June 6?! BRAIN DAMAGE. ;_;

asfhhasfhHSLFLhsflhSFLHsflhSLFHslfhsfldsflhdasg... ! That's idiotic.

Three months after US....

We've honestly had shitter deals.

Edit: No, wiat, lol, I lied, this deal is quite shite, June 6 is a rumor. N-UK likes to quash the rumour but all the same will not cough up a real date. Nintendo quashes latest SSBB EU release rumour - Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii News - VideoGamer.com

God damnit, nintendo. This sort of shit I expect from lesser companies that go by the name of ADV.

Hmm, sounds like I'm going to have to import. I hear Datel is working on some kind of Disc Swapping device for the Wii.

Two Megaliths here? Blasphemy!

But ouch to Europe. :( At least the rumor ain't true. Would suck even more if it was later than the projected date.

Honesly at this point, I'd rather they'd pick a damn date so I can get to hating/loving them.

Yes, that option is still up (I actually selected that option and took 30 minutes trying to change it back). It also includes the custom stages, so that's all cool.

The June 6th release date rumour is the second June release rumour for the Europeans/Australians. Perhaps this may be an indication of when we're getting it?

Ah screw that. GIVE US A RELEASE DATE NOW ;_; us poor PAL people.

Today's update: Meteor Smashes and Bowser's Special Moves.

I like Bowser's new side move... Now he has a Bowsercide move (which looks awesome). And ultimately, should this be used in a 1-on-1 match with 1 stock left for both, Bowser would get the win, since your opponent goes off screen first.

Sheesh, Bowser just got a whole lot better in this game.

And watching the BrawlCentral Stream... Awesome. Wolf has a spike. :3:

And while I'm continuing to talk to myself, I always wondered why Shadow wasn't one of the loop running characters in Green Hill Zone. Go figure that he's an assist trophy.

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/1...wassistbe9.jpg

Also, among new Pokemon I've seen in the Stream:

• Gardevoir
• Metagross
• Gulpin
• Weavile

And now for something of actual importance. Sakurai hates us. :(

That's a real bummer. I was really excited about the whole add-on characters thing. :(

It makes sense that there's no new downloadable characters. He said it himself, there is no hard drive on the Wii, which makes it tricky to store any playable characters since it'd take quite a bit of memory to do so. Something the Wii's internal memory cannot handle, not to mention if they did it, EVERYBODY would need to get new characters for online play. Just seems like a pain to me. I'm happy with what they have now.

Anyone who was expecting DLC beyond stage builder stuff was deluded. Sorry.

One could hope and dream though. :tpg:

Meteor smashes.... wasn't the community term spiking? Though atleast now we have an official term for it.

Oh, no. They're similar in fashion, but different effects.

Meteor Smashes are recoverable after you're hit.
SmashWiki: Meteor Smash - SmashWiki

Example: Up+B fast enough to Yoshi's F-air or Falco's Side+B, you can recover.

Spikes on the other hand just send you straight down.
SmashWiki: Spike - SmashWiki

Example: Falco's D-air off the edge. Odds are, if you're 40% or above and you get knocked off the stage downwards, you're not coming back.

Speaking in Melee terms.

Oh lawd I'm so glad the random select options include eveything.
Imagine the tedium of flipping through the 3 pages of stages when you are unsure of which to go with and are too afraid to hit random because it might pull up one of your bullshit stages that is composed entirely of spikes in boxes. *breathe*

Ah learned something today. I always thought meteor was hitting someone down while they were in the air and a spike was hitting them down while they hung on the edge. Shows what I know. I wonder if Toon Link's down-air will still make the person burst into flames when done correctly.

Though if they were to make a new game, the idea could still be in the back of his mind to implement it, as technology changes on.

Today's Update: Captain Falcon

The pictures are wonderful.


The descriptions also:

I like the whole switch direction Falcon punch. I had that problem a lot, jumping into battle with a Falcon Punch only to overshoot my targets and get capped in the back. That wont be happening anymore.

Who cares about being outrun when you have Falcon PAAAUUUNCH!!! Manliest-man.

Falcon looks like he's about to have a hernia there.

I found a rather amusing review.

press the ACTION BUTTON!!

He makes a few good points. Good for a laugh. Take a look. =)

tl;dr

Actually I read the first paragraph or two...but with Brawl not even mentioned within them I gave up. Takes his sweet time getting to the reviewing. Smells of SDF.

That was a good, long read. And I agree, he makes a lot of valid points, some are a bit biased, but overall, good points.

Pure Gold. :tpg:

Yeah, it was a whole load of wavy finger to me.

That review was completely beautiful in the sense that while, all in all, it gives a negative viewpoint of the game, it makes me want to buy the game even more.

It's like, look, you know you're indulging in this game, ok? To unhealthy levels, and if you don't know, you should. The way that article addresses the phenomenon that are mash ups and cross over of genres for characters and series is the main point. Yes, Mario and Sonic are duking it out. Sure, it is awesome that it actually came to a fully realized product. But you aren't just psyched, you are -religious- about it. It isn't the second coming. And not just you but millions of you. I think that's just fantastically put in the review Acer posted. And I am now very curious just how far over the top the single player experience in SSBB is. Like, I knew the concept was ridiculous in the first place, but now I'm coming to understand that it's presented as less silly; it takes itself seriously. Unintentional hilarity is also hilarity.

Now, where I'd have a differing of opinion with the guy is whether or not the play mechanics are worth anything in the first place. I know what I'm buying into here, it's Melee with a few new faces, a few tweaked returning characters (the amount returning characters tweaked is few, not the amount of returning characters), a superior graphical sheen, some minor changes to game mechanics that I'd probably never notice on my own, new stages/items/music, and online play. Yeah, that's worth it for someone who already loves the system of the game. It's fast paced, vast, customizable to the extreme with loads of personality, what's not to like? A new coat of paint (understatement) warrants a new installment in the series. Perhaps we'll need to see a significant evolving soon in the series if it's to continue, but this is the third game stretched across three different generations of consoles. Let's not act like Smash Bros is Dynasty Warriors.

I'd also have to say that it does matter that these characters are the fighters in this system. Mario and Ness and Captain Falcon have the moves, speed, and power that they have because of who the characters they are, established long beforehand. In a sense, you can make the comparison that matching an established character to a set of rules the way Smash Bros does with multiple franchises is akin to matching music to images. You do it right and the effect can be charming, and if that counts for nothing to you, you are soulless.

Also, has anyone noticed this? At first it sounds like it'd be really fun, but...when I read into the rules, I'm a bit skeptical. My major qualm is that I'm thinking people who've had JP copies of the game since its release are going to have a pretty big advantage. I would imagine most of the Round 1 people are just going to be adjusting from Melee to Brawl mechanics (whether it's with general gameplay, items, characters, stages, etc.) while those who have had the game are generally going to dominate because they already know how it all works. Or most of it, at least.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if when this all comes down to the 8 semifinalists that most (if not all) of them are going to be people who have had the game since its Japan release.