the items in brawl are MUCH more powerful than the ones in melee
after the amount that ive played its really easy to see that it is extremely possible for someone with very little skill to do very well with a couple good assist trophies a hammer and a cracker launcher, not to mention the incredibly retarded (thats right i am about to say this) smash balls
and thats even talking about how SO MANY of the stages can screw you over so easily
in other words
you are talking as if you know things about a game youve never played
ive played tons with people over wifi and the ones without items have be A TON more fun than the ones with