Nickelodeon Super Brawl Explained

Nickelodeon Super Brawl, or simply Nickelodeon Brawl, is a series of crossover fighting video games, featuring characters from various Nickelodeon animated television series. According to the team at Nick Games, the series follows the play style of "popular fighting games like Mortal Kombat, Super Smash Bros., Street Fighter, and Tekken, but with a comical twist."^[1]

The first five Super Brawl games were browser games available on Nickelodeon's website.^[2] After Nickelodeon removed its online games in 2018, the sixth game was instead released as a mobile app.^[3] A console game follow-up to Super Brawl, called Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, was released in 2021.^{[4] [5]} and a sequel, called Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, was released in 2023.^[6]

In the original series of browser games, the most-played title was Super Brawl 3: Good vs. Evil, which garnered 40-45 million plays on Nick.com.^[7] Super Brawl 3 also won a Webby Award for Best Web Game in 2014.^[8]

Games

• Jingle Brawl (later rebranded as Super Brawl) is the first game in the series, released on Nick.com on December 26, 2009^[9] with a Christmas theme. The game was also updated with other seasonal themes, named Super Brawl Summer and Super Fall Brawl.
• Super Brawl 2 was released in December 2010.^[10] This game added a tag-team mode where two characters fight two others.
• Super Brawl 3: Good vs. Evil was released on March 24, 2013.^[11] It became one of the most-played games on Nick.com, with over 40 million sessions This game pits Nickelodeon heroes against villains and introduces "fans" (human helpers dressed like Nickelodeon characters who assist the player).
  • An April Fools' version called Super Brawl 3: Just Got Real was added in 2014, featuring photorealistic versions of a few characters.
• Super Brawl 4 (stylized as SUPER HERO BR4WL) was released in July 2015 and features superhero characters, including the franchise's first character from a live-action sitcom (Henry Hart from Henry Danger). A Halloween-themed update was added in October, called Scary Brawl.
• Super Brawl World was released in January 2017.^[12] It is the final online entry in the series.
• Super Brawl Universe was released as a mobile app in March 2019. Published by the Polish studio Playsoft, this game introduced the concept of color-coded classes, used to determine which character has advantage in a battle.^[13]
• All-Star Brawl was released as a console game in October 2021.
• All-Star Brawl 2 was released as a console game in November 2023.

Characters

Characters appearing in the Super Brawl series.

Character	Jingle Brawl	Super Brawl	Super Brawl Summer	Super Fall Brawl	Super Brawl 2	Super Brawl 3: Good vs Evil	Super Hero Brawl 4	Super Brawl World	Super Brawl Universe	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Classic Spongebob
Fanboy
Otis
Timmy Turner
Rico
King Julien
Aang
Danny Phantom
Dr. Blowhole
Bessie Higgenbottom
Patrick Star
Sheen Estevez
Spongebob Squarepants
Sheldon J. Plankton
Kitty Katswell
Chum-Chum
Monkey
Skipper
Sandy Cheeks
Jimmy Neutron
Kyle Bloodworth-Thomason
Dudley Puppy
Abrasive Spongebob
Leonardo
Donatello
Raphael
Michelangelo
Shredder
Denzel Crocker
Bloom
Korra
Amon
Po Ping
Master Junjie
Gold Ranger
Xandred
Sanjay & Craig
Leslie Noodman
Remington Tufflips
Tahno
Rabbids
B.O.B.
Squeep
Breadwinners
Red Ranger
Pink Ranger
Banana
Goat
Harvey Beaks
Henry Hart / Kid Danger
Sky Whale
Tiger Claw
Lincoln Loud
Luan Loud
Clyde McBride
Phoebe Thunderman
Alvin
Zim
Olly
Bunsen
Squidward Tentacles
GIR
Jenny Wakeman
CatDog
Tommy Pickles
Angelica Pickles
Reptar
Purple Reptar
Arnold
Helga G. Pataki
Rocko Rama
Heffer Wolfe
Luna Loud
Lucy Loud
Toph Beifong
Ren & Stimpy
Powdered Toast Man
April O'Neil
Oblina
Nigel Thornberry
Garfield
Hugh Neutron
Azula
Ember McLain
Gerald Johanssen
Grandma Gerthie
El Tigre
Angry Beavers
Mr. Krabs
Zuko
Rocksteady
Iroh

Notes and References

1. Web site: Super Brawl World – Game Design and Development. Workinman Interactive. 13 March 2015 .
2. Web site: What Do We Know About Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl?. Comic Book Resources. Leatherland. Noah. July 19, 2021. Released between 2009 and 2014, these simple web games were well-received enough to warrant five releases.
3. Web site: Nickelodeon's 'Super Brawl Universe' Enters the Mobile Ring. Mercedes. Milligan. March 18, 2019. Animation Magazine.
4. Web site: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl may be the Smash Bros. killer. Rich. Stanton. July 14, 2021. PC Gamer. Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, interestingly enough, isn't a new thing, but the latest in a series of Nickelodeon 'Super Brawl' games that began on the company's website over a decade ago.
5. Web site: Listing For Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl Appears Online. July 10, 2021. TheGamer.
6. Web site: Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 Revealed, Adds Jimmy And Squidward As Fighters. George. Foster. July 27, 2023. PC Gamer. The leaks were real - Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is back..
7. Web site: His business is fun and games. Rickman. Lisa Maria. Rochester Business Journal. 31 July 2015.
8. Web site: Webby Awards - Super Brawl 3 - Honoree, Websites and Mobile Sites 2014. Webby Awards.
9. Web site: Nick.com homepage news (The Latest). https://web.archive.org/web/20091228112106/http://www.nick.com/. 2009-12-28.
10. Web site: Nick.com - Super Brawl 2. https://web.archive.org/web/20101225023209/http://www.nick.com/games/super-brawl-2.html. 2010-12-25.
11. Web site: Nick.com - Super Brawl 3. https://web.archive.org/web/20130325200846/http://www.nick.com/games/super-brawl-3.html. 2013-03-25.
12. Web site: Super Brawl World launches worldwide. January 2017. Workinman Interactive.
13. Web site: 5 Super Brawl Universe Tips & Tricks You Need to Know. Jones. Elton. December 6, 2020. Heavy.