Nintendo Counts Down to Super Smash Bros. Brawl

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How are you able to post screenshots from your Wii online?

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Snapshots. Images are saved to an SD card, and the SD card is inserted into a computer, from which they may then be uploaded to an Intertron.

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It's not quite that easy yet, but that's basically what it takes. Save 'em to SD card, then use either this program or this website to convert the files from the SD card to JPG. If you're using widescreen settings, you will probably have to resize the picture to make it look like it should.

Ugh. I'm kinda counting on someone to give me the money they owe me so I can buy this game. Doesn't look like that's happening within any reasonable amount of time. I'm gonna have to start breaking some legs.

Tomorrow, I'll be going into Gamestop pretty early. I want to make sure I get there with no line troubles.

I'm gonna try to get there when it opens. It's a sunday, and I reserved it at the mall, so it doesn't open too dramatically early.

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Hey, JKTrix, when exactly did you get your Wii? I've been hearing that copies of Brawl have been freezing on a small number of systems, and reading up on it, it seems like most Launch-Wiis are the ones with freezing issues.

I hadn't bothered to pre-order at Gamestop and when I called them it sounded like there wasn't a very good chance they'd have any for non pre-ordering customers (because Gamestop is lame) so my friends and I popped over to Wal-mart around 11:30 and waited around, grabbed the game, and then came home and played for about 4 hours.

Close to 30% through Subspace Emissary. I've been kind of surprised how different the game feels than Melee, but it's just going to take some getting used to.

My initial pleasant surprises so far: Lucas and especially Ike are way more fun than I anticipated. I didn't like Meta-Knight all that much.

Gamestop opens in 1 hour. I'll be going there for my pre-order copy. :3

Edit: And now I have it. Going downstairs to play it. :3

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Edit: And now I have it. Going downstairs to play it. :3

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Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

...2 secs, I'll come over! *buys a ticket to USA*

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Originally Posted by Roto13

Ugh. I'm kinda counting on someone to give me the money they owe me so I can buy this game. Doesn't look like that's happening within any reasonable amount of time. I'm gonna have to start breaking some legs.

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TELL US WHAT YOU THINK GUISE, REQUIRE MOAR MINIREVIEWS.

Apparently it's not working on some Wiis for the same reason it wasn't working in Japan. The dual-layer DVD isn't working very well because of dust on the lenses. So yeah. Keep your Wii clean. xP

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Originally Posted by Azar

I hadn't bothered to pre-order at Gamestop and when I called them it sounded like there wasn't a very good chance they'd have any for non pre-ordering customers (because Gamestop is lame) so my friends and I popped over to Wal-mart around 11:30 and waited around, grabbed the game, and then came home and played for about 4 hours.

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Same thing happened here pretty much exactly, except my friends and I actually went to Gamestop (hoping to make it to the tournament which apparently started and finished about two hours prior) and stood around until they came out and said that. But Wal Mart had a bunch of copies and hardly any line, so my group ended up leaving with like three copies.

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Originally Posted by Roto13

Apparently it's not working on some Wiis for the same reason it wasn't working in Japan. The dual-layer DVD isn't working very well because of dust on the lenses. So yeah. Keep your Wii clean. xP

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Huh, that might explain why the loading times seem somewhat long... can't help I have an old dorm room that gets dusty! At least it does load, though.

Man, Subspace Emissary is looooong. (SPOILER)I want Sonic ;-;

Character unlock stuff, if you don't want to see it,

(SPOILER)Unlocked Marth and Luigi so far. Want to finish SE to get Sonic. All the multiplayer stuff will have to wait.

I put 4.5 hours into it with 3 other friends who got it after the Midnight Release, and then another 5 by myself today because I had literally nothing else to do. The game feels so much clunkier and slower than Melee to me, but that feeling will hopefully disappear once I play it for a while. Still well worth the wait.

And I don't really like Subspace Emissary, I'm at about 50% and it's getting really boring just wailing away on Primids. But it's a necessary evil that will soon be out of the way.

Didn't see this until now:

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Originally Posted by JKTrix

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WTF!

Bermuda usually gets games a week late... not 2 days EARLY. I am extremely confused.

Yes, that's me.

0473-7410-4713

Please PM me if you add me.

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! GIVE ME, GIVE ME, GIVE ME!!!

Oddly I'm the opposite of Azar. I don't enjoy Ike or Lucas, but I love Metaknight.

That guy is extremely mobile.

But I'm enjoying Subspace emissary, I'm almost done with it actually.

It definitely is slower, but I'm not sure I'd say it's clunkier. It seems more like a blend between Melee and the original. I'm somewhere around 50% in Subspace Emissary and (SPOILER)just got ROB and killed Ridley again. Am I really only 50% through the story, or is that taking into account little things I've missed so far? :p Either way, it's definitely long, and a lot of fun. Cutscenes are the ultimate fanservice.

I think it includes all the things you can miss, cause It seems I'm almost done, but I'm only at around 80%. Feels like I should be farthern then that, but I could be wrong.

