What's your favorite character, final smash, item, or whatever you want to put in.

Personally I love Snake, he's fast and pretty much rapes everything, not to mention that his final smash is kinda fun.

Captain Flacon, because he's one of the fastest characters in the game, his Up B attack also act's like a throw and overrides enemy attacks, and his B is one of the most powerful games but is a complete Hail Mary

my favourites are sonic and lucario

Since Melee Falco and Marth have been my go-to guys.

I love Luigi, Dedede, Lucario and Kirby

game and watch

Ness and Kirby, although Game and Watch has the best final smash.

Ike always gets the job done for me. Hitting someone with his Final Smash is always satisfying.

Marth and C.Falcon have been good freinds of mine since Melee, but Ike and Gannondorf are both awesome

and Meta knight,

I have to go with Ike, Luciano, and Sonic.

Screw that entire tier, thing. I'm champ on my college campus. With Ike.

I pretty much play the right side of the character select screen.

I used falco and cpt. Falcon in melee(weird birdman I am).

Now those two stay and I like to bring in either snake, pitt(sadly I'm good with him), or a wild card.

I let my opponent choose for me, more fun that way.

That or I'm Olimar.

My character of choice is Marth (not Ike, just to be different), but I also like playing as Bowser, Ganondorf, Samus, Kirby, Toon Link, Mr. Game & Watch, Pikachu, or plain old Mario.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a cool game, but there's also something very sour about it for me.

When I first heard Melee would get a sequel I was ecstatic, since SSBM is my favorite Gamecube game and one of my favorite games ever. Actually, 40% of the reason I bought my Wii in the first place was just so I could play SSBB when it was released!
So after many long months of waiting, the release dates were finally announced, and I was baffled to discover that SSBB would be released in Europe three and a half months later than in America. Over a quarter of a year extra wait time, for THE Wii game of the year, and probably one of the best Wii games ever. And why did we have to wait so much longer? Because of localization. That's right, I had to wait an additional 3,5 months so I could play the game in German or French or Italian. Which I would never do, I always play my games in English.
But it gets worse.
Of course unwilling to wait even longer, especially for a ridiculous reason like that, I decided to import the game. I bought a USA copy of SSBB together with a converter on eBay for a lot of money. But it was worth it, I could finally play SSBB, and I was even one of the very few in my country, thanks to Nintendo's idiocy.
But then, about two weeks before the European release of SSBB, Nintendo released a Wii firmware update which blocked the converter from working. Fortunately I heard about it on the Internets before updating my Wii, so I just chose not to install the update so I could continue to play my imported SSBB. However, if you don't have the latest version of the firmware you can't play the newest games, so I realised I would have to make a choice: throw away my copy of SSBB and the converter (which together had cost me almost 100 euro ($137)), or stop buying new games for my Wii. So I said, screw you Nintendo, and I got myself an Xbox 360. I still have my Wii for SSBB and a few other games, but I'll never buy another Wii game since I can't play them anyway. Besides, I have a lot more fun with my 360 anyway.

So yeah, cool game, SSBB, but also the reason why I switched from the Wii to the 360. Great going, Nintendo.

Falco all the way.

S'got nothing on Power Stone 1 & 2.

Marth, Falco and the pokemon trainer ^^ though nothing is as satisfying as hitting Marth's final smash. Though I wonder why there isnt any nintendo supported DLC for brawl...say....downloadable characters?

favorite item: the sunny thing

Chemicks:
Ike always gets the job done for me. Hitting someone with his Final Smash is always satisfying.

i agree completely, Ike is amazing and his final smash is just awesome. Link is good but he seems to have had a downgrade from melee.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a cool game, but there's also something very sour about it for me.

