I'm pretty new to Wiis... so can someone tell me how to get it working on my wifi network?

If you have wireless internet in your home, it should be able to pick it up right away. I can't remember where exactly you're supposed to go in the menu and I can't check for you right now since I'm on campus. There's basically some menu you can go to (it's in the same area where you can name your Wii and all that stuff) that will show all the wireless networks in range and allow you to connect to one of them.

If you're still having trouble with it, I'll give you more detailed instructions when I get back from school. (also, I can't remember if you live outside the U.S. or if you're getting Brawl or not, but are you planning on entering the tourney?)

Well I want to be in the tournament but my paticipation depends on if I can figure out a way to get a high speed connection working at home before March. I live like 20 miles from any other human being so as you can imagine a DSL/cable connection isn't an option.
I might be able to just play it from work though.

Might as well try it out with your normal connection. Back when I had 56k, I could play some games with no lag at all and that may end up being the case for you. Give it a shot with your normal connection when you get Brawl and see how bad it is.

Either way, I'll add you in as a maybe. I think that brings us up to 24 people now. Man, if none of you sissies back out, we can have ourselves some pretty epic tourneys.

Link in SSB64 isn't the shit at all. He's just shit. Dude is a punching bag when it comes to combos and has slow movement/attack speed topped off with terrible recovery. I main Link in Melee and he is A LOT better. He's located pretty much right in the middle of the tier list, whereas in SSB64 he is ranked dead last.

Eh...he may be low tier, but characters were pretty balanced back then (the small roster helped). See what a good player can do with him against Pikachu, who's at the very top of the tier list (granted, this is the best SSB64 player in the world playing Link):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcjJAlS8lLk&feature=related

But yeah, Roman, Link did get a nice buff. His Up+B doesn't have the same knockback as it did in Melee and his hookshot range is a little smaller than before, but he's a bit faster and better overall.

Might as well try it out with your normal connection. Back when I had 56k, I could play some games with no lag at all and that may end up being the case for you. Give it a shot with your normal connection when you get Brawl and see how bad it is.

Holy shit I didn't even know this was possible!
I just finished using Xbox Live with Dial-up. I played Crackdown which was actually alot more playable than I expected. Although I wouldn't suggest playing something like a graphically beautiful FPS with 32 players on dial-up SSBB with it being on the less powerful Wii & with only 4 people at a time might be pretty manageable.

(Chainer you'll probably be interested in this part)
Only reason I didn't try it with the Wii is because I apparently need to buy either a Wii Lan Adapter or some kind of Wi-fi thingy. I'm gonna go with the Lan Adaptor because I'm more familar with that kind of thing & most people seem to think that it's quicker (& I need all the speed I can get).

If it's there, I can find it. I just wanted to know if I needed something extra to connect to the internet and play online (like an account or a peripheral).

You do need some sort of adapter if you don't have wireless. As for the account, you technically have one (your friend code) and most Wii games have their own codes that are similar to accounts. But yeah, if you have wireless, you should be set.

@jman00: I heard they have over 300 different songs composed for Brawl. It's pretty damn amazing.

Every character's taunts:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=QlSxR3ebOzc&eurl=

I figured people liked Marth because he was fast and did the most damage a safe distance away from his opponents.  It's getting in close that's the tricky part...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIHJHkzSdxs
All the palettes and costumes.

I felt like posting it just because.
Every time I hear that character selection music, I think of a Russian march...

Sonic's color schemes are lammmme. They are all the same! lol.

And I love choosing a different color, its like a signature haha.

New or changed Kirby hats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agtnr08Sj1g

Sweet. My favorite would have to be snake or Ganondorf hat.