What if Brawl was Smash 4 when it released?

[epicmartin7]

How would the Smash community be different today if Brawl had the same techniques and physics as Smash 4 when it released and was relatively balanced? My first guess is that we would probably see it in tournaments and maybe have no PM.

 

[LunarWingCloud]

Well there would be more than 50 or so attending the Brawl Apex even that's for sure.

 

[Xermo]

Project M would be in HD

 

[Mericus]

Tripping would've never happened

 

[YourFaithfulStudent]

Melee would still stay with melee just more people would have gotten into "brawl" and more people would have gotten more into smash. (becasue of so much wiis out there) not as much wiiUs

 

[16bit]

PS4 and Xbox One actually become reasonable competition to the Wii U.

 

[epicmartin7]

I would also think we wouldn't have OP Meta Knight (duh... since almost everyone is balance). Probably the biggest loss would be the lack of motivation to mod Smash. Which means no existence of playing on Captain Falcon's majestic hand XD.

 

[LunarWingCloud]

I would also think we wouldn't have OP Meta Knight (duh... since almost everyone is balance). Probably the biggest loss would be the lack of motivation to mod Smash. Which means no existence of playing on Captain Falcon's majestic hand XD.

Ehhh I dunno man ICs were ridiculous too, and the lowest tier characters especially Ganondorf would lose to a paper bag, in fact I'm pretty sure a paper bag has a better matchup spread than Brawl Ganondorf.

 

[Raijinken]

I imagine it'd be seen as a bit better than it is now, as there wouldn't have been Brawl's Subspace precedent for single-player content, and thus there'd be less (indeed, very little) removed between Melee and Smash4 aside from some technique. And that'd be made up for since the roster would have DOUBLED, at least to some people.

 

[erico9001]

So if it had the same techniques and physics (I think people are just reading the title lol)... I agree, Project M would not have had as much reason driving it into existence. It probably would have not even be inspired in the first place due to lack of kindling, so to speak. I could have seen there being a 'just go play Melee if you want Melee' ideology to the subject of why the game is not as fast.. Even if Project M did come into being, it would be much less backed, like Brawl Minus is currently. Also, I think Melee would not have as large of a community as it does today, because this version of Brawl would be more inviting to the competitive Melee players and so you have more of them making a transition to it. Melee would definitely still be around, just smaller than it is now in our reality.

Moving on, Smash 4 may have been what, in our reality, Brawl was to Melee. Sakurai, wanting to make it more of a party game, introduces tripping, makes the game slower, and probably some other things we wouldn't like. We all get pissed, so we make Project B (I guess this is in the future when we are modding Wii U games). Project B is pretty much our reality's Smash 4 but with the players controlling what happens. Characters cut between Brawl and Smash 4 would be re-introduced. Lots of interesting stuff happens.

 

[Xevious 1]

Who the hell are Shulk, Greninja, and Robin?

 

[Sleeplost]

I would've still liked the game because it's fun and cool?
I dunno man. I think the petty quarrels of the Smash fanbase are really annoying and I pretty much enjoy every Smash game. It wouldn't really affect me, I suppose.

 

[Shaminqueen]

Who the hell are Shulk, Greninja, and Robin?

You're joking, right?
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I don't know...I liked the adventure modes in Melee and Brawl. I enjoy amiibos just as much though. If Smash 4 were Brawl...

I honestly don't know. HD adventure mode would be fun though.

 

[Dr. James Rustles]

The Unity Ruleset would not have been such a failure although the community would still be split between Melee and Wii-Era fans.

 

[KRBAY]

This thread wouldn't exist.

 

[SatoshiM]

@ Shaminqueen
He was just saying that those characters didn't exist at the time of brawl's release. Xenoblade, Pokemon X/Y, and Fire Emblem Awakening all came after Brawl.