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Nothing like a Brawl Tourney

Mic_128

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…is pretty much what this update is. Nothing like a Brawl Tournament. But Sakurai, bless him, is bringing Tournament mode back in Brawl.

<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/various06_070928h-l.jpg" alt="Duh, wonder what this is for?" />




Not much seems to have changed, other than now it seems it’s at a max of 32 (at least shown, could be as high as 128 for all we know).

<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/various06_070928b-l.jpg" alt="Numbers" />

As before you can choose between 2 to 4 people playing per round, what rules, wether you want items, handicaps, ect. One thing that DOES look a little diferent is the character selection screen. What’s so diferent? It’s got cool little sprites of the Brawlers heads. What? It’s cool, alright? Also, is what <em>might</em> be the icons from the character select screen.

<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/various06_070928e-l.jpg" alt="Snake Spriiiite!" />

Yes, it’s an update that not many people really would be interested in, but one tiny tidbit shows that Sakurai is still aware of the ompetative community.

<blockquote>Of course, if you don’t have a large number of friends, you may not have much need for a tourney. Still, we’re working seriously to make this mode fun for even those people.</blockquote>

<img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/various06_070928l-l.jpg" alt="Wonder if there'll be a trophy of the trophy?" />
 

quithas

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First!! This is gonna be awesome I love Tourneys. I cantg wait to start a Brawl for all and have bets and stuff. God this game is turning out to be better and better.
 

PsychoIncarnate

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People, they have this in the first game...it's nothing new...

I thought it was practically obvious this option would return
 

quithas

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I know me and my friends use to do a betting pool. Im just happy its back. Brawl is gonna put a new spin on things and make it alot more interesting.
 

Gargomon251

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This is the "meh" update I have been expecting for days. Not great, but not terrible. Also, Mic, what is wrong with your apostrophe key?

Also they imply that this will not be wifi T_T but we'll see.
 

xenogears23

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lame update...honestly


it;s friday

gimme a charecter already
pretty please

where's ness...where's captain falcon

this update is nothing new

blah
 

oxyborb

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If tourney mode was completely customizable..... no, a sharpie and large piece of paper will have to do once again.

EDIT: HOLY CRAP I DIDN"T KNOW THIS WAS A DOUBLE UPDATE OLMAR CONFIRMED
 

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Could be useful if its possible to lan all the wii's at an actual tournament.

Pretty sad week of updates.
 

BuSHiDo

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This was actually a really disappointing update. Not only because it's the Friday update and we all expect those to be a big deal, but because it's already a feature of Melee, and I don't know ANYONE that uses it, simply because you can't customize it the way you need it for an actual tourney. I kept thinking to myself, there is no way they're not going to realize that you can go to any smash tourney and guarantee that they won't be using the tournament mode, and they'll have to realize that they need to add the options of single elimination or best 2 or 3, or 3 of 5, and they need to have the option of a losers bracket, etc. There are major things missing that make writing it out on paper a lot easier to do. When it's easier to do something on paper than in the game, then you know you have a problem and need to fix it for the next game. Now I see this new tourney mode and it doesn't look much different. Granted I'm sure we didn't get to see every new option for this feature, but I would think it would be mentioned as a difference this time around. Oh well, another waste of a feature that could have been left out, and then that space could have been uses for another character. Psh.
 

PRINCESS PEACH 777

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thank god i love to play the tournament in melee
and now thier is Tourney in brawl soooooo awesome
btw it looks like handicap is back aswell
 

End Game

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This was actually a really disappointing update. Not only because it's the Friday update and we all expect those to be a big deal, but because it's already a feature of Melee, and I don't know ANYONE that uses it, simply because you can't customize it the way you need it for an actual tourney. I kept thinking to myself, there is no way they're not going to realize that you can go to any smash tourney and guarantee that they won't be using the tournament mode, and they'll have to realize that they need to add the options of single elimination or best 2 or 3, or 3 of 5, and they need to have the option of a losers bracket, etc. There are major things missing that make writing it out on paper a lot easier to do. When it's easier to do something on paper than in the game, then you know you have a problem and need to fix it for the next game. Now I see this new tourney mode and it doesn't look much different. Granted I'm sure we didn't get to see every new option for this feature, but I would think it would be mentioned as a difference this time around. Oh well, another waste of a feature that could have been left out, and then that space could have been uses for another character. Psh.
Agreed.

Tourney mode was something i thought had great potential and that it could have become something better. I'm surprised they havent event stated it that it can be done over wi-fi.

