I don't think it has anything to do with not testing the game (because we know there were many instances in which the game was tested), but rather with dual layering the disc. There's only so much information the Wii, a machine developed with only single layered DVDs in mind, can process.

Brawl is really pushing the hardware enough as it is. And if the trade-off for all the amount of content we got is a delayed transformation, then I'll gladly take what I have got.

Edit: For the record, I wouldn't be against patching the game for some of the minor nuisances, but only if Nintendo announces an HDD this E3. I don't want my Wii memory to be filled with only Brawl stuff.

You know what would be great? If Nintendo released an HDD as an add-on, and THEN improved their online system.

Honestly. Because then you could have the basic Wi-Fi bullcrap that you don't need any space for, and then you could have all the additional online features for a flat rate - that being the price of the HDD. It would allow patching, demos and DLC immediately once the Wii firmware is updated.

Granted I know jack sh** about how this stuff works. Maybe Nintendo just doesn't have the facilities available to run a full-on XBL-type-system. Maybe they're too paranoid (more likely) to do anything that doesn't involve 20-digit codes to interact. But... with an HDD you could patch Smash Bros and add on an online lobby that requires the HDD add-on.

Pretty much paranoia.

Remember how bad censorship was in the early days of Nintendo?

That's been turned over to online, now. Nintendo wants people happy, no matter how stupidly they try and pull it off.

Mario Kart Online is actually the awesome. Pokémon online too.

It's just that Nintendo is too fucking inconsistent in its releases for online, damn it.

Seriously, man, stop saying stuff like this. The game's not half finished - it's got at least 10 soundtracks for the 30 or so stages, 60 challenges, 40 characters (One of which that's three characters and the other two are transforming characters), tons of items, thousands of stickers, hundreds of trophies, and every single consideration and complaint from Melee to SSB64. Not to mention Coin Launcher, Replays, Camera mode, Challenges, Events, Home Run, Boss Battles, Subspace Emissary, Allstar, Classic, Multiman Melee, and I don't know what else.

"Half-finished" my ass.

Well the online is not finished, if you ask me. But that would be the only thing that I could say detracts from the game. Everything else is the awesome, and some of the bugs (Gigglypuff) are hilarious.


Seriously people go read Awkward Zombie for the funny Smash comics.

Speaking of which, I just picked up the Trophy Stand Trophy!

So I've come to a conclusion: Ganondorf is better than Captain Falcon.

I mean, honestly, Ganon's Fair Fist sweetspot is a million times easier to hit with than Cap's Knee Smash, Falcon Punch and Warlock Punch are all but useless anyway, and Ganon's tilts are better. Flame Choke is wonderful. Dark Dive is so much better than Falcon Leap. Both are pretty lousy but come on, Ganon's finishing power is so much better.

Plus, Ganondorf can do this:
http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/upl...04/madness.jpg

Went to a friend's house, played SSBB. I was playing pretty well with Gannondorf. It's very fun to randomly do a Warlock Punch in a 4-man Brawl. You just randomly jump near everyone and hit them all.

I've noticed that if you do one in the air you can turn it around just as your are about to land.

Could you do that in melee?