I want SSB4 to be its own game, forget Melee, forget Brawl, be Super Smash Bros for Wii U!!!!
When Smash Bros is named after its console it pleases the whole community and nobody fights about it! *coughs SSB 64* So go Wii U! (I will still love you for having the most generic name ever but whatever, GO!)
Meh. I say we just stop comparing Melee to Brawl. They're different games, and people with different preferences play each one more than the other. Is it not enough to leave it at that?
... I don't know why I bother.
Not that easy. Yes, they are different games, Brawl is Brawl and it is an awesome game for being what it is, same goes for Melee. But as you said it yourself, people will have different opinions, it just happens that people who like the Melee style wants the next SSB4 to be the next Melee, and people who liked Brawl and hated Melee wants SSB4 to be more like Brawl.
Which is why I think Sakurai is a genius for saying he wants to balance the game between Melee and Brawl, he will please the community as a whole, not just part of it. Now I just hope he can accomplish that, but regardless, I think SSB4 will be a great game, despite it being more of one way than another.