yes, the pre-rendered cut-scenes are great, and anyone who has a wii should have smash bros brawl.

pre-rendered cut-scenes aren't much testament to a console's hardware capabilities, nor the engines being run on it. it's in-game graphics have been criticised in some cases for being simply an enhancement of melee's, and detail lacking in some cases.

mario galaxy, on the other hand, got great praise for its graphics (relative to the wii's capabilities, anyway), because it is well put together and has a nice style. people don't care about technical graphics as much as they care about good composition: mario's the only character (most of the time, anyway; i haven't played the whole game) who casts a real shadow (most if not all others -- excluding bosses -- are round drop-shadows if any), but no one's complaining.

julz