Just looking at today's update reminds me of all the good times with the Dojo. How Sakurai has managed to pull giant surprises out of his *** so many times already.
Think about it, before we got the first trailer what were you expecting? Online? sure. More characters and stages? definetly. Improved graphics? without question.
Now we got all that, hell we don't even have all the characters and stages and both lists already trounce melee.
Now think about all the stuff you weren't expecting from Brawl, stuff nobody saw coming:
-Solid freaking Snake, third-parties for Brawl: We all saw Sonic coming, even the haters, there was no way in hell they would put more third-parties in without the blue blur. Sonic's already a bonus, but who the hell saw Solid Snake appearing at the end of that first trailer? Nobody. Sakurai kicked off the hype with a HUGE WTF moment with Snake.
-A huge one-player mode. With a plot. and upgrades. Look at Adventure Mode from the last game, we all expected Sakurai to improve it, but were you seriously expecting that update the Dojo dropped on us? It has cutscenes? Bosses??? R.O.B.?!?! Who expected we'd be duking it out with Raquayza and Petey? Another huge freaking add-on to the game that nobody expected.
Pokemon Trainer: Who saw that coming. Who. This character is absolutley brilliant. Three for one, and the guy you select doesn't even fight, he stands in the background. Of all the characters we talked about on the Boards, from all the shoe-in's to even the joke characters, not one of us was ready for PT. Just goes to show the creative work behind this game.
Stage Builder, Video Recording: And the rest of the online features, we expected online play sure, and no, there is no voice chat, but Smash isn't to blame, the Wii is. Even though the video thing is found in Halo and stage builder is a common thing in games now, but none of us expected it. Simply Amazing.
Music: SERIOUSLY. HOLY CRAP. We have brand new music, which sounds AMAZING. Plus he's giving us the original beats from previous games, hell, from games that we've never even heard of. The soundtrack is already amazing, and there's no doubt there's going to be soooo much more of it. Did you expect the My Music feature? Nope. I don't think so.
Assist Trophies: Now after months and months of knowing of their existence, people whine about them deconfirming characters. But really, Waluigi? Really? Sorry but characters like him are lucky to even get a character model at all. And that's the beauty of assist trophies. Seeing characters in action that we wouldn't see otherwise. I wanted to play Grey Fox as much as the next guy, but hell, I'm just glad to see him at all. And think back to when they were first announced. How amazing of a feature was that? They're like Pokeballs...but..you know...COOL.
And that's all from the top of my head. Now you look at that list. The things you were expecting, the things you didn't expect, and you put that all together, we already had an amazing game to begin with, and we already have sooooooo much more than ANY of us ever expected to. You could take this stuff, just the stuff from the Dojo, and nothing else, and you would have one HELL of a game. But you know what? we STILL have soooo many more things coming our way that we don't even know yet.
So, what I'm trying to say is, no, I will not be dissappointed in the least with this game. All my favorite characters won't be in it, I mean hey, I love Klonoa but I'll be the first to tell you there are a ton more third party guys that deserve a spot over him.
So you may not get everyone you want. but look at what you have already, and stop complaining.
