much of the Scranton business park. You can enter the warehouse as well as the Dunder Mifflin office. You can’t enter the other businesses, such as Vance Refrigeration, but there are plenty of references to them throughout the stage. |
Michael Scott | |
Cocoon Academy Brawl in the Family |
The school in which many of your favorite heroes (and villains) learned how to become truly great heroes (and villains). Many gaming legends taught there, including Professor Oak, Toadsorth, and...Resetti apparently. All of this is canonical by the way. This stage encompasses all of the school, at least the parts that were shown in the ten-part story arc. It also takes place right around the attack of Dark Matter, so the little blobs of it are stage hazards. |
Eario | |
Neighborhood Salutationary |
This is my home. Well, it’s the neighborhood I live in, which makes it near my home. It’s a good place, there are a lot of goodness people and it’s a short distance from my school. So that’s nice. This stage encompasses all of my neighborhood. Occasionally, cars or bicycles will drive by and knock you to the ground. The swimming pool can recharge some of your stamina if you can hop the fence. And if you find my house...good job. |
Maverick |
Unlockable Stages[]
These stages are unlocked when you unlock their corresponding home character.
Image | Name | Description | Home Character |
Wakeport Mario & Luigi: Dream Team |
The bustling market city place in the greatest M&L game out there. This city feels like a calmer shift from the intense locations in other parts of the game. It does have its moments, though, like when you need to flip panels in the most aggravating way, or when you fight the city itself in the dream world. Also in the outskirts Popple makes you fight a Wiggler, so that’s fun. This stage takes place in the entirety of the city. You can explore inside all of the buildings and sub-areas within. Like other locations like this, you can’t leave the city and explore the other places in Dream Team. Also you can’t go to the Dream World because this ain’t a 2D game. Sorry not sorry. |
Wiggler | |
Dino Dino Jungle Mario Kart: Double Dash!! |
This is by far my favorite course from Double Dash. Why? Not sure. Actually, my favorite’s kind of a tie between this, Yoshi Circuit, Baby Park, and DK Mountain. But this course takes place in a jungle full of dinosaurs, which is pretty intense. And the music is superb. This course covers the whole original course from MK:DD. Geysers will lift you into the air and deal damage if you go into one, and dinosaurs will block your path. Also, Shy Guys driving two-seated karts will blaze past you and potentially run over you if you aren’t careful. |
Toad and Toadette | |
Lor Starcutter Kirby’s Return to Dreamland |
The main hub so to speak of KRtD, the first Kirby game I played. It’s the ship of Magolor, this guy who convinces you to rebuild it, and then backstabs you in the back with a dragon. It isn’t a cool ship though, and the rebuilding cinematics are high quality. You fight on this ship. It moves around at high speeds, so be careful there. Also, Kirby enemies can sometimes appear out of nowhere, so watch out for them if you want. |
Bandana Dee | |
Stan's Mind Gravity Falls: Dreamscaperers |
The mind of Stanley Pines isn’t somewhere people should willingly go into. Unfortunately, Dipper, Mabel, and Soos had to willingly go in order to save the Shack from Gideon...who eventually stole it anyways via dynamite. Stan’s Mind is essentially the same layout as the Mystery Shack. However, there is a much darker vibe to it. Also, every door that’s you open will play various clips of the show, as well as replays of battles you’ve had. There are also eye-bats that can hurt you. |
Gideon | |
Schrute Farms The Office |
A 60-acre beet farm operated by Dwight and his cousin, Mose. It is the location of several out-of-the-office events, such as Ryan’s initiation, Andy’s dinner party and (spoiler) Dwight and Angela’s wedding (cease spoiler). It is also a bed and breakfast; it even has a TripAdvisor page! This stage takes place on the farm. Because not all of the farm is shown in the show, much of it is just beet fields. You can enter the slaughterhouse, however, and be attacked by Mose Schrute. |
Dwight Schrute |
Bosses[]
During a battle, you have the option to enable bosses appearing partway through and attacking every character. By default, these bosses scale to the ability of the player; if it is clear to the game's AI that the player is inexperienced, the boss will go easy on them. But if the player is a menace, the boss will be even more of a menace. The menace setting can be manually toggled on or off in the customization settings.
