There aren't many weeks left between us and the game's American debut, but by then it'll be our turn to become targets for an entire continent's hatred and jealousy.
There aren't many weeks left between us and the game's American debut, but by then it'll be our turn to become targets for an entire continent's hatred and jealousy.
Reader Comments (54)
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 9:58AM SheppyReturns said
The game is popular...
Or that market was starved...
Or RoboHitler still fights his endless battle with shadow ninjas...
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Or that market was starved...
Or RoboHitler still fights his endless battle with shadow ninjas...
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:44AM (Unverified) said
Man, and to think SSB gamers are amongst the hardest of hardcore gamers out there fa sho. Wii will pwn all in due time....
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 12:17PM (Unverified) said
Wait, wait, wait. Smash players, hardcore? Keep in mind I'm a huge Smash fan and will be participating in the Melee tournaments and the the midnight launch at my local Gamestop, but a lot of Smash players aren't what I'd call 'hardcore'. After all, if there's a more casual fighting game than Smash Bros. I have yet to see it.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 12:39PM (Unverified) said
Hey Fatass,
PUH-lease explain to me how you can consider Smash Bros. a casual fighting game, let alone the most casual fighting game ever?
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PUH-lease explain to me how you can consider Smash Bros. a casual fighting game, let alone the most casual fighting game ever?
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 12:50PM (Unverified) said
sorry Fatass, Smash might not be the most hardcore fighting game out there, but it is FAR from being casual...
the fact that the characters appeal to the casual crowd DOES NOT make it a casual fighting game...
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the fact that the characters appeal to the casual crowd DOES NOT make it a casual fighting game...
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 1:55PM (Unverified) said
smash bros is hardcore. they have it at EVO along with SF2 and the "VS" games. its the worlds largest fighting game tournament.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 2:53PM SheppyReturns said
copras, you also forgot to mention they essentially turn Smash Brothers off. They remove random items, typically pick a very simple level, and practically strip everything that makes Super Smash Brothers the game that it is, out.
So just because they play it at a tournament doesn't mean they respect the balance and such because otherwise, why would they practically turn the game off?
I'm sorry but you can spend three days tops learning a character in SSBM. I spent 12 months learning Jackie Bryant. SSBB will be a fun game, no doubt. But it's a shallow party game. Period.
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So just because they play it at a tournament doesn't mean they respect the balance and such because otherwise, why would they practically turn the game off?
I'm sorry but you can spend three days tops learning a character in SSBM. I spent 12 months learning Jackie Bryant. SSBB will be a fun game, no doubt. But it's a shallow party game. Period.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 2:59PM Mr Khan said
I'll have to disagree with you, Sheppy. There is a depth of tricks to Smash Bros that take a while to master, like item-catching and other things.
Smash Bros could only be seen as shallow because of its learning curve. Yes, it took you three days to learn a character, now master that technique.
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Smash Bros could only be seen as shallow because of its learning curve. Yes, it took you three days to learn a character, now master that technique.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 4:23PM Vegnagun said
They turn everything off and pick a small uninteresting level for a reason. With items and gimmicky levels comes the ugly head of luck. Smash Bros. is insanely balanced, more so than any fighting game I've ever played (except VF). Any fighting game you play is going to have top-tier characters or cheap combos, SSBM didn't have that.
You really screwed yourself over with the "shallow party game. Period." comment, too. It obviously isn't shallow enough to stop people from playing it in tournaments worldwide, 7 years after it's release.
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You really screwed yourself over with the "shallow party game. Period." comment, too. It obviously isn't shallow enough to stop people from playing it in tournaments worldwide, 7 years after it's release.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 4:40PM (Unverified) said
"I spent 12 months learning Jackie Bryant."
You're the man.
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You're the man.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 5:47PM SheppyReturns said
"You're the man."
..not anymore... changes made to Jackie between VF4 and VF4:Evo threw me off immesely. VF5 verB is a little more towards the Jackie of VF3&4 though. But I heard the VerC went and changed attack speeds on me again... supposedly. Argh!
