Today I had the opportunity to play our Japanese import copy of Super Smash Bros. Brawl at the set for On the Spot with Ryan Davis (in his last appearance on the show, as today was his last day) and Brad Shoemaker. I was supposed to be the resident expert on the game, but Brad and Ryan did most of the talking, though I did get some dialogue in and answered a couple questions. It was a fun experience and I'm glad I had the opportunity. If only because I got to Falcon Punch Brad on the air.

You can watch the episode here, if you're interested in seeing me fail with Pokemon Trainer--who is a fail character as far as I'm concerned anyway--and then pull out victories with Captain Falcon and Lucas. Oh yeah, and I think I jumped off the side with Lucas after botching a PK Thunder. Whatever.

This wasn't the first time I've played Brawl as I've been messing with it ever since we got it in the office (I'm actually directly responsible for or was present during most all of the unlocked content in our import), and I remembered how when I first saw it here I flashed back to the literally hundreds of hours that I played the original and Melee with my brother way back when.

Anyway, if you're looking for impressions, you're not going to find them here. I'm not a Previews Editor and Brad's done a great job so far. Do be sure to check out our Super Smash Bros. Brawl Launch Center, however! One of my jobs is to project manage editorial features including our Launch Centers, and I would be remiss if I didn't try to push traffic that way. Go post comments about how upset you are that R.O.B. is in the game, or about how awesome Captain Falcon is, or something!