Jam Stunna

I thought this game was going to suck, but after thinking about it I've decided to reserve judgment. After all, if you'd told me 10 years ago that Nintendo was going to make a mascot fighter, I would have said that it was the stupidest idea ever.

Who did you main in Melee?

It's done, guys. I still love you Atma...

Yes sir, those were really, really good. You make me feel bad about my Zamus... Haha, and that jab => grab is really effective. Good stuff sir, good stuff. You will make a fine Sagat. I'm trading in my copy of Brawl today. All my ranting has finally come to fruition. I've flirted with trading it in before, but my wife always said no, that I'd regret it. Well, we don't even play Brawl together anymore, and the last time we talked about it, she said, "Sure, why not?" So Brawl is gone, so I can pick up Disgaea DS. So from this point on, my posts will pretty much be Melee-related, although I'll try to keep up with developments in Brawl's metagame (or lack thereof). I'll still try to help you guys out if you have questions, since even though I don't like playing Brawl, for some reason I like reading about it. Just double-check everything I say and take it with a grain of salt, seeing as how I will no longer have the game.

The more you do both, the easier it becomes to switch between them. Sorry about leaving so suddenly though. I saved the last match because of that weird Shadow Ball glitch.

Roy definitely does not kick ass. Just practice perfect shielding. There's zero shield-stun after a perfect shield, so you can shield-grab them immediately afterward. EDIT- Also, if anyone wants to play, I'm getting online now. But I may drop suddenly, so be warned. I'll be back on later if that's the case.

Yeah, it is really gay. I might not enter just to spare my blood pressure.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6198478.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;2 From that article: "One other issue that the DSi does not address, notes Schachter, is the hardware's microprocessor unit (MPU). However, Schachter believes this fact may be good news for gamers looking for an all-new Nintendo handheld sooner rather than later. "As software capacity is growing, requiring greater hardware MPU capacity for handheld devices, we believe a full model change is needed to meet demand over the next three or more years." Are you guys really prepared to drop $200 on a DSi next year, knowing that an entirely new system is coming two years after that?

Grab-release chaingrab on certain characters at low percentages. I'm not exactly sure who it works on though. Also, I was going to post that, Red Shadow! I might do it as well. It's free, so why not?

Yeah, and that's not even THAT hard, it just takes a while to perfect the timing.

But the problem here is that old DS owners can't get the downloadable content (should it ever appear). You're basically being punished for being an early adopter.

dthrow. It works on almost the entire cast up to like 50%. It's so easy it's retarded.

That's pretty much the direction they're heading in.

I was thinking that too. That's literally the only good thing that can come out of this.

They actually said that? Haha, fuck you Nintendo.

I could see myself buying a DSi at some point in the future, since I still have my original brick DS. But the people who bought the DS Lite are getting royally screwed over. In general though, this hardware revision nonsense needs to stop. How many versions of each system do we have? DS- 3 PSP- 3 PS3- 5 360- 4 I think I'm off by a few, but this is just getting out of hand.

I'll be home all day until 3:30 PM. Send me an IM or something and we'll do the damn thing.

Note: These suggestions are made under the assumption that you want to compete at the competitive level (not necessarily entering tournaments, but being good enough to enter them). If you just want to play around and beat your friends, you're already good enough to beat the vast majority of non-tourney fags that you'll run across. Now, no offense to anyone else, but you're definitely the best person I've played here outside of G-T, Arek and Atma. Your command of the basics of Brawl is pretty much perfect, but you're missing the level of advanced understanding of the game that will allow you to move on to the next level of skill. There were a few things I noticed that you didn't do, and that let easy KOs/damage slip through your fingers, such as: -You didn't bair with GaW very much. -You didn't tech-chase his dthrow, or do dthrow => dsmash. -You didn't do Falco's chaingrab. -You didn't do Falco's dash attack => usmash -You didn't use Metaknight's dsmash until your last stock. -You didn't do Lucario's chainthrow nor spam his utilt -You didn't spam Shadow Balls. All those things seem little at first, but the fact that you did beat my ICS WITHOUT any of that shows just how good you are, and how much better you could be if you incorporated some of those things into your gameplay. The Falcon vs. Falco and TLink vs. Lucario matches are the perfect example of your overall play style: you're right there, but you just couldn't seal the deal. If you'd just grabbed me with Lucario and thrown me in any direction, you would have won. Mainly though, you have a lot of good characters, but no great ones. That comes from a lack of focus on a character/playstyle, I believe. I think that your Falco is your best character, followed closely by your Lucario. Your GaW and MK aren't bad, but those two are definitely your best. You should focus on those two, and learn everything about them, because once you do that, you'll be a force to be reckoned with. I know it's popular around these parts to bash Smashboards, but in all honesty it's the best resource out there for learning about Smash. I'm not some Smash guru; everything I say in this thread is either something I noticed through my own playing or something I learned from reading the various threads. Yes, there are alot of fags and noobs over there, but that's par for the course for an internet forum. Just ignore everything that is posted by someone with a yellow name; if it's a post by someone with a purple or red name, you can trust it. You'll have to sift through the posts by people with blue, green and orange names, because sometimes they post good things, but sometimes not. Read the guides and the character discussions, because you'll be glad you did. Knowledge is the first step in beginning a competitive journey. Believe me, I tried to just jump in, and nothing prepared me for the terrible feeling of just not knowing what to do. Knowing your character's strengths and weaknesses, your opponents' strengths and weaknesses, your matchups, your counterpicks, your chaingrabs, strategies, gimps and what not is just as important as actually doing it. If you expand your knowledge base, I think you'll be all set. I hope this helped.

Good games sir. I'm about to hop in the shower, but I'll be back with some observations, if I may be so bold.

You killed me when I wasn't moving! I was putting my son to sleep! I know I play like a fag, but damn man, come on. Also, I get hit by the Warlock Punch FIVE TIMES. I'm such a noob.

I'm down for an online tournament. I've never been in one that actually finished. I think it's impossible, but hey, I've been wrong before. @Saulluz: Peach isn't as terrible as some other characters (looks over at Falcon), but she's far from the top. There are characters you could do much better to choose than Peach. Zombie, I added you. Also, guys, I'm not that good. I just play like a fag.

I feel your pain, brother. TLink is the closest thing I can find to a Melee feel in Brawl, since following up his projectile spam can lead to pseudo-combos.

I just got through playing a really good Gdorf. You'll appreciate this G-T...I 3-stocked him with Sonic! But then he brought out Ganondorf, and killed my Sonic at 82% once. God, that fsmash is Godly.

I can play a few now, if you want.

Bleck, you're VinPS? I used to have you on my friend's list, but I deleted you because I never saw you online. I'll add you again, and here's my FC: 3179-5865-1416 I'm warning you: I might just play totally gay with the ICs. I've been in the mood lately.