On a different note, i find it interesting how Sakurai says "we're are working seriously to make this mode fun even for those people." They are still working on this mode.
 

Mo0eY

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Globe in the background of the pictures? Sakurai saying they're working hard to make the soloist happy? Many more online modes available later on?

.Online tournament confirmed.
 

Fawriel

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Hm?

Am I the only one wondering about this:



What's up with the percentages next to the icons?
Customizable default damage in addition to handicap?
 

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Melee's Tournament Mode only allowed you to set the CPU level for ALL CPU fighters. Hopefully we'll have the free will of setting the CPU level for each player individually in this game.
 

Bli33ard

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Hax.

I was hoping for this mode to be on Wifi, but meh. It has turned out not to be (yet...).

I'm happy with this. The presentation doesn't look attractive though, that large, bold, vertically aligned text looks horrible!
 

Hejiru

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Kinda dissapointing. I was hoping for some bigger news, like they usually do on Friday.
 

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hhmmmmm, A mode such as this does seem to be a waste of brawl space, (seeing as even tourneys don't even use it) but if Sakurai can change that then and make it more usuful too both the common gamer and tourneys then it'll be cool with me.

Buth Mic, I believe you misunderstood who Sakurai was talking to. It was the common gamer not tourney players.
 

Takeshi245

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This update was all right. If they have different modes like double elimination or having matches that make up a set and setting up how many sets to determine a winner, that'd be sweet.
 

Rapiido

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Blue Zelda.

COLOURCHANGECONFIRMED

But anyway, if the tournaments DO support wifi, it'll maake tournaments much more interesting.
 

Takeshi245

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What a lame week of updates. No characters, no stages...was there really any doubt that Tourney mode would return?
Not for me. However, if they have the suggestions that I've listed above your post, tournament mode would be more customizable this time around.
 

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What a lame week of updates. No characters, no stages...was there really any doubt that Tourney mode would return?
Honestly yes. Tournament mode sucks and really served no purpose when people usually use multiple tv's and regular melee and a piece of paper works just as fine as this mode.

But really Trophies and Resetti were awesome updates and therefore I say this week was okay.
 

Metal B

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I thnik its clear why there is no Character Update today , because we have nerlay the complete Start Rooster. There only 7 Fridays left and the 125. and 150. Update. When there are now every 2 weeks a charakter update, have we 4 Charakters left.
In my opinon this 4 would be Shiek, Captain Falcon, Ness/Lucas and a New Character. So there woukd be 22 Start Charactere (Samus/Zss u. Zelda/Shiek).
 

WFL

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Two things interested me with this update. One, I always wanted a gigantic computer-generated trophy with my gamertag on it. And two, WORM+DK=GOD TIER!!!!!!!!!! lulz
 

X-x-Dyce-x-X

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Oh... this is today's update?

I can't say I'm impressed. I never really used tournament mode in Melee. Well, me and my friends did use it for a while, but it didn't last very long. Ultimately we just decided that since there was only four of us we should just play FFA matches.

Hopefully we'll get to see the character selection screen soon. I can't wait to see that more than anything.

P.S.- Snake's got a funny life icon.
 

Revven

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Well, this update was rather ... okay. It wasn't as amazing as it could have been if he went more in detail. Alas, he did not... I would've liked it if he did. It seemed to me like he just decided "say something and then slap some pictures don't caption them. Then end it with another couple of sentences!" =\

Seemed like he chose this one off the top of his head as opposed to actually thinking about a good update. Meh.
 

falcofuku69

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this is a good update, shut up and stop complaning, its cool to see the new screens, also 32 max players isnt good but its not gonna make a big diff. plus the "ompetition" should be better now with ccertain players starting with predetermined damage, i wont **** my friends as bad now. Yeah and how come this isnt on the main page, i had to go looking for this thread. is it the same for u fellas?
 

ZuluAssassin

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I'm just excited to see more Brawl layouts. Actually, remember that Photoshopped pic of the character select screen? The character pics and general color scheme/layout wasn't too far off from this...amusing. Anyway, Tourney Mode is good for just doing 64 entrant, random character 1v1s for like three hours for fun.
 

IllidR

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Well this is a new and exciting update. [/sarcasm.]

This is one of the updates that I really didn't like. Not just because it gave us something that was already obvious it would be in the game with only one new customizable feature, but because I don't really like how they're making the backgrounds on these screens look. They're too bright.
 
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