In Melee whenever you.....

[Princz15]

L-Canceled with Link when he is doing his D-air you got your sword the ground quickly.Will that be back? I hope so, because it was the only thing that kept me from being a sitting duck and let my opponent get a free attack.

[Tsuki]

Yeah its easy..you just have to use the new L-Cancel,
which is just Fastfall before doing an aerial (so you fastfall and do your down-a after that).
If you do that there will be almost no lagg

[Johnknight1]

I heard it was either gone, or fundementally changed. Not 100% sure, though. ;)

[Gimpyfish62]

the new l cancel actually removes ALL lag, you just have to fast fall before your airial and it removes the lag.

[LinkSpecialist]

Sounds too good to be true though...I'll take it!

[kin3tic-c4jun-3]

Keep in mind you'll be limited to how you can use this cancel... you HAVE to fast fall. No more short-hopping into dair, bouncing off the enemy, then landing with l-cancel. You have to START with a fast fall... so you have to start from higher up and have a better idea of where you're going to want to be if you want that cancel.

Half as effective as L-Cancel IMO.

[Gimpyfish62]

if it was melee physics you'd be right, but it isn't

don't compare the game's overall physics to melee

[Niko_K]

So by the sound of it our beloved L-Cancel is now nerfed

[ZenJestr]

but theres no lag...

[Niko_K]

being forced to fast fall ruins a lot in my mind, but I can't really judge until I am playing brawl and can experiment

[TheMastermind]

Did you hear what gimpy just said. You still can short hop to to an airial. just fast fall first and it will L cancil

[Youko]

^And there's your answer, as far as we know from the demo.