The Chimera is probably to keep people away from one area. Besides, tournament rules are stupid. If you're smart, you could avoid pretty much anything. Not even the exploding crates argument makes much sense when you can toss them far away or, you know, avoid one being flung at you.

tournament rules are not stupid, they are how you play at the expert level, sometimes the idea behind them can be stupid but thats about it.


also the whole deal with the exploding crates was that they did too much damage for little to no effort and were too powerful (gdlk actually) pretty much

the other thing about exploding crates and bombs is that they could also simply spawn next to you during an attack with there being no way to stop if from hitting you.

i can't wait for brawl to come out so i can only play on a perfectly flat stage with 90% of the game's content disabled

i can't wait for brawl to come out so i can only play on a perfectly flat stage with 90% of the game's content disabled

the only things disabled in melee is ~ half the stages, and items. If they would of let you disabled the fucking explosives in Melee then items would probably be allowed but noooo

A lot of people are guessing Megaman is going to be in this Wednesday (a day before E for All). There's a cryptic message posted on Capcom's website that reads:

http://blogs.capcomusa.com/blogs/news.php/2007/10/10/prepare_yourself

A bunch of people are guessing the second line says "prepare yourself for a fight" or "prepare yourself for a brawl" which makes sense if you think about the title. Probably has nothing to do with Megaman, but we can always hope. There's supposed to be a Capcom conference this Wednesday I believe. Maybe we'll hear something then.

EDIT: Also found a timer to go with this: http://www.capcom-unity.com/

Man, Capcom suck. At least Blizzard made an effort to release something big.

Well, whatever it is, a new game, Megaman/Phoenix Wright joining Brawl.

Who knows, but a new game would sounds the more obvious choice.

Phoenix Wright joining Brawl.

Holy shit that just might be more awesome than Megaman!

What would his Final Smash be? DECISIVE EVIDENCE?

I can already see him spouting a huge "OBJECTION" buble out which damages everyone it hits. Also finger point is a one hit kill if it hits.

You'd be an assist trophy at best. 

New Challenger: RTP Alex

Next Update.

the other thing about exploding crates and bombs is that they could also simply spawn next to you during an attack with there being no way to stop if from hitting you.

Man, you have no idea how many times a crate spawned exactly where I was standing / moving. Not even exploding crates. I would just jump into the air and a second later, just have 600% damage and flying off to the side. It sucked.

I like this update. I agree they might wind down a little, but still... Good to know there are going to be big stages too. I like this one, actually. The Chimera seems avoidable, but meh. It looks fun.

Man this game will be perfection once I see a Mega Man update.

Sarhan that Capcom countdown thingy is pretty exciting, but I guarantee it is for a next-gen such as a sequel to Dead Rising or just some random game.

Ahaha that update is fucking awesome. I really like the direction they're taking Brawl- everything from Melee, BUT BETTER.

Twoplayer sandbag contest is badass. And competitions with friends is awesome too. Man I'm probbly getting more excited about the sandbag update than Sonic. I'm a big minigame fag.

And what does this mean for break the targets? Might there be co-op modes for that as well?

Also the update says STADIUM: Sand bag. As in a prefix. Which means that stadium probably has a bunch of other cool minigames with it too. I mean break the targets and sand bag on their own wouldn't warrant a cool prefix, right?

Here's to lots of minigames!

I did some research earlier today. It's either some game called Dark Void for the Wii (for which Capcom recently filed a trademark but has mentioned nothing about) or Bionic Commando which I guess was confirmed to be in development today for the 360, PS3, and PC.

there is an announcement every day of this week dude 

the timer is for a really reallly mindblowing one though

p.s. i already know what it is

p.p.s. you're right on one of them being Dark Void though