I've not played much of SSE. I played a few hours with my sister's BF, Kyle, but after that it was all spent on VS. Matches. :p

Edit: By the way, has anyone else had trouble with getting "With Anyone" Online Mode to work, or is it just me?

JKTrix tells me he has less than 100% and he's finished SSE. He also says there are two characters he didn't unlock in it. :P

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Originally Posted by Roto13

JKTrix tells me he has less than 100% and he's finished SSE. He also says there are two characters he didn't unlock in it. :P

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Oh, those are probably [Spoilers]Toon Link and Wolf[/spoilers]. You have to back-track for them.

The servers being so bogged down is really pissing me off. :( I couldn't get into a single "With Anyone" match today. My mediocre internet connection could be partly to blame, but from what I've read, a lot of people are getting the same.

Ike is a freaking beast. I am happy.

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Ike is a freaking beast. I am happy.

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Seems basically like Roy to me. Good close range, but even against a long-sworded Marth, really struggles.

(SPOILER)Snake=ownage

I've actually been fairly impressed by how far Ike's sword reaches. Granted, I've not played too much, but I think he's significantly better than Roy.

Oh my goodness, Olimar is amazing. With Sheik nerfed, I've found my new main character.

I actually prefer Roy to Ike myself.

I think I'm just a very disagreeable person today, aren't I?

I found SSE kind of plain. I don't think I would have bought the game if that was all there was. But as part of a larger game, it's alright. I probably won't play it again unless it's with a friend, or when I finally get around to trophy hunting. I think I 'captured' 8 different enemies in SSE.

Capturing seemed pretty tricky. Some smaller enemies you can just chuck the thing at them one-time and they'll turn into a trophy, others will require you to weaken them quite a bit before they'll be taken. The item that allows you to do this, the Trophy Stand, shows up pretty rarely. Throwing it is actually its own special animation, and it has quite a bit of 'wind-up' to it. The timing is very very tricky, especially if you're trying to get an enemy that's in the air. It will disappear if you hit an enemy and don't capture it, or if you throw it and it goes off the screen. If you throw it and it hits a wall or another piece of the environment you can pick it up and use it again.

Spoiler for unlocking 2 secret charactersI unlocked Toon Link and Wolf shortly after I finished SSE. Toon Link you fight after beating Classic mode, Wolf you fight after beating Boss Rush with Fox. I've also 'finished' the Event Mode all on Normal except the FINAL final battle, which I had to drop down to Easy. It's pretty difficult, but also I'd been playing the game for a loooong time and my thumb was tired.

Watched 7 battles in Spectator mode, bet on 5 of them and lost them all. One of them had a special 'Chance!' item, but I guess you only get it if you bet correctly. You get stickers for watching.

There's a lot of little things that when put all together make this a really good game. The trophy capturing thing in SSE is the primary thing that makes me want to go back to it, despite me not being particularly pleased with how it played out. Coin launcher is decent fun, and Spectator mode can probably be quite rewarding...if I ever won.

Before I got very far in SSE, I was trying to complete the 100 Man Brawl to get Falco. Most characters have at least one non-smash move that can KO those guys in one hit. I haven't cleared it yet though, because the game starts to get nasty once you get <20. Every time I got there, the enemies suddenly start dodging and hitting me out of my little one-move spam. Then as soon as one hits me, the other 5 keep on hitting me so that I can't even retalliate (even with one of the countering people's counters). So the damage racks up incredibly quickly and I get KOd. Then, on the few times I get to <10 (the lowest I've gotten so far is 4 men remaining. 4~!) a bob-omb or smart bomb will spawn exactly where you are. Then it detonates and you die. I tried doing it online with a friend, but he kept getting killed. Then the one time we almost completed it (we were <10), it lagged out.

I can help to answer some questions if people have 'em.

Edit: Also, my Wii is fine. Though this game kinda makes me wish the Wii had a harddrive to store temporary data on. Every single time you enter a battle, even if it's one you just did (or failed), the game seems to have to re-load all the characters again. Particularly on stages that use many different characters, it takes a noticeable bit of time. There's no loading screen, everything just freezes until it's done.

Characters I've been mostly using: Mario, Marth, Lucario and Ike. My SSE Marth is Godly. All loaded up with stickers. Mario is Mario, but the FLUDD seems kind of useless. Maybe can be used as some kind of complicated edge guard. Ike feels very different from Marth/Roy. He does have a damaging Charge B move, he does have a counter, he uses a sword, but that's about all that's similar. He's much slower, and quite a bit more powerful. Lucario has a lot of great moves. His range is deceptive (moves you don't expect to hit do, but some moves you do expect to hit...don't) and his Down Air in particular has some pretty surprising properties. His 'short hop' is kind of high though, so excepting his wicked Down Air, you can't really use Air moves on grounded opponents effectively. His smashes are also kind of slow. I've probably used Lucario the most, though.

I actually grew to love Pit, which I was hoping. My favorite 4 in SSE have been Lucario, Fox, Pit, Marth.

