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Yes, in 13 days, America will have its hands on the english version of Brawl.

Well... Other than that...



The hands make a return! Master Hand is the only other character to appear in all 3 Smash Bros games. They return as the main bosses for Classic mode, and Master Hand makes a cameo appearance in the SubSpace Emmisary...

Not much info about the hands here, just a few attacks. They've always struck me as fairly weird enemies, but they look pretty fun. Never fought them myself, though.

Have they said they're going to stop updating with US release? I can't remember if they have. :/

yeah they have. After Japan release tehy said theyll do 2 months of updates cus Sakurai wants people to come back to the site for information or if they get stuck etc like a online manual tbh

Ah, yeah, I just found the aforementioned notice, and it looks like we'll actually be getting updates up until the end of March, which is pretty good.

Well... Last 2 days have been pretty mediocre

Tuesday was some more information on Samus' and Pikachu's special moves.

Samus' mainly involving missles and her Charge Beam, also some information on her aerial moves... Her Dair is a meteor smash too... Its kinda hard to hit with though!

Pikachu's revolved around his amazing electrical skills. Thunder is always a favourite and Thunder Jolt is still a core part of his moveset. Pika's got attitude this time around, no more nice Electric Mouse XD

Today was some information on how to complete the Subspace Emmisary... 100% is what to aim for! Flags are for completed stages... Crowns are for completed stages and collecting every trophy and item in that particular area... Use these as a guide to get to 100%!



These orange boxes are the thing to look for to get that elusive 100% marker!

Interesting, it looks like it's going to be a game where you really have to explore it to get 100%, though I guess that was predictable. I'm not sure whether this is new or not, but I like the way you can go back and replay levels (well it certainly looks like you can), I often find a level or 2 or like to play, so will play those levels a lot.

The moves were fairly boring, but look pretty good. Pikachu does look better, but beating him up has always got to be good fun.

I'll end up playing for 100% anyway



Lucario rumbles into the Brawl! His Aura powers are all seeing and he can deal out some serious damage. Aura Sphere, Force Palm and Extreme Speed are logical moves. Extreme Speed is his B Up (After I had hoped for Sky Uppercut). The mroe damage Lucario has, the more powerful his moves become....

Watch out for this guy in Super Sudden Death!


:@ GOD FUCKING FORUM! I AGREE WITH AARON STOP STOPPING ME FROM POSTING IMAGES!

Fixed your image :/

Anyway, first off, he actually looks really good, very high detail, seems to be greater than the other characters.

His moves look pretty spectacular and powerful, especially the FS. The way damage works will make for some very interesting fights, especially if someone is good at keeping a high damage character in play. Looks like fun!

Are we any closer to a release date?

According to Wikipedia, no, we're still TBA 2008. America gets it next Sunday (Sunday, WTF?).

WOOTAGE!!!



Atlast, R.O.B. is confirmed. o be honest, he looks fantastic, life like and very well balanced.



His bottom area now comes with added boosters so he can hover for moments, very much like Peach!

Unlike some of the other characters, he can also reflect objects back at their launchers, tho very good timing is required for that! Graphically he looks wonderful, cute but deadly at the same time. His Final Smash, Diffusion Beam, also looks incredibly powerful if used correctly!

We have also had a comeplete list of Items (which in my opinion could of been greatly expanded on) and some more information on a stage and Donkey Kong's special moves

Heh, he does look pretty good, though to me he doesn't look quite right.

His moves look pretty decent, and interesting. Seems to be pretty high skill, with good timing being very necessary.

