Super Smash Bros Crash! DS – Demo 2

Miguel28 releases the second WIP demo of SSBC for DS. This demo includes several functioning modes of play, 9 playable characters, 4 working stages and a working “gallery” area for playing classic Super Mario Bros 1-3 using an NES emulator that comes with the package.

Presentation shows a lot of love has been put into making it look nice. A lot of the menu buttons don’t do anything right now except tease you about things that will come in future.

As far as gameplay is concerned, there really isn’t a whole great deal of it. You select your character (which is a chore because the cursor moves so slow, why use a cursor anyway?) and select a map, then button mash either A or B (which are the light or heavy attacks) against your opponent until they fly off the screen.

Hopefully more work will be done on the game physics instead of the presentation for the next release. During each fight, there are countless weird gravity glitches and getting stuck on ledges. On top of that, the hit detection is almost non-existent. For example, Mario’s uppercut can hit the opponent from almost half way across the screen.

But hey, it’s homebrew so no matter how bad it is, it’s good because it’s free and interesting to follow.

Download the game demo from here.