Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Reviews

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is ranked in the 25th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
DVS Gaming
Top Critic
8 / 10
Oct 18, 2021

Despite the silence and the lack of story mode (it would’ve been great for Ren and Stimpy to have a grudge against Patrick), Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a thoughtful, beat-em-up, well put together game by the developers. Its’ gameplay is fun and easy to adapt to and its’ visuals look quite good considering the product at hand. The possibilities with the loaded cast are excellent, with even more waiting in the wings to join the fray. It won’t replace Smash as your favorite anytime soon, but it does make for a curious – and jam-packed – addition to your brawler collection. What we need are Rocko characters in here and, maybe, Danger Mouse for some nostalgia. Please?

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6.5 / 10.0
Oct 17, 2021

‎Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a platform fighting game that offers fun and good times with friends. Evaluated from this perspective the game delivers, and if this is what you are looking for, you will surely not regret it. However, this game could have been much better, especially in detail, fluidity and content. If you are able to look beyond its disappointing visual effects, or that its soundtrack is unoriginal, it may be that this game has something interesting to give you.‎

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Fernando Salinas
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Oct 14, 2021

Nickelodeon All Star Brawl is a solid and very fast fighter that focuses its attention on delivering an experience that is competitive and fun. His faults are the lack of content, and the much-needed voice talent to bring to life the iconic roster of characters. All-Star Brawl can be improved but it seems that the game is not finished yet.

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5 / 10
Oct 13, 2021

If developers Ludosity and Fair Play Labs can stick with the game post-launch and build it up, it could end up being a completely different story in a year or so, but as it stands, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl feels like the shell of what it could be.

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50 / 100
Oct 12, 2021

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl attempts to follow the Super Smash Bros. formula, but it just doesn’t take things far enough. There’s a general lack of polish to its presentation and its physics, making it hard for even the most diehard Nicktoons fan to get engaged. Not even Nigel Thornberry and his smashing antics can save this platform fighter.

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70 / 100
Oct 11, 2021

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is clearly a clone of Smash Bros. which ends up pleasing for its solid gameplay and flawless online. However, the single-player content is basically non-existent and the multiplayer is very competitively oriented – those looking for something "chaotic" may be disappointed.

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7 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2021

For a fighting game, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is superb for its genre. Its gameplay and combat are fun in all the correct ways. Nickelodeon fans will most certainly enjoy playing as their favorite characters growing up, including Spongebob, Aang, CatDog, and Danny Phantom, among others. However, you can only play the game for so long before you run out of content to play around with. I’m sure there’s more in store for this title down the line, but for now, your experience is limited to 20 characters and only about four game modes.

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6.4 / 10.0
Oct 19, 2021

Although I was impressed by how solid its gameplay is, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl still feels like a hollow experience that could have been elevated to new heights if it featured additional modes and a more fleshed-out presentation complete with voice acting.

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7 / 10.0
Nov 24, 2021

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fun multiplayer 2D brawler that has a good combat system and gameplay for each character. Unfortunately, the game has a lot of problems, especially few game modes, the inability to play online, few characters, boring maps and a high price for what it offers. So it's up to you what you expect from the game, because if you're looking for a multiplayer fighting game, you have enough controllers and friends, and you want a space where you can fight each other with four players head to head, you'll enjoy the game. However, if you are a single-player player, looking for a game similar to Super Smash Bros, want to enjoy online matches, or try the ARCADE mode, this title is not for you. So I would recommend the game for a couch party with friends, but I would still prefer to wait until the developers add new playable characters or until there is a discount.

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7 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2021

All-Star Brawl lacks some polish and personality, but packs and unexpected punch.

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7.5 / 10.0
Oct 5, 2021

This is one of those titles you walk into with at least a twinge of dread as a reviewer...

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7 / 10
Oct 6, 2021

Nickelodeon All Star Brawl is an easy to approach brawler in the same vein as Super Smash Bros. Whilst it does have some extremely intricate mechanics and technical aspects for high-level gamers to get stuck into, the average player may find it’s lack of core game modes and party-style options a major cause for concern.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 13, 2021

A fleshed out Nicktoons cast come together for a big brawl that leaves a lot to be desired.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 15, 2021

Nickelodeon All Star Brawl feels like a bit of an underbaked experience. Some matches feel like they have an incredible, speedy fluidity to them, so there’s clearly something interesting there, but it definitely needs some touching up to make it feel more balanced.

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3.5 / 10.0
Oct 10, 2021

Unfortunately, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is simply punching well above its class. While younger kids might get a kick out of its cast of characters (although they’ll likely be wondering who in the world Powdered Toast Man is), there are far better family titles and platform fighters than this. Most of these shows were full of life and this game fails to capture almost any of that charm through its unrewarding gameplay and cheap presentation. While F is for friends that do stuff together, those that play Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl won’t find much F.U.N. here.

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Oct 10, 2021

Sweet childhood, welcome back. Crashing its way onto the Playstation 5 this October is Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, a partnership and collaboration between Ludosity and FairPlay Labs. It’s the very first console title they are bringing into their newly procured Nickelodeon Brawl franchise which is otherwise focused on mobile gaming titles.

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3 / 10
Oct 12, 2021

You might be able to stick around for long enough to choose your own main (mine’s Oblina, just FYI), but once you’ve done that, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl will have nothing else for you. Even playing with friends can’t manage to make the game exciting or engaging, and chances are, it’ll end up at the bottom of your gaming pile before you can say “smashing!”.

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6.5 / 10.0
Nov 29, 2021

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a fun premise that is performed mildly, missing out on the complexity of its inspiration and resulting in a shorter replay value.

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7 / 10
Nov 27, 2021

With its in-depth but still accessible combat system and a great look when it comes to its visual worlds and character depiction, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl needs nevertheless to improve its technical performance given its propensity to fluidity issues. Performance issues notwithstanding, this is a great package of fan service and those with a taste for Nickelodeon animation series will be delighted with this effort.

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Expansive
Sally Willington
Liked-a-lot
Oct 12, 2021

All Star Brawl runs and plays absolutely fine, and probably has just about enough to keep itself interesting for the younger gamers with its extras. As long as you don’t expect something on the scale of Smash, in terms of content and replayability, this is a really well made and built fighter that will definitely offer lots of laughs and plenty of fun.

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