I think I'll dedicate myself to Voldo next....
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..not anymore... changes made to Jackie between VF4 and VF4:Evo threw me off immesely. VF5 verB is a little more towards the Jackie of VF3&4 though. But I heard the VerC went and changed attack speeds on me again... supposedly. Argh!
I think I'll dedicate myself to Voldo next....
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 9:59AM (Unverified) said
Zefram Cochrane looks out of the window of the phoenix to see a giant Brawl box silhouette againt the sun.
"SWEET JESUS!"
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"SWEET JESUS!"
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:29AM (Unverified) said
I don't know if its worse that you made the referential joke or that I got the referential joke.
+1 for being lame.
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+1 for being lame.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:08AM (Unverified) said
If you don't have thumbs, chances are you're going to get pwned in Brawl.
Or any game.
Except DDR.
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Or any game.
Except DDR.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:22AM (Unverified) said
I just realised how much wario looks like that crow/witch lady from spirted away :P
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:31AM (Unverified) said
Ha! That's so true now that you point it out. Why hasn't Miyazaki sued Nintendo yet?
Does anyone know if supplies have run out in Japan for the game? I hope we don't run into a similar problem here in the states...
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Does anyone know if supplies have run out in Japan for the game? I hope we don't run into a similar problem here in the states...
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 9:15PM (Unverified) said
I can play the Miyazaki game too.
Wario reminds me of the monk from Princess Mononoke.
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Wario reminds me of the monk from Princess Mononoke.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:24AM (Unverified) said
I can wait for perfection.
If perfection meant I could listen to French, German and Spanish languages too.
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If perfection meant I could listen to French, German and Spanish languages too.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 8:03PM (Unverified) said
... the same kind of hate you felt for the popular kids in high school?
generally hating americans is stupid. hating certain Americans isn't. its like when yahtzee rags on america, then sells out his watered-down zero punctuation reviews to xplay. its just laughable.
don't hate us for being the most prominent, and most wealthy nation in the world ... hate us if we bomb your country.
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generally hating americans is stupid. hating certain Americans isn't. its like when yahtzee rags on america, then sells out his watered-down zero punctuation reviews to xplay. its just laughable.
don't hate us for being the most prominent, and most wealthy nation in the world ... hate us if we bomb your country.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 10:50AM ThornedVenom said
I'm such a bastard online: I just love nagging my European friends about Brawl.
Over and over again.
And it never gets old.
Ever.
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Over and over again.
And it never gets old.
Ever.
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 11:01AM (Unverified) said
Fucking with Europeans about Brawl is gonna be this generations "We saved your ass in World War 2". Never let it go.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 11:17AM (Unverified) said
Wow I didn't see that one coming, what a refreshing turn of events.
Who ever thought that most popular game for the wii would sell more than 1 million?
(Remember kids cheap sarcasm kills kittens so I better stop killing kittens)
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Who ever thought that most popular game for the wii would sell more than 1 million?
(Remember kids cheap sarcasm kills kittens so I better stop killing kittens)
Posted: Feb 12th 2008 11:21AM baby sea tuna said
I think Wii Sports might have something to say about that "most popular" title contest.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 11:42AM (Unverified) said
You see when you admitted to being a pirate you lost all credibility when it comes to talking about paying for games.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 11:46AM vidguy said
They bought it separately, in Japan. Do you have any idea what sells on the market in Japan? Wii Sports needed to be a pack-in in the other territories to be a success (and to help the Wii sell). Not so in Japan, where they got the Wii cheaper and could buy Wii Sports if they wanted, together still cheaper than the USD$250 we pay.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 5:33PM (Unverified) said
Pulp Fiction referance wins you 79.4658 gold stars.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2008 3:03PM Mr Khan said
To impress the significance of this based on market size (only comparing to the American market since its hard to guage exactly what constitutes the whole of the PAL market), that means it would have sold 3 million in the same duration in America
breaking a million in Japan is more of a feat. Melee was the only game that did that for GC in Japan.
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breaking a million in Japan is more of a feat. Melee was the only game that did that for GC in Japan.
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