Other characters have more going for them than MK has going for him. He's not the best character in the game. Debatable High Tier imo.
I can't believe anyone still thinks MK is still the best at this point in B+'s lifespan.
@Wave: Wow. Really? Not only is your first statement untruth, but its utterly ridiculous.
I genuinely think that people aren't playing him to his fullest. I would say that in B+'s current metagame he isn't the best, and that position belongs to somebody like Falco currently.
It boils down to the fact that people still hate MK and everything vBrawl related about him.
I've come to realize a sad truth though that if you completely gay the **** out of MK vBrawl style there is still very little any character can do to stop it.
There has been little exploration into his matchups, but from what I see there is still no counter. I don't even see a soft counter, with certain exceptions of certain characters on a specific stage (Falco and Diddy on Final Destination for example). Even if a few characters can soft counter on one or two stages, MK can easily avoid those stages and only have to play on a bad stage once a set, or potentially avoid them altogether depending on how stages are selected at the tourney. Other then those few characters on those few stages he still goes against the rest of the cast in such a way that he is still the best character.
The evolution of B+ has left MK's matchups mostly intact. He certainly has more even matchups, but his design prevents true counters. Characters that can abuse his weaknesses (ie heavy projectile users) also have their own weaknesses that give MK just as much to abuse in the match towards them.
I use two characters:
DDD and G&W.
They cover each other VERY well.
DDD's biggest problem matchups are all advantageous for G&W or at the worst around even.
G&W's biggest problem matchups go even, maybe 6-4 for DDD, but still a big improvement from G&W.
Its saddening that I can still get similar coverage with only MK. Going solo MK does have its clear disadvantages though; G&W and DDD each have matchups that are very clearly in their favor where as MK doesn't find himself hard countering characters in the same way. But look at the advantages. Going only MK I would never have to worry about choosing G&W and walking into Marth or Diddy first matchup for an uphill first match.
It comes down to this:
Do you use more than one character to have each characters strengths and weaknesses to complement each other, or do you use just one that trades countering several characters for not having counters himself?
I can go into the first match of a set as G&W and find myself against Diddy. I'm going uphill on the first matchup and now have to hope my DDD handles Diddy better for the remainder of the set (assuming they don't switch). Now I have to win the next two matchups, one of which is going to be on Diddy's counterpick if I win the second.
Or I can find myself as G&W against Fox for the first match. Great for me, just set up a wall of disjointed priority and gimp him early on. Now I'm in a good position to take the set. It goes either way.
The other option is to just go MK and not have those worries. I'm basically guaranteed a 6-4 or 5-5 matchup. I don't have to worry about what the other player picks in that situation nearly as much.
Can any other character in the game claim anything close to that? The closest I can think of is Wario, who still has one or two 4-6 matchups. All the other top tier characters have their problem matchups.
Every once in a while at some local Smashfests we'll see a vBrawl MK player hop in the B+ to give it a try and they play MK as though it were still vBrawl. Patiently applying pressure, and waiting as long as it takes for you to create an opening. MK never has to create his own openings like other characters. He forces you to make it for him. When I see somebody who actually plays B+ go MK they play him in a very different way. They play MK like they would play other B+ characters. They apply offensive pressure and try to find their own opening to start a combo. It never works out as effectively as using MK in a vBrawl style. Its my own experience that tells me everyone here must be playing MK wrong if they don't see he's the best. Next Smashfest I'll try to get some replays of some of the local MK players and how they gay the hell out of him just almost as effectively as they could in vBrawl.
EDIT:
This thread moved quickly in the time it took me to type all of this out :V Meh...