'Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl' Video Game Will Let Your Favorite Childhood Icons Beat Each Other To A Pulp

‘Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl’ Video Game Will Let Your Favorite Childhood Icons Beat Each Other To A Pulp

As my good man Nigel Thornberry would say, “Smashing!”

You will soon be able to duke it out with your favorite Nickelodeon characters inNickelodeon All-Star Brawl, a game clearly inspired by theSuper Smash Brothersfranchise. The game pits favorites from multiple generations of Nickelodeon cartoons in glorious, colorful battle to determine who is the Nickeloden All-Star.

A Nostalgia Trip Showdown

The full list of fighters and arenas for the game have yet to be announced, but the announcement trailer above does share the full scope of the All-Star roster. Older franchise favorites like Oblina fromAaahh!!! Real Monsterswill go head-to-head with characters from newer shows, like Lucy and Lincoln fromThe Loud House. All of the characters have been animated in the same, claymation-esque style, making the whole thing look pretty sharp. The arenas have gotten a similar treatment, giving new shape and scope to the Technodrome fromTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesand The Flying Dutchman’s ghost ship fromSpongeBob SquarePants.There will be 20 colorful arenas in all.

The inclusion of older characters is a wise move, ensuring ’90s kids everywhere will shell out the cash to get that sweet, sweet nostalgia fix. While I love a good fighting game, being able to fight as Nigel Thornberry, Reptar, or the Powdered Toast Man fromRen & Stimpyis a sure selling point. For a lot of us thirty-somethings, Nickelodeon was our afternoon babysitter, and some of these characters feel like old friends. Millennials might not be able to buy a house or retire, but at least they can play a fighting game with their favorite childhood cartoon characters!

Generational existential snark aside, the lineup presented so far is impressive. The fighters revealed in the above video include: Michelangelo and Leonardo fromTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles;the aforementioned Nigel Thornberry fromThe Wild Thornberrys;Ren & Stimpy’s flatulent flying superhero, Powdered Toast Man; Spongebob, Sandy Cheeks, and Patrick Star fromSpongeBob SquarePants;the umbrella-looking monster Oblina fromAaahhh!!! Real Monsters; Lucy and Lincoln Loud fromThe Loud House; Helga fromHey Arnold!;Reptar fromRugrats; Zim fromInvader Zim;and Danny Phantom from, uh,Danny Phantom.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawlis being developed by Ludosity and Fair Play Labs and published by GameMill Entertainment. The game is set to come to PlayStation 5, PlayStation PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch this fall.

There’s currently no concrete release date, but I’m already excited to destroy my enemies with some toast scrapings or a squirrel’s flying karate kick. Who are you looking forward to kicking cartoon butt with?