Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

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Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2

Developers
	Fair Play Labs
	Ludosity
Publishers
	GameMill Entertainment
Engines
	Unity 2022
Release dates
Windows	November 7, 2023
Reception
Metacritic	73
OpenCritic	71
IGDB	72
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase, DLC
Microtransactions	Cosmetic, Time-limited
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Action, Brawler, Fighting, Platform, Roguelike
Art styles	Cartoon
Themes	Fantasy, Sci-fi
Series	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl
Subseries of Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl	2021
Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2	2023

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 is a singleplayer and multiplayer scrolling and side view action, brawler, fighting, platform and roguelike game in the Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl series.

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
GamersGate
Green Man Gaming
Humble Store
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM.

Version differences

Deluxe Edition includes the game and the Season Pass.

Ultimate Edition includes all Deluxe Edition content and the Costume Pack.

Monetization

Type	Notes
DLC	A Season Pass is available for purchase, containing additional fighters planned to be released. Each fighter can also be purchased individually.
One-time game purchase	Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type	Notes
Cosmetic	A Costume Pack can be purchased, containing additional costumes for every character.
Time-limited	The "Elastic Waistband Costume" was available for free as a bonus with early purchases.

DLC and expansion packs

Name	Notes
Season Pass	Contains four new characters, as well as "The Quickster" costume for SpongeBob. Included with "Deluxe Edition" and "Ultimate Edition".
Mr. Krabs Brawl Pack	Adds Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob SquarePants as a playable character, along with a set of additional costumes. Included with "Season Pass".
Costume Pack	Contains a new costume for every character in the game. Included with "Ultimate Edition".
The Elastic Waistband Costume	Contains an additional costume for Patrick. Was included as an early-purchase bonus until November 14, 2023.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\GameMill Entertainment\Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2017080/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\GameMill Entertainment\Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/2017080/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Display settings

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen		Exclusive fullscreen will force a 16:9 resolution, while Borderless Windowed will letterbox the main render area, but some artifacting will appear in the black bars when UI elements move through those areas. Use RoseTheFlower's fix.
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)		Possibly affected by the graphical quality setting.
Anti-aliasing (AA)		Options for x2, x4, or x8 MSAA are available.
High-fidelity upscaling		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		Enabling vertical sync will attempt to render at the monitor’s frame rate. With vertical sync off, the options for max frame rate are 30, 60, and 120. Some 3D animations aren’t interpolated beyond 60 fps (the game logic rate).
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)

The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

Input profile bindings (Keyboard layout)

Input profile settings

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		The Pause and Numpad Enter keys cannot be bound/used at all. There is also no keyboard equivalent for the right stick’s directional attack function on a traditional controller. This was said to be fixed in version 1.3, but the functionality appears to still be absent.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		Going back in menus still requires a controller button or keyboard key press. Does not work in the brawler selection menu in campaign mode.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		Playing with a controller is strongly recommended as analogue stick inputs are required for some techniques.
Full controller support		A keyboard is required to change input profile names.
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

Generic/other controllers		Natively supports GameCube controllers connected to an official USB adapter using WinUSB only (no native DirectInput support); see here for driver installation guide.
Button prompts		Also provides GameCube controller prompts when connected natively (see above).

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported		Character movement can be set to either D-pad or analog stick.
Simultaneous controller+KB/M		The keyboard is considered a separate input device. Using mouse input in menus works simultaneously with any input device, however.

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  Input profile bindings (Xbox One layout)

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  Input profile bindings (GameCube Controller layout)

Audio

General settings

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Separate sliders for music, SFX, voices, and announcer volume, as well as a master volume control. However, some sounds are unaffected by all sliders and will always play at maximum volume; see Some sounds are too loud.
Surround sound		Stereo only.
Subtitles		All speech is always subtitled or in a dialogue box except for the announcer and all non‐bespoke/generic voice lines from fighters, mobs, and bosses during gameplay.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English				All languages use English audio.
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Network

Online settings

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Players	Notes
Local play		4	Versus, Co-op
LAN play
Online play		4	Versus, Co-op Options for Free-for-all, 1v1, and 2v2 matches are available in "Quick Play". Crossplay is available between PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch players. Additional players can spectate in lobbies.

Connection types

Type	Native	Notes
Matchmaking		Ranked and quick play.
Peer-to-peer		Utilizes Rollback Netcode.
Dedicated
Self-hosting		Public and private player‐created lobbies.
Direct IP

Issues unresolved

Some sounds are too loud

Some sounds will be disproportionately loud if the relevant volume sliders are set below 100%, like the sound effect of the Sokka’s Boomerang item. (Version 1.3 was supposed to have fixed this, but only some issues were fixed.) This is because they are unaffected by all volume sliders, and will always play with a volume balance intended to match 100% on all sliders. The only mitigation is to leave volume sliders at 100% and lower the volume of the application through others means (e.g. the Windows volume mixer).

Issues fixed

Escape key doesn’t work

After binding Esc in an input profile, even if its bind is removed, it will no longer perform its intended function of pausing while using that input profile, which can cause softlocks.

Edit the input profile and choose “Restore Default”.

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
Direct3D	11.1

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	7
Processor (CPU)	Intel Core i5-4430 AMD FX-6300
System memory (RAM)	8 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	15 GB
Video card (GPU)	Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 AMD Radeon R7 370 2 GB of VRAM DirectX 11 compatible

A 64-bit operating system is required.