I would continue this argument Shads, but then we are going to start getting into some odd arguments that are more about the communties that play these games rather then the games themselves, so I'll bow out of the discussion for now.

HOwever, one note I will make....

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You only really see an issue when comparing top to bottom, yet even then there are weird cases of certain bottom/low characters doing well against high/top characters simply because their moves and style give a kind of coverage that just so happens to be very effective against certain top-level characters. Young Link vs Jigglypuff is a good such example. Jiggly is much better overall, but still struggles against Young Link because of how Young Link works.
The Idea that a low tier, by happen chance of moveset alone, can more easily beat ONE higher tier character is the worst example you could possibly have given about whether a game is balanced or not. ;p

And this other bit is to Evastio. There is a huge competitive smash bro's scene, and Nintendo knows that. I really can't bring myself to be irritated with them for being upset that future installments were actually made to be less competitive. Considering how huge that scene got, it makes perfect sense I think that so much hate would be involved, and were I more into that aspect of the game I'd probably find myself irritated at Brawl as well.

Conveniently though I am not a tournament player, so it ends up mattering little to me.

Anyway, bit late in doing this, but on to the next set!

79. Terranigma
      Terrinigma gets onto this list almost through the shear force of it's concept. You are basically tasked with restoring the world to it's proper state, for lack of better word, and that involves slowly transforming the world you see around you into the world more like the real one. This comes with a lot of fun and unique things to see in the world.

      It also comes with a well made combat system with a fair amount of variety. Saddly though, it's nothing very original in that regard, and had it something more then a wonderful concept pushing it forward it could have ended up higher on the list. But hey, it also really had nothing wrong with it either, so it doesn't end up lower.

78. Borderlands
      I actually didn't like this game the first time I played it. I ended up not caring about what was going on around me and didn't really see a point in continuing forward with the plot. Though the second time I picked it up, with a different friend, it ended up being a lot of fun. The story was pretty lack luster, though there were a couple of great characters.

      What got fun though was the loot and wank. Not since Diablo 2 had playing for the sake of aquiring newer and nuttier weapons been so fun. And really, that's most of this games appeal for me, other then a fun art direction. Solid Mechanics and acquiring nutty Items. This may sound superficial, and were I to redo this list, it's another that would probably have ended up a couple places lower, but hey, great times anyway.