Official Super Smash Bros. Brawl Thread (OUT NOW!)

[Snapple]

I don't mind the delay. Hopefully, they use the extra month to fix whatever bugs they have, and to add more characters (like Mr. G&W). C'mon, Nintendo. Mr. G&W has like 1/500 of the animation of the other characters. It's not like he'd take that long to program.

[NE146]

New character Select Screen leaked!!

[blissfulnoise]

New character Select Screen leaked!!

This game doesn't have the car from Daytona in it. That means fail.

[blissfulnoise]

Following the release of the Japanese version of this game, GOBS of info have been leaking out including a full (?) character list:

http://kotaku.com/350347/super-smash...-turn-to-flood

Spoilers be very much ahead...

Looks like me calling ROB earlier in the thread came to pass.

Returning Fighters:

Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi (Super Mario Series)
Zelda/Sheik, Link, Gannondorf (Zelda Series)
Samus/Zero Suit Samus (Metroid)
Donkey Kong (Donkey Kong Series)
Kirby (Kirby Series)
Ness (Earthbound)
Fox, Falco (Starfox Series)
Jigglypuff, Pikachu (Pokemon Series)
Marth (Fire Emblem Series)
Mr. Game and Watch (Game and Watch)
Captain Falcon (F-Zero Series)
Ice Climbers (Ice Climber)

New Fighters:

Wario (Super Mario Series)
Pit (Kid Icarus)
Lucas (Earthbound)
Meta Knight, King Dedede (Kirby Series)
Lucario, Pokemon Trainer (Pokemon Series)
Rob (The f'n robot)
Olimar (Pikmen Series)
Snake (Metal Gear Series)
Sonic (Sonic Series)
Diddy Kong (Donkey Kong Series)
Ike (Fire Emblem Series)
"Toon" Link (Wind Waker)

Could be more unlockables. It looks like Ridley is definately a boss character in the Subspace mode. The Master Hands are returning as well.

All and all, it'd be hard to have packed more into this game. Kudos to Nintendo and March 9th can't come fast enough.

[geneshifter]

New character Select Screen leaked!!

FAKE!

[Snapple]

FAKE!

Surely you jest sir. I have it on good authority that Spinal, Nintendog, T-shaped Tetris block, and Carl from GTA are in the final roster, just like the picture says. How can you doubt this validity?

[Lord_Magus]

I just got this game a few days ago along with my Japanese Wii, and... words fail me...

I honestly haven't had this much fun with a game for a (very) long time! They've taken everything that made Melee great and polished it to the max: the graphics are beautiful, the music and sound effects are amazing, the amount of unlockables is absolutely insane, and the game is FUN as hell! Some of the "purists" argue that the game lost a little of its edge because it's been (very slightly) slowed down compared to Melee, but what it lost in speed it more than gained in smoothness and overall polish. Also, the story\adventure mode is very epic and enjoyable, and takes at least 6-7 hours to complete (add 2-3 more hours if you go for 100% completion).

I could go on and write 5-6 pages about what makes this game so great, but I prefer to stop this post here and get back to playing! Feel free to ask away if you have any questions about the game... although I can't guarantee I'll reply quickly as I'll most likely be glued to my screen

Overall: easily 10/10, and already GOTY for me.

[WizDawg]

Game Stop tournament details:

http://www.gamestop.com/gs/ssbb/tournament/default.asp

[Sotenga]

Here's an example of total larmitude; I'm currently relaxing on Spring Break, but the day it ends is the same day Brawl gets released. Suckiness to the max, sayeth I.

[Trumpman]

hehe, my spring break is the week after Brawl comes out. That week will be amazing.

[Oobgarm]

3 vacation days off work coincide with the release.

I know what I'll be doing.

[xfrumx]

I start my new job 4 days after it is out, not so bad

[Icarus Moonsight]

At least I'm going to be off the night of the midnight launch. Lucky!

[Lothars]

Metal Gear first appeared on the MSX computer. It was then ported to the NES as an inferior version to the original. The original MSX versions were then emulated on the Playstation 2 inside Metal Gear Solid 3 itself.

3 are on Nintendo consoles? Let's see, you got -
Metal Gear - An inferior port.
Snake's Revenge - Made without the involvement of Hideo Kojima and made strictly for American and European markets. It is not even canon with reguards to the main Metal Gear storyline.
Twin Snakes - A remake of the original solid which appeared on Playstation.

So, pretty much, two official titles, one an inferior port and one a remake. Right, Nintendo consoles have had one major Metal Gear game, a remake, released on one of their systems in the last 15 years. It now makes perfect sense as to why they would have Snake as a character in the new Smash Bros game. PERFECT sense.

The reason no one really complained about Master Chief (actually, a seperate Spartan soldier, not Master Chief at all, but a character named Nicole) in Dead or Alive 4 or even extra characters in Soul Calibur 2 was that these games were NOT representations of each companies created universe, respectively. Smash Bros is different in the respect that it's a collection of everything Nintendo. Stages, music, characters, ALL Nintendo. Suddenly throwing Snake into this mix just makes it a surreal collection of Nintendo characters... with a guy named Snake thrown in. It just doesn't work out, and, as I've said before, it kills the soul of the series.

-GoTaS

Well it's nice to know that you are just a 100% wrong and clueless about it

I just shake my head at why you think it kills the soul of the series when if anything it makes it stronger than it was before.

[Sotenga]

Trump... Oob... frum... Icarus... BLAST THE LOT OF THEE!!!!!

... on second thought, since my next-door neighbor is also getting Brawl, I can wait to play it at home because I'll be kicking ass at it up at college. So... yeah, that's cool.

[Icarus Moonsight]

Wanna blast me huh? Yer gonna have ta earn it... online. Your shining armor and fancy words will get you nowhere.

[FantasiaWHT]

Is it street-dated for the 9th? Shipping on the 9th?

[Lothars]

Is it street-dated for the 9th? Shipping on the 9th?

I think Nintendo has been shipping the game for the last couple weeks as it's suppose to be street dated for March 9th

[Snapple]

A lot of Gamestop locations are having midnight sales for Brawl on the evening of the 8th, start of the 9th, so yeah, that's the street date.

[Trumpman]

We're going to need to get some DP games going. Why is there no voice chat? It seems like Nintendo is one generation behind in all new advancements - disks for N64, online play for GC, and now amenities for the online play for Wii. What I really want to see is a true server browser for those who want it on the Wii games, along with voice chat. While I love Nintendo, I must admit that their online policies are asinine. Oh well, I guess I shouldn't be complaining; at least there IS online play.