Wolf you can also unlock through a mission in SSE, after you beat it first, you don't have to do the boss thing.

Characters I HATE: Ike is way too slow for me, as is snake. I just don't like how snake works. Such as his smash down, he buries a mine. That is extremely different than any other character. You don't use it to attack in the moment, you have to plant it for later. Metaknight was also a dissapointment. Tons of quick attacks, but he barely even makes enemies flinch with some of them. Olimar is alright, but I don't like him enough to get use to him. Shiek's nerf isn't even that noticeable.

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I change what I said earlier, I'm starting to like Ike. Played through classic with him, and he was quite a hoot.

King Dedede is surprisingly enjoyable. Not going to be one I use all the time, but he's definitely entertaining.

And a note on Lucario. His Aura ability is useful, but it's not as powerful as one might have originally guessed. He does last longer then Mewtwo did, but he's still relatively easy to knock off. Overall though, he seems like a better character.

I LOVE POKEMON TRAINER!! Hes definatly my new favorite character.

Everyone actually is really really really fun to play. As far as old schoolers the only one im not to fond of as of now is (SPOILER)ganon and out of the newcomers im not so hott on [PHP]R.O.B.[SPOILER

Subspace is fun. Extremly long and frustrating at times but all in all its not to shabby.

Got all the characters and stages along with 30 hours of gameplaly withe me and my buds so far. Just got home so im gonna start my own file n such. Yoshi, zelda, mario, (SPOILER)toon link and pokemon trainer are definatly who im aiming to be good with. Fun game, differnt from melee but thats expected. I hope to play some of you guys soon but for now im doing some solo-smashing. After all i wanna play my best when dealing with the likes of you fellow final fantasy smashers eh?

They've updated Mr. Game & Watch on the Dojo. And it looks like many people were wrong about beating classic mode with everyone to unlock him. Either way it's nice to see our flat friend being updated so soon after ROB's update. :D

So does anyone know how much he's improved in Brawl? Is he any heavier and is his regular A attack much easier to trap people into?

Is anyone else having trouble unlocking (SPOILER)Toon Link and Jigglypuff? I can't seem to unlock them =(

(SPOILER)You'll find Jigglypuff in a door most of the way through The Swamp, after the Diddy fight, in the middle of the barrel launching portion. Toon Link is in The Forest, I think, pretty near the beginning. You have to complete SSE first, though, and then go back to get them.

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And a note on Lucario. His Aura ability is useful, but it's not as powerful as one might have originally guessed.

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Unless you're going to use it as an interrupt attack, it's meant to be used at higher damages. Its attack power rises as Lucario's damage percentage increases.

Pretty much all of Lucario's attacks are Aura attacks. I think the damage multiplier maxes out at x2 damage when he's at 200% damage.

Anyway, I just got home from army and my Wii's sexy blue light was pulsing. First arrival of the Smash Service! I'll post the entire text of the Wii Message Board message.

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Super Smash Bros. Brawl's Smash Service.

-New Vault data has been sent!-
Additional Vault data has now been made available. Obtain new data by starting Super Smash Bros. Brawl and connecting to Nintendo WFC

*Vault data is scheduled to be sent out every day.
Be aware that each new set of downloaded data will overwrite the last.

Check out the Smash Bros. Dojo!!
www.smashbros.com - Select Language - Nintendo

*This message was delivered to you by the Smash Service.

If you do not wish to receive further messages from the Smash Service, please click the opt-out icon in the uppr right corner of the screen. You can opt-out of receiving messages from (1) the Smash Service only; or (2) all messages for all Channels and Games

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What they sent was a Snapshot, a replay, and a custom stage.

The Snapshot is of a bunch of stickers (Moo Moo Milk, 3 faeries-in-a-bottle, and a Dr. Mario body with some red pig on his head). You can't save it on to the console or to the SD slot.

The Replay is of a Bowser in the Home-Run Contest. He hit the sandbag 2365 feet. You also cannot save this.

The custom stage is something pretty simple. A small central floor with steps on either side leading to two elevators that rise up to a higher platform. In the center of the main floor is a little gazebo. Also, unable to be saved.

Kinda sucks that you can't save these things, but I guess these are things that can be used to inspire one's own creativity and make their own. You can also submit your own snapshots or replays or custom stages to be shared through the Smash Service. I submitted my snapshot that I posted earlier. Would be cool if I see that pop up on the 'service. This is something that can keep you coming back every day, it's pretty cool.

I unlocked a good amount of characters just doing VS. matches. I'm pretty sure there's 3 ways to get characters this time around; SSE, VS. Matches, or another method.

I got toon link by clearing classic with Link, and jigglypuff by doing 20 single player events.

on another note, soon after unlocking Wolf, he became my new main.
So if I had to pick a top 5... Wolf, Lucario, Pit, Fox, Marth

I still have some more characters to really try out, but I think those are gonna be my 5

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I really like Diddy, but I've got to the point of using him that I suck with everyone else, so I'm trying some different guys now.

Oh, right. This came out.