This week was an interesting one. Two characters were announced, one of which was brand new and surprising. A new mode was showcased that has several fans up in arms. Read on to get the details.

New Character: Pokemon Trainer
As reported earlier, Pokemon Trainer will be playable in Brawl. Well, actually, Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard will be directly playable when the Pokemon Trainer is selected. Check out the original article for more details, but this is another character that will be using a switching technique similar to Zelda/Sheik in Melee. Now we just have to keep waiting for our Sheik confirmation!

New Assist Trophy: Devil
Another obscure NES game was highlighted with the unveiling of the Devil assist trophy. The game is called Devil World and was never actually released in the US. You can check out some screens over at our favorite 'have-screenshots-of-every-old-game-ever' site VG Museum. The speedo wearing blue devil does a little dance and shifts the whole stage all over the place. Based on screens, it looks like the stage can go almost completely off the screen, so staying on land will be difficult. This is another Assist Trophy that doesn't benefit the player who let it loose in any way. Everyone will be equally challenged by the shifting stage.

New Game Mode: Stickers
It looks like the brawl team will be adding something new to collect as you play. Stickers can be earned as rewards as you play, and appear to show up during the match. As they are collected, you can go into a sticker album and place them all over the place. Pages can then be saved to Wii memory as screenshots. Many people are worried that this will completely replace the popular trophy collecting that was introduced in Melee. Based on how many times trophies have already been mentioned in one form or another on the Dojo blog, there most likely isn't anything to worry about. If that doesn't help calm you down, the following quote should.

"Stickers are easier to get a hold of than trophies."

We would all be shocked if collectible trophies were no longer in the game.

New Game Mechanic: Tether Recovery
Tether recovery isn't exactly a new feature, as it was introduced as somewhat of an easter egg in Melee when certain characters used their grapple attack while falling. It was quite difficult to pull off. This time it will apparently be the up special move of some of the characters, like Zero Suit Samus. It will have an interesting effect on the overall gameplay, as apparently even more characters' up special move won't work like a third jump.

New Character: Peach
The week ended with a character announcment that we all saw coming. Peach got officially unveiled and a couple screens were shown. As with most other returning character announcements, the screens all showcase moves that seem to be exactly the same as those from Melee, like her levitation, Toad block, and hip check.

That's it for this week. No sign of Ness as many people expected. Maybe he'll come up next week.