I know that SSBB has final smashes, but these are different than all the finishing moves in Mortal Kombat. If you remember Mortal Kombat (MK) from Midway, then you will recall that this game had finishing moves. Finishing moves were a variety of ways that you could use to finish off your opponent. MK had many including fatalities, friendships, babalities, brutalities, and animalities. MK was the answer to Street Fighter II (SF), which gained popularity around the same time. However, the fatalities are what made MK stand out.
I believe that Super Smash Bros. Brawl could add friendships, brutalities, and babalities to their characters. This would add a bit more personality to each character and mix things up a bit. I wonder how this would be added to Brawl. There are issues to consider like how to have finishing moves with four players on the screen simultaneously. I know that MK is a violent game but certain playful elements like the friendships and babalities could have made their way into Brawl.
Here is a video of what friendships looks like in MK:
What do you think? Should finishing moves from MK have been added to Brawl? Feel free to post a comment.
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I’m not sure if I’d like finishing moves in Brawl. For one how would they work with 4 characters on the screen (would the action zoom in on them? Could other characters throw them off it?). Brutalities I’m not sure I’d like either, with violence and everything, and Brawl isn’t really round based combat, so how would you “finish” them off with a babality?
The only one I could see work is something like an Ultra Combo when you’re over 100% damage.
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