What is your criteria for picking your character?

[tropewhat]

Try to explain your reasoning for choosing your character in brawl. Do you pick a character you think you're best at, a character that is widely acknowledged as good, a character that makes you happy, a character that you think is underused, or do you make your decision off of another reason? Do you use multiple characters and, if so, do you use one specifically for competitive play? I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS

 

[Iron Thorn]

Different reasons for each:

Metaknight: Multiple jumps, sexy voice, bad*ss all round, adorable in the same way Lego Vader is.
Zelda/Sheik: Favorite. Character. Ever.
Wolf: My favorite animal, plus I need a bad guy to play as.
Pikachu: It's all about t3h goggles.
Pit: He just cracks me up for some reason. Oh, arrows and multiple jumps too.
Falco: I like birds, and I'm Italian-American on my mom's side. Plus it's not that big a step from playing Wolf.
Toon Link: He's friggin' adorable. Just look at his little face and stubby legs. How could you say no? Also, Purple is a plus.
R.O.B.: He's a cute robot, plus my friend likes him, and my friends influence me too much. Purple here too.
Yoshi: Yoshi's Story was one of my favorite N64 games, plus he's fun to play as. Terrible 3rd jump sucks though.

 

[Snail]

I enjoy playing as him. And because I loved Pikmin 2.

That is all.

 

[chic]

My bro has been using Mario and I have been using Luigi since 64. When we were younger we just were obsessed with Mario/Luigi, so when SSB came out it just seemed logical to pick them. plus the fact that since we are brothers and so are they it made even more sense Did the same with Melee and now with Brawl :D

 

[Sosuke]

I like them.

 

[tropewhat]

aite **** it im not gonna play characters just cuz they're good anymore you guys taught me a lot

 

[Super_Sonic8677]

I like them.

This lol.


In Melee I picked Sheik cause here speed fit my fighting style and she' pretty awsome.

In Brawl I picked Sonic just because he was Sonic. My very first game was Sonic 3. <3

 

[Sean²]

Not broken, not fat, not annoying.

 

[Zook]

Picking character is easy for me. It depends on the height, weight, and hair color of the chick I banged the night before.

 

[Sosuke]

My very first game was Sonic 3. <3

duuuddeee same herreee.
But still, I'd rather have knuckles. >_>

 

[Ace55]

Picking character is easy for me. It depends on the height, weight, and hair color of the chick I banged the night before.

Wow.....................

Are you this funny all the time.

10lamejokes

 

[Yukiwarashi]

If I like their character from the games I played, I will learn them, no matter what.

Luckily, Toon Link and Pokemon Trainer, my most wanted Brawl characters, fit me perfectly.

 

[Zook]

Wow.....................

Are you this funny all the time.

10lamejokes

Pretty much.

On a more serious note, I just play as who I want. I grew up with Yoshi, so I main him.

 

[Veggi]

I just play as my favorite characters and I love Mario+DK+Star Fox games so I just use them. I also like their play styles too.

 

[Neon Ness]

I pick characters that look interesting/unique, or characters that have some relation to previous mains. I chose Lucas because I been usin' Ness since SSB sixty-fo'.

 

[DTP]

This is simple. I just play as the character I think is most fun. It also tends to be a less used character or a more difficult character to learn because its so much more rewarding to win.

 

[TraverseTown]

I play Lucas 'cause none of my friends play him so I stand out in Tourneys.

 

[tropewhat]

Picking character is easy for me. It depends on the height, weight, and hair color of the chick I banged the night before.

lolllllllllllll

 

[Proud_Smash_N00b]

High tier
easy to use
easy to win with

=P

 

[tropewhat]

High tier
easy to use
easy to win with

=P

i was expecting more people to say this to be honest

 

[Knyaguy]

All my mains are because of fanboyism. But my mains are not always my best they are just my favorites. I mained Mewtwo in melee but when it came to an important match I was falco.

 

[ShaolinAce]

Kirby superstar was one of my favorite games and I was good with him off the hop.

 

[SirKibble]

Meta Knight: My favorite character ever. I knew I'd use him way before I got or played the game.
Ness: I've used him since 64. He's just a character I've always enjoyed playing as.
Ice Climbers: I used them some in Melee, but when I tried them in Brawl... Man, they just felt good. Really fit the playing style I've developed.
Lucario: I'm not really sure. He's just a character I feel good using.
Toon Link: I always liked Link, but found him a little too slow and heavy. Toony was the perfect solution.

