Yeah...I love play in all stages (exept icecicle mountain) with items...sometime I play without them, to do match more technical (and with less luck)...but the item are a part of the Smash gameplay!
A few months ago I was thinking a strange thing:
would be funny if after that you eat a great quantity of food, the character become fat, like on Metal Slug...
Every type of food can have a value of fat-ness (I don't know the correct word, sorry) and vitality...
It's a mad idea, I know...
Just one thing about this game (until it will be relased in Europe):
I saw in some videos Samus using the left hand to activate various things...but the video text says something like "pull the wii remote"...so...you must use the Wii Remote (right-hand) to move the left arm!?
I'm sure that the boss from Metroid will be Ridley, there is also his music!
I'm asking how the characters will travel from one universe to another...maybe with a strange ship? (this reminds me Kingdom Hearts once more)