WOW havent been on here for a while! loads and laods on infos been released i dont know where to start XD
nobody really cares about DK special moves cus we already knew them and well this monkey aint looking so gd XD to me anyway...
R.O.B on the otherhand i agreee with DHR he looks phenomenal! (sp?) He looks alot more detailed that some of the other characters *cough* IKE* cough* (imo ike didnt look as detailed as in his clothing etc minor detail i know, but im a perfectionist ). I was worried when i first heard he was an unlockable i didnt see how he would grab, throw, punch etc. But now he looks like one of the more fun character to play with. Seeing as his rocket boosters (up+b) run on fuel seems to me great hight can be reached. I dont think itll be like most recovery moves and most of them seem to deal damage to enemies above, this im guessing will make him invunerable from attacks directly below (excluding thrown items) or hurt enemies this way.
Lucario also looks interesting he as always going to be one of my mains even though i hadnt really heard of him before he was accidently released, the twist that with more damage he has the more powerful his moves are sound like an advantage. his FS speaks for its self YOUR GOING TO GET OWNED!!!!!
i totally agree with DHR again (when do i ever disagree XD ) the item list does seem to be low. from screenshots and stuff i always got the impression there would be loads! tho alot do seem intersting e.g lightening. also the items seem to malfuntion alot more than in previous games making getting a item not always a win win situation.
The amount of pokemon available from the pokeballs also dissapointed me i would have loved to see more new ones! add a bit of variation!!!!!. and also the assist trophies. I love the one theyve added but i would have loved to see a few more that a measly 18? oh barbara the bat ftw XD.
Todays update was a nice surprise. Not a HUGE earth moving update but humerous. it was basically a album of photos people had sent in (i presume) of brawl in action some with hilarious outtakes such as one of the ice cluimbers flying off in the distance with pikachu waving at them XD would add a pic but this forum is being twatty "¬.¬
CANT WAIT for a release date for this! its going to be soooooo goood! probably stare at the box for like 15 mins when i get it eitehr that or ill break the disk in the frenzy of jamming it into my wii

LMAO at the last section...

yes, some of the pictures are excellent...

More to rub it our faces thought to be honest







Are some of the better ones... There is also a Sonic trophy one, which looks pretty good too

yeah! im in love with the look of the blaze trophy. Looks like you can rearrange the trophies and then take a pictuce of them. The same with the stickers as well as in brawl action.
LOL yeah most probably were rubbing it in our faces not fair. US get it on tues as well!! oh well MK ftw i guess, tho the us betteer get that like 6 months after we do :@ do NOE even havea president? Japs have Iwata Us have reggie fils-a?? who the hell do we have? we need someone who agrees with us europeans! Imo i think they should have a script for the game while its being developed so we can get voice recodring or translation done while its being made. Anyway back on topic i also want to know the difernt special brawl modes. I think SSS and Stamina mode make a return but what about slow-mo and lightning? Camera obv makes return hence the recent update wonder if they have anymore new ones? i mean what could they do? any ideas???? DECENT contibutions would be welcome

I think the camera mode is going to be much more integrated than it was in melee... It was so cumbersome and you couldnt do anything with the images ocne ud taken them...

I think the system works so you can take an image whenever you pause the game in a brawl mode. That makes it much better to get situational images rather than having to do prescripted ones tha were a <FEMALE DOG> to get :/

And American shops opened at 12:00 midnight to sell Brawl today! Probably Tiny and Giant will return, as will SSD and other random ones... Remember, we had the wierd update will the different models so everyone has a standard item set that they cant drop, like Metal/Bunny Hood/Super Spicy Curry etc...

like that idea of having as set item u cant drop. could be fun or add a different style of gameplay.

People have found a way of getting and playing brawl on european wiis. As we know Brawl was released yesterday in US. and it was also the release of codejunkies FREELOADER!. Freeloader ignores the region code aloowing you to play any region games on your wii. As it is a disk and so therefore doesnt alter wii internal components it doenst void your warrenty which is a plus and also according to codejunkies its impossible to block also another plus. On ONM atl east 60% of the "brawlers" are paying for this an importing brawl via playasia.com. Id love to be able to do this and i hoestly would! but paretns are yet again the boundary

Mr Game & Watch makes a welcome return. Probably the character with the quirkiest moveset in the game, some fans called for him to be axed after Melee... I reckon hes a welcome addition to the roster with his wonderful 2Dness of his own.



Yes... The Judgement Hammer. An awkward and random move consiting of a number apprearing at random on the hammer...



As they say, a brilliant surprise move if your in trouble!

Final Smash: Octopus!



Iconic, and powerful. The Octopuss' tips are the power of its tentacles. Of course the rest of the body does damage, but its concentrated at the tips! It does look pretty sweet!

