http://www.gamesradar.com/super-smash-brothers-melee/articles/ The Wii U launch is nearly upon us, which makes this a great time to look back at some of the more obscure facts from Nintendo's long history...http://www.gamesradar.com/nintendo-trivia-20-little-known-facts-about-gaming-giant/April 25, 2013, 2 p.m. Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii U is currently in development, and we've updated our roster with additional picks from the comments. Get ready to see some familiar faces and some that might suprise you as we delve through the first, second, and third party characters we (and you) think...http://www.gamesradar.com/super-smash-bros-wii-u-characters-must-join-roster/Dec. 28, 2012, 2 p.m.Next week, we’ll know. Next week, the Electronic Entertainment Expo will begin and nearly every major publisher and developer will reveal their secrets. Next week, we’ll know which rumors were true and which games actually exist. After next week, the future will be (somewhat) clear....http://www.gamesradar.com/the-top-7-games-we-want-announced-at-e3-2009/May 25, 2009, 11 a.m.There’s no shortage of people who think “videogames” and “music” are two impossibly distant mediums. One is something you do to kill time, the other is the ultimate expression of the human spirit and emotion yank yank blah blah blah. Game music is every bit as moving,...http://www.gamesradar.com/17-videogame-soundtracks-ahead-of-their-time/April 28, 2009, 4:06 p.m.It all seems so obvious in retrospect: take the biggest, most beloved characters of one of the greatest videogame companies of all time and chuck them all into a game where they beat the pixels out of one another. The idea is reminiscent of the fevered dreams of every child on earth who dared to...http://www.gamesradar.com/10-years-of-super-smash-bros/April 24, 2009, 3:26 p.m.Earlier in the week, we published an article showing some 50 versions of Sonic the Hedgehog to see which one is the 'best' to play as. But you can't do one without the other, so here are nearly 70 versions of Mario for your eyes to boggle at.http://www.gamesradar.com/which-version-of-mario-is-the-best-version-of-mario/April 3, 2009, 10:34 a.m.The history of the franchise Fire Emblem is a long and winding one, both in-game and out. While many US players discovered the series with the appearance of two main characters in Smash Bros. Melee, we’ve since been given the chance to expand our understanding of the strategy-RPG behemoth.http://www.gamesradar.com/fire-emblem-through-the-ages/Feb. 12, 2009, 2:54 p.m.What is the best Super Nintendo game ever made? Which Xbox 360 title is already the definitive classic? What Atari, Dreamcast and PlayStation experiences are most worth remembering? Growing tired of the internet’s countless, wishy-washy attempts to answer such questions, we decided to make...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-greatest-game-on-every-platform/Jan. 28, 2009, 4:14 p.m.It’s been eight long years since Marvel vs Capcom 2 hurled random fistfuls of comic-book and videogame characters at each other and made them fight, and since then there’s been alarmingly little cross-pollination between the two media. That suddenly changed this year, with the release...http://www.gamesradar.com/comicfighting-game-mashups-that-need-to-happen/Nov. 26, 2008, 6:15 p.m.Like a piece of gum that’s lost its flavor and causes your jaw to ache more with every labored chew, Super Smash Bros. Brawl fever has cooled. Gamers have moved on to bigger, better things and are eagerly anticipating other Nintendo ventures (Mario Kart Wii, anyone?). But before you shelve...http://www.gamesradar.com/smashradar-10-things-to-do-before-brawl-dies/April 25, 2008, 1:06 p.m.On March 9, 2008, two major things happened in the world of gaming. You can guess the first: Super Smash Bros. Brawl was released to the public on the stroke of midnight. The second, you might have missed if you were living under a rock. At midnight on that fateful day began GameStop’s...http://www.gamesradar.com/smashradar-brawl-grand-championship/April 18, 2008, 1:57 p.m.We asked, you answered - this week’s SmashRadar is dedicated to reader-submitted theme smashes. Some were fun, some were interesting - and a few were downright awful. But we sifted through them all and came up with five very awesome theme smashes to share with you this week - plus...http://www.gamesradar.com/smashradar-reader-theme-smashes/April 11, 2008, 3:52 p.m.Sick of Super Smash Bros. Brawl? Never! How could kicking your friends’ asses ever get old?Okay, so maybe your friends are all Brawled out after a solid month of smashing. There are tons of ways you can play the game to make it last - Break the Targets, Event mode, etc. - but for a...http://www.gamesradar.com/smashradar-18-kickass-theme-smashes/April 4, 2008, 5:28 p.m.You may have heard that the only way to be the best is to practice regularly. That's not true, real winners use our exclusive Character Strategy Guides. Each brawler is being put through rigiours testing for the guides even as you read this. The secrets they contain will catapult you to Smash...http://www.gamesradar.com/guide-to-everyone-in-super-smash-bros-brawl/March 14, 2008, 6:40 p.m.Most of us play games to escape reality. For a few brief moments, the trials of the material world trickle away and your only concern is how many goddamn gold coins you can collect in an hour. Then, out of nowhere, a friggin' Xbox 360 console shows up in the actual game and all your suspended...http://www.gamesradar.com/console-cameos/Feb. 20, 2008, 3:59 p.m.5. The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker Nintendo | Nintendo | 2003 "A young boy clothed in green appeared as if from nowhere." While everyone expected an epic Link adventure on GameCube, many were surprised by this entry's bold departures from the past What made it so great? Anyone who complains...http://www.gamesradar.com/the-games-that-shaped-a-generation-gamecube-13/March 30, 2007, 7:18 p.m.What the hell did people do all day before the internet? In just the past year, user-generated sites like YouTube have become everyday destinations for virtually anything that's ever been recorded, broadcasted or even conceived of - and that includes gaming. A recent thread over on the Penny Arcade...http://www.gamesradar.com/gaming-supermen/Aug. 7, 2006, 10:20 p.m.