This works really, really well. Without the Brawl airdodge, and now with the ability to approach AND punish your opponent, "combos" are available, and the game is, IMO, so much more fun than ever.
Playing against level 4 comps just now was more fun than any Brawl weekly I've been to.
My suggestion:
Try making the window that you have to press the shield button either three seconds longer than it is now, or move the window over three seconds (like, it's starts three seconds later than it is now, and ends three seconds later than it is now). That's my on suggestion. I'm pretty sure it'll feel just about right with that change. :] But that's why we test things, yes?
My problem:
I played a few matches with some characters against a random level 4 computer. Finally, I came to my Falcon vs a CPU Ice Climbers. The match froze once the announcer said "3!". I'll double check in a bit to see if it's an IC problem; because I'd played matches with Falcon previously, and nothing like that had happened.
-Nox`