Unofficial Smash Bros. Brawl rebalancing update released

@Barry: GODDAMMIT TV TROPES. I've managed to stay away for so long, why did you have to drag me back? There's the evening gone...

Did you check out the site or videos? The way these guys did it is great; the characters still act just like you'd expect them to and all the stages and items are available. This doesn't just make the game more competitive, but personally I think it makes it a lot more fun! I can finally play as Captain Falcon against my friends, or even... dare I say it... Pokemon Trainer!


I haven't tried it yet, but I really have to get this on my Wii and show my friends!

It's possible for the game to be balanced and still have all the random elements to it. As long as there are no exploitable moves, skill will be the largest factor in winning the game. I also have no patience for people who complain about random elements though. It's a game! It's supposed to be about having fun, not proving who's best.

That's actually probably the best mindset to have. I mean, I doubt you really want to be hardcore competitive, but it's that mindset that allows people to learn how to be better beyond just mastering an already established technique.

Plus, you enjoy your game more! That's really the best thing.

If I recall... Sonic is actually a pretty weak character in tourneys. I went to one once on a lark, it was interesting, and I got creamed.

I've read a great deal about the mod and played it a fair amount, but what it boils down to is that they didn't really re-balance the characters by giving them more equality in attacks strength, speed or range.

Instead, they take the differences in the characters and embrace them to be even MORE exaggerated, so that each character is equal in how extreme they are.

Sheik, a master at combos, now links attacks more easily than ever to make up for a lack of power, while Zelda is just as slow but brings the power. To make both usable, they sped up the transformation so you can actually play both easily, instead of one or the other.

Ganon is slow, cumbersome and frustrating to play as, but his power - as before - is now immense, and his domination game from before is taken to new heights.

Mario, the ultimate balance character, has been rounded out so that his lack of specific strengths is now a boon rather than a burden.

Captain Falcon retains raw power and speed, but he was always about his ridiculous specials. Before, they were unrewarding and difficult to use, leaving him with the Knee and Stomp. Now his special attacks chain together beautifully, allowing you to use them proudly, just the way you'd expected to.

Link hits harder, Luigi's dash attack is still comical but now works perfectly, Peach is more effective in the air than ever, and the entire Star Fox team now has a workaround to make up for irritating stage-lip deaths.

They also made Sonic even more annoying than ever. He's all about annoyance, they just embraced a tiny bit more to bring up his level of play.

Not so much about making the characters play with similar strengths . . . more about enhancing their unique qualities to equal levels.

Were it now for that fancy title screen, you may have a hard time noticing you're even playing the mod.

An 'insult'? Did you even read their patch notes, there's very little overlap between the two. You most definitely are out of line.

What, like these guys didn't have to work to make this? It just magically showed up on their hard drives?

Besides, I think they're doing different things. From what I can see, Brawl Plus changes a lot of the ways characters move (height jump and physics and such) and Balanced Brawl doesn't.

Personally, I'm more interested in Balanced Brawl right now. I really need to find my SD card reader...

Paper Mario > Professional tournament players ?

Well, if you insist!

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