Identifying Filler (11 good updates to go!)

[MRun]

I think that Spectator Mode, Snapshots, and Custom Controls weren't really filler. They are brand-new modes. Wii Remote controls was also probably an actual update as well; Sakurai just nullified its usefulness by showing us custom controlls.

As you said, videos and basic technique updates (barring taunts and chargeable moves) may have been genuine "bundle updates". Returning items and pokemon might have also been intentional; however, the fact that the team is still in the process of refining the monsters' skins and (in some cases) models suggests that it indeed was the result of having nothing else to show.

Battle for the Smash Ball, however useless it was, is also probably a genuine update, since it did present "new" information that we wouldn't have gotten if not for E for All.

 

[susu_atari]

OP Update!

I've decided to put today's update in the "Core" list. The reason for this is rather complex, but I'll try to explain as best I can.
I decided to put "Spectator" and "Friends List" in the "Filler" list, and my reasons for doing so have become more clear with today's update. I believe that if the game had not been delayed, we would have just seen 2 more WiFi updates after the first. One for "With Anyone", which also would have explained Spectator, and one for "With Friends" that would have also explained the friends list.

I mean, come on... If the game hadn't been delayed, do you really think "Spectator" would have had an update of its own? I don't.

For this reason, when we see a large "With Friends" update, I'll put that in the "Core" list as well!

 

[smashmaniac16]

fox's misfortune wan't a filler update i had a major nerdgasm when i saw it

 

[Chidosengan]

Wow, 9 weeks left.... again.

Jeez, I just can't believe I could be playing Brawl right now.

 

[Frogla]

you cant really call it 10 more good updates. Sakuria wont give us all filler updates, hes bound to give us some more good updates from now to then. It wont all be crap

 

[susu_atari]

you cant really call it 10 more good updates. Sakuria wont give us all filler updates, hes bound to give us some more good updates from now to then. It wont all be crap

We might not get BAD updates, but my point is to try and identify updates we wouldn't have gotten if Brawl hadn't been delayed.

 

[susu_atari]

Well, it would appear that nobody's interested in my thread, but I'll keep updating it anyway.
Bonsly and Rotation. Filler, in my opinion. Bonsly probably would have been bundled as a secondary update, and Rotation is probably part of a spread-out "Multiplayer Modes" update. I'm sure there's still loads more important stuff we've not yet seen.

 

[xbrinkx]

Sounds very logical, but there may be a few things I disagree with. Though that would be my opinion. I hope we get some interesting updates and that there won't be so much over-speculation on things. Trust me, I'm starting to see the terrible outcomes of over-speculation. Although the filler updates feel less satisfying, it just shows how much more work that they're putting into the game, rather than the blog itself. They put in these fillers for a reason. I'm hoping for at least 1 or 2 more characters in Brawl so I won't be as dissappointed as others if it weren't as filling. Good theory, mind if I call it the "Filler Theory"?

 

[bballstar23]

Are these updates until February, or until January?

 

[Brockman5]

Yup good name, although it isn't much of a therory as it's a matter of time before we get all of the good updates...