A boss is pulled randomly from the following pool of possible bosses after roughly a minute and a half of gameplay has taken place. The boss selected is not influenced by the series from which the fighters or stage are from.
Items[]
Items can be found scattered throughout stages, designed to help or harm gameplay. Their availability can be changed in settings if you prefer a more itemless playstyle. You can also choose whether you automatically use an item upon grabbing it; similarly to Mario Kart games, items grabbed from an Item Container or found on the ground are added to a circular inventory in the top left of your HUD, and can be grabbed then used when pressing Y.
Items with a * are not found within an Item Container.
IMAGE | NAME | DESCRIPTION |
Grand Star* | When catching and destroying the Grand Star, the Grand Star Special is able to be used. It works similarly to the Smash Ball in Super Smash Bros. | |
Smash Ball* | Though your first guess might be that it activates your all-powerful attack, in this game it does not. Instead, upon obtaining it, it will charge up the next attack you perform to an extraordinary power level. Use it wisely! | |
Buddy Taxi* | The Buddy Taxi acts similarly to the Assist Trophy found in Smash. After about a minute of fighting, the taxi will begin driving around the stage. If you can hail it down (by taunting when it’s near, or by attacking it), a Buddy will come out of the taxi and assist you for a time. The taxi will drive away and explode. | |
Alexa | Upon grabbing the Alexa, a dropdown menu appears in which you can change the music currently playing on the track. You are vulnerable to attacks while in the menu, so use it in a safe place. A list of the music can be found here. | |
CD | When you grab a CD, a new Album is unlocked in the game’s [[[/Music|music]] collection. The tracks within can now be played on any stage as well as in the Music menu. | |
Mushroom | Arguably the most iconic item found in the Mario series. Its purpose has varied throughout different games; in the platformers, it makes you taller, while in RPGs it restores your health. So in this game, it can do either; there’s a 50/50 chance of a Mushroom either giving you height and thus extra power, or restoring 20 Stamina. | |
Double Cherry | Upon eating this item, a clone of yourself is created to fight alongside you for a time. Your clone will copy your every movement. It is also bright red, so you can distinguish between yourself and the copy. | |
Bacon | A single strip of bacon. When obtained, it turns you invincible and glowing for a solid twenty seconds. Time it well! | |
Co-Star Luma | When you grab this Luma, it sits on your head and allows you to perform Star Spins for about a minute; it flies away after the minute. While it is with you, it also shoots Star Bits at opponents periodically. | |
Bill Blaster | By grabbing one of these and setting it down somewhere, it will fire Bullet Bills every five seconds for about a minute. Occasionally it will fire a red Homing Bullet Bill that will seek out an opponent and explode on them. | |
Warp Star | Whoever grabs this item will fly around the stage for a time on this powerful star, capable of crashing through buildings and other opponents at a high speed. | |
Jumbo Candy | Eating this popsicle will make you giant, invincible, and glowing for a short time. It’s rare, as you’d expect from an item this powerful. | |
Bandana | Putting this on your head gives you the powers of a Bandana Waddle Dee. You carry a spear and can be floaty for roughly a minute. If Bandana Dee himself puts it on, he has twice the power for a while. | |
Super Potion | By spraying this on yourself, it restores 50 stamina. Quite handy. | |
Destiny Knot | It has no initial effect upon being picked up. However, if an opponent hits you while holding it, they are “destiny knit” to you. Whenever you take damage, the opponent who is destiny knit to you will take the same amount of damage. The Destiny Knot effects last for two minutes, or until the destiny knotted runs out of stamina. | |
Roller | While holding this, you cannot jump or turn very easily. However, you’re holding this massive paint roller in front of you, being able to crush foes and spread paint that will light people on fire if they touch it. | |
