First of all, thank you for making this thread. The thread was due a long time ago.
Second, I want to give my positive two cents on Brawl:
- Amazing graphics: We've all seen them. It's not that much of a jump from Melee, but I think the characters look their best right now, the stages are beautiful and the gameplay is smooth.
- The characters: Yeah, I know, we are still waiting for some of them to be revealed (I think this will be after release though), but we already have a good amount of newcomers, they're all cool and deserve it. And boy, was I surprised when I first saw Meta Knight and Snake in it, that alone was a good reason to buy the game in the future. Plus, while we were deprived of the Samus trophy (the one where she doesn't have a helmet) in Melee, now we have Zero Suit Samus. And why do people have to criticise her sex appeal? For one reason, some people like it and as much as you hate it, I'd rather Brawl appealed to all kinds of people. Second, it's not like she didn't look like that before, I mean, she looked always sexy like that. The thirs thing is, if you don't like here, use Samus, simple as that. And last but not least, so what if she has boobs? She's a woman, and normally, they have breasts (I understand it's hard for the gaming world to understand that).
Would you like to know something? When you play Brawl, you won't look at the boobs, but rather at how you play, so it doesn't matter anyway, you won't notice them much as you're probably too busy beating your opponents with sheer girl power.
I just love the variety of characters, and so far, we don't have clones at all. Just compare this with Melee! It's amazing.
- The gameplay: It might've been slowed down a bit, but I think this is good. Not only will you have time for new strategies, you will have considerable time getting a good screenshot and sending them to all your friends. This is cool and you know it. Besides, Melee was a bit too hectic for me at times, and the matches were too short; now, you can enjoy all your matches to the fullest ^^
- The game modes: As of now, the Subspace Emissary's going to look so great as we already have seen in some videos. The multiplayer mode might be the most important in the Smash series, but I for one am glad the developers put as much time in the SSE since, contrary to what many people say, there ARE people who don't have much friends to play Brawl with. We need both sides to be happy, right? Well, now it certainly looks like we will all have fun equally.
The trophy stands and the coin launcher are fantastic since they don't require sheer luck like the lottery in Melee, but also strategy and skill. I'm sure there will be many things to collect, and the sticker idea is kind of neat ^.^
- The music: The developers have improved the amount of music we're gonna hear in Brawl. Plus, you can collect CD's to listen to even more tracks. And every track so far sounds like a masterpiece. Some of them sound synthesized and, like some of you said, like MIDIs. But even then, they are wonderful. The feeling is completely different when you just listen to the music like that, or listen to the music while you play. It doesn't matter how many times you say the music sucks, when you play, you will forget all that and suddenly, the music is passable at second and great at third. The thing here is it's a whole different music style, and people think it isn't going to be half as epic as in Melee. Remember, folks, this is Brawl, not Melee. Besides, the music, while the quality differs highly, will sound even better in-game, and there will be at least one track you like listening to.
As of now, the musicians did a wonderful job with it. All my respect for you!!
So much fanservice!! We should ALL thank Sakurai and his team of developers for making a game as great as this. Even though it might be the last in the Smash series (hey, it's very much possible), we will play it for years. There will be tourneys all around the place, and those will still be held after 5 years, because we all know that the game can't fail. How could it? Because there's no wavedashing? Because the gameplay's slow? Even if the gameplay is a bit easier to grasp with the new controls, tournament players will still find advanced techs, I guarantee. The success of Brawl cannot be denied, copies will be sold in the millions. So better prepare yourselves for the best game of 2008 and get ready to brawl!