When I first heard Melee would get a sequel I was ecstatic, since SSBM is my favorite Gamecube game and one of my favorite games ever. Actually, 40% of the reason I bought my Wii in the first place was just so I could play SSBB when it was released!
So after many long months of waiting, the release dates were finally announced, and I was baffled to discover that SSBB would be released in Europe three and a half months later than in America. Over a quarter of a year extra wait time, for THE Wii game of the year, and probably one of the best Wii games ever. And why did we have to wait so much longer? Because of localization. That's right, I had to wait an additional 3,5 months so I could play the game in German or French or Italian. Which I would never do, I always play my games in English.
But it gets worse.
Of course unwilling to wait even longer, especially for a ridiculous reason like that, I decided to import the game. I bought a USA copy of SSBB together with a converter on eBay for a lot of money. But it was worth it, I could finally play SSBB, and I was even one of the very few in my country, thanks to Nintendo's idiocy.
But then, about two weeks before the European release of SSBB, Nintendo released a Wii firmware update which blocked the converter from working. Fortunately I heard about it on the Internets before updating my Wii, so I just chose not to install the update so I could continue to play my imported SSBB. However, if you don't have the latest version of the firmware you can't play the newest games, so I realised I would have to make a choice: throw away my copy of SSBB and the converter (which together had cost me almost 100 euro ($137)), or stop buying new games for my Wii. So I said, screw you Nintendo, and I got myself an Xbox 360. I still have my Wii for SSBB and a few other games, but I'll never buy another Wii game since I can't play them anyway. Besides, I have a lot more fun with my 360 anyway.

So yeah, cool game, SSBB, but also the reason why I switched from the Wii to the 360. Great going, Nintendo.

well, had you just been patient and waited like the rest of us you wouldn't have wasted all that money.

Probably not the best character to play for killing people, but i always like Kirby purely for survivability

PureChaos:

well, had you just been patient and waited like the rest of us you wouldn't have wasted all that money.

I already waited patiently for a long time for the game to finally be completed. Then when it's finished, they release it in Japan and USA but put Europe in some kind of three month localization queue! I still don't understand how Nintendo could pull a stunt like that with SSBB of all games, for me it was the Wii game I was looking forward to more than any other game, and I don't think I was the only one.
Besides, I honestly did not expect they would block the converter. A converter seems pretty harmless to me, I still paid for the game after all. But ok.

Fox

In every game it's Fox, mainly because of the sheer pain and annoyance his reflector causes the unwary.
Although my favourite is Melee era Fox because of the speed, with a bit of practice you can literally run rings around most of the other characters.

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My character of choice is Marth (not Ike, just to be different), but I also like playing as Bowser, Ganondorf, Samus, Kirby, Toon Link, Mr. Game & Watch, Pikachu, or plain old Mario.

Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a cool game, but there's also something very sour about it for me.

When I first heard Melee would get a sequel I was ecstatic, since SSBM is my favorite Gamecube game and one of my favorite games ever. Actually, 40% of the reason I bought my Wii in the first place was just so I could play SSBB when it was released!
So after many long months of waiting, the release dates were finally announced, and I was baffled to discover that SSBB would be released in Europe three and a half months later than in America. Over a quarter of a year extra wait time, for THE Wii game of the year, and probably one of the best Wii games ever. And why did we have to wait so much longer? Because of localization. That's right, I had to wait an additional 3,5 months so I could play the game in German or French or Italian. Which I would never do, I always play my games in English.
But it gets worse.
Of course unwilling to wait even longer, especially for a ridiculous reason like that, I decided to import the game. I bought a USA copy of SSBB together with a converter on eBay for a lot of money. But it was worth it, I could finally play SSBB, and I was even one of the very few in my country, thanks to Nintendo's idiocy.
But then, about two weeks before the European release of SSBB, Nintendo released a Wii firmware update which blocked the converter from working. Fortunately I heard about it on the Internets before updating my Wii, so I just chose not to install the update so I could continue to play my imported SSBB. However, if you don't have the latest version of the firmware you can't play the newest games, so I realised I would have to make a choice: throw away my copy of SSBB and the converter (which together had cost me almost 100 euro ($137)), or stop buying new games for my Wii. So I said, screw you Nintendo, and I got myself an Xbox 360. I still have my Wii for SSBB and a few other games, but I'll never buy another Wii game since I can't play them anyway. Besides, I have a lot more fun with my 360 anyway.