 

[Smash_Gigas]

I pretty much use the characters I think are cool. But if a character is a powerhouse--I'm going to attempt to use him so that's a given. I also try to use the lesser-mained characters by others.

Basically--
-If they're cool (AKA Fanboyism)
-If they're a powerhouse
-If they have a sword
-Tier

 

[Roihu]

Fanboyism for me.
Marth would be a second pick because honestly, who doesn't love his forward B? (Well, I can understand if you're in the other end...)

 

[Bowser King]

I play the character I think is fun to play, cool and works with my playstyle.

 

[E.M.]

I love fast FLASHY characters. Captain Falcon, Fox, Falco, Wolf.

 

[WolfCypher]

Pit: Huge fan of Kid Icarus. I have been waiting for Pit to be in Smash since Melee (yet I would have loved for him to be in SSB64); have been waiting for a new Kid Icarus game for too long.

Lucario: My favorite Pokémon ever. Since Pit was confirmed for Brawl on day one, Lucario was my absolute-must-be-playable-in-Brawl-or-I'm-not-buying-this-game-and-I'm-serious character.

Wolf: I love wolves.

 

[DS_Dragon]

Lucas: I'm good with him and theres something about him I find cute lol
Luigi: Hes always been my favorite mario character.
King Dedede: Really to prove that I can use him after my embarasing first experience with him. And he looks good in purple
Pokemon Trainer: My favorite pokemon is Charizard. And his rock smash works wonders on bosses
Sonic: My first video game that I ever beat! I have fond memories of sonic on genesis. Although KNuckles is better

But overall I just play as who I am good with and who I like to play as

 

[Shy Guy 86]

Kirby: My main in 64, also in Melee(though I use Falco/Fox/Falcon) for serious, and he is in brawl, and I like him.
Fox: My very first smash character to play with(and the first time I knew him ), I like this guy, He was my 2nd main in 64, Melee main, and the "For fun main" in brawl.
Falco: My friend was using him, then I copied him, I liked how his playstyle was, until I heard of a rumour that "there is a chance that the clone characters might be cut" I swapped to Fox, was my 2nd main in melee, then when I didn't like Fox much in brawl, I tried him out, he PWNed.
Meta Knight: I liked his "Victory is my Destiny" thing, so I used to play with him a lot, until I got very good with him, at some time he became my main(for a week or so), and now he is my 2nd main.
Wolf: I liked his smashes, moves, and so, plus Wolves are awsome. =)
King DDD: One of my secondaries, Was going to be my main if Falco/Wolf turned out to suck.
R.O.B.: I don't know why everyone hates him, but if it weren't for him there wouldn't be any SSB(or in fact any Video Game after 1983) and plus he is like the terminator in brawl, and he is cute...

 

[MetaRidleyX]

Samus: I love metroid and Samus has been a favourite since 64
Lucas: A kid with a giant cowlick, a stick he picked up off the ground and psychic powers, pretty cool
Zelda: I've met only one other person who mains zelda, she isnt that common around here, so I picked her up
Ganon: a main from melee and all around powerhouse, I like his play style
Ike: I like FE, especially the 2 that he's in so simply because I like the games hes from
Falco: he's got bread, what more needs to be said?

 

[the Lexx]

ROB is cool.
MK is good.
It's funny beating people with Ness.

Plus the first two cover each others' bad match-ups, except for other MKs. I suppose picking up DK or Snake wouldn't be a bad idea.

 

[Proud_Smash_N00b]

I also prefer people who I used in Melee. I dun have a Wii so I dun have the time to experiment with Snake or MK

 

[Endless Nightmares]

-great air game
-uncommon
-great projectile/item game

 

[Frown]

My character can't be serious. I really don't like to play as Metaknight, Wolf, Marth, Samus, etc.

 

[colored blind]

I play characters who fit my relatively aggressive playstyle, and can chase in the air. Ergo, Wolf, Sheik, Pikachu, and Marth are all relatively logical for me.

 

[Ilex]

1) Like them as a character.
2) Enjoy their playstyle.
3) Play as them decently.

 

[Tim_The_Enchanter]

I pretty much only play underused chars like PT, Mario and Captain Falcon. That's about it. I can master about anybody

 

[Buddahmonk]

I pick charaters on my like of their game or if they are cool in general, then see if i can adapt to them well.

 

[Grunt]

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