Super Smash Bros. Brawl has provided me with a great deal of amusement. I’ve logged a significant number of hours on the game, and so far, I have:
- unlocked all characters
- beaten classic with every character (including Zero Suit Samus, Sheik, and all three of the Pokemon Trainers Pokemon)
- beaten Subspace Emissary on Hard
- beaten all Event Matches
- completed 90% of the Challenges
- collected a shitload of stickers and trophies
The game is a lot of fun. The only thing that has disappointed me is the online. I played for an hour or so, and the lag ruined the whole experience. It is hard to play a fighting game when your reaction time is hindered by lag. Oh well. Someday, I’ll have a better connection that will hopefully be relatively lag free.
So far, I like a lot of the characters. My top five characters would have to be:
- Olimar
- Diddy Kong
- Zero Suit Samus/Samus
- Wolf O’Donnell - TIE - Falco
- Toon Link (Red - as an homage to our Four Swords days)
As for the five worst characters:
- King Dedede
- King Dedede
- King Dedede
- King Dedede
- King Dedede
Seriously, how can anyone play as him? His forward smash is so slow that I’ve only ever connected with it twice. He is sluggish, his specials are worthless, and he seems to be absurdly light and easy to knock around for a character in the heavy class. So, yeah. King Dedede completely blows. The rest of the roster is okay. Even R.O.B. - who I was wary about - is pretty decent. But, whatever. I guess if Sakurai wants to make his own character extremely lame, he can do just that.