japanese smashers are hardcore and cheap. everyone 'secondaries' mk (meaning they use him if they have an even or bad matchup O_o). i met up with a couple of guys for a small meet. i could take half of them down anywhere near consistently. two mk mains beat me pretty consistently (espc at first), as did a d3 main who seconds mk. there was japan's best mario (lucas lolled at him though), a zss, ics, a peach and a guy mains pretty much everyone. i was only beaten by mks and the d3. the other characters weren't an issue at all. and what the guys who went to america were saying is completely true; we really dont have anyone in aus who plays mk properly. im not used to getting 3 stocked and i certainly didnt like it very much. got much better and more used to things as the day progressed, even took down the d3 a couple of times. sorry shaya, im pretty proficient at camping now :D
so no diddys, marths or wolves. so i didnt get any practice against my main adversaries characters. pity. almost lost to a PT btw toby, i really have no idea how to play it. and japanese snake dittos are amazing!