So yeah, cool game, SSBB, but also the reason why I switched from the Wii to the 360. Great going, Nintendo.

You spent that much money on importing a casual game that you knew would come out (eventually)? I would advise you to never own a credit card.

I only played the original game and Melee. I'm a Marth man. My favorite character to use for fun is Mewtwo.

And no, I have no plans to play Brawl. Ever. I don't need to play the same game for the 3rd time.

rossatdi:
You spent that much money on importing a casual game that you knew would come out (eventually)? I would advise you to never own a credit card.

Well, as I explained, I was very much looking forward to SSBB. I liked SSBM more than any other Gamecube game, so the idea of a sequel with more characters, moves, levels, extras, etc. seemed really awesome. So I was already counting the months till March 2008, when Nintendo suddenly says "yeah, Europe will have to wait till June, by the way". I'll admit I'm a bit of an impatient person, but SSBB was just the must-have Wii title for me. If they had delayed Super Mario Galaxy or Mario Kart or another game that way, it wouldn't have been such a problem for me.

I actually have a credit card. I don't think it has led me to make many purchases that I later regretted. Well, maybe one or two. But it's just really convenient to have. Plus it allows me to buy stuff from America or Japan.

Marth and Mewtwo. Goddamn it, why'd they cut Mewtwo from Brawl. Didn't Sakurai say they were trying to cut down on "clone" characters? Yet they kept Fox and Falco near identical, and added Wolf (who is still one of the best characters, I might add). And they cut out Mewtwo, one of the most unique characters from Melee. Urgh.

Luckily Marth was my #1 choice and they kept him for Brawl. Although I still have no idea who the Hell he is.

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rossatdi:
You spent that much money on importing a casual game that you knew would come out (eventually)? I would advise you to never own a credit card.

Well, as I explained, I was very much looking forward to SSBB. I liked SSBM more than any other Gamecube game, so the idea of a sequel with more characters, moves, levels, extras, etc. seemed really awesome. So I was already counting the months till March 2008, when Nintendo suddenly says "yeah, Europe will have to wait till June, by the way". I'll admit I'm a bit of an impatient person, but SSBB was just the must-have Wii title for me. If they had delayed Super Mario Galaxy or Mario Kart or another game that way, it wouldn't have been such a problem for me.

I actually have a credit card. I don't think it has led me to make many purchases that I later regretted. Well, maybe one or two. But it's just really convenient to have. Plus it allows me to buy stuff from America or Japan.

Me no understandy. You knew it would come out. You choose to spend lots of extra money for a few extra months. Are you dying or something? Was there not other things you could do?

rossatdi:
Me no understandy. You knew it would come out. You choose to spend lots of extra money for a few extra months. Are you dying or something? Was there not other things you could do?

There's never been a game you wanted to play so badly that you had to have it as soon as possible, and waiting an extra 3,5 months would be totally unacceptable for you? Well, SSBB was that for me anyway. As for playing other games, I think there actually weren't so many other great Wii games, so not really.

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There's never been a game you wanted to play so badly that you had to have it as soon as possible, and waiting an extra 3,5 months would be totally unacceptable for you?

No.

Well, SSBB was that for me anyway. As for playing other games, I think there actually weren't so many other great Wii games, so not really.

I can't figure the love for the series at all. I genuinely can't see it. Its not overly good from a fighting mechanic sense (Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive is much better), there's no real challenge to master the moves (unlike Tekken or Street Fighter) and it's a weak multiplayer game compared to the DC's Power Stone 2.

I still play Melee frantically. I was going to buy a Wii just to play Brawl, but when I played it for the first time I found it to be a huge disappointment, and also the 3 month delay was fucking ridiculous. Me and my friends just ended up sticking with Melee, and I'm really glad we did, because Brawl is just slow and boring compared to Melee.

