OMG, yea Brawl feels so slow... :( Its like sloooooooooooooooooooowww motion (sarcasm).

Exactly what speed do you call this??

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Bd-0vEfge2M&feature=related

The game isn't too easy.. Its just you. Like others said, play random CPUs on level 9, and classic on intense. If the CPU is that easy, try humans. Online shouldn't be lagging that much for anyone any more. I've put over 50+ hours into brawling with random people online, thats more than anything else I've done in the game. Lag online in Brawl is either your connection or someone your playing. I've been playing it online since march, and its never been as bad as people make it out to be, or broken for that matter. I'd say out all the random games I've played online, only about 40% of the games had problems.

I love all the great looking animations and the havok engine. It feels realistic if you ask me, thats why people are complaining about it feeling slow, which it doesn't to me. Some characters move quicker than others. This probably had to be done to stop people from using so many cheap exploits like wave dashing ect...

I think the game is a masterpeice. Whether you can really enjoy it or not is up to you. The game is probably the best multiplayer game ever created. I don't have many friends over much, and still have lots of fun with the game. This is also the first time I've bought, or really gotten into to a Smash Bros. game. I played melee like twice and didn't have a clue what I was doing, so it didn't interest me much at the time.

If your not really a fan of fighters, it doesn't really matter, as I wasn't. The game requires skill and practicing ,and playing the hell out of the game is how you start develop skills. Theres so much to freakin do in the game. The story mode is cool and can keep you busy for a while. Then they also give you clues on how to unlock everything. Everything totally depends on how you play the game. There are plenty of characters and awesome stages. Try beating classic with everyone on every difficulty and mastering all the characters. Mix up the stages well, play with different amounts of items, different rules ect.

If you begin to get tired of the cpu, get some local friends together and play, or gather up a list of folks from these boards who actively play the game online. You can always play with strangers, which is still pretty fun, but its totally random, and the experience you get may change from game to game as you are in no control over who you are paired up with.

Buy this!

Overall, the game is a great buy. I've had the game since March,and I've honestly put more time into playing online with strangers than anything else. Around 50 + hours. I'm only about 40% done with the Story mode. I have yet to unlock all the characters, complete all the events, build a stage, and beat all the mini games.

I got the game like a day or two after it came out in the U.S.. Online play for the first week or so was pretty much flooded with people trying to play, and there were some lag and freezing issues. After that, things were pretty much hit or miss when it came down to playing against random strangers. The majority of the games I played with random strangers worked fine, you'd get some bad lag occasionally, or games that would freeze, but not so much as to stop me from playing online and enjoying it. Playing with friends worked fine, and still does. This was before. As of now, it seems a lot of people in the u.s. and japan have stop playing the game, so many of the people still playing are ones with good connections and no problems (like me), which I love.

Its like this. Your playing random strangers. You don't know anything about their connection, where they are, or who they are. This is a very fast paced, chaotic, competitive, fun, as well as a very strategic game. The fact that I can get online and play against random strangers worldwide in one of the best games ever created is a joy. I've honestly enjoyed the online portion of this game the most, and thats where I've spent most of my time with the game. In fact today alone, I probably brawled with random people for about 5 hours. I've put nearly 50 hours into brawling with random people. Out of all the random online brawls I played today, maybe about 3 times did I have any problems. I had one game just freeze, another started lagging badly for no reason in the middle of the match, then maybe one or two games that had noticeable input lag, in which I simply and quickly dropped from the match and found another group to play with.

I don't even have that good a connection but most of my games run absolutely fine, and I have a great time Brawling online. Its best to play this game when no one else in your house is using the internet. You might also want to figure out whether you have firewalls that block incoming connections, which may interfere with you being able to connect/find online games in Brawl. This is the reason some people are still having problems with the game.

As far as lag and freezing goes, like I said it doesn't happen that much, and if it does, you can simply quit the game, you have no control over anybody elses online accept yours. This game requires that everyone be on the same page during gameplay, so that everything runs smoothly, and everything is fair. If I'm downloading a file on my computer while playing online in Brawl, that means I will not be on the same page with the other players, as it takes longer for the data sent by the other players to reach my wii , which will mess it up for everyone playing. This can also happen if I'm playing a random person that happens to be in Australia (im in houston tx usa). My connection may not be fast enough to send or receive (download or upload) the data at a rate that keeps the game running smoothly.. Keep this stuff in mind. If anyone is having trouble playing this game online, Nintendo can't control people's internet connections, all they do is provide matchmaking so that you can quickly find someone to play with. I'm not sure but I think it looks for connections closer to you first.....

I love this game, and think its a masterpiece. If you don't buy it your missing out.

For those having problems, check this stuff out.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080316002147AAqNNP6

http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/wfc/en_na/ds/results.jsp?error_code=86420&system=Wii&locale=en_US&action2.x=18&action2.y=29

Thats both great for you and weird at the same time, as I was just about to ask you about serial numbers. Years ago our aparment was broken into. Our stereo system, tvs,cds,my sega genesis, and other items were taken from us. Our neighbor, or a family member of the neighbors who often hung out there, reported our door being wide open. My mother, being smart, had written down if not all most the serial numbers to the major electronics stolen, and they were tracked to a nearby pawn shop by the police. We got back all the major electronics stolen, only some cds, and other small things were not returned. The person responsibe turned out to be the guy next door who reported it. Learn from this lesson. Serial numbers can come in handy..

Glad you tracked down your stuff..

Believe me, itz not Nintendo's fault you cannot find a game online, or don't have friends with a Wii and a copy of the game.

I usually find games under 30 secs every time. I also do not have much of a problem when it comes to lag. More than half of my games don't have much lag. I sometimes get games that feature a noticeable input lag, but if it effects gameplay too much for me, I simply and quickly exit the game and find another one. You will ocassionally get games that freeze for some reason, but itz not that often, therefor not really a big problem at all.

I haven't even scratched the surface of this gigantic game. I've mainly been playing Wifi, and most of those games have been with random people. So.. Yea, I'm still having fun with Smash..