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'Super Smash Keyboards 8' (Japanese: 大乱闘スマッシュキーボード８, Hepburn: 'Dairantō Sumasshu Kībōdo Hachi') is a 2011 2.5D arcade fighting game developed by Drillimation Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. The game was released in the arcades on December 11, 2010, followed by a release on home consoles on April 19, 2011. It is the eighth installment in the Super Smash Keyboards series. A deluxe edition of the game titled 'Super Smash Keyboards 8 Deluxe' (Japanese: 大乱闘スマッシュキーボード８ＤＸ, Hepburn: 'Dairantō Sumasshu Kībōdo Hachi Derakkusu') was released in July 2013.
The game is said to be a reboot of the classic Super Smash Keyboards and incorporates a large number of characters from the first four installments, alongside new characters. Upon release, Super Smash Keyboards 8 received critical acclaim from critics, calling it the best in the series. The game was a critical and commercial success, selling more than two million copies in the first month of its home console release. Due to the game's incredibly violent content and large amounts of fanservice, the game was subject to censorship in multiple regions.
Gameplay
Principal gameplay involves one-on-one 2.5D style fighting. Super Smash Keyboards 8 uses a single two-dimensional fighting plane (at 60 frames per second), although characters are rendered in a three-dimensional fashion, intended to give depth and range to portrayals of various projectiles.
A new feature is the "super meter", which replaces the Aggressor bar in previous installments, which can be charged by various actions during battle such as performing special moves, getting blocked by the opponent, or getting hit by them. The super meter can be charged to three levels, each of them enabling a different action to be performed. At the first level, it can be used to deliver an enhanced version of one of the character's special attacks; two levels can be used to interrupt a combo attack, and the full three levels allow for the delivery of a special attack called an "X-ray move". The X-ray move unleashes a series of attacks during which the game provides a slow-motion view of the character being attacked alongside part of their clothes being torn off, and also includes sounds of their bones and organs being broken or ruptured.
Extra features include a story mode during which the player plays as multiple characters, a Fatality training mode (allowing players to practice executing finishing moves), the Challenge Tower, tag team fighting, and an online mode. The Challenge Tower mode is a single-player option that includes 300 specific challenges of various difficulties providing currency rewards upon completion; players have the option of using in-game currency to bypass other difficult challenges, completing them later. Among the various challenges are "Test Your Might" (rapidly pressing buttons and using specific timing to destroy blocks of varying difficulty), "Test Your Sight" (following an object hidden under a cup or skull and revealing the object after a shuffle), "Test Your Strike" (destroying a specific block in a stack) and "Test Your Luck" (fighting under certain conditions, such as no jumping). The four-player tag-team feature is an original feature, allowing two players to play together. During tag gameplay, two new types of attacks become available. The first of them is the "tag assist" attack, in which the off-screen character temporarily jumps in and performs certain attacks during the active character's combo. The other is the "tag combo", in which the active character performs a combo that is finished by the off-screen character as they enter the fight.
The online mode includes a "King of the Hill" option, where up to eight players can act as spectators and play the winner of a fight. Spectators may also rate the fights and use the "forum" to determine how to perform various combos or moves observed during a fight. A single-use online pass is also included with the game which is mandatory to access the online components. Online passes are also available from the PlayStation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace, but can also be purchased at retailers. There is also a PlayStation 3-exclusive 3D display mode, for which 3D glasses are not necessary.
Characters
Super Smash Keyboards 8 has a total of 38 fighters, with 31 of them being veterans and 7 being newcomers. However, there is one console-exclusive fighter
Returning fighters
| Character | Universe |
|---|---|
| Susumu Hori | Mr. Driller |
| Anna Hottenmeyer | |
| Taizo Hori | |
| Ataru Hori | |
| Holinger-Z | |
| Puchi | |
| Keel Sark | |
| Eguri Hatakeyama | |
| Usagi | |
| Wataru Hoshi | Star Trigon |
| Chuta Bigbang | |
| Konata Izumi | Lucky Star |
| Kagami Hiiragi | |
| Tsukasa Hiiragi | |
| Miyuki Takara | |
| Yutaka Kobayakawa | |
| Akira Kogami | |
| Leopold Slikk | Angry German Kid |
| Jake Randolf | |
| Harold Slikk | |
| Leonard Slikk | |
| James Rolfe | Angry Video Game Nerd |
| Mike Matei | |
| BS Man | |
| Kyle Justin | |
| Fred Fuchs | |
| Susumu Takajima | Chuhou Joutai |
| Kagami Ochiai | |
| Hanayo Katsuragi | |
| Reimu Hakurei | Touhou Project |
| Marisa Kirisame |
Newcomers
| Character | Universe |
|---|---|
| Mecha Miyuki NG | Lucky Star |
| Suika Ibuki | Touhou Project |
| Sanae Kochiya5 | |
| Kratos12 | God of War |
| Conker13 | Conker's Bad Fur Day |
| Link14 | The Legend of Zelda |
| Cloud5 | Final Fantasy |
Notes
- Guest fighter.
- PlayStation 3 Exclusive
- Xbox 360 Exclusive
- Wii Exclusive
- DLC/Deluxe Edition Exclusive