Well, last Sunday I got Brawl, at a midnight release.

During school weeks, we never get enough snow for a snow day. I have a theory that the only way we can get off of school is if we absolutely do not expect it. Anyways, in keeping with Murphy's Law (anything that can go wrong will go wrong), we got probably more snow the weekend Brawl comes out than the rest of winter added together. I almost wasn't able to get Brawl at the midnight release.

Anyways, I love it. The graphics are way better than Melee's, I was shocked at how much more detailed it was, even after seeing videos online. It's not really evident in the videos, but Brawl is a bit slower and floatier than Melee, and feel so different too. I find I'm using special moves a lot less, and that Up special moves in general are much more for recovery than attack. Another nice thing is that the characters are more balanced.

I'm a big fan of Subspace Emissary, the adventure mode. It's made up of 35-45 levels, and a few boss fights. The stage builder is pretty great too. I have yet to build a real, non gimmicky stage, but I'm okay with that. I'll get to it.

The extra stuff is so much cooler than in melee. Melee only had like 150 (or so) trophies, brawl has over 600 trophies, and over 700 stickers. The color changes are better too, I like the fact that all characters have a dark and/or light costume. and the soundtrack is epic, 287 songs.

I'm far from unlocking everything, but I'm loving what I do have.