My characters in Melee are Dr. Mario and Jigglypuff. Bliss.

rossatdi:
I can't figure the love for the series at all. I genuinely can't see it. Its not overly good from a fighting mechanic sense (Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive is much better), there's no real challenge to master the moves (unlike Tekken or Street Fighter) and it's a weak multiplayer game compared to the DC's Power Stone 2.

I'm getting tired of having to defend Smash in every fighting game topic, but you don't know how to play the game if you think there's no challenge to master the moves. Yes, you can play it as a party game, but someone who plays the game casually wouldn't stand a chance against someone who plays the game on a "serious" level, for lack of a better term.

rossatdi:

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There's never been a game you wanted to play so badly that you had to have it as soon as possible, and waiting an extra 3,5 months would be totally unacceptable for you?

No.

Ok, well, I have that very sometimes, such as in the case of SSBB.

I can't figure the love for the series at all. I genuinely can't see it. Its not overly good from a fighting mechanic sense (Soul Calibur or Dead or Alive is much better), there's no real challenge to master the moves (unlike Tekken or Street Fighter) and it's a weak multiplayer game compared to the DC's Power Stone 2.

Well, I had great fun with SSB and SSBM, and with SSBB as well. (although it wasn't that much better than Melee as I had expected, ironically..) First of all I like fighting with the characters from all those different games, and it has enough different moves and attacks to stay interesting. I know it's not so 'tight', as in, a lot of random stuff happens, but I kind of like the hectic situations which appear. I don't know, I think it just feels really good to play.
I do wonder though, what is this Power Stone 2 of which you speak?

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I do wonder though, what is this Power Stone 2 of which you speak?

Best local multiplayer game next to Choo Choo Rocket.

Basically a 3d fighter based around the concept of power stones. Collect three and you power up to an badass/super suit version of yourself and unless hell on the other players. Fun comes in stopping the other players getting a set (most attacks will 'knock' a power stone or two out of an opponent).

They had huge interactive fighting arenas and tons of crazy weapons. Fireworks bombs, hurricane bombs, time bombs, ball & chains, laser shotguns, little megaphones that made victims dance for a second, bubble guns (that trapped you in bubbles), miniguns, RPGs, Monkey-esque extendo sticks....

See this below:

You can swing round poles and smack people, the bigger characters pick up the poles and smack people. The little tank thing is a laugh. There's some boulder catapults to the left of the image. And on and on and on!

Settings let you change the number of stones in each round from 3 (just enough for one set, won't get very many power ups) to 7 (enough for two people to go super at one time!).

There was also cooperative story mode with a couple of sweet boss levels.

Sigh. I need to get that out again.

Hm, it does sound like fun. But I read it's only available on Dreamcast and PlayStation Portable? Unfortunate, I don't think I can try it then.

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Hm, it does sound like fun. But I read it's only available on Dreamcast and PlayStation Portable? Unfortunate, I don't think I can try it then.

If you have a big TV you can do a lot worse for real party games than picking up the following:

Dreamcast
4 Controllers
Choo Choo Rocket
Power Stone 2
Samba de Amigo
Vigilante 8 Second Offensive
Dead or Alive (2 teams of 2 tag team fighting)

rossatdi:
If you have a big TV you can do a lot worse for real party games than picking up the following:

Dreamcast
4 Controllers
Choo Choo Rocket
Power Stone 2
Samba de Amigo
Vigilante 8 Second Offensive
Dead or Alive (2 teams of 2 tag team fighting)

Well, some cool 4-player games would be nice, on the Wii I only have Brawl (and Wii Sports and Wii Play and such, but they're rather meh), and for the Xbox 360 there are mostly just one and two player games. (I didn't even bother to buy a third controller.) But after quickly checking eBay I estimate the things you listed would cost 300 euro or so. Ah, I think I'll just stick to Bomberman, that's always fun.