Topic: The Official "I Played Brawl" Impressions Thread (spoilers)

[that Baby guy]

What do you want to know/see?

Ask for something, and I'll check it out/post pics of it.

[LuigiHann]

While I don't want to have every trophy and sticker spoiled for me, I'd love to see some of the obscure ones that haven't been seen elsewhere. And a few views of that Ouendan one, if you've got it.

[Arbok]

This post, and topic in general, should probably be marked with spoilers of some kind.

...Anyway, I was wondering if Toon Link appears at all in the SSE? I don't want to know his role, or how much he appears, but simply if he shows up at some point or another.

[Bill Aurion]

...Anyway, I was wondering if Toon Link appears at all in the SSE? I don't want to know his role, or how much he appears, but simply if he shows up at some point or another.

He does, but apparently he's "hidden"...

[Arbok]

He does, but apparently he's "hidden"...

Oh, so like Wolf then? Okay, thanks for the info.

[Spak-Spang]

I want to see a nice video showing some of the real differences between the clones in Brawl.

I also want to see a pics of Olimar in action. 

Finally, I want to see some of the really funky hidden stages.

My wet dream would be Nintendo announcing either

a)time released hidden characters that will only start being available after US release.
b)Download content includes new characters.

[Darkheart]

Ok finally someone at school brought the game in and of course there was a tremendous crowd around the small 20 inch television.  I only got to play 2 matches but both were really awesome.

Ok here are my two characters I played and my impressions.

King Dedede:
Awesome character I never play heavyweights but he really changes my mind.  He is a powerhouse and you rarely have to ever care about getting smacked off the stage.  We played 3 stock matches and 2 of my deaths were my own fault, they only managed to kill me once.  All of his moves either deal a lot of damage or knockback, sometimes both.  My only complaint with Dedede was how slow he was, it didnt bother me so much unless the smash ball appeared.  This can be an issue on big stages like  the one I played on, New Pork City.  I would be on one side of the screen and the smash ball would appear on the other side of the screen and it  would take FOREVER to get over there usually resulting in the other players getting to it before me.  On the bright side while some characters need to beat the smash ball to death, Dedede managed to swipe it in one or two hits.  In a 3 stock match I managed to get the Smash ball twice, not bad if I don't say so.  His final smash is awesome btw, it creates so much chaos everywhere, it really is great for 4 player brawls.

Pokemon Trainer:
I would say that of the 3 pokemon Squirtle and Charizard were my favorites because one is the light weight character and the other is the heavy.   It almost becomes a Zelda like zen moment switching between the two, balancing the powers.  I cant say much about the characters because the stage we played on was a user created stage, one fixed with a pretty closed off square box that allowed for a lot of bouncing.  It was more chaotic than a normal match by far.  Charizard really ended up being one of faves which is again scary because I never liked heavy weights.  He has 3 jumps and and a fairly powerful Up B.  I did use Ivysaur every now and then and his vine whip did save me once using the much better tether recovery method.

Other worthy notes:

-The landmasters can fit through a small square sized hole even though it is larger than the hole.

-Pit can cheat with his continuous spin blade attack.  He managed several times to get people stuck in the whirlwind and kept them there damaging at least 30-80% damage. 

-Diddy Kong is awesome and a nice balanced character.

-Kirby is way buffed up from his Melee version and won SEVERAL matches.

-Toon Link is far superior to Twilight Princess Link who has been nerfed badly

-Jigglypuff is still way awesome and had the crowd laughing hysterically with her final smash which is way awesome.

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

-Ike is powerful and well loved

-Marth is still good

-Pikachu is powerful much more than melee

-Snake was a popular choice and won several matches.  His final smash is awesome for 4 player brawls.

Overall Brawl is definitely superior.   Everyone claiming that brawl is even more chaotic and crazier is absolutely correct, my heart was racing and my adrenaline was rushing, it was completely awesome.

[that Baby guy]

Alright, so I need to get the Oendan trophy/stickers/EBA stuff.

