I wrote this over a month ago but forgot to poast it.
Super Smash Brothers Brawl is a disappointment, because it is essentially nothing new. Melee was rushed so instead of Brawl being a new game, it is instead everything that Melee was supposed to be rather than a sequel. Basically the game was delayed for six years, though we still got a somewhat incomplete version of it at the time.
Brawl's main problem is that Melee still existed. Therefore, Brawl needed to try something radically different to warrant its existence; on Wii it shouldn't have been hard. For it to be acceptable to not have any gameplay changes, it needed to contain much more content than what it has now: it needed more characters, more stages, some actually new game modes or gameplay techniques, just something to make it worth abandoning the game I've been playing for the past six years (and still do, unfortunately).
I'm generally a man of few words so here is a quick list of pros and cons:
PROS:
-Mostly balanced roster.
-Lots of crazy new stages.
-Co-op modes.
-Online play.
-Challenges vault informs you of how to unlock the extras.
-Save replays from many modes.
-Snapshots can be taken in any mode.
-Customizable controls.
-Stage Builder.
CONS:
-No new modes.
-"Clone" characters still remain. For this to be acceptable, there needed to be a lot more characters.
-Too many contrived stages.
-Break The Targets stages are no longer unique to each character.
-Board The Platforms is still MIA.
-Not all modes are available online.
-Bonuses have been removed.
-Too many music tracks are ripped straight from the original source.
-"Masterpieces" are a waste of disc space and are a shameful attempt to get people to buy VC games.
-Most trophies and stickers are ripped straight from games or official artwork and hardly go back farther than the GameCube era.
-Characters randomly trip over every now and then.
-For characters with infinite combos, you can now simply hold the "A" button instead of needing to press it rapidly.
-Too many powerful items.
-"Very High" and "Very Low" item appearance percentage have been removed.
-Mid-match loading times.
-Coin Launcher.
-Toon Link.
Nintendo is taking advantage of the fact that most people who own a Wii haven't played their other games. Instead of trying to compete with Sony or Microsoft, they have found a way to start all over. There, I said it.
-Mop_it_up
