Eulogic

Recent Nintendo systems haven't really been known for their third party games, so it is unsurprising that third party selections would be chosen from earlier games or characters now better known on other systems.

Not really. The new stage wasn't a bad update. The only real new information in this update is that Lucas has a bat smash, Link is paired with Yoshi, and Metaknight is paired with the Ice Climbers. Yawn.

They probably didn't change from the last game, and if that is the case, I'd just as soon not have him waste an update on it.

alas, two characters i'd hoped would be playable oh well, it's a step up from the previous many updates

Wow. Just terrible.

You might wanna reread that. "Oh, and it’s not like it can’t be reflected." = It can be reflected.

omg animal crossing character clone

"How the original goes"? Like I just said, there is no real "original" song, just snippets from seconds-long tunes. And it has a very distinct Hip Tanaka sound to it (cf. Dr. Mario level select screen, any of Earthbound's battle themes, among others).

It's from the original Donkey Kong, which didn't have full-length songs. This song is a collection of various tunes and sound effects from the game. And it is a classic Tanaka arrangement. And it is awesome. <3 hip tanaka

So play as Pikachu.

omg pichu and jigglypuff deconfirmed pikachu killed them and took their accessories! or pichu evolved, killed the older pikachu, and took his hat.

awesome, another boring update keep it up, sakurai! maybe tomorrow you can reveal pikachu's moves as being exactly the same as in melee!

another yawn update hopefully we'll get a character or something soon

Too bad, but at least you got to play against some great players, which can often be more fulfilling than playing against lesser ones and winning.

I went to a pretty big tourney that Azen (among others) was at three or so years ago. I placed 13th out of over 50 and considered it a good finish. I considered myself to be the best player at George Washington University at the time, and I was happy to play and lose to people against whom I actually brought my A game. That was one of the last tourneys I went to, unfortunately. I haven't played Melee seriously since I before graduated a year and a half ago.

yawn oh well

I took that as "to this point" rather than "but not anymore." I understand that you think I have a weak argument, but my argument is not that Ness will return, but simply that you should not take your assumption that Ness will not return as fact.

Did you play Melee? Luigi's moveset could only be compared to Mario's in appearance, and his style of play is completely different. Heh, I like how everyone's lamenting the loss of Ness while you are still only assuming. First of all, the "no clones" thing (about which I never actually saw evidence of Sakurai himself saying) would be years old, thus subject to have changed, even if true. Second, we don't know how Sakurai defines a clone (comparing Mario and Dr. Mario is quite different from comparing Mario and Luigi, for example). He seemed to focus quite a deal on the differences between Ness and Lucas in his most recent update. Really, the only move that seems to function exactly like Ness' is his up-B (and that includes different standard moves). I'm not saying Ness is going to return. In fact, I think there is a reasonable chance he's gone. I am tired of all these posts saying "OHG OD WAHT ISHE GONA DO SINCE NESSS IS DEF OUT NOW!!" when Ness also has a decent chance of being back.

if snake tries to shoot gray fox with a missile, will the missile not fire and snake say "no! i can't do it!"?

omg blaze the cat confirmed

They haven't announced any character that has ever been unlockable.

I'm normally not big on movies, but that one was pretty good. Anyway, the SSE videos that were at E4All but have not been posted on the Dojo yet (such as the one where Fox's ship gets injured) can be found at gametrailers. That video specifically is at http://www.gametrailers.com/player/26662.html

Runs in, explosion, blackened face. You can see it at the beginning of this fight:

I saw FLUDD being used. It was in one of the vids on the Fire Emblem stage. It seems as though that's been taken by Pit. Regardless, the whirlwind is way better. It is reminiscent of a number of things from the Zelda universe (flute from original Zelda, Farore's wind, the Hyrule stage in the original Smash Bros., the golden frog tornado thing in Phantom Hourglass). What does the warp have going for it? Also, since Ness had the coolest intro in the original Smash, it makes sense that they would bring it back. Given that Lucas has a different intro, I figure Ness has to be in the game with his original intro.

yawn hurry up and confirm alice already sakurai