With those three non-SSE characters, you walk into a door, it goes to a quick cut-scene of that character on his/her stage, and then you fight and unlock said character.  They have no impact on the story, and you have to have beaten the game to make their doors show up.

I'll nab pictures of all the hidden stages that I remember are hidden and aren't on the Dojo yet.  I don't have the patience to deal with videos, though.  None of the clones are as close as the melee clones, though.  The closest would be Toon Link, Ganondorf, and Falco.  Toon  Link is actually more different from Link because Link changed a lot, but he's very similar to Young Link.  His Bow is better, but his boomerang isn't as good.  Ganondorf's a moves look more Ganondorf-y, but they haven't changed so much.  His forward B now grabs, rather than uppercuting or hitting down, and his Up+B still grabs, but has a hit at the end of that.  Other than that, he's about unchanged.  Falco's down+b, as you likely know, has changed.

Like I said, I'll take pictures of the stages, I know I've unlocked them all, you get a message.  I've also unlocked all the AT's, so there's no question about that.  The last trophy I unlocked is from Band Brothers.

[decoyman]

-Pikachu is powerful much more than melee

My ickle heart is bursting with JOY /glee

[DAaaMan64]

Please I hope Pikachu isn't too powerful, I don't want to be hearing those damn sound effects all the time.

[Athrun Zala]

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

I am cry ;_;

[DAaaMan64]

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

I am cry ;_;

I am glad Samus sucks, that bitch needs to suck for one game. She was too cheap in Melee.

[Athrun Zala]

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

I am cry ;_;

I am glad Samus sucks, that bitch needs to suck for one game. She was too cheap in Melee.

not really :/

[that Baby guy]

Samus's projectiles are nerfed, her charged shot, mostly.  However, a lot of her "melee" attacks were buffed.

[Arbok]

Speaking of... does anyone have a full list of "nerfs" and "buffs" with comparison to Melee? I have seen a few mentioned here and there, like that Link's Up+B has had its power reduced and can now charge ... or that the bombs got a general buff in terms of power, but never seen a more complete list of changes to previous characters.

[Dirk Temporo]

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

I am cry ;_;

I am glad Samus sucks, that bitch needs to suck for one game. She was too cheap in Melee.

Except Samus sucked ass in Melee.

[DAaaMan64]

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

I am cry ;_;

I am glad Samus sucks, that bitch needs to suck for one game. She was too cheap in Melee.

Except Samus sucked ass in Melee.

I certainly wasn't able to user her. But her stupid missiles were to much for me. Sorry Zala

[Athrun Zala]

-Samus is nerfed but ZSamus is nice

I am cry ;_;

I am glad Samus sucks, that bitch needs to suck for one game. She was too cheap in Melee.

Except Samus sucked ass in Melee.

I certainly wasn't able to user her. But her stupid missiles were to much for me. Sorry Zala

your inability to use her doesn't equal to cheapness. Samus was far from being cheap, she was too slow, as were most of her attacks... the only "awesome" attack Samus had in Melee was her Meteor Smash...

[Darkheart]

I agree with AZ Samus was far from being over-powering in Melee.

[DAaaMan64]

I couldn't use her cause I sucked with her and didn't try real hard. 

She's cheap because every person I have fought against that used her, spamed the missiles.  Maybe that makes the player cheap, but it annoyed me.

That may not be your experience, but it is mine.

[Nephilim]

Finally unlocked wolf, being the last character... I hate thim, he looks like hes drunk and stupid

[DAaaMan64]

Finally unlocked wolf, being the last character... I hate thim, he looks like hes drunk and stupid

Slower or faster than fox?  How does he stack up?

[pSYCO-gAMER321]

I officially played online and today is the first time there was a timeout. Too many items can really strain a connection. :-(

[DAaaMan64]

OMG, the OWNAGE at the end of this video is so grand it is ridiculous. http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Ezpgf0fE8U

[Caliban]

Oh I hope that happens quite often just for laughters sake.