throwing Waddle Dees/Doos around and Jet Hammering people in the FACE.

The FACE! Don't you just love how it feels to get Bull's-Eye KOs? Anyway, are there any characters anyone thinks will get banned from tournaments the first month of release?

The FACE! Don't you just love how it feels to get Bull's-Eye KOs? Anyway, are there any characters anyone thinks will get banned from tournaments the first month of release?

Characters won't be banned. That's a fact.

So I went to gamestop today to ask about tournament specifics. They know almost nothing about the tournament. No idea which characters will be unlocked, no idea what stages will be allowed, what items, etc, but I'm assuming it'll be only the starting roster (at least at my GS) with items.

Our tournament will be starting at 10 PM on March 8th. They're taking sign ups before the tournament even begins, not 30 minutes in advance like the website said they were. When I asked them about it, they didn't even have a list going, so they made one on the spot and I was the first name on the list. I doubt my gamestop will have many participants because of the fact that the tournament isn't really advertised much so most people don't even know about it unless they happen to go to the GS website. Hopefully they'll start advertising it locally sometime soon. Either way though, it's a win-win for me. If a lot of people sign up, it'll be more fun, but if only a few participate, I have a good chance of winning.

Since the tournament starts at 10 PM, I'm assuming they'll have the wii set up ahead of time and will allow people to play a bit before it starts. Might be a good idea to go and check to see if you can get some practice matches in if you haven't played Brawl yet.

Oh, and from the rumors that have been floating around, the winner of the first place tournament supposedly gets a free copy of Brawl.

I can understand the starting roster for the GW tournament, since it's early and not everyone will have all the characters unlocked-- but one minute matches? Especially with items on (I have no problem with items, I like them), it doesn't seem long enough to really be useful. (Unless I misread, the rules we're using for the GW tourney are the same as the gamestop ones?)


Regarding the gamestop tournaments--does anyone know if there's an entry fee?

We aren't using the same rules. So far, I'm thinking 3 stock, any stage, with items for the first one and 3 stock, select stages (I believe it was around 15-20 stages), no items for the second, but I've gotta talk to NB and others in #capcom. That's just what I was thinking, but no way in hell are we doing GS rules.

And no, there is no entry fee for the GS tournaments.

I just heard a commercial on the radio that the winner of the Gamestop tourny gets $5,000 and an LCD Tv.

And a library of every single Wii game created by Nintendo ($700 value), plus a trophy estimated to be worth around $500, a Wii ($250), and Wii accessories ($150).

Guys, I'm sorry, but I have to win this.

Are you saying you don't know of the SSB series? http://Http://www.smashbros.com just in case.
The single player modes mostly focus on training the player in using items and going against skilled opponents, 1 or 3, even teams. Super Smash Bros is focused around an all-out fast-paced battle to be the last one standing. It's hardly just a single-player. I'd guess the single player mode would get tiresome due to not having any competition, playing the same CPUs that fight the same way in every situation, like a uniform.

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Well actually, believe it or not, I'm a little disappointed. Nintendo announced during development that "there will be at least 50 different playable characters" but there are exactly 38 different playable characters. Well, to be honest, there are 36 slots, one of the slots being a "random select" slot. But I'm counting multiple playing characters like the Squirtle/Ivysaur/Charizard combo, or the Zelda/Shiek combo. It's kind of a relief seeing Wolf O'Donnell or R.O.B. the Robot are in the brawl. However I did notice some interesting assist trophies, like Waluigi and his fury kick technique... so... have anyone else saw how weird Luigi's or Mr.GameandWatch's final smashes were?  

Oh I've heard of it, I also briefly played the original back on the Nintendo 64.  I just don't really know the dynamics of the game.

Can 4 people play against each other on the same machine?

Yes. Up to 4 players, with any combination of Players or CPUs with a difficulty from 1-9.