Real men play Brawl the way it was made. You're just holding on to a game from 12 years ago. (Man, I felt old saying that, and I'm only 17.)
Not really. Brawl as a competitive game is turrbile to play unless you like camping, stalling, and running away, and seeing as how I'm a competitive player who likes competing at a high level (although I love casual clowning around as well; yesterday my brother did Giant Melee on Brinstar, and it is AMAZING!!! Drowning lava deaths are hilarious), and how I hate running away or just general campy play, Melee is better, and Smash 64 is, too IMO because of that.
Real men play No Items Fox NOlimar Only Final Destination.
Actually I'm a huge fan of the Smash 64 bumper. The combos, kills, and setups you could do with that item was insane, especially on Peach's Castle 64 with that bumper on the top. I used to always have fun with that and get kills that way. It's too bad the bumper wasn't in Melee, and that the Brawl bumper was garbage.
Also, I'm not a big fan of Final Destination, especially the Brawl version.
[collapse="On top of that..."]-My favorite stage is actually Rainbow Cruise. I just love the layout of that stage, and it's always been my go-to counter-pick stage. I've lost only twice on it in tournament matches, and both were to ranked opponents in Melee. Brawl players were too
Weak to ever beat me on that stage!
-After that, my next favorite stages (in no particular order) are Peach's Castle 64 (I love that it is in Project M), Delfino Plaza (my most wanted Brawl stage that was BETTER than I could have ever dreamed it to be), and Mute City (I'm still waiting for a Brawl hack for that stage).
-After that, my next tier of favorite stages (in no particular order) are Hyrule Castle, Dreamland 64, Yoshi's Story, and Smashville (Balloons = 1 point, KO's = 1 point; ties go to the guy who wins the fight, and if neither do, then it goes to the one with more KO's, and if neither do, then it goes to who had the better placement, and if it's a tie in that scenario, then whoever won the fight wins; yes, the rules are complex, but so are balloons).
[collapse="After that, my favorite stages, in a rough order are:"]-Project M's Dracula's Castle (whoever made this stage should work on the next smash bros game; it is incredible)
-Saffron City
-Project M's Skyworld (no breaking bottom platforms! HORRAY!!!)
-Project M's Wario Ware
-Congo Jungle (64)
-Fountain of Dreams
-Project M's Green Hill Zone
-Castle Siege (especially the Project M one without the 2nd transformation; not that it's bad, but the 1st and 3rd transformation are so good!)
-Onett (a great stage for practicing combos and teching. I prefer the Project M version where the cars are weaker and don't kill)
-Project M's Pokémon Stadium 2 (no transformations!)
-Project M's SSE Jungle (such a great large teams/FFA stage)
-Yoshi's Island (Brawl)
-Pokémon Stadium
-Project M's Skyloft (it's just the top left side of Hyrule Castle without any of the rest of it, flying above Skyloft with a Skyloft design)
-Project M's Rumble Falls
-Kongo Jungle (Melee)
-Battlefield (Brawl)
-Project M's Norfair
-The "How to Play" Stage (64)
-The Balanced version of The Summit some Brawl modder made (look it up on the Brawl Vault; I have it, and it is AMAZING!!!)
-Battleship Haleberd
-Jungle Japes
-Brinstar (Melee)
-Mushroomy Kingdom I-I (Balanced Brawl version only; I think this version of the stage should be in Project M, actually)
-Corneria (especially the Brawl version with all the fixes of stuff from the Melee original verison)
-Poké Floats (it's just so fun)
-The Brawl hacked stage Poké Floats 2 (EternalYoshi is a genius for making this stage)
-Termania: Great Bay
-Lylat Cruise
-Final Destination (Melee)
-Sector Z
-Battlefield (64)
-Hyrule Castle
-Princess Peach's Castle (Melee)
-Green Greens Brawl modded version (with no bombs in the middle and the two sides connected to the main side version only)
-The Summit (I have a soft spot for this turrible stage)
-Mushroom Kingdom II
-Pirate Ship (Balanced version with no interferences; I would like a version where you automatically drown in the water, actually)
-Mushroom Kingdom (64)
-Planet Zebes (64)[/collapse][/collapse]