And towards Ash, yes, the Freeloader does allow you to play any region games o any region Wii's. I could import, but I will be waiting, as I think it is worth it (even though we get the American copy anyway)

I think G&W to me feels more a of a gimicky character ratehr tahn anythig serious, and was added just for the hell of it. I dont particularly like his FS, doesnt jump out of the page to me :s probably cus hes 2-D XD

XD

Anyway

Major update coz ive been lazy, and most of the recent ones have been CRAP!

Some major info on Assist Trophies... kinda rounding them off if you ask me. And then some more information about stages and the like.

EDIT: ILL FINISH THIS LATER TMU NEEDS MORE RAM! ILL UPDATE AGAIN TOMORROW WHEN I HAVE TIME + POWER



Ganondorf. The most evil game character Nintendo have ever thought of. All of his moves burn with darkness. His Final Smash is him turning into Beast Ganon. A massive charge rams opponents off the stage...

Its a shame Nintendo werent more imaginative with him... A mix of Ike and Captain Falcon's movesets would of been very playable... Instead we get stuck with the cheap Falcon only rip off with no sword!

Well they've attpemted to make him unique in this game at least. His moveset has a few changes to it so that he isnt a direct clone but a clone nothertheless. and he has a new move which look intereing and his up b wither fires something or does what it did in melee. His FS looks AWESOME, if ur in the right place it could be a one hit KO

Right then... FInally time for a proper update O.o

Ok, the last week has been filled with the usual walktrhough kinda stuff. Assist Trophies and Pokemon Lists (Today). However, other than Ganondorf yeserday, the most interesting page has been the Boss battle one...


Rayquaza - Pokemon. Looks to be relatively easy to beat... Just keep on reflecting!


Porky - In the Super Safe machine that isnt so safe anymore...


Galleom - Unique to Brawl, he is not to be understimated...


Ridley - The star boss from Metroid, you fight him in both of his forms...


Duon - A gun at one end and a sword at the other?! You have to be kidding me!


Meta-Ridley - The next stage of Ridley's development... A tough boss


Pig King Statue - You simply run from this guy... 100,000,000 Hit points?!

All these bosses come from varios games... Except for Galleom and Duon, who I believe are Brawl characters. Some look a lot more difficult to beat than others... And you don't even fight one of them! You simply run away from the Pig King statue, and another familiar face appears to save you from it...

In other news:

"US, March 17, 2008 - Nintendo of America announced on Monday that Super Smash Bros. Brawl has become the fastest-selling game in the company's long history. More than 1.4 million gamers have purchased the fighter since its release on March 9, according to the publisher. Approximately 874,000 people, meanwhile, bought the game on the first day. The Big N added that Brawl has sold at a rate of approximately 120 units per minute since it shipped."

Dam that's a lot of copies... Fastest selling game ever... Biggest selling game for the Wii? Almost definitly....

No surprises for being the quickest selling game ever, so much hype for it with the dojo and everything! at least the hype proved it to be a good game halo 3 had dissapoitment. Only 3 more Character profiles left: Jigglypuff, Toon Link and....Wolf (always forget him cus well hes crap XD) when do the updates finish? soon i hope last update to be European release!! if it is i will kiss the closest person as long as the release date is close XD

O.o

Oh ok then... :/

Some stuff about Peach's speacial moves on Friday, ntohing remarkable really... But remember the turnips XD

And today was had the relavation of BOSS BATTLE MODE!

Basically, It is the replacement of All Stars from Melee. In All Stars you had to take on everyone one of the 25 characters in a random order (Apart from Mr Game & Watch, who was always last). On random stages, and more often than not, you ended up fighting random combinations of opponents too, such as Roy and Pichu, or Pikachu, GanonDorf and Doctor Mario. You had one life and 3 heart containers... if you die, you have to start again But the haet containers restore every single hit youve taken back to 0%. The aim is to simply beat everyone :/

Anyway, Brawl Boss Battle Mode is pretty much the same. You have 3 Heart Containers, and must beat all 10 bosses from the SSE. 9 are in a random order, but the last is always the same... You can do it in Co-Op mode too! So you now get 5 Heart Containers to use between you. It looks pretty difficult on the harder settings, but itll be good fun either way!

yeah updates not that all interesting now we know practically all of it!!!
LOL im betting there will be a fight to get the last heart container in co-op mode of bass battle can u hit each other?