What Nightmare said. And it's not so bad. I'm sure the screen borders move with the characters.

http://kotaku.com/343267/smash-bros-brawl-pushed-to-march

idk if this got posted (not on the last two pages) but the schadenfreude is exquisite for me.

I remember reading about it being debunked. Some stores (online in particular) had their release dates set to March but a bunch of them have already changed it back to February. Just some confusion IMO.

Besides, the game is 14 days away from release in Japan. They wouldn't push it back this late. However, even if it does happen, it's really not a big deal. It's only a month.

Sarhan, I know there are notable differences between Ike and Marth, but... I'm not sure what they are. Ike is slower? And his Up/Down-B's are different?

Ike is much slower than Marth, but he's also much stronger. If they were to fight though, Marth would win because Ike has some pretty nice wind-up lag, more than Bowser and Ganondorf did in Melee. His tilts take longer to activate than most smash attacks do. I'm sure he's playable once you get the timing down and if you can predict your opponents (or if they actually fixed him up since E for All), but it'd probably take some time to get really good with him.

EDIT: His down B is a counter from what I recall, but his up B is a straight up and down move similar to Kirby's. His up + b sucks for recovery, but he might have some other ways of getting back kind of like how you could side B towards the ledge with Marth.

But yeah, overall, he doesn't play anything like Marth and Roy.

Sheik confirmed. Sonic and Snake are hidden characters. Info on Pokemon Trainer.

http://brawlcentral.com/

Oh man, Olimar's Special Moves scare me... but in a very good way!

Shit. They stayed very true to the Pikmin game...the plucking, the throwing, and the order move are all from the game. Looks damn awesome though.

But don’t fret! It’s easier than it looks. Spend some time playing around with him. That’s key.

I'm glad they added this last part in because it looked like he'd be tough to play with. His recovery move kinda sucks though since you pretty much have to have all 6 Pikmin in order to get the maximum range out of it, which means being cautious about the way you fight. If you end up doing a sweet ass combo, using up all 6 Pikmin in the process, and then get knocked off, you could be screwed. With Ice Climbers, if Nana dies, you can side B (gaining more distance by quickly tapping B) towards the ledge, but Olimar's side B is the throw, so it's useless as far as recovery goes.

Hope he can jump high.

Yeah but remember by the look of it he only uses pikmin on his special moves, whereas on standard attacks he'll probably just swing them around like a club of some sort.
Unless I accidentally misread somewhere that you lose pikmin from doing standard attacks.

lol @ Walmart
I see it, I just bought it & I have a receipt for it but do I believe it? No.
Either this is a trick or that's the pre-order down payment. Oh well I needed to pre-order this game anyway before it's too late and there aren't any more left (I have a feeling that's gonna happen with this game).

EDIT: Heh they've changed it already (in fact it seems I got it right at the last minute). I wonder if this means I still get it for 20 bucks? Doesn't really matter though since I was gonna buy it anyway.

After seeing this, Olimar looks like he'll be the most ineteresting character to play as.  He's just completely different from anything else so far, even farther flung than the teamwork required for the Ice Climbers.

This game kicks so much ass, and it's not even out yet...