Let me just get this out of the way. Brawl is better in a fun factor point of view, this is better for competitive. I like Brawl more because of that.

Graphics: 10
We're starting to move games onto the New 3DS, so this is late 3DS era. That means that you'll see the best graphics that the 3DS has to offer. All characters are really fleshed out, they look good and the stages fit with their theme well.

Sound: 10
Take all of your favorite game tracks, remix some, make a compilation of songs from some and make game specific ones. This has an amazing selection of songs that fit outstandingly well with the stage.

Addictiveness: 10
Whatever you want to play, casual, competitive or Fox only, no items, Final Destination, you'll have fun. That is if you're not playing against For Glory spammers who think they're good and call you a hacker if you win. Or if you're playing against high level CPU with reactions that you can't do with a 3DS. Other than those minor issues, it's so addicting that it may be unhealthy.

Story: 2
Classic mode is the story, it's "Fight other characters until you get to Master Hand" so yeah. Not very good in the story department. Who cares though? it's a fighting game.

Depth: 9
It has 51 characters, including the endless amounts of 3 Mii Fighter types. 3 custom moves per special move on each character, Mii fighter costumes, 4 DLC characters, many DLC Mii costumes, 34 stages, 2 DLC stages (also more to come with the Cloud Strife announcement) 2 pages of options, many items, a final Smash each, Smash Run, All-star mode, training, Home-run contest, 6 Fighting Mii Team based gamemodes, For Glory, For Fun, Spectator mode where you can bet on a match, and more. It has a great mode called Smash Run which was made specifically for customs and the 3DS. I love Smash Run. Edit- Bayonetta and Corrin (why another Fire Emblem character?) are in Smash.

Difficulty: 6
Against high level CPU, this game can be annoying, when trying to collect new trophies, annoying, Cruel smash, annoying, other than that and a spoiler based one that I'm not spoiling, it's a ton of fun.

I'd definitely recommend this game, portable Smash was an amazing idea and I hope to see more Smash games on portable Nintendo systems.

good review but i must disagree with being not good as brawl

evilcon09 : yeah, I just like none competitive fun more than competitive. Plus Snake and Wolf are in Brawl.

I've enjoyed this game ever since I bought it when It came out. It's a very great and balanced fighting game for the 3DS. Very enjoyable. I don't have too many complaints regarding it aside from the sometimes iffy online play.

I doubt how a game could get a 9.9 score if one of the categories is as low as a 2. I definitely agree on some of your grades though and I loved the game myself.

Next time, maybe try making your reviews just a bit longer? 300 words is good, but it could be better.

zanderlex : It's because Smash doesn't need a story. It's pure fun fights

Well of that was the case then you could have just left that category blank, otherwise ot brings the overall grade down. I leave the story blank in about half of my recent reviews.

zanderlex : Oh OK. Makes sense

It just so happens that Story is the only category that you are allowed to leave blank when picking the grades because this happens a lot.

zanderlex : Never knew that. Thanks for the feedback and info.

This game definitely is amazing. I'm having enough fun with the demo, I can't imagine how much of a great time I can have with the full version!

Your review is pretty good! Next time you can go into more detail, especially with the depth category. You listed a lot of what there is to offer but you should add details for at least a few of those things you listed.

Keep up the nice work!