*UPDATED!* The Super Smash Bros Brawl Thread!

[Hitzel]

From what I've seen, meta knight will most likely only be top tier in team matches. He dishes out damage extremely fast, but he doesn't really have any killing moves.

I plan on maining Pikachu, Sonic, and Bowser.

Pikachu is my fav from 64, and one of my favorites from Melee. According to the reports, Pikachu has more combo potential in Brawl like he did in 64, especially his vsmash. His >smash works like Pichu/Pika 64, he's got more range (but less priority). I like what I hear.

I obviously am going to play as Sonic weather he is good or not. From what it seems, he can move very fast but his attacks are actually more on the strong power medium speed side. I like that in a character (like Pikachu). He also apparently has a ridiculous range with his grabs, so that pretty much guarantees that you can end a combo safely whenever you want to.

I like what's been done to Bowser to make him not suck. His moves with super armor add a mental game that surpasses his tech game. Fast characters won't be able to mindlessly run circles around you to attack when you can be immune to all damage and recoil when you do your strongest attacks. His >B is also a suicide move now. If you're up a stock with high % and your opponent just spawned, you can grab him and body slam him into oblivion to stop him from getting an easy kill.

[Hitzel]

*Edit*

FC: 5303-5844-4378-4751

[Exiled Bandit]

It says your FC is invaild.

But I think Meta Knight will be top tier either way, since with his attacks he could become a "predator" type character since he can get a first hit on people who's % is high enough.

Sonic, I'm not sure how he'll do. After they completely ruined his franchise I haven't given two shits about him. Plus his FS doesn't seem to do anything at all (he just goes fast right? Or does he boost in attack power?). But if you end up kicking ass with him, then I'd openly admit that I was wrong.

[Hitzel]

Originally Posted by Exiled Bandit

It says your FC is invaild.

But I think Meta Knight will be top tier either way, since with his attacks he could become a "predator" type character since he can get a first hit on people who's % is high enough.

Sonic, I'm not sure how he'll do. After they completely ruined his franchise I haven't given two shits about him. Plus his FS doesn't seem to do anything at all (he just goes fast right? Or does he boost in attack power?). But if you end up kicking ass with him, then I'd openly admit that I was wrong.

Super Sonic is invincible, you control his flight with the control stick, and he does more damage the faster he's moving.

Normal attacks matter most in smash anyway.

I'm happy with what I've seen of Sonic so far in Brawl. A dev is finally respecting Sonic.

And the FC is:

5303-5844-4378-4751

That's a 5 in the front instead of a 4. My bad.

[WAN73D]

Sticker Powerups:

Your battle against the Subspace Emissary will one of epic fury. Naturally you’re going to want to do everything you can to strengthen each character for the fight ahead.
And that’s where stickers come into the picture!

These should do the trick.

Did you think those stickers were just for collecting?
Well, it seems you thought wrong! The truth is startling, huh?
Each sticker houses a special power up. For example, some up your attack power, others bolster the damage from fire-based attacks, and some even keep you from flying as far when you take a hit.

You can find the details of each sticker’s power-up ability here.

On the Map screen, select the Sticker option to move to the sticker-application screen. You can switch between characters with the L and R Buttons.

Here’s a shot of the underside of a trophy base.

Now slap down one of the sticky stickers you’ve collected.

Generally speaking, the bigger the sticker, the more dramatic the power up.
The more stickers you put on a trophy base, the more powerful that character becomes, but you’ll need to consider your placement and sticker choices carefully as space is limited.

Fill in those bare spots with little stickers...

Leave no space unused!
When two stickers offering a similar power up are placed on a trophy base, only the more potent of the two power ups will take effect.
So, for example, if you had [Leg] Attack +4 and [Leg] Attack +6 stickers on the same trophy base, the added [Leg] Attack bonus wouldn’t be +10—it’d simply be treated as if you’d only put down the +6 sticker.
You should always remember to maintain balance in your sticker selections.
Also, some stickers can only be placed on certain characters. Stickers whose range of usage is limited in this fashion are proportionally stronger when placed appropriately. Do your best to find a good place for each sticker.

If you find placing down stickers yourself too much of a bother, just let the game do it for you by selecting Random.

Once you’re ready, apply all the stickers at once!

You can adjust the position of stickers until you choose to apply them, but you can’t place stickers on top of each other, so you’ll occasionally need to remove old stickers to make space for new ones.
Once you peel off a sticker you applied, you lose it for good! So take care when you lay down your stickers.

Stickers applied to a trophy base take on a gray tint.

Also, for some reason, you’re able to readjust the position of an applied sticker on its trophy base.
So while removed stickers are gone forever, you’ll be getting stickers left and right as you play—you’ll probably find that sticker you lost again. And, if you only use stickers you have doubles of, you’ll never lose one from your collection.
Plus, as I’ve said before, the higher you set the difficulty in The Subspace Emissary, the better your chance of running across rare stickers.
Going back to a previously completed stage and cranking the difficulty up for a second run is a good way to round out your sticker collection.

If you retry a beaten stage, you can adjust the difficulty level.

But if you should die and find yourself at the game-over screen, be prepared to lose half the stickers you collected.

Nooo! What a waste of good stickers!

Finally, remember that stickers are only of use within The Subspace Emissary. Sorry to say, but they’ll be of no use to you in standard brawls.

This a cool idea, but I'm glad they restricted to the subspace emissary portion of the game.

[Hitzel]

Every update that has pictures of stickers, Sakurai puts a sticker of Diddy Kong. Now, go find it in this update.

[WAN73D]

It would appear that someone from Gamefaqs found an interesting piece of info in a Japanese vid that confirms Lucario and Ness.

http://wii.com/jp/movies/smashbros-movie1/

Check around 4:20 in the lower-right-hand corner that shows who you can use the stickers on. Lucario's and Ness's heads appear in separate images:

Lucario: http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?i...p439380np6.jpg

Ness: http://img341.imageshack.us/my.php?i...p542612bd3.jpg

Enjoy.

Link to thread----> http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gen...topic=40906054

[Hitzel]

The general rule of thumb about gamefaqs is that nothing you read at gamefaqs about unreleased games is true.

The fact that this is legit confuses me...

Jiggly also got confirmed there, FYI. Looks like Mewtwo and Pichu got officially deconfirmed, considering that sticker appears to work on pokemon only, and the other one works on Ness and Lucas only. You can see a sticker that only works on Kirby characters here: http://www.smashbros.com/en_us/gamem..._080118e-l.jpg

[WAN73D]

Originally Posted by Hitzel

The general rule of thumb about gamefaqs is that nothing you read at gamefaqs about unreleased games is true.

The fact that this is legit confuses me...

Jiggly also got confirmed there, FYI. Looks like Mewtwo and Pichu got officially deconfirmed, considering that sticker appears to work on pokemon only, and the other one works on Ness and Lucas only.

Yeah, I knew Jigg got confirmed. Don't know why I didn't post it. Anyways, I'm glad Ness is back, and at least Lucario seems interesting. I'm not sorry that Pichu is gone, but I kinda am that Mewtwo appears to be. I mean, like Tom and I discussed, he could have been viable with a few modifications.

I don't really listen to Gamefaqs much, but lately I've been checking in because it seems that they get news fast. They're obsessed with the 35 character roster "leaks" right now. I don't realy place much stock in it at the moment, but some of the characters included in their supposed rosters are pretty interesting (Kamek, Wart).

[Brutal Phabio]

so the stickers make you and your attacks more powerful? the bigger they are the better? did i read that right?