A handi-new feature is revealed on the DOJO!

Ok, so, I know this will just get everyone excited… I think. I mean, if you’re not a hardcore Smash player then I guess this is exciting. Of course I’m sure some have not thought about the potential for making Sudden Death matches in tournaments. So here we go.
<p align="center"><strong>Handicaps, woo-hoo!</strong></p>
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So the handicap controls have returned for this game. This has actually be re-tuned to help newcomers of the series to the game so they don’t feel like they are being bullied by more advanced players.
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Choose the handicap option for your character. Unlike the previous games though, there isn’t a simply number, it is a percentage.
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/various12_071114c-l.jpg" alt="Percentage." align="middle" border="0" height="315" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">By doing this, you can set the initial damage that you start out with.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/various12_071114d-l.jpg" alt="Initial Damage..." align="middle" border="0" height="315" width="400" /></p>
Of course that also goes for for every stock you have in battle. This could be useful in making Sudden Death matches. While this update has many not seeing anything worthwhile from thi, it should be taken into account by the competitive community for another tool to assist in dealing tie situations.
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/various12_071114e-l.jpg" alt="Same percentage, different stock..." align="middle" border="0" height="315" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">In fact this might be useful for giving confidence for those who are new to the series through auto-handicapping.</p>
<p align="center"><img src="/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/various12_071114f-l.jpg" alt="Auto-handicapping..." align="middle" border="0" height="315" width="400" /></p>
<p align="center">Auto-handicapping works by raising and dropping the percentages of the characters based on previous match performance. One can assume that a more skilled player will be able to make up for this.</p>

I said it before and I shall repeat:
I love this update.


And I shall go and paste the first paragraph all over the "What's the dumbest thing you've ever heard someone say about Smash?" thread.
Not because it's stupid, but because it's exactly what some "hardcore" people need to learn.

Nice update, I like it better than the old handicap.

Ahhgh the puns they burn! But seriously this is still pretty meh. At least it is a better handicap than the old system.

Wow, are you kidding me? You know, I think he's TRYING to frustrate us now. Ah well. I have Galaxy, and that will placate me for awhile.

Wow, they're reeeally reaching with this crap. Tomorrow's update - Pausing.

Well I use to use the old handicap as a big part of my training. I would like to see how this boils over to brawl. It should still be useful. I know for sure it will be easier to understand and use now. Still I say it's a good move on the develop part.

Homeless stamp of approval :bigthumbu

an interesting update.....but nothing that spectacular

i think we all wanna see another charecter

it;s been a while now

this should have been a double update--

I'm surprised it wasn't more E4A information, so this update is good news for me. I'll see what my friends think of it tomorrow.

BuSHiDo said:

Tomorrow's update - Pausing.

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Thanks for making me laugh.

I like the change to the handicap system—I think it'll make for some fun matches. Four Bowsers all starting at 150%? Yes, please.

This probably is the most unfourtunate string of *****y updates ever.

Come On Now!!! We've Been Waitng A Whoooole Week For A Character Update....sigh...if Its Not Tomorrow Well...we Know They're Not Trying To Give Us Anymore Characters

God forbid they try and pace the updates seeing as the game is released in February...

*Rolls eyes so much they fall out*
*Moves palm to face so swiftly wrist snaps*
*Shakes head so much it falls off*

Wow, they're reeeally reaching with this crap. Tomorrow's update - Pausing


LOL that comment made my day lol...i mean...*** on...day afters uptate....finger movements. lol as all you smash players know that the buttons need to be pressed. but for all the other people in the world who never have seen a button here we go

you get the idea

I thought it was an interesting change in the handicap system. I'll probably use it for lulz matches.

And c'mon guys, you can't expect great updates all the time. The game's out in Feb. Sheesh.

Man this update only sucks because 3 vs. Lvl 9 handicap whoever will not be fun any more...

The scary thing is that the pausing thing could happen... HELP!

What a crap update for my birthday. Anyone wanna Falcon Punch me 17 times?

um ye i know that not all the time there can be great updates all the time. but cmon. this is worse than getting a million papercuts on your manly parts and washing them in salt

oh and wouldnt announcing huge things a few months before the release dates would make people really want it.

gah this updates ok, didn't excite me at all though, im prob just gonna stop checkign the dojo.

The past week seems to be alternating between tasty gameplay and new(and old) game mechanics, hmm....

I sense something good from this week though!

Geez, three 3 boring updates in a row... There had better be a character tomorrow.

awesome update tommorow is the Metroid AT

at least we get a glimps of a fraction of the character select screen?
pushing it..

BuSHiDo said:

Wow, they're reeeally reaching with this crap. Tomorrow's update - Pausing.

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we all ready had that update just with a diffent name but anyway

I guess this is a ok update I use to use auto hadicaps for my friend's little cusion when he played so he woulden't get owned but this seems less usefull if your really good you will just rack up more damgae on the the dude befor he hits you....

Link Sharingan said:

awesome update tommorow is the Metroid AT

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Yes. Sakurai needs to put something other than crap on his website this week.

The new handicap system is much better than the previous system. As Sakurai said, skill really comes into play for the handicapped player. This is where smart playing comes into play.

Yea, it gives it a "do or die" thing to it.

Mah boi, theses updates are what all true Smashers strive for.

I just wonder what Sakurai's up to.

ok....im usually positive about these updates and i know they gotta delay till feb but.....these updates are really annoying me. were going to need something awesome both tommorow and friday to make up for these. todays and yesterdays shoulda been 1 update because sakurai has already mentioned both of these in older updates.

You know, I get up in the morning just to see if I newcomer (Krystal) or veteran (C.Falcon) came, but then I get this? I cannot lie this update is least bit interesting.

Oh well, even do this update is intended for beginners, it looks like it'll ante up the challenge for pros who will play brawl. Oh make it into a sudden death game.

well, it is better than moar e4all info... I kind of liked the old one too, it was fun but hard as heck to beat a lvl 9 falco with any handicap, but fun...

This update is actually pretty cool, but I wish they left in the old handicap system in as well.

think about it in sakurais eyes this is a good week a final smash, 3 taunts, he didnt know that we would watch all those stuff about e for all these updates r well pre planned hes working on updates a month ahead right now probally, so at the time this didnt seem bad but it is

I guess thats kinda useful.

I've never really used handicap, unless I was really really bored. I'm more interested in the "more rules" button.


EDIT: This week's updates were awful so far, it's kinda sad that originally we would be getting Brawl 3 weeks from now.

Hey! its not a "Also seen at the E for All conference" update! I would be completely psyched if it wasnt something that probably none of us will use! of course there are those times that you are beating a friend so bad that they will quit if you dont handicap yourself, but really this update was an update that was "needed" and thus that makes it not too different from the demo updates.

I wasn't expecting much today. And I'm not expecting much tomorrow.

silver777 said:

Mah boi, theses updates are what all true Smashers strive for.

I just wonder what Sakurai's up to.

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I lulz'd.

I wasn't expecting much today. And I'm not expecting much tomorrow.

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Ditto on that...