Wall-Nut | Picking this up and setting it down will cause it to act as a barrier. Foes will need to attack this relentlessly until they can get past it. The most effective use of Wall-Nuts involves lining them up to form a wall and stacking nuts on top of each other. | |
Smile Dip | Upon eating this, your soul enters a new realm of psychedelia. Your body, however, gains a crazy amount of energy. You can move around at insane speeds while shouting obscure phrases like “the future is in the past” and “would you like to lick my candy paws”. The effects last for two minutes. | |
Memory Gun | Upon shooting this at an opponent, they are confused and in a daze; their movements are reversed for the next minute. For instance, if you move the control stick left, your character moves to the right. | |
Quantum Destabilizer | A very powerful ray gun. You only get one shot with it, but if you can aim and time it well, it can deal an extremely massive amount of damage. It becomes useless after the one shot. | |
Infinity Sided Dice | A die from another dimension with infinite sides. Upon rolling this, anything can happen in the battle. Literally. Anything. Use it wisely. Click here for a list of the possible effects. | |
LEGO Brick | A small 2x4 LEGO brick. You can set this down anywhere on the stage. If you gather enough, you can build a small structure if you want. Or you can just leave it somewhere for people to step on. That’d deal a good amount of damage. |
Item Containers[]
Box | Name | Description |
? Block | A block with a question mark on it. By hitting it with an attack or jumping up under it, an item comes out. | |
Item Box | It’s like the ? Block, but it’s more clear than before. Because of that, it can simply be walked into and an item will appear in your hands. | |
Double Item Box | Similar to the Item Box. However, when you walk into it, you obtain two items from it. | |
Barrel | Found commonly in the Donkey Kong Country series, it seemed like the proper way to represent it without having to throw in stereotypical Donkey or Diddy. The barrel can be smashed open or picked up and thrown. It contains an assortment of items, unlike the boxes which only hold one. | |
Poké Ball | You can pick this up. When you throw it and when it hits the ground, it releases...an item? Yes, an item comes out of the Pokémon holder. Commence outrage. | |
Balloons | Balloons will occasionally fly across the stage. Shooting one down or popping it in some way will cause an item to crash down to the stage. |
Buddy Taxi Summons[]
The following is a list of possible summons you can receive by using the Budgy Taxi item. Each lasts for about 30 seconds before disappearing.
Image | Name | Actions |
Lubba | Lubba summons the Faceship, which flies down to the stage. He hops onto it and begins firing Star Bits from it at opponents at high speeds. | |
Captain Toad | Captain Toad brandishes his pickax and slices in front of him a few times before disappearing. Occasionally he’ll throw a Turnip or two which deal quite a bit of damage. | |
Bowser | Bowser flies around the stage throwing Bob-Ombs at foes while randomly cackling. He occasionally fires a Bullet Bill as well. | |
Beldam | Beldam extends her hand and sends forth a wave of icy wind, freezing anyone that he’s caught in it. She does this three times in three different directions. | |
Marilyn | Marilyn seeks out an opponent and claps her hands against their head, essentially crushing their skull and squandering a good amount of Stamina. | |
Dedede | Dedede pulls out his hammer and begins hammering Waddle Dees at opponents. If a Waddle Dee hits someone it deals a good amount of damage. If an opponent gets too close to Dedede, he personally hammers them into the ground. | |
Prince Fluff | Prince Fluff will run around and strut out some yarn all over the stage. Walking into this yarn will trip you and hurt you. So yeah, that’s what he does I guess. | |
Ash-Greninja | Ash Ketchum appears in the distance surrounded by a pillar of water. From the water comes Ash-Greninja, who flies in surrounded by his own water. He throws many Water Shurikens before disappearing. | |
