A good game rich with content, but lacking depth.
There is never a moment where I turn on the game and don't know what to do and get bored within an hour. I have played this game for 5 hours straight at times. It's the game I waited for, for 7 years ever since Melee came out.
There is really no point in ever playing Melee again. Brawl has everything it had and much much more. (yes even the old characters and levels) but lets get down to gameplay.
GAMEPLAY:
The gameplay works great. And the controls are more simple then you could possibly imagine for the wii-mote and numchuck. But yet even with it being so simple its also really fun and addictive. I love everything about this game. Every characters has his'her own unique moves and special moves. But sometimes you kind of wish it was more simple and had less characters like Melee because you really got to try out every character. In Brawl there are some characters you prolly won't play more than like 10 times.
SUBSPACE EMISSARY:
I must admit the story isn't really that great on the Subspace Emissary but it's just plain fun to see all your favorite Nintendo characters working together against a greater evil. And the levels are also really fun. You can't miss out on the Subspace Emissary.
MULTIPLAYER ONLINE AND OFF:
Multiplayer is the greatest part of this game. which everyone would of known by playing the previous games. You can choose from tons of different modes and items and levels. There's so many to choose from you wouldn't of tried everything at least once till you've played for like 10 days. And then even when you have tried everything you'll see yourself going back to the old ones for hours and hours of Fun. Pure Fun.
Online Multiplayer works great. The lag is pretty much not there and it works well. With friends is a lot better than with anyone but they are both fun and its impossible to cheat really.
UNLOCKABLES AND SPOILERS:
you might miss Roy, Dr. Mario, and Young Link. But I wouldn't see why. Roy was a Marth cop-out and Dr. Mario was absolutly nothing different from Mario. Young Link was just a worse Link. Don't even get me started on Pichu. lol
There are surprise characters you didn't expect to return, like Falco, Ness, Ganondorf, and Jiggly Puff. (personally I knew Jiggly Puff was comming back because he was in the first game and second.)
OVERALL:
But the point is the unlockables are really fun to unlock and the game it amazingly fun to play over and over.
Brawl is EVERYTHING Melee was and much much more. It lived up to the Hype and is all it's cracked up to be. (insert more lame preset puns here)
People may say the graphics weren't as good as they could of or maybe they didn't do a good of enough job. But I really think this is a game that can't be missed by any true Nintendo fan and gamers alike.
The characters are unique, the graphics are great, and the game is filled with TONS of fun. Multiplayer is better than ever.
The only reason I rated this game lower than Melee is because it succeeds in what it's supposed to do but kinda leaves some of the fun behind and things you really loved about Melee. But it is still a great game.
Buy Brawl~
8.0
~Leakybub