Nintendo Wii Fanboy

Smash sucks.

Fighters reached perfection in TMNT: Tournament Fighters.

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No health bars = game for teh kiddeiz

A more serious gripe so far has been my complete inability to get assigned into a random online match, either being booted or getting stuck with sandbag, alone, forever without getting connected

It froze the whole game once, just trying to disconnect.

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I actually like Brawl, but there are still multiple issues with the game.

[a] the controller set up is nice, however certain attacks can not be switched to another button. For example, the smash attack on the wii-mote only.

[b] no real motion control using the wii-mote, which to me, is a great let down

[c] SSE's overworld map is confusing once you start navigating around, you can quickly lose your next mission position.

[d] Nintendo being stupid and not preparing their servers for the additional online load, meaning that 3/4 of the players had lag or were unable to connect and fight against more then 02 other players.

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I won't be buying it. SB was never my game. I'll be getting Mario Kart wii on it's launch day though, whenever that might be.

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If you don't love Brawl, you are an empty husk of a person, a shell of a human being without feeling or purpose.

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Problem? No headsets/voice chat.

I still don't really understand the logic, since Nintendo has parental controls on the console that definitely could limit access to that sort of feature, if desired...

I don't even own the game yet but I played it in one of the dorm rooms above mine...fun so far, but I really wish that headset functionality was there...

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I had never played any of the Smash Bros. games before, though I had seen them. Getting Brawl was kind of a foregone conclusion because of the online play. Though, like others, I have yet to be able to successfully connect to a game, but am looking forward to trying it once the kinks are worked out of the servers...
I understand the mentality to resist what is mainstream, but sometimes you've got to give credit where credit is due.
Brawl is a good time, no doubt about it.
I'm going to be putting in all the friend codes posted in the earlier thread later today, so that should help out.

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Brawl is a lot of fun. It's my first Smash game and I'm having a great time.

That said, of course it didn't completely live up to the hype. It would have been nearly impossible to do that with the level of anticipation surrounding it -- anything less than the Holy Grail covered in delicious melted chocolate is, on some level, a disappointment. That's not at all to say it's a bad game; it's just not the best experience of my life.

As a side note, I think the effect of the prerelease hype machine is part of the reason that Ocarina of Time is so adored -- after years of incredibly (and unreasonably) high expectations, it actually met them.

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I never liked Smash Bros. Maybe at some point I'll give this iteration a chance, but it's pretty low on my list of gaming priorities.

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Truthfully, I somehow was able to ignore most of the hype. Whenever there was a Dojo update, I might have skimmed it, rarely actually reading any (and no, I wasn't worried about spoilers). However, yesterday morning, on a whim, I stopped in Walmart and picked the game up (a very similar thing happened with Halo 3).

So far, I enjoy the game quite a bit. I enjoyed bot previous versions, so I guess I knew I would eventually get the game, I just hadn't planned on picking it up on launch day.

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I've always wondered why people treat this game like a real fighting game. It's more of a party game centered around beating the crap out of each other. It's more of a beat 'em up, but you beat each other up. Obviously it lacks the depth of other tried and true fighters, but crossing over characters from all your favorite games is what makes it special. Not only does it bring characters from all kinds of games, but it does it well, and it manages to be fun for a very long time.

I too ignored all the Dojo updates, and all the Brawl media hype, but when I picked it up over the weekend it was everything I expected. The game is fun. :D

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I suppose I'm part of that minority. The Brawl games just never appeal to me and I'm sick of hearing about SSBB. Hopefully, I can now hear about other games worthy of my gathered pennies.

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I love Brawl.
This morning(6:30 ET) I went online and got two other players.

Not to gloat, but from the complaints im hearing...i think my copy is (the only)glitch-free one. Only thing I hate is loading times.

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I like how no one would entertain this same discussion when Halo 3 came out. At least Brawl is genuinely good. Halo 3 is one of the most overrated games I've seen.

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I can't get it anyway.

I hate nintendo now, for putting Zero Suit Samus. I absolutely hate them.

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Also, how can you hate a game with Peach upskirts? x3

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i thought maybe i hyped this game up too much in my mind before its release, because i played a bit yesterday and was a little disspointed. however, i played again today (for four hours straight with a friend) and realized that yeah, it's the best multiplayer game ever. simply put, Brawl rocks!
as a side note, now that i've seen more of what the game has to offer, i can't help but think of things that could have or should have been included in the release. chiefly amongst those, i wish that some of the assist trophies had been made into full blown characters, that the final smashes had been balanced a little better, and that a few Kingdom Hearts/FF characters had made it in (wishful thinking, i know.)

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My sarcasm goes over like lead balloons. Mythbusters proved lead balloons can float, especially bigger ones when properly created and inflated.

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