War Toaster | War Toaster appears in a random spot in the map, generally close to an opponent. It appears initially as just a toaster, then pops up as a head. Finally, the full buff body emerges and War Toaster punches the foe ruthlessly until disappearing. | |
Deviling | The Deviling creates a small puddle of ink on the ground and then vanishes. If anyone steps in this puddle, their stamina is completely depleted and they die. The puddle then disappears. | |
Felicity | Felicity enters the arena and throws a fishing rod around. It can get opponents tangled up if they touch the fishing line. If they are hit with the hook, they are dragged over to Felicity quickly and are launched far. | |
Coach | Coach runs around the arena. If he catches up to someone, he hits them repeatedly with an axe and chips away at their stamina. | |
G Major Baby Bowser | Upon entering the stage, G Major Baby Bowser turns everyone’s screen black. When light returns, every fighter now shuffled through various shoddy recolor options. Baby Bowser cackles all the while, punching foes every so often. Every punch quickens their recolor cycle to a seizure-inducing pace. |
Music[]
Brutal Favoritism features an extensive soundtrack that can be played on all courses or in the Music menu. Much of the soundtrack features artists, such as WALK THE MOON or Mumford and Sons, while other video game OSTs are also available, including Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. A list of all the music can be viewed here.
Trivia[]
- The game’s logo was created by the legendary Athena Hawkins (t∣b∣c).
- The umbrella fighting game concept was attempted before by Rocky in the form of Epic Warriors, but was eventually scrapped for being too difficult to work with.
- Flygon’s moveset (aside from the Grand Star Special) is identical to the moveset Rocky’s Flygon had by the end of Pokémon Y.
- Many of the stage bosses--including Don Pianta, King Boo, and others--were considered as playable characters, but were scrapped largely due to a lack of moveset potential.
- Much of Wally’s moveset was inspired by the Pokémon Master in Super Smash Bros. Discord.
- Several characters that the author does care about and would like in a fighting game were eventually scrapped for various reasons.
- Prince Fluff was replaced by Bandana Dee as playable character, due to the author feeling more passionately about Bandana Dee being playable than Prince Fluff; also, Bandana Dee had a stronger moveset potential and an easier tie-in in the story.
- Phil Connors of the film Groundhog Day was considered as a fighter early on, but was scrapped due to the lack of moveset potential and real story tie-in.
- After the game's surprising mainstream success on the Switch, Xbox, Steam, and Playstation paid Dragon Co. a substantial amount to port the game onto their respective consoles. The game saw a relative bolster in success because of these ports, enough to fund the spin-off sequel Banquet Favoritism.
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The SEU | Cube Hoppers • Mariomon • Paper Luigi: The Watch of Eternity • The NinJon Chronicles I • Pokémon Legends: Cosmog • The NinJon Chronicles II • Super Mario Safari • Sunshielder • Graveyard Beyond • The NinJon Chronicles III • Repeat After Me • Lord Crump: The Thousand-Year Door • Brutal Favoritism • Banquet Favoritism • Bagon Bacon: Breath of the Bacon • Brutal Favoritism II • Brutally Yours • Sunshielder Redux • Brutal Speedwagons • To Brutality And Beyond • Bagon Bacon: Tears of the Bacon | |
Other Games | Paper Mario: The Whiteboard War • Mario Kart: Double Dash!! HD • Super Hammer Bros. Ultimate • Super Smash Bros. Salutations | |
Mariomon | Mariomon Red and Green Versions • Mariomon Blue Version • Mariomon Goom and Bomb Versions • Mariomon Pink Version • Mariomon Shine and Sludge Versions • Mariomon ShroomRed and ShellGreen Versions • Mariomon Moon and Cap Versions • Mariomon Rabbit Version • Mariomon Cosmos and Planet Versions • Mariomon Star Version | |
Cancelled Games | Super Smash Bros. Darkness • Pokémon Dawn and Dusk • Paper Mario: Altered Dimensions • Nintendo RACEWAY • Bagon Bacon: The Game |