Okay, so it came out last Sunday and I did get the game that morning, but I was busy during the day and didn’t play it until the night. I had to wait through the a whole half day to play it! Ah well, I’ll start by saying that it definitely lives up to all the praise that it has received from so many groups of people. But like any other game, it isn’t perfect (even though Nintendo Power says so). The following video is the pretty cool introduction (opening) video.

I have to say that the soundtrack that is played during the game is just amazing. It fits each stage very well and brings the game to a whole new level. You can listen to some of the songs in Brawl on the Smash Bros. Site’s Music Section (here). The best song in Brawl in my opinion, is the Zelda: Ocarina of Time Melody.

Classic Link (From: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

The Smash Balls are very cool and each Final Smash is also very awesome. I still really like Link’s Triforce Slash as it is not only entertaining to watch others get beat up by and and fly but it also is powerful. Right now, my main character is Pit. I found Link to be a noticeable amount slower in Brawl (from all the cool weapons he has) but he still is a great character to play as. Pit is really fast, especially when he flies, his Final Smash isn’t really “powerful”, but it hits most of the other players and knocks them off the stage.

Newcomer Pit (From: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

Many of the stages are well built for fighting. I really like New Pork City as it is a really large stage and if you use Pit’s Final Smash, people get knocked off easily.

New Pork City (From: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

Many of the stages, though, are not as big. Most of them are just a bunch of platforms. Below are more stages in Brawl

The Basic Battlefield (From: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

Skyworld, Pit’s home stage (From: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

They’ve also brought back some stages from Super Smash Bros. Melee. This includes the Temple (Hyrule Temple), Corneria, Yoshi’s Island, and Onett.

Hyrule Temple, is back from Melee (Source: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

…and so is Onett! (Source: Smash Bros. DOJO!!)

I’ll go over the new items and The Subspace Emissary (Adventure Mode) in the next post. If you have Brawl, don’t play too much but have fun with it too!