Who would win in a real fight: Mario, or Donkey Kong? Well, now you can find out! Finally, Nintendo releases a street fighting game pitting twelve Nintendo characters against each other. My one complaint is, out of all the Nintendo characters, why did they include two Pokémon characters? Bah, I shouldn't complain; they did put four Mario characters in. But anyway, I think Bowser should replace one of the Pokémon. Just imagine: Mario vs. Bowser duking it out in the Mushroom Kingdom... ahh...

This is an awesome multi-player game; one to four (four!) players can duke it out simultaneously in familiar 3-D settings. There is even a hidden Mushroom Kingdom arena! It's great to finally see 3-D graphics from the classic NES Super Mario Bros.

Cast of characters

• Mario - An average fighter. Gee, what a surprise, he's average in every Mario crossover game he appears in.
• Yoshi - Quick, with an excellent jumping range.
• Donkey Kong - Powerful, but slow.
• Fox McCloud
• Link
• Pikachu
• Samus
• Kirby

Completing certain objectives will unlock these four hidden characters:

• Luigi - No joke; Luigi's REALLY a hidden character this time! Luigi's fighting skills resemble Mario's, except Luigi is a bit faster.
• Jigglypuff
• Ness
• Captain Falcon

Items
Items will occasionally fall from the sky. Pick them up before your opponents do! Some Mario-related items include Green and Red Shells that can be thrown at other players, Stars that grant you temporary invincibility, and Bob-ombs that will blast your opponents out of the ring.

Screen shots

• Character select
• Link vs. Samus
• Let's get ready to rumble!
• Luigi
• Luigi's bio screen
• Luigi vs. Mario
• Luigi with Beam Sword
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong