Super Smash Bros. (ニンテンドーオールスター！大乱闘スマッシュブラザーズ, Nintenō Ōrusutā! Dairantō Sumasshu Burazāzu?, lit. "Nintendo All Star! Great Melee Smash Brothers"), often abbreviated SSB, is a crossover fighting/action game released for the Nintendo 64 in Japan on January 21, 1999, and released on April 26, 1999 in North America, followed by Australia in 1999 then on November 19, 1999 in Europe.Super Smash Bros. was the first game in the Super Smash Bros. series. It was followed by the top selling game Super Smash Bros. Melee for the Nintendo GameCube in 2001 and Super Smash Bros. Brawl for the Wii in 2008. The game was developed by HAL Laboratory, who were also responsible for the Kirby and EarthBound intellectual properties, and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64 console.